First post so sorry if I got anything wrong.
Same price as previous Black Friday deal.
Sonically the same as the Focal Clears, the Professionals just come in a more 'professional' colour scheme with more accessories. No balanced cable but as I state below, the stock cables from Focal suck due to being stiff and keeping their shape.
Iirc, a 2 year warranty (non-transferable).
These are really great headphones, I'm not going to give you a mini review or anything, but a great upgrade from my Hifiman Sundaras. More comfortable, built like a tank, and they come with spare pads (that retail for $190 USD), very handy as the pads wear after one to two years, and also comes with the Focal Carrying Case. All up the accessories are valued at around $400 USD (yes that's insane for some earpads and a case, but still good value when you consider the price). The cables suck (not talking about sound), very stiff and keep their shape. I got some better aftermarket cables that are flexible, would recommend doing that for long term use.
If you want a full review, I'd recommend watching ResolveReview's review or his 3 headphone shootout of the Aryas Vs lcd X Vs Focal Clears on The Headphone Show youtube channel, or just having a look where Crinacle put them in his tier list (with notes).
IMO worth the price increase over the Elears if you enjoy a more neutral sound with greater bass extension. You can EQ the Elears to sound similar in tonality but personally like my headphones to sound good out of the box, and I'm not a fan of the Elear sound.
I snagged these on Monday before this current Christmas sale because I received some Focal Elex's from Drop (bought during their Black Friday sale) that were defective on arrival, reached out to Addicted to Audio to ask if they'd be willing to give me the deal I missed out on because I went with the Elex's. Had a very friendly and nice chat with a support member who reached out to management to see if he could make it happen. Got the deal less than 48 hours later on Monday and they shipped late that day and arrived at 12 pm the next day. Defective Focal Elex's are being sent back to Drop for a refund (who are making me travel to the airport to return them to the UPS depot).
Really great customer service, 2nd purchase from ATA, so imo expect great support from them should your Focal Clears ever need warranty service (which is important to consider because while many don't have issues, Focal does have some issues they need to iron out in the production line as they are new to the high end headphone game, and these are supposedly hand made).
Let me know if I need to remove/add anything.
Edit: Zip pay and Afterpay seem to be available if that means anything to anyone. Also part of ATA's Christmas Sale, however I don't see much else besides the Elears and the Clears that I think are worth posting: https://addictedtoaudio.com.au/collections/christmas-sale-20… (ymmv tho).
As @Satirical mentioned, the Sony IER-M7 and IER-M9 are on sale. These are very well reviewed IEMs across the board and, going based on Crinacle's rankings, at this price they are a steal. I'm not an IEM guy really so I'm sorry I cast the rest of the sale items off prematurely :)
IER-M7 $499: https://addictedtoaudio.com.au/collections/christmas-sale-20…
IER-M9 $899: https://addictedtoaudio.com.au/collections/christmas-sale-20…
Great comments OP