Bathys

Stealth black Focal Bathys OG is what I have. They are amazing. Great sound quality in Bluetooth mode—and full lossless sound when I’m able to wire up and use the onboard DAC mode. I previously owned: Bose QC Ultras and AirPods Max. The Bose and AirPods have better ANC and way better transparency modes. No denying that. But the Bathys are more than enough on the noise cancellation front. I just used them for a 6 hour flight. All crying babies and engine noise was mitigated enough for me to enjoy my music.

They’re not atp plain and simple. For the price of a new bathys mg, you can get a regular bathys and a pair of hifiman Aryas. They’re def an upgrade but not only is the price increase not worth upgrading if you have original bathys, unless you just HAVE to be that person with the newest, like I said buying bathys for ~600$ US and then literally doing anything else with the other 600$ is the best option.

They’re not atp plain and simple. For the price of a new bathys mg, you can get a regular bathys and a pair of hifiman Aryas. They’re def an upgrade but not only is the price increase not worth upgrading if you have original bathys, unless you just HAVE to be that person with the newest, like I said buying bathys for ~600$ US and then literally doing anything else with the other 600$ is the best option.

Not many words just :). This couldn’t be a better compliment to each other. He1k for the details, empy 1 for more fun and bass heavy music. Also shoutout to the bathys, have had these headphones for a while and they have always sounded amazing, and the build is great for a wireless ANC, and when you wire it with the USB, it’s borderline a full closed back focal.

They really are great. The fact tou can get get them now for like 350-500 is great value if you want a headphone that’s fully on the go, and also very decent for desktop

Yea there isn’t, I think momentum 4 is very close. But the whole package you get on bathys is just a bit next level

I adore my OG Bathys. Understand that the MG's might sound better, even significantly better. But can I justify spending more than 2x the price? No, not really. Once the ear pads softened up a bit and fit my head correctly, I'm just in love with how beautiful they sound. I paid about $450 USD after using Amazon gift points and I don't think it's possible to get anything even close to the same quality at that price. I had B&W Px7 S2e before the Bathys and the Bathys just completely mog them in basically every respect. As far as ANC, that's not surprising. It's the same deal with the B&W's. They are smaller companies that focus exclusively on high-end audio and as a result they prioritize sound quality over ANC and battery life. I personally prefer the better audio quality than the ANC ( I originally started off with Momentum 4s and the ANC & battery life was far superior, but they don't sound anywhere close to as good as the B&W or Focals from an audio quality standpoint and the build quality is so much worse). If I suddenly won the lottery I suppose I would consider upgrading to the MGs but I don't have any interest in investing that much money at the moment. I've only heard the MGs briefly, and the extent to which breaking in the ear pads improved the sound on my pair means that I certainly didn't hear the MGs at their best but ultimately it's a lot of money. Too much money for my budget.

All things considered it's my Focal Bathys. Wireless is just so useful and they sound so damn good that if I had to choose just one it would be them.

Just bcz they can do both wireless and wired I would take my Focal Bathys over HD-600s.

Love my Bathys so much, don't think there's another wireless headphone that sounds better.

Interestingly enough I hated my Momentum 4s lol the ANC and battery life was elite but they broke from sweating at the gym. I do wish the Bathys didn't clamp so hard but it also turns out a tight seal around the cans is incredibly important to keeping the full range of volume. The only other complaint I have is that the button layout makes zero sense trying to use it to control media, but I always use my phone for that anyways so it's moot lol

imo no, but BT wise its acceptable. Utopias i havent heard.... so not like im one to judge the high end wired focals either. I only own the non-mg focal bathys and have heard sony, sennheisers wireless headphones and with that i think i would go MG. With Hifiman wireless series releasing sooner or later that would be my move if sound quality is only priority.

Focal bathys MG would be my go to

imo no, but BT wise its acceptable. Utopias i havent heard.... so not like im one to judge the high end wired focals either. I only own the non-mg focal bathys and have heard sony, sennheisers wireless headphones and with that i think i would go MG. With Hifiman wireless series releasing sooner or later that would be my move if sound quality is only priority.

It was funny seeing the Atrium Open drop from S, to B-tier since the last tier-list. Meanwhile Focal just absolutely swept this list, even the Bathys MG which is a terrible value headphone compared to most other ANC ones (including Bathyss OG).

I know their wireless headphones (Bathys, MG) are made in China. But honestly given Focal’s build quality track record I don’t think that’s too much of a downgrade.