For fashionable folk with pots of money.
In this brand new sandy colourway, the Bathys looks excellent.
Combined with this, the sea of circles present around the earcups certainly help them catch the eye.
At this juncture it also seems appropriate to mention the excellent hard case that the Bathys come with.
It comes in a similar colour to the headphones themselves, and is made of fabric.
The Bathys instead uses good old-fashioned buttons, providing this pleasing sense of tactility.
The on-off switch, for instance, features an extra notch labelled ‘DAC’.
There is also ANC built-in, which is a must-have for me.
The NC700s envelope you in silence, while the Bathys in comparison only reduces background noise.
But what about sound?Well, I’ll get to that now.
As you’d perhaps expect from a set of 699/$799 headphones, the Bathys sound excellent.
Gloria Estefan’s Get On Your Feet proved this well.
As for their top-end presentation, it’s as precise and refined as the rest of the frequency range.
That definitely wasn’t the case with the Bathys, though.
For those who just want to listen wirelessly, though, they’re sublime.
Are the Focal Bathys the best wireless headphones I’ve ever used?
I’d probably have to say yes to that.
They’re stylish, wonderfully comfortable and offer some of the absolute best sound I’ve ever heard.
Of course, it’s the price tag that’s the main thing about the Bathys.
