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mainguy t1_jedtw7v wrote

Dude I havw 560S and they are eons ahead of Focal Bathys or any bluetooth headphone and were 4x cheaper.

Full sized open back headphones will absolutely crush BT headphones, which makes sense when you think of the design constraints of the latter

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mistersprinkles1983 OP t1_jeeehof wrote

You're wrong. I have HD600's on a Fiio K7 with the balanced cable. No comparison to the Bathys (and the HD600 are >> than the 560S). Sure the Bathys aren't great on bluetooth but if you do a wired connection with USB they smoke everything else I have including HD600. You might not have heard the Bathys with the latest firmware. The original firmware sound was anaemic and kind of lame but now they're terrific.

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mainguy t1_jeeg0et wrote

Yeah I had them on OG firmware. They were fine but can't compete with decent open backs imo. Heck i'd take a hd650 over my focal celestee any day, let alone a Bathys which is quite a bit below my Celestee tbh.

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