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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    The Creative W5? It works great for the Bathys from my MacBook sending out aptX Adaptive (the Bathys does not use aptX HD), plugged into a powered USB hub running from an OWC Thunderbolt dock. I haven't tried it with my iPhone 15 Pro and iPad, but Creative says it will not work with either...
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    iBasso SR3 — 150Ω version of the SR2

    No perforations??? Do you mean large?
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    iBasso SR3 — 150Ω version of the SR2

    SR2 and SR3 pads are the same (small and large perforation versions).
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    Reply to review by 'JML' on item 'Questyle M15i — Mobile Headphone Amp & DAC'

    The M15i does not decode MQA. You need to fix the review. And I don't know why you list "no battery" as a con; nothing you compared it to has a battery.
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    The settings are saved to the phone. The app does not have to be open in any context for the settings to be implemented.
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    The bigger blunder was not making the headbands replaceable once they get stained. The ear pads for a Clear OG are about $100, which is absurd (but I have a set on order from an $80 advance sale).
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    This is the one that's supposed to be 6N silver: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804449147283.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.38151802dVMMdG&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa. The same dealer lists another similar cable as "sterling silver." I asked GUcraftsman about making a USB-C cable...
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    I've ordered two pairs of silver (6N or "sterling") USB-C cables from AliExpress, just for the Bathys in DAC mode. I have one already, and the flexibility is amazing - and totally non-microphonic. More reactions to come after I get the second.
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    Comment by 'JML' in item 'Questyle M15i — Mobile Headphone Amp & DAC'

    Same one as offered for the M15. Available from several sources.
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    Comment by 'JML' in item 'GUcraftsman headphones/earphones cables'

    I bought the all-silver balanced XLR version for my Focal Clear. Superb construction, incredibly flexible, totally non-microphonic, and simply beautiful. I haven't listened long enough to hear if there's any real audible difference between these and my previous custom cable for the Clear...
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    USB-C cable for Questyle M15 question.

    You need OTG cables. Maybe your short ones are OTG and the long ones are not?
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    Toneboosters just released an update to their Morphit plugin with a correction curve for the Bathys.
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    I didn't notice any resulting hollow sound from that dip with the new pads. But the Focal pads have a similar dip in relation to the neighboring frequencies, and I didn't hear any hollow sound before.
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    I don't have music with 20 Hz musical content. So unless one listens to organ music on headphones, I don't see any great loss. In fact, as I noted I think the overall bass quality is better with the slight drop the chart shows. And of course perceived bass response in headphones is quite...
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    Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions

    The app itself shows a graph, but without details of the frequency and amplitude, which would be nice to have. Obviously, having that would be great, but my guess is that they don't want users to be able to apply the corrections outside of the Mimi app.
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