I loved my time with the Bathys but ultimately the fact that ANC is always on with them drove me to return them. ANC is so fatiguing when it's not needed that I just found myself not using them for anything but travel, which made it hard to justify the price. It's a shame because the fact I can...

Oh sorry I misunderstood the problem you were having, my bad

Dumb question but you’re sure you have the Bathys on USB DAC mode? USB DAC mode shouldn’t be drawing any power at all, charging is disabled in that mode.

Apples and oranges, Bathys solves a completely different problem. Sure they may be behind sealed headphones in pure performance in perfectly quiet environment, but the fact that I can listen to hi-res lossless with noise canceling on a flight or the subway with this kind of SQ AND that I can...

Welp, pretty sure my two week old Bathys are toast. I just booted them up and the left speaker is crackling faintly. When I turn transparent mode on, that faint crackle becomes a loud crackle - seems like the noise canceling mics are shorted or freaking out. Still in the return window so they’ll...

Man, I’d call myself an audiophile and the Bathys is nearly my perfect headphone. It has so much versatility - I can use it with my phone as a DAC walking around, wireless watching a movie on a flight, or plugged into my laptop at work with the SQ it provides is unmatched. The 5909 trump them...

For anyone else wondering this, I got a pair of Bathys today and they have very little thudding when walking / bone conduction / whatever you call it. Pretty happy with them so far.

Ok - then which one had less bone conduction when walking 😅

Which one had less footstep noise when walking? That’s a dealbreaker for me with headphones which unfortunately eliminates almost all the good ones.

They seemed flummoxed by it and told me to exchange them.

Thanks all. After talking to ML support they’re going back. They likely would have anyway - I love how they sound but I get the dreaded footstep thuds when walking in them, which eliminates them as a daily commuter. Maybe all over-ear headphones suffer from this but I’m gonna try the Bathys next.

Just got an open-box pair of 5909s today. They sound and look amazing - but has anyone had issues with pops and clicks while using USB DAC mode? I’ve tried factory resetting, updating the firmware, and switching devices but I’m consistently experiencing pops and clicks during playback. Wondering...

One more question that I can’t seem to find the answer to: will the 5909’s DAC work when connected to the iphone via the CCK? Or does it draw too much power?

So for those who have them, would these be ridiculous to try and commute in? Are the large to the point of being cumbersome? Trying to decide between these, the Bathys, the PX8, and the MW75. Would be mostly for daily subway commute, listening at work, and several flights per year.

So wait, does that mean that you can connect the Bathys directly to the iphone without using a CCK? I’m deciding between the Bathys and the Mark Levinson‘s and this feels like a pretty big checkmark in the Bathys’ favor.