Brand-new Grandis cable for Focal Utopia! Even though I'm a very happy owner of a Focal Stellia, I just couldn't pass up the recent sale at Headphones.com and finally succumbed to the temptation of a Focal Utopia (2022 edition). Comparing the Utopia with it's stock cable to my beloved Stellia...

I'm sorry the Meenova cable didn't work for you. I don't know if this is the difference, but I should note that while my Bathys is running the latest firmware (1.4.2), my iPhone 12 Pro is still running iOS 15.7. That said, it's more likely that this is a QC problem by the cable manufacturer.

Yes, I am able to connect the Bathys to an iPhone without an additional adapter using the Meenova cable.

I haven’t noticed that yet, but I’ve only tried that interface option with iOS devices so far.

For those looking for an all-in-one USB-C to Lightning cable for use with the Focal Bathys and the on-board DAC, I just verified today that this cable from "Meenova" on Amazon works for me: https://amzn.to/3TSY8sp That said, the Meenova OTG cable does not fold that compactly, so it might...

Just got back from my trip and trying out the Bathys under real-world travel conditions. As I kind of expected, the ANC did not perform as well as my other two travel headphones (Sony MX4 and Apple APM) but they did well enough to make them suitable for use on an airplane. Just don’t expect...

Well, I couldn't resist and bought the Focal Bathys from headphones.com (which surprised me by showing up next day rather than 2 days...and I ordered it after the supposed ordering cutoff for that day; I'm not sure if "Diversified Distributing" is Focal's or headphones.com's distribution center...

Also, I really liked the creative lighting you used for the photo attached to your post. Enjoy your setup!

You must feel really relieved to have found the issue! You should contact AC…they have great customer support and will make this right for you.

FWIW, I have used two different AC cables (Ion and Integra) with two different Focal headphones (Elex and Stellia). Solid connections one both headphones using either cable. Note that I had the cables made with their standard Neutrik 3.5mm connectors for the headphone connection rather than...

I have both sleeved (Ion) and a non-sleeved (Integra) cables from Arctic. Neither versions are microphonic, either with the open or closed back headphones I've tried (Senn HD650 and Focal Elex for the former, Shure 1540 and Focal Stellia for the latter).

The gain setting is the third option: "PRE LV", which can be set to low or high. Note that this label is not consistent with the Conductor 3X Reference, which calls this "HEA LEVEL". HP OUT is one of the settings for OUTPUT (which is the second menu option). It can be set to HP OUT, PRE OUT...

I received a recommendation from Val @Arctic Cable re: my Focal Stellia headphones. I was using an AC Ion cable that I bought a year ago for the Focal Elex, which is the headphone that sold me on Focal. When my local dealer had an Open Box special on the Focal Stellia (which had almost no use...

Oh! You're quite right! I'll take down my post.

(deleted as my assertion has been refuted)