I went down to 15%, because something felt unnatural in the long run with higher percentage. It gives me just the slightest of clarity push without overemphasizeing the highs. But of course every human hears differently and the mimi thingy is personalized so it may vary from person to person by quite a margin.
I totally agree on the unnatural feeling. I might go down even more a bit, not sure. Can't stop the chase after the ideal sound
The app uses a separate Bluetooth-LE device to control Bathys and you can even see Aptx codec being used by the headphones.
Hi all,
Been playing around with different connection options with Bathys since getting the iPhone 15 pro max. Boils down to two:
1) Aptx Adaptive through Iphone-> Creative BT-W5 - > Bathys. Works flawlessly. In addition to just working you still get access to Focal App in this mode
2) DAC mode. In this mode I get constant sound artifacts and disconnects between Bathys and iPhone. Pretty much unusable which is very strange because iPad Pro M1 has no such problems.
Does anyone share the same experience?
What EQ do you use?I use wired DAC mode extensively with my iPhone 13 and the camera adapter and an overpriced USB cable. Initially no sound artifacts or disconnects via iPhone or iPad.
Worked pretty well until recently when hi resolution changes (e.g on Qobuz and Foobar) caused the sound output to drop. Music is still advancing on the source but no sound from the Bathys. Have to turn off DAC mode and reengage to get the sound output back. Really bad when shuffling artist playlists via Qobuz with varying resolutions.
Focal sent me a replacement which should be here next week. Crossing my fingers.
Before it stopped working well, wired DAC mode sounded best to me. With proper EQ and Mimi application (which works in DAC mode) they are starting to sound more like a $799 headphone.
Rich
