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Bathys Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones

The Bathys is a wireless headphone featuring Bluetooth 5.1 and active noise cancellation. With two noise cancellation modes – a "Silent" mode for traveling in noisy environments an...

star4.7(692)·$799.00$849.00

Headphones

Focal Stellia Wired Headphones Stellia are the ultimate closed-back circum-aural headphones, both in terms of acoustic performance and the prestige of the materials used, such as t...

star4.8(154)·$2,549.08$2,999.00

Utopia Headphones

Low Price Guarantee! The Focal Utopia Over Ear Headphones push the boundaries for high end audiophile sound and premium headphone construction. They feature the legendary design an...

star5.0(58)·$3,895.00$4,999.00

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Focal

5 mentions from real owners

#1Nov 5, 2025
Bluetooth over the ear headphones
My preferred are the Bowers and Wilkins Px8 or the Focal Bathys. They aren't cheap but they are worth it.
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#2Oct 3, 2025
Are Focal Bathys headphones a ‘buy it for life’?
I gather the Utopia has much better build quality than the Clear, which is what I owned. (For $5000 you’d hope so!) My best pair is the Audeze LCD-4. It may not prove to be a BIFL purchase, but it sounds amazing (especially with EQ) and I got it for a good price. The best-built TOTL is probably still the Sennheiser HD800/800S. Meze and ZMF might be more “heirloom-ish,” but I'm not really the target audience for those.
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#3Oct 3, 2025
Are Focal Bathys headphones a ‘buy it for life’?
True $300 is about bottom of the barrel when it comes to something I'd classify as audiophile. I tend to focus more on the TOTL models where the Focal Stellia or Utopia are very good. I also prefer wired over wireless as well. If mobile I'll use IEM's over wireless.
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#4May 6, 2025
Need new Over ear headphones
My cousin works for Focal and I got a pair of the Bathys for like 70% off. Absolutely fucking steal. Never loved something as much as those headphones. They’re massive though, only downside, but very comfortable
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#5May 6, 2025
Need new Over ear headphones
Sony has wonderful noise cancelling, but can be a pain on the software side, and audio quality is meh. Bose has better audio, but it’s somewhat more tuned imo (towards a specific listening style). I’ve loved bose but I’ve also had them fall apart on me WAY faster. Airpods Max make no goddamned sense and yet I just love them. The sound is better than the above to me, if you’re using Apple Music at least, and they just *feel* good. But so much of the design is beyond silly. They’re the ones I use most. However. If money were no object I’d get Focal Bathys. No question.
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