Now, the Bathys have gone to the gym, and gained Focals MG moniker.
(That means magnesium light, tough, and quality.)
You’ll be able to buy a pair from Amazon and a range of other retailers.
Its a lovely detail, and despite beinglesspackaging, it still feels special.
Inside, youll find the very brown carrying case.
The zipper is heavy-duty and feels like it will last a lifetime.
With the headphones nestled safely inside, it makes your over $1,000 package feel safe and secure.
Is it any bad thing that they look like the old model?
Its an attractive pair of headphones thats not too big.
Build quality is, as you might expect for the price, top-notch.
Theres now magnesium in the build as well for some extra cool points and a lighter weight.
Theres no spatial audio, and the ANC modes stop just before Sonys mad GPS-enabled sound blocking.
Beyond those two omissions, however, there are some great features on board the Bathys MG.
The first is the built-in wired DAC mode.
Classical music saw the best increase in quality.
A great way to listen.
The other wired mode is much simpler and very old school.
So those are your audiophile features and they work very well.
On top of those, youve got the usual spate of wireless headphone features.
The app is solid too, and I had little trouble getting the headphones set upexactlyhow I want them.
Listen to the white noise, hold the button when you hear beeps for four minutes.
Audio personalized to your hearing profile.
They already sounded excellent, but they sound even better after the sound adjustment.
The baby crying at the back of the bus was nearly completely silenced.
The sound of the bus engine evaporated into nothing.
There are three modes here though, funnily enough, one of them is not off.
My call partner was able to hear everything I was saying, with little disruption to my voice.
They came through clearly to me as well.
Is it as good as a pair of headphones or a microphone connected over a wire?
No, but its perfectly fine when compared to the competition.
They are an upgrade over the Bathys, thats for sure and those already sounded heavenly.
The MG part of the name comes from Focals MG line of wired audiophile headphones.
The result is a tighter bass reproduction, brighter highs, and a more spacious soundstage.
The highs are detailed and have excellent clarity.
The cymbals in CasiopeasLife Gameare well-balanced and clear, while the funky plucked guitar line is well-defined.
Theres plenty of dance and get up and go, without being too distracting or too bright and fatiguing.
The mids are well-rounded and give plenty of body to proceedings.
Expect the 30 hours figure to match up pretty well with your used experience.
Thats at around mid-volume with the ANC mode set to silent.
Plugging them in via a 3.5mm gives you a battery life increase of 5 hours.
You cant use the headphones when turned off either, which is slightly irritating.
But that doesnt change the fact that these are a very expensive headphone.
