[mainguy]

A DAC or a USB cable breaking in? What??? Sorry, that's absolute nonsense. I can maybe, just maybe, buy the notion that a speaker / driver needs to break in (and then it should only be a few minutes at best). But a USB cable that's transmitting an electrical signal? And a DAC which is just a micro-chip, no mechanical components? Come on....

Lmao USB cable break in baby. Didn't you realise your iPhone charges 10% slower when you first get it because the charger is new? Gotta let that charger cable break in broseph.

 

[tyk103]

A DAC or a USB cable breaking in? What??? Sorry, that's absolute nonsense. I can maybe, just maybe, buy the notion that a speaker / driver needs to break in (and then it should only be a few minutes at best). But a USB cable that's transmitting an electrical signal? And a DAC which is just a micro-chip, no mechanical components? Come on....

Yeah this is nonsense IMO.

Plus the DAC is a Burr-Brown OPA 1622. I just think @madFloyd preference isn't the Bathys and that's fine. That's why headphones like the excellent (and warmer) B&W PX8 exist.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

Yesterday I tried using the DAC mode of the Bathys via my iPhone. It should have sounded better than BT from my iPhone but I thought it sounded very dry and metallic. I'm assuming the DAC portion of the headphones needs to break in (or the USB cable).

Totally agree. I didn’t notice a major improvement.

I’m really enjoying using these for watching movies connected to my Nvidia shield

 

[vsg28]

Plus the DAC is a Burr-Brown OPA 1622.

That's an op-amp, not a DAC chipset. Usually you'd have multiple such op-amps associated with the actual DAC chip inside a retail DAC unit, and the OPA1622 is a fine op-amp at that, but it's not doing any digital to analog conversion.

 

[Denkmal]

Ah yes but quite a difference in sound quality (I hope!!)…..

None of the Sonys stand a chance in the SQ dept.

 

[starfly]

None of the Sonys stand a chance in the SQ dept.

Not even the Z1R? Or did you mean in the wireless category?

 

[Denkmal]

Nice review. Darko doesn't go over the top with sound quality comparisons. Very easy to understand what he's referring to with respect to the sound. He also doesn't compare the Bathys to wired, full sized headphones but very smartly limits the comparisons to other Bluetooth, ANC headphones. Thanks for the link!

Yeah I like his reviews. Just a shame he wasnt able to compare Bathys with something in the same league. Pitting them against the much cheaper Sonys or B&W PX7s2 is not helping much. Would love to get his take on PX8 vs PX7s2 and also vs Bathys.

 

[Denkmal]

Not even the Z1R? Or did you mean in the wireless category?

Yeah sorry I was referring to the comparison w. WH-1000XM3/4/5.

 

[techbro]

That's an op-amp, not a DAC chipset. Usually you'd have multiple such op-amps associated with the actual DAC chip inside a retail DAC unit, and the OPA1622 is a fine op-amp at that, but it's not doing any digital to analog conversion.

Apparently (i.e. version / to be confirmed) it's an ESS DAC. So, pretty high end.

 

[Tudorsound]

Does noise cancelling work when you use it in dac mode? Thnks

 

[polymathic]

Does noise cancelling work when you use it in dac mode? Thnks

Noise cancelling can never be turned off on the Bathys

 

[Tudorsound]

Ah! So it’s transparency or NC (silent/soft) all the way. Thanks !

 

[botmann]

Ah! So it’s transparency or NC (silent/soft) all the way. Thanks !

Actually, it's Transparent, Soft, and Hard (I forget what the most AC is called), at least according the app.

 

[tyk103]

Actually, it's Transparent, Soft, and Hard (I forget what the most AC is called), at least according the app.

"Silent"

 

[Soundizer]

Totally agree. I didn’t notice a major improvement.

I’m really enjoying using these for watching movies connected to my Nvidia shield

That’s what i am interested in, however Shield doesn’t do AptX Adaptive.