Headphones thread (show us yer cans)!

My Meze Liric + Schiit stack at work. 8 hours of weekday bliss:

And the home Meze family. Liric, Advar, and 99 Classics:

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I have Open and Closed Sundara’s, does that make me a 2x member with super powers? :roll_eyes:

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where do you see that , I just looked and can’t see anything referring to EQ ??

I had a similar situation , I had been negotiating with the management committee about buying Focal Clear MG when I saw a Black Friday deal for HiFiMan Arya Stealth . So I bought them and 2 weeks later bought the Clear Mg as well.

Now all I do is compare them rather than listen.

They are very different , I simply can’t decide which is better. The Focal really look great !!

A high class problem …

I have to install an app on the phone or ipad ā€œFocal/Naimā€. Then you pair your Bathys with the phone by bluetooth.

In the App you can do EQ, Personalisation, Firmware upgrade if availble.

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Ah … its via the Bathys , I have the Clear Mg

There is a Naim Focal app that runs the Uniti Atom series , that’s what I use , I have the Atom Headphone Edition

No wonder I couldn’t find it. There is a similar Sony app that pairs and EQ’s my Sony WH 1000MX4’s

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Sorry Mike, it is a Bathys only feature.

I can EQwith Roon if I want, I don’t as it happens

Just ordered a pair of Cleer Audio ARC II’s to improve listening ā€œon the hoof.ā€ SQ will be many times better than their predecessors, Shokz Aeropeks.

EDIT: They have arrived and after a day of listening they don’t disappoint, they offer a couple of octives that were missing from their bone conducting predecessors. :blush:

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Just out of interest it is the same app obviously a different bit

Yes, Focal and Naim use the same app. You chose which product you want to configure. Since I have only the Bathys headphones, I cannot tell you more.

The Naim/Focal app controls everything, that was the situation pre merger & I believe has been extended to cover Focal.

Yes not having a device means you don’t see the bits to control that device , hence not realizing the Bathys was controlled from it

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I haver 3 pairs of Grado’s, each more expensive than. the other. Now I don’t like them. Where as I hated closed backed headphones I find I love FiiO IEMs. Have from 2 pairs with a 3rd coming.

I’m a big fan of Grado’s (apart from the cable), but I also like Planar’s on occasions.

What don’t you like about the cable?

I have custom cables on my other headphones which are braided and are very comfortable as well as enhancing the sound quality; the Grado’s still have the hosepipe cable that never quite behaves and can be slightly microphonic, but still sound good.

I know what mean. fat and heavy cables. didn’t know one col chnage them, especially as they go into the ear cups. Is it eqsy or does a specialist have to do it?

It’s best done by someone with experience as you have to deconstruct and re-solder the new cable inside the cups.

I shan’t do that! Thank you kindly for letting me know it is possible.