Bathys

I own both and find that the ANC on the PX8S2 to have slightly less cabin pressure but more heat. So there's a trade off regardless of your choice. The only ANC headphones I've used that don't have cabin pressure either have fairly weak ANC for their price bracket e.g. Focal Bathys/MG version or com

I've owned these sets. The PX8 S2 is energetic out of the box; the recessed midrange, and boosted treble and low frequencies are how most consumer headphones are tuned, which is why some listeners will have issues with sibilance on certain sets. The PX8 S2 are especially strident; I prefer the PX7 S

Different tuning, access to PEQ; hopefully improved ANC and transparency, with less occlusion. Unpopular opinion, but despite Sound Personalization being nearly as good as AAT for producing a near-PEQ-like tuning, I will gladly pay the entrance fee for an ANC headphone with an actual parametric EQ o

I've tried all of these personally. Was in the same place. Tons of audiophile grade wired cans, looking for an exciting pair of closed back anc. You wouldnt believe the look on my face when the Dyson Zones came out on top for me. By a LOT. Anc is the best I've ever used, in the sense that you can't

Problem is for me use case, ie out and about and they just don’t work very well and so frustratingly unreliable with horrible constant dips in sound. I’ll probably keep them anyway but they’ll just end up hanging on a wall. I’m looking at the focal bathys mg. It’s quite a cost bump though and I’ve h

I don't want to take anything away from Rtings amazing work. As a long time AV enthusiast, I have followed them since their inception and trust their review process and scoring of displays -- this is coming from someone that built their own pattern generator, owns a colorimeter, has a full Calman an