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FiiO KA5 USB DAC Headphone Amp vs Focal Bathys

Both products have identical sentiment scores on Reddit.

FiiO KA5 USB DAC Headphone Amp
#2 in Headphones

FiiO

FiiO KA5 USB DAC Headphone Amp

$119.99

55

Pros

  • +Can drive aune ar5000
  • +favourite dongle

Cons

  • โˆ’sounded bad with high gain
  • โˆ’distortion with high gain
  • โˆ’underpowered for them
โ€œThe M21 sounds really similar to my KA5, which is my favourite dongleโ€
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Focal Bathys
#1 in Headphones

Focal

Focal Bathys

$598.00

55

Pros

  • +comfortable
  • +better battery life
  • +better sound quality
  • +better instrument separation

Cons

  • โˆ’expensive
  • โˆ’thumping or impact sound from ANC mics when walking
  • โˆ’heavier
  • โˆ’overpriced
โ€œI love my Bathys. The crazy thing is, as good as they are, if you enter the world of wired headphones you'll see that the jump from Bose to Bathys is actually smaller than the jump from Bathys to premโ€
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