Packaging and Accessories

The Focal Bathys ships in a clean white cardboard box with the company logo and product name on the front along with a simplified render of the headphones from the side to trigger your trypophobia. Salient marketing features, including compatibility with smart assistants rounds off the front, whereas a more complete render of the actual product along with the carry case greets us on the back. Focal has more branding and features listed on the sides in multiple languages and here we also find a side flap keeping the contents in place during transit.


Open the box to reveal two QR codes on the inner lining, with the first taking you to a very handy video tutorial page covering the functionality of the Bathys and much more. I recommend going through the relevant sections here since most people are unlikely to read a detailed user manual which, incidentally, Focal has made available online. The second QR code has more to do with the mobile app which we will get to over the course of this review. A quick start guide and a pamphlet going over the Focal product lines serve as paperwork here, then we can move on to the really nice carry/storage case included with the Bathys. It's a semi-rigid case that measures in at 24x21x7 cm and is plenty easy to carry inside a backpack or cabin bag when traveling, with a hanging tag to further clip the case on the outside via a carabiner as needed. The exterior gets a durable fabric layer with the Focal flame logo applique on the front. More branding comes courtesy the Focal print on the zipper tags, whereby a self-sealing zipper also helps with dust and spill resistance. The case can easily lie flat owing to its form factor, and opens up to reveal the headphones themselves packed flat in their own compartment. There are more compartments to neatly store the accessories and Focal provides enough room to throw in a small DAP or charger too.


We get two cables with the Focal Bathys and both come in handy for its operating modes. Both cables are 4' (1.2 m) in length with portability in mind, with the first cable having two 3.5 mm single-ended TRS jacks on either side and the second going from USB Type-C to Type-C. The USB cable gets Focal branding on the connector housing, whereas the analog cable gets an angled connector to help with easier routing on the headphones. The Type-C cable also comes in handy for charging the internal battery in the headphones, whereby Focal have already tested compatibility with chargers able to provide 2 A or more of current on the 5 VDC rail.