Really not a huge fan of the Bathys either. I’d say it was close to a Celestee sound-wise, but being held back by some kind of DSP. The usual Focal slam sounded especially awful on them.

I really wanted to love them since it combined everything I like on paper (very dynamic Focal house sound in a smaller Bluetooth package), but instead they don’t feel as versatile as the more common and feature-packed ANC headphones, while still not sounding as great as proper Focals.

Still better than a stock Elegia I suppose, but it’s also much more expensive and can’t really be “fixed” unlike the Elegia.

Focal Stelliance. Mostly EDM and such.

Pad-rolling is how you turn the Elegia from mediocre to amazing.

Get some Dekoni sheepskin pads and with some EQ you’ll get a wonderful sounding closed-back for relatively cheap.

The Dekoni Stellia pads also work but I only found it to move the treble spike, not get rid of it. Still easier to EQ than with stock pads.

You can also get yourself some Celestee pads, and then you will literally have a Celestee sound-wise. The driver unit and cup inner design is identical between both. They’re twice the price as Dekoni’s options, but you won’t really have to worry about replacing them unlike the Clear ones. And it’s still cheaper than buying a Celestee, you’d only be sacrificing build quality compared to it.

You can also get the official Radiance and Stellia pads, however they won’t turn your Elegia into either of them. The Radiance uses the same driver unit but a different bass port design, while the Stellia uses the same bass port design but a different driver made of Beryllium. Both of them are also better built than even the Celestee. I’d still say it’s an improvement compared to the stock one, by far.

There’s also the ZMF pads but I’ve never tried them myself and haven’t heard much either, so can’t really say anything about those.

Known issue with the Elegia is the breaking headband. There’s 2 options in that case, either swapping it to another compatible headband (easy swap) or replacing the broken parts with stronger, 3D printed ones (quite harder but you’ll keep the stock design).