It's been a busy time here recently. What Hi-Fi?'s Awards season has been hectic, full of tricky decisions and test rooms heaving with the best, and occasionally fa-from-best, audio goods in the game. Part of our expert team's collective goal during this stressful but rewarding time has been to whittle down our favourite headphones of the year, and to do so we have had to listen to a lot of them. During that happy process, I can't think of many that I enjoyed as much as the superb Focal Bathys wireless noise-cancelling headphones, and now that Black Friday is underway and customers are getting ready to snap up a deal, this is the pair I'd heartily recommend.
Sony might have swept the wireless category this year, but if you're after something more premium than its flagship WH-1000XM5, few wireless cans can compete at this price point with the awesome Focal Bathys over-ears. Usually available at its launch price of £699 but now enjoying their first proper discount, the exceptional Bathys have seen a hefty £100 cut from their RRP as part of the Black Friday sales, taking the figure down to £599 at Richer Sounds, Sevenoaks, Peter Tyson and Premium Sound.
