If you're in love with neutral headphone like Sundara perhaps you could give Austrian Audio Hi-X65 a shot! It is built like a tank, unlike hifimans.

I heard from Darko Audio that the Bathys is made and assembled in China. The only thing that is France about it is the driver, they are directly sent from France to the assembly factory in China. Perhaps that is why.

Man, god certainly charges a very hefty price just to let us hear him talk.

Yes, some indie artists definitely know how to mix song better than some major mainstream artists from my experience.

that edit though lol

Seems like there will be future edits in your post, because in this hobby you are never satisfied with what you have, you will always look for that audio nirvana which doesn't exist. But that is part of the enjoyment too ironically.

I've read in some threads that people got burned out and eventually stopped and sell all their expensive gears, finally learning that it is always about the music not the gear. This I would call the "enlightened" level. Perhaps it will take decades if not years for some people. Even I am still in the honeymoon phase, trying out different gears and saving up for even more gears.

Perhaps one day I will achieve enlightenment too, BUT NOT TODAY, I still need to get that flagship headphone that I've been saving up for years for.

Such is the irony of being in this hobby. 💀

buy something better, preferably not made in china