the Hadenys passive headphones display an open design

Focal is adding the Hadenys and Azurys to its collection of passive luxury headphones this week. Hadenys, named after the eon when the Earth was first formed,  is an open-backed design, and the Azurys, inspired by Azurite, a semi-precious stone,  is closed-backed. The headphones feature the same aluminium/magnesium 40mm ‘M’ shaped driver found in the Bathys headphones which have active noise cancelling.

Both headphones will be available on focal.com from Tuesday, 7th May. Hedenys will retail for £599 (€699/$699, May 2024) and Azurys will retail for £499 (€549/$549).