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Seems like someone made a mistake, pictures are already hosted on amazon.
I checked the meta tags and here is what i found out:
BeoPlay H2 are ultra-flexible, on-ear headphones featuring a superior sound experience and inline microphone and remote for hassle-free control.
BeoPlay H2 is always on: fashionably, comfortably, effortlessly on, matching your identity and lifestyle. Ultra-flexible, on-ear headphones featuring a superior sound experience and inline microphone and remote for hassle-free control
Featuring the acclaimed Bang & Olufsen Signature Sound, BeoPlay H2 is designed to bring you music the way the artists intended it - authentic and clean
Incredibly lightweight composite structure combined with genuine lambskin on the cushions
Detachable and interchangeable cable Inline remote and microphone.
EDIT:
Looks like there will be three different colours:
Silver Cloud
Carbon Blue
Feldspar Green
New wheels for an office chair ?
Beo Century ,Beoplay V1, Beocenter 6, Ex-Beolit 12, Beotime , A8. Beolit 15 , Form 2i , Beolab 2000, Beoplay A3.Beosound 1
The 2 would indicate that those are relatively lowpriced headphones.
Does anyone know the pricetag?
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Simonbeo: New wheels for an office chair ?
Exactly! And it looks like they used the fabric from the cushions as well...
/Dennis
There we go again....
...why not just wait untill we/you see them 'in the flesh'?
Millemissen: There we go again.... ...why not just wait untill we/you see them 'in the flesh'? MM
I love a little bit of irony about BeoPenguins, office chair wheels, A triple tipsy (Beoplay A3), the Beo bow tie lab, or the odd Snow White coffin (Braun). I still remember the pair of BeoVox Penta in a shop, which didn't impress me at all, but are now giving a much better impression for my eyes and ears in my living room ...
I just hope they are Bluetooth 4.0 enabled with 6 hours of battery life.
Then I am an immediate buyer.
Very sub - beoplay.
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
AnalogPlanet: I just hope they are Bluetooth 4.0 enabled with 6 hours of battery life. Then I am an immediate buyer.
I guess you will have to wait for the H8 then.
Simonbeo: Very sub - beoplay.
Could nor agree more - looks very much like the designs from fresh Scandinavian designers - which should not be the design for Bang & Olufsen nor Beoplay IMHO.
Is this really the design that the general public (and for that matter previous Bang & Olufsen and Beoplay customers) are looking for or is it more the design suiting a designer's taste. The comparison with wheels to a desk chair was spot on.
Let's hope they look etter in the flesh - I am not impressed.
My B&O products: Beosound 9000, Beosound 2300, Beosound Century, Beolab 8000, Beolab 6000, Beolab 4000 x2, Beolab 3500, Beolab 2000, Beolab 10, Beolink Active x2, Beotime, Beo5 x2, Beo4, A9 keyring x2, LC2 dimmer x6 and growing....
So let's wait then.
OT: Just wonder what the price for H2 is going to be - probably 99 EUR or so (judging from first looks).
I wouldn't buy them at any price looking like that!
Rivenflush: The comparison with wheels to a desk chair was spot on.
I wonder why noone came up with that as the H6 was launched!
It is the same kind of hinge as the H6 has - only another material, and both cups are round as a wheel is.
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There's a fine line between posting a comment as a 'nickname', and one that can easily be mistaken/understood as some kind of 'prejudice'.
I am not 'defending' the form/design of the H2's - I couldn't, because I have only seen a couple of pics 'till now.
I am only saying, that many people often change there attitude to a (B&O) product, after they have seen it in real.
If I were to post a comment based on these pics, it would rather be this:
I wonder who they are targeted at?
I don't suppose we will see some self-important/highblown rapper wearing them in a horrible video this time
@Mark
What more than a H6 do you need?
With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.
Sound quality is subjective just like music choice. Many HAVE complained here the the H6 was incredibly flat sounding - boring and lifeless in my opinion, the same is now being said for the A2. I own a A8 iPhone dock and for me, it's too flat sounding and is placed in a spare bedroom for guests as a phone charger only. Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Seriously, these are definitely NOT targeted towards the BEATS / Senheisser Momentum Mini type of buyer! Do young people honestly buy into siege and green? my research says NO! Bang & Olufsen customers will be the buyers of them as they are the ones who continue to buy into the brand.
Millemissen: Rivenflush: The comparison with wheels to a desk chair was spot on. I wonder why noone came up with that as the H6 was launched! It is the same kind of hinge as the H6 has - only another material, and both cups are round as a wheel is.
Millemissen:@Mark What more than a H6 do you need? MM There is a tv - and there is a BV.
Paul W:With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.
Mark: I have H6's and they are perfect indoor headphones but I spend a lot of hours on the go and would like a good looking high quality headset with noise cancelling ability with preferably bluetooth to reduce hard wire connection.
I have H6's and they are perfect indoor headphones but I spend a lot of hours on the go and would like a good looking high quality headset with noise cancelling ability with preferably bluetooth to reduce hard wire connection.
What does that have to do with 'a true audiophile headphone.' (whatever that means)?
The H8 will be a bluetooth HP, I am informed.
Maybe that'll do for you?
Haven't heard anything about 'noice cancelling', though.
Paul W: With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.
I am pretty sure Apple did not buy Beats because of the headphones - they wanted the streaming service and the expertice that comes with it. And they wanted it before it smashed iTunes as a business model.
It might be true that the heavy bass of the Beats HP's sounds well for a certain kind of music.
But B&O never made (and I guess never will make) gear for a certain style of music.
If you find the A8 'too flat sounding', it is simply not the kind of gear that you need.
I wonder, if you will be/are satisfied with other speakers from the B&O range, as none of those are 'blessed with' a 'heavy bass sound'.
By the way, life is flat sounding - not heavy bass sounding - and certainly not boring and lifeless!
I bought the H6 (after trying several other HP's), because it is rather flat - because it does not corrupt the music, that I usually listen to.
If the H2's are equally tuned, I might buy them - not having to take my (relatively expensive) H6's on the go. Seems that they will be at such a pricetag, that loosing them won't hurt as much as loosing the H6's.
Let's see what colours they come in - and how they look and feel in the flesh.
Never the less - it will be interesting to see the advertising/the pictures of the people wearing them,
when they will be launched next week
BeoBoy68:BeoPlay H2 comes next week on BeoPlay.com
noooooooooooo!
Millemissen: Mark: I have H6's and they are perfect indoor headphones but I spend a lot of hours on the go and would like a good looking high quality headset with noise cancelling ability with preferably bluetooth to reduce hard wire connection. What does that have to do with 'a true audiophile headphone.' (whatever that means)? The H8 will be a bluetooth HP, I am informed. Maybe that'll do for you? Haven't heard anything about 'noice cancelling', though. MM
I was actually about to buy the H6s. Are the H8s just going to be H6s with bluetooth? If that is the case I might wait.
Paul W: With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music. Sound quality is subjective just like music choice. Many HAVE complained here the the H6 was incredibly flat sounding - boring and lifeless in my opinion, the same is now being said for the A2. I own a A8 iPhone dock and for me, it's too flat sounding and is placed in a spare bedroom for guests as a phone charger only. Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Seriously, these are definitely NOTthe targeted towards the BEATS / Senheisser Momentum Mini type of buyer! Do young people honestly buy into siege and green? my research says NO! Bang & Olufsen customers will be the buyers of them as they are the ones who continue to buy into the brand.
Sound quality is subjective just like music choice. Many HAVE complained here the the H6 was incredibly flat sounding - boring and lifeless in my opinion, the same is now being said for the A2. I own a A8 iPhone dock and for me, it's too flat sounding and is placed in a spare bedroom for guests as a phone charger only. Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Seriously, these are definitely NOTthe targeted towards the BEATS / Senheisser Momentum Mini type of buyer! Do young people honestly buy into siege and green? my research says NO! Bang & Olufsen customers will be the buyers of them as they are the ones who continue to buy into the brand.
The most ageist contributor to Beoworld by a mile!
Who in their right mind spends money on expensive equipment that just applies / filters extra bass to everything?
Graham
pnewelljr: I was actually about to buy the H6s. Are the H8s just going to be H6s with bluetooth? If that is the case I might wait.
I don't know - only thing I have heard is that there will be a bluetooth HP (called H8) soon.
vikinger: Paul W: With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music. Sound quality is subjective just like music choice. Many HAVE complained here the the H6 was incredibly flat sounding - boring and lifeless in my opinion, the same is now being said for the A2. I own a A8 iPhone dock and for me, it's too flat sounding and is placed in a spare bedroom for guests as a phone charger only. Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Seriously, these are definitely NOTthe targeted towards the BEATS / Senheisser Momentum Mini type of buyer! Do young people honestly buy into siege and green? my research says NO! Bang & Olufsen customers will be the buyers of them as they are the ones who continue to buy into the brand. The most ageist contributor to Beoworld by a mile! Who in their right mind spends money on expensive equipment that just applies / filters extra bass to everything? Graham
He is, and will continue to be, an idiot until he realises that his narrow minded view of music, hifi, and technology is nothing but that - his own view and the vast majority here don't agree and would rather he didn't post his drivel! He's also contradicted himself on this site more times than I care to remember - he loves it, he's gonna buy it, right up unitl he's not sure, then it's not as good as Apple and a waste of money etc!
I really don't know why he even bothers to turn up!!
Ban boring signatures!
Paul W:Sound quality is subjective
No it isn't, accurate sound reproduction is measurable - opinion about sound quality is subjective! While you continue to bleat on about Beats your argument will continue to fall on stony ground among those who pursue hifi or even good quality!
Paul W:Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green?
Style is timeless, fashion is for victims! Go worry about colours!
My advice? - buy Beats, a new iPhone every year, clothes from Paul Smith .................. and post somewhere else!
Puncher: Paul W:Sound quality is subjective No it isn't, accurate sound reproduction is measurable - opinion about sound quality is subjective! While you continue to bleat on about Beats your argument will continue to fall on stony ground among those who pursue hifi or even good quality! Paul W:Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Style is timeless, fashion is for victims! Go worry about colours! My advice? - buy Beats, a new iPhone every year, clothes from Paul Smith .................. and post somewhere else!
Well said (or written), Puncher.
It gets a bit annoying reading the postings from Paul 'Young' (sorry: Paul W). Constantly whining about 'boring old men' and constantly telling how 'Young and stylish' he and his friends are. I guess time will solve that problem... one day he is a boring old man - with flashy colors, of course.
BeoGreg:They arrived yesterday in France (green and beige !!!).
The officiel launch will be on thursday 20th november.
Surely the dealers (or at least some of them) have gotten them by now, but they are not allowed to sell - or show - them before the launch.
There will be a third colour (something blueish) too. They should be quite omfortable - so my local dealer said. The sound being not quite as superb as the H6. But you wouldn't expect that for the price it retails: 1500 DKK (around 200€).
Another nice thing - there will be a second cable (though not included) without the Apple-remote-thingy....for Android-users.
This cable should be (so I was told) 2,5 m - and can be used for the H6 as well!