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Beoplay H8
Beovision Harmony 77" 2nd Gen, Beolab 5, Beolab 17, Beosound 1, Beoplay M3, Beoplay Portal, Beoplay Earset, Beoliving Intelligence
WEIGHT 255 g for decimalists 2.4 lb for imperialists
funny typo ...
But the H8 is a nice surprise
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
Chris Townsend:Very nice. World class
Second that, fabolous!
(100 EUR less would have been a better price point though IMHO)
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....
The touch gestures are a great idea, very cool.
Beoworld app with direct photo upload and emoticons.
Very nice. The brown one looks great. Price is OK IF they perform well. Look at BEATS PRO they are £350 and I know of a lot of kids 18-21 who have saved their pennies for these.
If the H8 plays nicely with the iPhone i.e. the volume is loud enough, they could be on to a winner. I think they are very classy looking!
My H6´s just went on my local selling site :P
"You think we can slap some oak on this thing?"
This is one of those products that makes me think.. why hasn't this been invented already?! (Apologies if there are already other companies with gesture based headphones out there, and I'm completely wrong.)
This seems extremely well executed, and I'll certainly want to try them out! Kudos B&O!
Yes I can see Emirates/Qatar offering these in business class! Someone at B&O needs to get these in the class airlines out there - what a marketing opportunity AND works both ways - it would be very good for the airlines too!
4 beolab 5, beolab 9, beolab 10, beolab 5000, beolab 8000 mk2, beolab 6002, beolab 3500, beovision 7 55 mk2, 2 beovision 11 46 mk4, beotime, beosound ouverture, beosound essence, beoplay A8, beomaster 900 RG de luxe and the collection continues...
I agree they look to be winners. Personally the ANC is more of an attraction than the wireless/bluetooth etc. I would expect the audio performance to be better than Bose headphones - the killer spec to make it a no-brainer is to out perform Bose at noise cancellation, they have managed to beat off all competitors to date!
Ban boring signatures!
Wow these are really exciting! I will be lining up for a brown pair. I love Wagners designs.
Brown is normally a color I don't even consider, but these brown H8s are classy and beautiful. Will buy for sure.
p.s. Thanks to Millemissen for hinting Bluetooth cans are in the pipeline. I love them! :)
Very nice. Almost the same features as the most advanced blotch headphones I Knew (Parrot Zik 2 : yes, they already had gesture control), but with the nice and timeless H6 design.
My only concern? I would want to keep the H8 for a very long time if I bought it, so I ould have preferred it to have the latest USB socket which seems to soon replace every USB socket and is bidirectional.
But otherwise, well done.
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Surprised this thread has dropped off the front page - a bump from me as I think these could do really well (subject to satisfactory wireless and noise cancelling performance obviously)!
They look great! Looking forward to seeing/listening to these!
Too long to list....
They do look great. But how many will upgrade from H6 to H8?
Too high a turnover of products for me!
Graham
vikinger: They do look great. But how many will upgrade from H6 to H8? Too high a turnover of products for me! Graham
Except, I think, there is a decent size market for active noise cancelling headphones among your middle-management type where brand and reputation is more important than having you head popped like a grape by an overly tight headband!
If these perform they could do really well - the benchmark is Bose, I'd be really disappointed if these didn't thump Bose from a audio point of view, but Bose have always held the high ground WRT noise cancelling - a good performance there could reset the bar, generate good sales whilst making those Bose owners in Business Class desperate to upgrade or else appear not quite as successful as they'd like to appear!!
Beolab 50, Beolab 8000 x 2, Beolab 4000 x 2, BeoSound Core, BeoSound 9000, BeoSound Century, BeoLit 15, BeoPlay A1, BeoPlay P2, BeoPlay H9 3rd Gen, BeoPlay H6, EarSet 3i, BeoVision Eclipse Gen 2 55", BeoPlay V1-40, BeoCom 6000 and so much else :)
Anyone know when these will be in store?
'B&O PLAY H8 koster kr. 3.699,-'
There is a tv - and there is a BV
vikinger:They do look great. But how many will upgrade from H6 to H8? Graham
@BeoGreg
You don't need to have all the HP's they make - do you
I don't want/need them either - but if there is a demand for them, it's fine with me.
MM
BeoGreg: vikinger: They do look great. But how many will upgrade from H6 to H8? Graham Not me yet, still haven't played enough with my H6 pepsi. I don't know if I will ever go the Bluetooth way : another device with a battery you have to power up all the time. Ok for a big speaker that can play while charging but headphones...
vikinger: They do look great. But how many will upgrade from H6 to H8? Graham
Not me yet, still haven't played enough with my H6 pepsi.
I don't know if I will ever go the Bluetooth way : another device with a battery you have to power up all the time.
Ok for a big speaker that can play while charging but headphones...
You can use them with a headphone-cable too. But I am not sure they work without power however. Perhaps.
they do look good and once again well priced by Play ...
at present my H6's are used only in-doors and my Parrot Zik's used outdoor and whilst commuting .... in this mode Bluetooth rocks as I saw a commuter loose his iPhone 6 when a fellow passenger exiting the train at a vast rate of knots caught his ear bud cable and pulled the phone out of his inside pocket and I then watched it drop down between the train and station platform... the perpetrator just shrugged his shoulders and could not even say he was sorry. I have also been strangled a few times by my cables in such instances.
Intrigued on the ability of the H8 to pick up calls etc. so will be road testing these soon and as I was about to buy the Zik 2.0... and do not get too hung up on bluetooth sound quality as when using outside you are assaulted by number of external noises from wind, traffic and even the sound of your feat walking when on noise cancellation ....
good to see Play on a roll....
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYbc-3FEryY
Interesting - noise cancellation battery charging from your phone. Could this be the way forward?
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/08/philips-fidelio-nc1l/
Too true. I found if you turn the 3G off it lasts a good 18+ hours on my 4S even when taking pics and filming!
Paul W: Interesting - noise cancellation battery charging from your phone. Could this be the way forward? http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/08/philips-fidelio-nc1l/
It is the way forward. Beats and others are going to do the same thing, There is a DAC in the headphone which should improve the sound from the iPhone. This is a profit item for Apple because the technology has to be licensed and certified by Apple.
Now that's very interesting! So a quality DAC in the H8+ would be a great idea! Now this kind of hints at 24bit or lossless for iTunes/Apple. We shall see?
Paul W: Now that's very interesting! So a quality DAC in the H8+ would be a great idea! Now this kind of hints at 24bit or lossless for iTunes/Apple. We shall see?
Surely, as the H8 accepts wireless and Bluetooth, there is already a DAC within!
Puncher: Paul W: Now that's very interesting! So a quality DAC in the H8+ would be a great idea! Now this kind of hints at 24bit or lossless for iTunes/Apple. We shall see? Surely, as the H8 accepts wireless and Bluetooth, there is already a DAC within!
The DAC module that is being implemented by Apple uses the lightning connector. It is not wireless. The first product is from somebody else.
linder: Puncher: Paul W: Now that's very interesting! So a quality DAC in the H8+ would be a great idea! Now this kind of hints at 24bit or lossless for iTunes/Apple. We shall see? Surely, as the H8 accepts wireless and Bluetooth, there is already a DAC within! The DAC module that is being implemented by Apple uses the lightning connector. It is not wireless. The first product is from somebody else.
.................. and it's not Apple nor Philips!
http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/headband-headphones/mdr-1adac
Apple only features because of their proprietary connector.
I am really intrigued about how good H8 are as bluetooth headset. Would be great to run endless concalls with something beautiful and (hopefully) comfortable. Also great to take to business trips. <3
AnalogPlanet: I am really intrigued about how good H8 are as bluetooth headset. Would be great to run endless concalls with something beautiful and (hopefully) comfortable. Also great to take to business trips. <3
I am really intrigued about how good H8 are as bluetooth headset. Would be great to run endless concalls with somethingone beautiful and (hopefully) comfortableing if you need. Also great to take to business or holiday trips. <3
SCNR
Does anyone have any idea whether the 'long press' gesture on the H8 will replicate the long mic button press on other headphones to activate Siri on an iOS device?