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KMA
B&O product history since 1991: Ridiculously long to list in a signature.
"You think we can slap some oak on this thing?"
KMA:In my opinion, B&O shoots their sales in the foot with these "designer colors" that appeal to a much smaller group of people than (safe & maybe boring) black, for example. Do they want their sales to lack? Have they given their designers the right to ditch common sense?
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Michael:First of all it is B&O Play and not "B&O". I actually like the dark edition with brown. I have a brown leather cover for my dark iPhone 6 so it will work good together. And brown is a nice color to add to your person too.
KMA:I think herein lies the problem: there are no "Bang & Olufsen" headphones anymore, they are all in the B&O Play range. And not offering the wireless H8 in a classic black leaves a hole in the range, in my opinion. Black is timeless and suits any existing B&O gear, whereas there's nothing brown in the Bang & Olufsen product range. And my Space Gray iPhone 6 is naked so nothing brown or golden there either. As I really don't like the "designer colors" of these new wireless Play headphones, I'll be getting black bluetooth headphones from another brand for the time being, hoping I can switch to black H8 some time in the future. Pity, as I was really looking forward to bluetooth headphones from B&O Edit: to clarify, I'll be using the headphones mainly with BV11 with a bluetooth transmitter dongle. KMA Current setup : BeoVision 11-46 with Apple TV, Sony BDP-S790, Mac Mini, BeoLab 11 , BeoPlay A8, Beo5, BeoRemote One . B&O product history since 1991: Ridiculously long to list in a signature.
Michael: 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... You can use them with a headphone-cable too. But I am not sure they work without power however. Perhaps.
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
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 extraordinary
with the headphone-cable plugged in and ANC active you will have 35h battery life...
BATTERY Replaceable and rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery· Capacity 800 mA· Up to 14 hours with Bluetooth and ANC· Up to 16 hours with Bluetooth· Up to 35 hours with ANC· Charging time 3 hours
KMA:The current colors do not match any B&O products I have...
Headphones are things you wear. I do not want to wear glass and aluminum, or wood (latest B&O products), but I frequently wear a brown leather jacket that could match the headphones...
Stop thinking that headphones are a B&O product to show in you living room, take them and go outside, live with them...
Headphones are a fashion accessory, not a hifi product.
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mbee:Headphones are things you wear. I do not want to wear glass and aluminum, or wood (latest B&O products), but I frequently wear a brown leather jacket that could match the headphones... Stop thinking that headphones are a B&O product to show in you living room, take them and go outside, live with them... Headphones are a fashion accessory, not a hifi product.diisign.com
mbee: Headphones are a fashion accessory, not a hifi product.
My, how times have changed!
Ban boring signatures!
just looked up the meaning of fashion and the verb is "make into a particular form" and the noun "manner of doing something"....
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Do these make sense other then for those buying a fashion thing?
The analogue output on i devices is mediocre junk. The i device bluetooth implementation doesnt even support aptx.
Android I believe does that but thats the other half of the matket space.
They stress the great sound in reviews but honestly, with an iphonr how good cannt be?
Actually it seems to support AAC encoding, so that might make it an interesting choice
If it was possible to charge trough the iPhones lightning-port AND play music that way that would have been the best of everything. Philips released a pair of headphones that uses lightning and that means it can use it´s own high quality dac to play music at high quality - bypassing Apples sound hardware.I heard someone say H8 has it´s own DAC and yes, that is true for bluetooth at least but if it has to use bluetooth it´s not able to play lossless music anyway.
I had a play with H8 on training in Berlin last week and they really are superb - good output when played via blue tooth from my iPhone. Slightly smaller than H6 with the same premium build quality and adjusting the volume on the ear piece very cool!
Should prove to be very popular....
SHEFFIELD:I had a play with H8 on training in Berlin last week and they really are superb - good output when played via blue tooth from my iPhone. Slightly smaller than H6 with the same premium build quality and adjusting the volume on the ear piece very cool! Should prove to be very popular....
2 thoughts....
is the lightning port as secure as the headphone jack as I have only used the port when stationery or desk bound and it would be interesting how one could use a portable battery extender at the same time as the H8's being connected.
also can someone make a woolly hat that both keeps my head warm and gives me the ability to listen to my headphones without any loss of performance...
I'm curious to know how the aluminium touch controls will work under certain circumstances like cold or humid weather.I have to see the design in real life to judge and I have to listen. Would be nice if they sound more Hifi wise...In Terms of technology I think that Bluetooth plus Active Noise Cancelling is an ideal combination! When I bought my fantastic Sony MDR-1RNC Headphones I head to choose: Bluetooth OR Noise Cancelling. Nowadays with the H8 I can have both.And believe me: For frequent traveling the noise canceling feature is a BIG plus of comfort. I love it when I'm sitting on the plane, switch the Sony headphones on, here the power on chime and *SWOOSH* the noise of the plane's turbines is far away. :)Lightning ports on headphones: This is not a good development as Apple is trying to control everything on the technology field, dictate everybody and - if you are not on their path - sue everybody else! In my opinion this is not good for choice on the market. I know, many people will say "No, Apple is great and friendly!" but if you watch their overall activities in the past few years... the signs are there. :)
Just ordred a pair :)
/Uldall
It´s a lifestyle.
Uldall: Just ordred a pair :) /Uldall
Me too:-)
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TWG:I'm curious to know how the aluminium touch controls will work under certain circumstances like cold or humid weather.
The controls use pressure, not capacitance so can be used even with gloves.
Peter
I have also ordered but my retailer will get them 18th febuary. I´m quite sure I can't wait that long.
OK the proof is in the pudding and I will be ear testing ASAP as I appreciate sound is subjective, personally I prefer the looks of the H8's compared to the Zik 2.0 so 1 - 0 on the 1st count.
Crutchfield in the US has them in stock. I just ordered my pair.
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mine was delivered today, next monday I have my first flight with it.
Its not coming with a proper case, just a sack, the controls do work but taking some getting used to, for example I can only switch noise canceling off using my thumb, not my pointer finger.
Need to play with it some more ..... will report back next week how trip went ....
Just had a play with the H8 at my dealer this morning, they sound very good,bit of a difference in sound going form noise canceling on to off,being very left handed will take a bit of getting used to right handed control.
Ordered a pair coming next week.
Its all about the music.
What I found after using it a bit, if I use my thumb instead of my index finger it works flawless. Maybe thats because it has more surface area.
Sound wise I like them, noise canceling works, I had my dryer on and the noise from it got muted. There is no hissing when you are listening to quiet periods of music.
Only disappointment is that there is no travel case to store the thing, the little bag may not be enough protection when on the road.
Can some one tell us how they sound compared to the h6?
Thanks
Wilderwein:Can some one tell us how they sound compared to the h6? Thanks
Could someone who already owns a pair answer this question for me? Does the 3.5 jack lead included have an inline remote and mic? Thanks.
It doesnt. The microphone is built into the headphones.
The way the plug looks you won't have an "IOS Iphone" type of remote so the extended controls that happen via tapping the side of the headphone won't work. It just has 3 sections on the plug, I think for any kind of remote function you need 4 just like on the apple earphone plugs.
JK
Good point. In theory, could any lead from a pair of headphones that has four sections on the plug be used?