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Very nice but not for me, wrong type of sheep
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
Puncher: Kef joins the party!
Kef joins the party!
Thank God - they are hideously cheap-looking.
Beo4 'til I die!
Millemissen: @Peter: no, I did not remove the limiter. Mostly I use the small headphoneamp E1 from Fiio. Firstly it pulls the sound ut of the line-ot of theiDevice (through the dockconnector). Secondly it gives me more power to the headphones I use. I recommend the Fiio E1. Although it gives you more cable to deal with, it improves the sound in an easy way, and it draws only minimal power direct from the iDevice. Greetings Millemissen
@Peter: no, I did not remove the limiter.
Mostly I use the small headphoneamp E1 from Fiio.
Firstly it pulls the sound ut of the line-ot of theiDevice (through the dockconnector).
Secondly it gives me more power to the headphones I use.
I recommend the Fiio E1. Although it gives you more cable to deal with, it improves the sound in an easy way, and it draws only minimal power direct from the iDevice.
Greetings Millemissen
Looks interesting! I've just ordered one and will compare to my other headphone amplifier!
Peter
KEF M500 is in aluminium with nice accessories included ! Good points
http://www.whathifi.com/news/kef-joins-the-headphone-market-with-m500-and-m200
Here is another headphone amplifier with an amusing name that is actually highly regarded.
http://schiit.com
I think there are probably more headphones available now than in the past. Here is another from the French loudspeaker company. They look vaguely familiar.
http://www.focal.com/en/mobile-headphones/298-spirit-one-3544051725002.html
The Schiit amps review very, very well.
The headphone amp I'm saving up for - Fostex HP-A8C
http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/HP-A8C.shtml
Everybody and their brother is trying to compete for a slice of the headphone market. Every loudspeaker company of note, and many unknowns, as well as the traditional headphone companies. It's like the rush when in wall speakers first started getting popular, suddenly every speaker company felt compelled to try and grab that market, so almost everyone had some kind of in wall.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
You probably won't need a headphoneamp like the 'Schiit-one' for in house listening with your B&O. My recommandation of the Fiio E1 was meant for mobile use of the H6 with an iDevice. Greetings Millemissen
There is a tv - and there is a BV
H3 review by What HiFi here: http://www.whathifi.com/review/play-h3
4 out of 5 stars.
For:- Detailed and open sound- Well balanced across the frequency range- Easy to listen to over long periods
Against: - Tauter bass wouldn’t go amiss
I know which two headphones won't be grabbing any awards now.Haha...
But seriously I have a seen a couple of better built variations of H6 around on designboom. And how is the H3 distinctive design wise from a generic Sony model?
I like that B&O are finally making new headphones but these?! I hope they are high-end cos the competition in the lower-end spectrum is huge!
Anybody has a clue on the prices?
H3 - anodised aluminium - £199
H6 - £329
The H6's look very nice and what I would expect from bno ( might get some for xmas ) - but £200 for a tarted up ipod earphone ( H3 ) ? good grief
Would you get the H6 or Vk-1 from http://www.aedle.net ? They look almost the same aesthetically but one is obviously better in terms of build and quality. You be the judge.
I have just tried the H6 headphones in black and they are very nice indeed. I'm no expert on this to be honest, and as i cannot see me needing such a headphone all i can say is that they are very comfortable and sound very pleasant. I'm too old now to wear these about walking etc and wouldn't need such a thing at home.
I wouldn't personally use them travelling on a plane or train for the obvious aforementioned reasons of not having ANR. Without your music on you can have a conversation perfectly well with somebody even in a loud room so poor is the passive noise attenuation. But then again it would be.
The H3's were the item i was most looking forward to as i'm doing a lot of walking at the moment. As a big B&O fan who does admittedly spend money because of brand loyalty, i can honestly tell you that my free Apple earphones are better. The A8's which i have are better in every way, even bass!!!! Something the A8 was hardly a master of let's be honest. I spent a good few minutes making sure the seal was good and they were positioned correctly.
As my dealer told me there is a delay of delivery until summer ...
Chris Townsend: A8's which i have are better in every way, even bass!!!! Something the A8 was hardly a master of let's be honest. I spent a good few minutes making sure the seal was good and they were positioned correctly.
A8's which i have are better in every way, even bass!!!! Something the A8 was hardly a master of let's be honest. I spent a good few minutes making sure the seal was good and they were positioned correctly.
Oddly I found the original A8's to be much better for bass. Not sure if they changed manufacturing (either components or location), but recent a8's definitely lack bass.
Shame about the H3's. At £200 you'd expect a huge improvement over the free Apple in-ear headphones.
Here you can find a huge rewiew about hundreds of "In Ear" earphones. Some over 600$.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/multi-iem-review-279-iems-compared-audio-technica-ckm500-added-05-01-13-p-678
Beovision 10-46, Beocenter 1, Beo 4, Beocom 4, Beolit 12, Beosound 4, Beosound Essence, Beolab 6000
The H6 looks alright, not sure about the other one.
Too long to list....
I just came across these new pics on B&O's Mediacenter site:
and another one:
T3 Review of H6
"The B&O BeoPlay H6 is one of the best-looking pairs of headphones we've seen, and thankfully they sound as good as they look."
Ban boring signatures!
Just back from a local B&O store....H6 delivery seems to be delayed until August now?
anybody with more Information on this?
regards
Jens
Beovision 10-40(withA-TV and Wii) with Beolab 6000, Beolab 11 and 2 Beolab 14,Beo4,Beosound 8,Beolit 12,Beoplay V1 32,Beocom 5,Earset 3i,Beoplay H6
They seem to be available on the Danish BeoPlay site, although I haven't gone as far as ordering!
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Puncher: T3 Review of H6 "The B&O BeoPlay H6 is one of the best-looking pairs of headphones we've seen, and thankfully they sound as good as they look."
Also comments that use of plastic unfortunate. Compare them to the Philips Fidelio X1, which are cheaper, or indeed many of the competitors, and they seem rather pricey. I do like the look of the H6 but headphones are all about sound and comfort. I will have to compare them to my HD600s and RS-1s, When they are available!!
Peter: Puncher: T3 Review of H6 "The B&O BeoPlay H6 is one of the best-looking pairs of headphones we've seen, and thankfully they sound as good as they look." Also comments that use of plastic unfortunate. Compare them to the Philips Fidelio X1, which are cheaper, or indeed many of the competitors, and they seem rather pricey. I do like the look of the H6 but headphones are all about sound and comfort. I will have to compare them to my HD600s and RS-1s, When they are available!!
True enough, I was just trying to be positive!!
I must confess that after reading it I went off and read reviews of the Philips which seem to get rave reviews for almost half the price, and as you say, the H6's are more expensive than the landmark HD600's, a very hard act to follow.
I await your review with interest.
I visited a dealer in Berlin yesterday, he confirmed that the product launch had been postponed to september for both H3 and H6..
Hopefully to adjust the lack of bass on the H3 and the upmarket price on the H6?
I wonder who's in charge of B&O marketing, because having the products on the BeoPlay website on 10 th May, giving the tariffs and then telling you "delivery unknown" is quite pathetic.
Maybe they're too busy preparing the launch of BeoLab 14, which no one in Struer advertised about? Is that the new policy? Announcing new headphones 9 months in advance, and launching another non advertised product before that?
????
"Week 22 we start shipping the sales orders for H6 and H3"
(Info from 03-05-2013 14:21)
Just wondering what the dealers tell you!
Millemissen: "Week 22 we start shipping the sales orders for H6 and H3" (Info from 03-05-2013 14:21) Just wondering what the dealers tell you!
My dealer claimed yesterday there was only a two week delay - end of May - on the H3/H6, so where August or September comes from is anyone's guess.
Not a guess. The headphones are only available in Denmark and UK. Other countries have to wait till end of summer.
Just listened to the following on the H6;
http://www.amazon.com/Handel-Water-Music-Royal-Fireworks/dp/B000001GG0
The reproduction was superb, with a very open spacious sound and very enjoyable.
Tried then playing more Rock and Pop and I must admit that the sound may lack some depth and punch for some tastes who prefer bass performance over every thing else.
Very comfortable indeed.
I don't this THIS review of H3 has been posted yet - my apologies if it has.
Peter the Biker: As my dealer told me there is a delay of delivery until summer ...
... and summer has begun in Germany. I just bought 50% of my dealer's stock of the H6. The rest are one piece for display.
I listened on my iPod touch at 85% of volume level. 100% are a little bit too loud. First fazit: Sits well, sounds good, looks fine.