The only way to know if you are getting genuine B&O A8's is to purchase from a B&O dealer.Those are very convincing ones, real or fake.

Used to be that you could recognise the fakes without to much trouble, but its getting harder and harder, and who is to say that the seller has taken pictures of genuine ones, and will send you fake ones anyway?

"Brand new without retail box" - why?

Price one third of retail - why?

casdave wrote:

and who is to say that the seller has taken pictures of genuine ones, and will send you fake ones anyway?

If that happens, then I will return and will claim my money back.

Question still remains, how can you recognize the difference. There must be some details where you can see which is what.

Have seen the youtube video but some things I've seen are not correct.

 

tournedos wrote:

"Brand new without retail box" - why?

Price one third of retail - why?

Okay dad😕, one third of retail could be possible if I have to deal with a private seller, so still leaves the question, what details should I look at to know what's fake or genuine?

Leslie wrote:

Okay dad😕, one third of retail could be possible if I have to deal with a private seller, so still leaves the question, what details should I look at to know what's fake or genuine?

Beats me, I've never even listened to A8's, fake or not 😂

But really, why would anyone sell genuine ones constantly at that BIN price when they would probably get higher in a regular auction? Where is the box? How could anyone come into possession of lots of genuine A8's without boxes, and still make a profit selling them at that price? Just according to general life experience, I'd walk past those and go to the dealer...

Cost is fairly cheap in any case from the B&O dealers, therefore buying A8s at such prices, seem to be made in China! Waste of money and if you are not experienced in the sound of A8 they will sound very good. I'm not so I guess I would be probably satisfied.

But what you pay is what you get.

Still my question leaves unanswered, looks like nobody can tell/see the difference.

If I gave one of you the fake one and the genuine one, could you tell👍, better could you hear?

You can tell from the sound for sure.
And of coursde from the price.

 

 

Leslie wrote:

Still my question leaves unanswered, looks like nobody can tell/see the difference.

If I gave one of you the fake one and the genuine one, could you tell👍, better could you hear?

 

 

There is simply no way to be 100% certain prior to purchase if you are not buying through official channels. 

I really cannot see a circumstance under which B&O would be providing an independent ebay seller with apparently unlimited quantities of A8 earphones at a fraction of the price that they change hands for through dealers. There is simply no reason they would do that so I would draw my own conclusions and steer well clear. If you do want fakes they can be had for much less!

 

Simon