Do the U70s still have the leatherette finish?!

Hi Peter,

Unfortunately, the U70s have lost their leatherette pads and the Form 1s have foam rot 🙁 however they both sound great.  It will be interesting to see how good they sound against the new Play headphones......

Kind regards, Steve.

I have owned several Play headphones. H4 (OK), E8 (Poor), H9i (OK) and most recently the H9 3rd gen. I find the new H9 the best wireless headphones I have owned both when used with or without ANC. It is a significant improvement in my humble opinion. I just switched from the Sony 1000 MX3 to the H9. Never tried a vintage pair though....

Hi Jaffrey,

Hopefully this test will be an interesting one, we are looking to have three "bouts":-

1) "Heavyweights" - U70 vs. H9/H9i

2) "Welterweights" - Form 1 vs. H8/H8i

3) "Flyweights" - Form 2 vs. H4

On paper, some of the specifications appear to be very similar (we will be looking at direct cabled connections for the purposes of these tests), despite age gaps of up to 40 years.........

Anyone care to predict the outcome of any of these fights? I have been listening to the vintage headphones for a few days now, but I'm not going to let on what I think yet 👍 

Kind regards, Steve.

Hi Steve

I have both Form2 (Original Bang & Olufsen version) and BeoPlay H4.

IMHO for comfort and sound quality H4 hands down. That said, I will never part with the Form 2's.

Regards

Nick

I'd say H9 are better than U70. I remember the U70 as very comfortable but they take a lot of driving. The H9 is effortless with much more bass at low volume. Form 2 are great to look at and the sound is good, but I found them very uncomfortable to wear and ended up reselling them.

An interesting test and looking forward to your conclusions

David

I think I preferred my A8's to my Form1's!

The Form 1's always seemed to be far too strong in the Treble range.