For the record: are their actually people that honestly don't have any issues at all with the bluetooth of the H8?

I have had 0 problems with bluetooth and my H8s.  However, I rarely use bluetooth, and didn't buy them for their bluetooth capabilities.  Wired ANC on airplanes is my primary use case, and I couldn't be more happy with them.

If I did buy them to use bluetooth, and it didn't work reliably, I would send them back and wait for a fix (or buy from a different vendor if I get tired of waiting).  Personally, even if B&O does come up with a fix, I think there is little likelihood that existing headphones will be fixed in the field (unless they create some kind of exchange program).

Stan

No problemo here, but I only used them at home. Had no time for outdoor testing, yet.

leosgonewild wrote:

I sent a complaint to Beoplat support a week ago, and they haven't even answered me...

I am pretty sure it is an interference problem. When used in the streets of NYC where you constantly have hundreds of wifi and bluetooth signals around, I have dropouts all the time. Inside my house or in subway stations for instance, they work perfectly with bluetooth.

Had a day off from work today so I dedicated it to try out my H8's. Walked around indoors doing all sorts of things, worked (had missed answering a letter) in front of the laptop, took a bike ride in the village, lawn moving and cooked food. Still no problems with drop outs.

My wife didn't like my test as she had problems to get my attention. I told her to call me instead of shouting and waving, but she rejected. Too bad as that would test the hands free function as well.

The only noticeable was five interruptions for a fraction of a second, all of them during the one hour of lawn moving. I wouldn't react if it wasn't a day of testing. Don't know if I even should call it drop outs. I'm not sure if was caused by H8 and Bluetooth. It could also been interruption with WiFi and/or 3G as I was in the outer zones of my network. Maybe it was Spotify who made this? So I'm not sure why this happened and I don't have any issue with it. 5 times during an hour of lawn moving. As a kid living in the 80's I used a Sony CD Walkman. Now we can talk about drop outs.

The touch controls worked as they should. Easy and logical.

I used Spotify on an iPhone 6, iOS 8.3. The music was the classic albums of Jean-Michel Jarre. Perfect for testing headphones. The phone was most of the time placed in my jeans pocket. It was not closest to my body as I always has my credit cards holder (in leather) on the inside of the phone. I guess it was not much around the make interference.

I was in need of a new pair of headphones, but was waiting for an updated H8. But the 20 % voucher from B&O Play made me take the plunge. I'm glad I did it, I will keep them and I recommend them to others.

You listened to Jean Michel Jarre the whole day - wow!

MM