Has anyone tried both the Portal and HX — and I guess H95 too as an added bonus — and can comment on long term comfort? Any difference?

I’ve always been more of a speaker girl because the vast majority of headphones don’t really seem to work for me in terms of comfort; but with work-from-home being the norm I also need to be mindful of my partner whom I share my home with so I’ve been looking at headphones again.

As another point of reference I used to own a Bose QC 35 II but sold them because I couldn’t wear them for more than an hour. My personal benchmark for comfort is the Sennheiser HD800, but I got rid of those because I didn’t really appreciate the additional clutter involved with having an external amplifier plus I didn’t really enjoy being anchored down to my desk by a cable.

I don’t have the opportunity to visit a dealer to try these newer headphones out so I’m really looking for good advice especially from anyone who has experience with any of the headphones I have. I really love and prefer the simplicity of the Portal’s design but comfort comes first.

Added bonus points for anyone who has actually worn them for hours at a time because it’s one thing to try some headphones on at the dealer for 15-30 minutes but an entirely separate matter to have them on your head for half the day.

Also while I’ve got plenty of experience with B&O speakers I’ve never owned any of their headphones before.

Hi, has anyone preordered these in the UK? I have, the delivery date was 15/04/21 which has now passed and no joy. Anyone know then they’re going to be released? Thanks 

Pic499 wrote:

Hi, has anyone preordered these in the UK? I have, the delivery date was 15/04/21 which has now passed and no joy. Anyone know then they’re going to be released? Thanks 

Yes the same here, but they were delayed to the 29 April,

I choose to wait for the grey mist which arrive the 6 may.

Sadly everything is delayed in these times, not only b&o :( 

Cheers Emil

Millemissen wrote:

A longer review here........he is quite excited about the Portal

https://youtu.be/Ri-I7y7DfUk

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

has anyone got to try them?

Massimo

For the curious Rtings in Montreal has done a very objective review of it with a lot of measurements.

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/bang-olufsen/beoplay-portal

I'm particularly impressed by the measured wireless latency in the Xbox Wireless mode (which you can also use on a windows computer with the xbox USB adapter), just 19 ms! That should be undetectable to the human ear.

The older H9i is also reviewed there, here is a side by side comparison:

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tools/compare/bang-olufsen-beoplay-h9i-wireless-vs-bang-olufsen-beoplay-portal/813/24039?usage=20&threshold=0.10

double post

Did a video on them with an Atmos example: https://youtu.be/jAaMUnK-zAg

😁