I actaully agree that B&O need to introduce some really decent headphones, they are long overdue. B&W recent introductions have done really well and were very well received. I wont presume to tell B&O what they should look like or how much they should charge I will only say that they should be up with or better than Sennheiser 600/650 performance if they are to branded B&O.

I would assume anything introduced in the Beoplay range will be bass and sizzle affairs to appeal to the phone brigade - these I would be less interested in personally but I believe they could sell shed loads of a well designed and competitively priced range.

You really think the Beoplay range is all bass and sizzle? I find the sound quite well balanced more balanced tonally than the older Beolabs except for the freaking cabinet resonances that is effecting the sound big time! The ALT lens range are very well known to be bright sounding thus the sizzle. Again no fault can be blamed on the lens itself but more on how most recording are not mastered on speakers with ridiculously wide dispersion. That is why I suggested to David Mouton to narrow the dispersion to a more acceptable 100 degrees or even 90 degrees instead. Still very wide by every standard BTW. And okay you guys might already hate me for saying this.... but there is already BMR taking care of that in a far superior fashion... 

The headphones don't have to be marketed under Beoplay. B&O can definitely produce reference grade in-ears if they want to.Actually is B&O solvent enough to set up a R&D division dedicated to headphones and earphones? But if Musical Fidelity can do it..... I don't see why B&O can't 

And BTW no more heavy metal in earphones please. The AKGs weigh a ton despite being crafted out of titanium and being in ear. I think B&O can't produce excellent performing earphones for decent prices though because they have a dealership network to feed amongst other things.... So upmarket might be the only way to go. Oh and I will like to add that I am liking the ceramic housing and thin durable cables of the Sennheiser latest 1000 dollar offering a lot. PS from my experience thick cables on earphones = guarantee repair. You need the flexibility of thin cables withstand the rough and frequent handling of earphones. 

High end bluetooth not based on the current ear set please. Bluetooth is not so high grade sound wise. I tried some wireless bluetooth headphone amplifiers from Audio Technica and the results were dismal and worse than plugging the connected earphones straight into the Iphone. 

Chris Townsend wrote:

I was told a Bluetooth headset was due out in the spring!

I hope not. Wired headphones are better!! (no battery issue, no sound quality issue) 😁

I don't understand what the problem is?


B&O A8 headphones seem to be revised, as my new ones sound better than the old ones from a few years ago. The new ones have more bass and sound really great for their size. You HAVE to use the included foam cushes to get the full sound quality to your ear.

B&O could be more profitable when they would do something called MARKETING for their headphones! If you see comparison tests in hifi magazines for small headphones and in-ear-headphones there's every major brand... except Bang & Olufsen.
I guess most of the people simply don't know about the existence of the headphones.

And the A8 are good headphones regarding their size! I compared them with a pair of in-ears from Shure that cost about 300 Euro and guess what? The B&O A8 sounded as good as the Shure.

What B&O NEEDS to improve regarding the A8 is the quality of the cable! During the winter the cable gets stiffer and I fear them to break... this needs to be revised.

If Bluetooth, then version 4 - please 🤒

Greetings MM

I would really like B&O to launch new headphones (with a wire please) in the high-end sound category. I'm not that fond of in-ear headphones but many are so that would probably be a wise decision to introduce those as well.

And as previously mentioned - marketing is required for them to sell

TWG wrote:

What B&O NEEDS to improve regarding the A8 is the quality of the cable! During the winter the cable gets stiffer and I fear them to break... this needs to be revised.

kind of an odd fault for a company located in Denmark, no?