BeoPlay H2 comes next week on BeoPlay.com 🤩

Paul W wrote:

With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.

Bass will always be a marmite question but Apple played smart with BEATS as their own iTunes business model has passed its sell by date and they really wanted the Beats music streaming service. At the time of purchase Apple mentioned they would also like to get into the streaming speakers so the headphones market is a good start point. Personally I would liked to have seen Apple become a technical partner with B&O, big pockets and creative minds mixed with one uber cool audio and visual manufacture.

Mark wrote:

I have H6's and they are perfect indoor headphones but I spend a lot of hours on the go and would like a good looking high quality headset with noise cancelling ability with preferably bluetooth to reduce hard wire connection.

What does that have to do with 'a true audiophile headphone.' (whatever that means)?

 

The H8 will be a bluetooth HP, I am informed. 

Maybe that'll do for you?

Haven't heard anything about 'noice cancelling', though.

 

MM

Paul W wrote:

With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.

I am pretty sure Apple did not buy Beats because of the headphones - they wanted the streaming service and the expertice that comes with it. And they wanted it before it smashed iTunes as a business model.

It might be true that the heavy bass of the Beats HP's sounds well for a certain kind of music.

But B&O never made (and I guess never will make) gear for a certain style of music.

If you find the A8 'too flat sounding', it is simply not the kind of gear that you need.

I wonder, if you will be/are satisfied with other speakers from the B&O range, as none of those are 'blessed with' a 'heavy bass sound'.

By the way,  life is flat sounding - not heavy bass sounding - and certainly not boring and lifeless!

I bought the H6 (after trying several other HP's), because it is rather flat - because it does not corrupt the music, that I usually listen to.

If the H2's are equally tuned, I might buy them - not having to take my (relatively expensive) H6's on the go. Seems that they will be at such a pricetag, that loosing them won't hurt as much as loosing the H6's.

Let's see what colours they come in - and how they look and feel in the flesh.

Never the less - it will be interesting to see the advertising/the pictures of the people wearing them,

when they will be launched next week ❓

MM

 

BeoBoy68 wrote:

BeoPlay H2 comes next week on BeoPlay.com 🤩

 

noooooooooooo!

 

Millemissen wrote:

Mark wrote:

I have H6's and they are perfect indoor headphones but I spend a lot of hours on the go and would like a good looking high quality headset with noise cancelling ability with preferably bluetooth to reduce hard wire connection.

What does that have to do with 'a true audiophile headphone.' (whatever that means)?

 

The H8 will be a bluetooth HP, I am informed. 

Maybe that'll do for you?

Haven't heard anything about 'noice cancelling', though.

 

MM

 

I was actually about to buy the H6s. Are the H8s just going to be H6s with bluetooth? If that is the case I might wait.

Paul W wrote:

With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.

Sound quality is subjective just like music choice. Many HAVE complained here the the H6 was incredibly flat sounding - boring and lifeless in my opinion, the same is now being said for the A2. I own a A8 iPhone dock and for me, it's too flat sounding and is placed in a spare bedroom for guests as a phone charger only. Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Seriously, these are definitely NOTthe targeted towards the BEATS / Senheisser Momentum Mini type of buyer! Do young people honestly buy into siege and green? my research says NO! Bang & Olufsen customers will be the buyers of them as they are the ones who continue to buy into the brand.

The most ageist contributor to Beoworld by a mile!

Who in their right mind spends money on expensive equipment that just applies / filters extra bass to everything?

Graham 

pnewelljr wrote:

I was actually about to buy the H6s. Are the H8s just going to be H6s with bluetooth? If that is the case I might wait.

I don't know - only thing I have heard is that there will be a bluetooth HP (called H8) soon.

MM

thought this was apt .....

vikinger wrote:

Paul W wrote:

With all respect Mark, there's a reason why Beats sell incredibly well and a reason why Apple paid 3billion for the company. The heavy bass sound works well for the young demographics style of music.

Sound quality is subjective just like music choice. Many HAVE complained here the the H6 was incredibly flat sounding - boring and lifeless in my opinion, the same is now being said for the A2. I own a A8 iPhone dock and for me, it's too flat sounding and is placed in a spare bedroom for guests as a phone charger only. Also what the heck is going on with these boring old man colours? Beige and green? Seriously, these are definitely NOTthe targeted towards the BEATS / Senheisser Momentum Mini type of buyer! Do young people honestly buy into siege and green? my research says NO! Bang & Olufsen customers will be the buyers of them as they are the ones who continue to buy into the brand.

The most ageist contributor to Beoworld by a mile!

Who in their right mind spends money on expensive equipment that just applies / filters extra bass to everything?

Graham 

He is, and will continue to be, an idiot until he realises that his narrow minded view of music, hifi, and technology is nothing but that - his own view and the vast majority here don't agree and would rather he didn't post his drivel! He's also contradicted himself on this site more times than I care to remember - he loves it, he's gonna buy it, right up unitl he's not sure, then it's not as good as Apple and a waste of money etc!

I really don't know why he even bothers to turn up!!