linder wrote:

Exactly! There are too many headphones in the range. How does the average person choose other than on price. It is really getting confusing.

I really don't understand these comments. Sennheiser's website shows 46 different pairs of over-ear headphones. That's just the over ear ones; it doesn't include on-ear (of which there are25) or in-ear (31)

B&O are simply trying to offer a full range. Not a few pairs like they used to but a full range to cater for as many customers as possible.

Surely you just have to ask yourself a few questions if you want a pair of B&O headphones:

Do I want over-ear?

Do I want Bluetooth?

Do I want anc?

And how much do I want to spend?

If that's difficult I don't know how anybody ever gets around to choosing a car.

Duels,  You are probably correct. Choice is a good idea.  However as an owner of an iPhone 7, the best for me is wireless.  Because Beats uses the W1 chip for their headphones and Apple AirPods use the W1, choice can be difficult at the Apple store.  Beoplay will need to more aggressively differentiate their products through advertising and design and of course.....sound.

I am not a fan of the retro look.  Those exposed wires are a design element I don't care for.

linder wrote:

Duels, You are probably correct. Choice is a good idea. However as an owner of an iPhone 7, the best for me is wireless. Because Beats uses the W1 chip for their headphones and Apple AirPods use the W1, choice can be difficult at the Apple store. Beoplay will need to more aggressively differentiate their products through advertising and design and of course.....sound.

I am not a fan of the retro look. Those exposed wires are a design element I don't care for.

Agreed Linder. Have to say that my H5s are pretty disappointing connected to my iPhone through Bluetooth. Totally lacking bass. My H8s on the other hand are great through Bluetooth.

I wasn't in the market for an over the ear blue tooth headphone , but I'm likely to buy the H4.

Thats what it's about!

Simonbeo wrote:

I wasn't in the market for an over the ear blue tooth headphone , but I'm likely to buy the H4.

Thats what it's about!

Beo Century ,Beoplay V1, Beocenter 6, Ex-Beolit 12, Beotime , A8 , MX 5500 . Beolit 15 , Form 2i , Beolab 2000, Beoplay A3.

Absolutely!

I am a wire guy, when it comes to headphones - mostly use them at home.

But I'd appreciative the option of having them wireless once in a while....for convenience.

The H4 looks like they could offer me that.

We'll see ;-)

MM

I really enjoy the fact they're a different look.

 

H6/7/8/9 all share a very similar pedigree, the 4 looks very different, and I think that's a good thing!

Cardinalsong wrote:

I really enjoy the fact they're a different look.

H6/7/8/9 all share a very similar pedigree, the 4 looks very different, and I think that's a good thing!

I agree. Spreading the appeal of the range can only be a good thing.

B&O probably thought "These are budget wireless headphones, so something will have to give. We'll have to give them buttons instead of a fancy touch interface"

I wish my H9 had buttons 🙁

Beoplay's 'budget' headphones are now in the enviable position of having better controls than the premium headphones and being able to initiate Siri/Google Assistant.

Now I see what makes a difference, The H4 has no AptX audio codec.

Unexperienced as I am in headphones, would this really makes a great difference?