I am being optimistic in hoping that the odd shape better holds them in your ear, like the fins on the "active" E8s. Time will tell, although I don't think there is anything especially magic about the E8s round shape.

I do like the flatter shape of the case.  I find the E8 case not very pocket friendly.

John o’ Manchester - video here:

Will these be able to carry lossless ?

Bestwick8 wrote:

Will these be able to carry lossless ?

No Bluetooth audio device to date is capable of streaming lossless audio.

So what happens when you try to play a lossless song through Bluetooth ? Does it keep skipping or just plays a compressed version ?

Finally got these, only complaint is volume is quite low when using it with my iPhone.

Any solutions ? Already tried messing with the volume limit on my iPhone and transparency modes on the app, even at max volume it is rather quiet. 

Finally got these, only complaint is volume is quite low when using it with my iPhone.

Any solutions ? Already tried messing with the volume limit on my iPhone and transparency modes on the app, even at max volume it is rather quiet. 

Sounds like you need a better (tighter) fit in your ears. In ear headphones can lack quite some volume is there isnt a good enough seal.

Yeah I’ve tried all of that, even tried using the memory foam, but no luck. The only thing I can think that will work is a software update increasing the volume limit, I’m willing to sacrifice the battery life for the volume 

Can you describe how low the volume is? Any other headphones or earphones to compare to and their volume percentage? Hard to understand what you define as low volume.

I suppose you have charged your earphones all the way up? One article on the B&O support page for another pair of Beoplay headphones suggest that battery level might impact the volume, but it's more of a sudden drop in it. With speakers it might be caused by overheating. 

I was wondering if it exchanging it for another pair would give you a better idea. Otherwise it must be a software fix if the eartips make no difference or the way you put them in. I wonder if others have reported the same issue...