October 2021 bought an anthracite halo table version. 
went to collect and remembering henrik’s information about them , i got my dealer to open it in the showroom before i even contemplated taking it away.
the ring was loose . He opened another and that too had the same issue.
he was super about it to be fair , organised a replacement but when that arrived , it  too had issues !
so that has gone back and i have been offered a refund . Very disappointing  

Wow, glad I did not pull the trigger on the Halo. Picked up an essence remote wheel from a dealer quitting and clearing stock and could not be happier. Only paid 100 EUR and use it with my Level. Volume control, pause/play and track skipping, All i need and the feel and response of the rotating wheel is just perfect. Would recommend these things to anyone for use with the bigger Beoplay speakers. 
Now on the hunt for a separate aluminium baseplate , if anyone has a spare ;) 

Henrik asked that I add his to the list:

xx 2021

Anthracite

Wall

Ouch. This is why I am no longer buying a Rev 1 of any new B&O products. Ive been burned too many times with issues like this.

Curly wrote:

We wonder if manufacturing tolerances were changed on purpose--for example, to extend the life of the product.

You could be right. Mine doesn't rattle, but it's one of the first models, and the wheel is also quite tight. One thing I notice is that it's hard to get an exact volume. It can often skip ahead too quickly as the wheel is a little (or become a little) stiff. It's hard just to notch the volume up a couple of levels, for example. Will often jump 4 or 5 levels.

I'll also add that the wheel feels like it's going the same was as my Essence, which cesead up/got super-stiff after a few years to the point where you couldn't even rotate the wheel. The ball bearings start to work less well. I guess humid air affects them?

moxxey wrote:

Curly wrote:

We wonder if manufacturing tolerances were changed on purpose--for example, to extend the life of the product.

You could be right. Mine doesn't rattle, but it's one of the first models, and the wheel is also quite tight. One thing I notice is that it's hard to get an exact volume. It can often skip ahead too quickly as the wheel is a little (or become a little) stiff. It's hard just to notch the volume up a couple of levels, for example. Will often jump 4 or 5 levels.

I'll also add that the wheel feels like it's going the same was as my Essence, which cesead up/got super-stiff after a few years to the point where you couldn't even rotate the wheel. The ball bearings start to work less well. I guess humid air affects them?

If that should be the case, it should be very easy for B&O to explain in public.

MM

Maybe a coincidence...I have a pair of Beoplay H95. The wheels for volume and noise cancellation had a nice firm touch, felt rock solid.

As my H95 had a mechanical problem, they were replaced. The new set has very loose wheels and they have play. This just doesn't feel premium.

I would not buy the H95 again. The quality overall is not what I expect from B&O at that price point.

December 2020

Natural silver

Table Version

The Halo goes back to the dealer 😭

Maybe he had a new one without a loose ring 😕

Michael wrote:

I don’t have one mainly due to it not having an oled screen. It simply looks so old with a backlit black and white bad contrast screen.

Hope the next generation will be better!

NOT having an OLED screen is a big PRO for the Halo and a very good decision from B&O! LCD live much longer, has no burn in problems, stay readable in direct sunlight (depending on the used LCD variants) etc.

Did somebody get feedback from B&O about that "rattling"? Maybe it is dramatized here in the forum and that construction is intended to prevent faults like on the Essence remote?!