Even the headphones have their ‘Louis Vuitton; brand. Bang & Olufsen celebrates its centenary with 1,500-euro headphones made of premium materials.
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Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100 headphones.
While most consumer electronics manufacturers specialize in producing commercial, off-the-shelf headphones with an attractive price tag, there are also manufacturers who have a different philosophy and target clientele. The standard of luxury in the world of headphones and music accessories has been two competing brands for many years – the British Bowers & Wilkins and the Danish Bang & Olufsen. Their customers usually don’t have deep pockets. However, it is not always possible to justify the high price with superior sound. Many much cheaper products have similar parameters, but do not offer such luxury and design. A typical example of a brand that cares as much about sound as it does about design and materials used is Bang & Olufsen, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary these days. On this occasion, he introduced the successor to his premium H95 headphones, the Beoplay H100 model.
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Bang & Olufsen, H100, headphones The headphones are available in three colors.
Many people already rolled their eyes at the introduction of the previous generation of headphones. Finally, the Danish manufacturer asked almost 1000 euros for the H95, making them the most expensive wireless headphones on the market. At one time, they even surpassed the overpriced Apple AirPods Max. Bang & Olufsen did not owe anything to its reputation and priced the new headphones at a record 1,500 euros. What does it offer customers this time? The H100 has modular replaceable parts. In particular, it is possible to replace the head bridge or padded ear cups made of memory foam and protected by fine lambskin. If the headphones were made by Louis Vuitton or Hermés, they wouldn’t look any different.
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Bang & Olufsen, H100, headphones The rotating bezels are also used to control the headphones.
A unique piece with interchangeable parts
The manufacturer learned from the past and placed durable glass on each of the shells to protect the touch surface. The controls are similar to the H95 model – in addition to the physical and touch buttons for volume control and ambient noise suppression, bezels are used, the rotation of which also has a feedback haptic response. The 375-gram piece uses 40-millimeter titanium dynamic drivers. It can reproduce sound in frequencies from 10 to 40,000 Hertz with AAC, LDAC and SBC codecs and with a resolution of 24-bit/96kHz. There is also support for the latest Bluetooth 5.3, which also contributes to up to 34 hours of battery life per charge. The headphones can also be charged quickly (5 minutes for 5 hours of endurance). Also interesting is the automatic switch to power saving mode, which can keep the headphones in “standby” for up to 90 days. In addition, with the adjusted quality of ambient noise suppression, the manufacturer wants to compete with brands such as Bose, Sony and Sennheiser, which belong to the absolute top in this category.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100 are sold in black, silver and apricot gold for 1499 euros.
Source: vat.pravda.sk
