[larzy]

Is the sound similar to the H7? They are heavily discounted in Denmark this weekend where you save about 200$. So I'm considering them. Used to love the H7's but them found the Bowers P7W which I love.

 

[jramskov]

Is the sound similar to the H7? They are heavily discounted in Denmark this weekend where you save about 200$. So I'm considering them. Used to love the H7's but them found the Bowers P7W which I love.

Where? (I'm Danish)

 

[larzy]

On power.dk. Retail price is dkk 3799. On sale for 2499 this weekend. The H7's for 1999 all while the new H4s cost 2299.

 

[jramskov]

That's a very nice price! I have no experience with other B&O headsets, so can't say anything about the H7, but I know it's been mentioned several times in this thread. It's a long thread to go through though
 
I can only say that I went from Bose QC35 to these and I haven't regretted it, but it depends on the use case I'd say.

 

[shockre91]

I have to return mine too.. bluetooth stopped working completely.
also seeing them 40% off 2 months after release sucks.
 
b&o wont be seeing my money anytime soon again.
too bad there's no other option at the moment.

 

[jramskov]

They can't decide what stores sell them for, that's illegal. The offer mentioned above is a limited offer (75 pairs in total) in celebration of a new store opening.

 

[brokenhat]

Is the sound similar to the H7? They are heavily discounted in Denmark this weekend where you save about 200$. So I'm considering them. Used to love the H7's but them found the Bowers P7W which I love.

 
I have them both and had the H7's. The P7W sound the best so if that's what you want stop with them.   I have the H9's mostly for the ANC when I travel as I can't stand the QC35's processed sound or ear pressure. They do sound very similar to the H7's I believe without having both at the same time, maybe H7's slightly better sound due to no ANC??

 

[Ling Vu]

Hi, I just got the baby today and been enjoying it. Has anybody encountered the (heavily) inconsistent connection when connecting to a PC/Laptop (I use HP Elitebook 8570w in case that matters) yet? Any solution for that please ? Thanks.

 

[Aischilos]

How do you connect to the pc/laptop?

 

[Ling Vu]

How do you connect to the pc/laptop?

Sorry for unclear comment, the question was about the bluetooth connection, I connected via the built in receiver of the laptop. Cheers.

 

[Aischilos]

Almost 5 months ago, when I asked B&O support on the H7 Bluetooth connectivity, I was officially told that PCs and laptops have their own special bluetooth connectivity issues (with B&O products) that most of the times these are resolved with a dongle. For the dongle search the H7 forum. For B&O answer here it is "The BeoPlay H7 is made for use with mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Bluetooth drivers and antennas in laptops/PC's are a chapter of their own, therefore we aren't able to recommend this specific setup".
You can always ask them again, but this time for the H9 set. However I believe that they will answer you the same (more or less).

 

[brokenhat]

I use mine H9's with my MacBook Air all the time with zero issues except the range is not as goos as with my iPhone.

 

[Ling Vu]

  Almost 5 months ago, when I asked B&O support on the H7 Bluetooth connectivity, I was officially told that PCs and laptops have their own special bluetooth connectivity issues (with B&O products) that most of the times these are resolved with a dongle. For the dongle search the H7 forum. For B&O answer here it is "The BeoPlay H7 is made for use with mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Bluetooth drivers and antennas in laptops/PC's are a chapter of their own, therefore we aren't able to recommend this specific setup".
You can always ask them again, but this time for the H9 set. However I believe that they will answer you the same (more or less).

 
Yeah, really thinking about dongles, thank you for such an informative answer. The bluetooth receivers in Windows PCs mostly suck anyway.

  I use mine H9's with my MacBook Air all the time with zero issues except the range is not as goos as with my iPhone.

 
Seems like Macs and other Apple devices always have quality components for media use, I've heard that the internal DACs of Macs are comparable to most 200 or so separate DACs out there.

 

[Ling Vu]

My gosh, I just wanna say this after three days with the H9, this baby is so damn nice to put on, they are so light, the lambskin is so soft, so gentle that I can leave it there for like ... a week Just ordered a pair of PXC 550 to compare, they sound nice and works really well with all the features (they are actually functionally better than the H9, sound is up to preferences, but you can surely go louder with the Sennheiser) but again, nothing beats the comfort of the H9. Bang & Olufsen was spot on with this, they even tune the sound a little softer, I assume their idea is to give you this consistent experience of relaxation for commuting and flights, they may not have the best sound quality but the experience as a whole is what really matters in this case. Just my two pence, cheers.

 

[timmyzai]

Hi guys I tried these H9 at the Singapore b&o retail store and couldn't help but notice that the volume was extremely low when paired to my iPhone 7+ jet black.
I had to turn the volume on max before I found the the volume acceptable for listening. I only have lossless FLAC files on my phone, so file quality shouldn't be a problem. The sales told me to download the Beoplay app and play with the eq settings, but even that had no use. Just wondering is this a common issue among all H9 paired with iphone7+ or was it simply a default demo pair they had at the store?