General Information
Don't use them for the wireless/phone functions, just wired.
Musical, engaging, lively, fun headphones. A refined version of the Panasonic HTF 600. Very good for pop/modern music, and other genres.
Great bass, mids and highs.
Narrow sound stage.
Less muddy than the HD380Pro's in distinguishing separate instruments. Still muddy in audio with "crowded" instruments/vocals. But similar to the 380Pro's.
On a Xonar DGX and Chord Mojo. Don't need an amp/dac but will benefit from one.
Ok build, noise isolation and little leakage.
Not that comfortable with the default pads, so I got the H7 pads.
Did not like the sound. Less bass, more boomy, less tight, more distant sound and a general loss of dynamics. Put the original pads to compare. Then when I put the H7 pads again I tried to see if they fit better. So I pressed and they went deeper on the cylinder that hold the speaker. On the cylinder, where the pads go over, there is less space than with the original pads. With the second fitting, the space is not uniform around the cylinder between the pads and where the cylinder ends and a 90 degree piece of the casing.
Managed to get the space between the pads and the 90 degree casing uniform.
With the new fitting, can't tell if there is a difference between the original and H7 pads. There might be less tightness/punchiness in the bass, and the sound might still sound distant. But I can't really tell. They sound great with the H7 pads.
The H7 pads still touch my ears, but are much more comfortable than the original.
I was wondering why the pads still touch my ears. So I measured them. Turns out the depth measurements given by B&O are inaccurate. For the H9i, the total pad thickness is 25mm, but the usable depth (to the mesh) is 18mm. The H7 pads have 22-23mm depth, and total thickness of 29mm.
BeoPlay H9i
BeoPlay H7
Overall very nice headphones.
Not my picture.
Musical, engaging, lively, fun headphones. A refined version of the Panasonic HTF 600. Very good for pop/modern music, and other genres.
Great bass, mids and highs.
Narrow sound stage.
Less muddy than the HD380Pro's in distinguishing separate instruments. Still muddy in audio with "crowded" instruments/vocals. But similar to the 380Pro's.
On a Xonar DGX and Chord Mojo. Don't need an amp/dac but will benefit from one.
Ok build, noise isolation and little leakage.
Not that comfortable with the default pads, so I got the H7 pads.
Did not like the sound. Less bass, more boomy, less tight, more distant sound and a general loss of dynamics. Put the original pads to compare. Then when I put the H7 pads again I tried to see if they fit better. So I pressed and they went deeper on the cylinder that hold the speaker. On the cylinder, where the pads go over, there is less space than with the original pads. With the second fitting, the space is not uniform around the cylinder between the pads and where the cylinder ends and a 90 degree piece of the casing.
Managed to get the space between the pads and the 90 degree casing uniform.
With the new fitting, can't tell if there is a difference between the original and H7 pads. There might be less tightness/punchiness in the bass, and the sound might still sound distant. But I can't really tell. They sound great with the H7 pads.
The H7 pads still touch my ears, but are much more comfortable than the original.
I was wondering why the pads still touch my ears. So I measured them. Turns out the depth measurements given by B&O are inaccurate. For the H9i, the total pad thickness is 25mm, but the usable depth (to the mesh) is 18mm. The H7 pads have 22-23mm depth, and total thickness of 29mm.
BeoPlay H9i
- 18 mm depth, total pad thickness 25mm
- 90mm diameter
- 46mm inner diameter
BeoPlay H7
- 22-23 mm depth, total pad thickness 29mm
- 90mm diameter
- 46mm inner diameter
Overall very nice headphones.
Not my picture.
