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I’m starting to hate their approach to headphones…

This seems to be yet another headphones based on the Portal reference design (just like the Cisco B&O 980 headset).

What I’m struggling to understand here, is what’s the niche these aim to. If they’re intended for music, then:

1- Why are they needed, as they surely can’t be considered a successor to HX nor an upgrade of the Portal themselves. A variant of the Portal but aimed at music (no gaming)? Just why. Isn’t that the purpose of the HX?

2- If they’re for music, then those double-tap and triple-tap commands for track control totally SUCK. With the HX already they screwed up the touchpads (which worked flawlessly on H9 3rd Gen, and that they’ve ruined with HX) and ANC (again, better on H9 3rd Gen). Will these at least support the microphone when connected via USB-C (H9/H95/HX don’t – Portals do) ?

 

Very curious about discovering more details for this product, but for now I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

 

@Emilos88: I’m not sure about that, as B&O recently announced that the HX are getting the Zoom/Teams certification (which at practical level won’t change absolutely anything, it’s probably just going to be a marketing gimmick.

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