Kevin777

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
3.14 of 5, 7.00 votes

Price Paid:  $100.00 from B&O Bogota

Summary:
Very good price-sound. What is the burn in period for these headphones? Mid Range and High frecuencies are crisp and detailed, mid bass is tight, Frec. range is 40 hz to 20 khz (B&O site) which speaks for the muddle low bass but that is reasonable for the diameter. On Prologic I & II the bass can distort at high volumes but if you listen with defeated tones on crisp amps (like the rotel im using as opposed to a denon which made the highs not so clear) or just digital stereo decoding, its trully HiFi in a nutshell. Dynamics are great, highs are so well staged they seem to go beyond the 20 khz. These are the best mid range and high frec. headphones ive heard, except the A8 have better highs f. but i guess the diameter allows it. Im quite sure these havent burned in completely since I bought them a week ago although i did give them the 2 hr burnin multi frec. track. so they should sound better in time.

The carbon head band is weightless so thats nice, the aluminum adjust is nifty and sturdy although avoid moving it too often as they lose stifness with too much adjusting. the cord is quite short and the jack doesnt look all that sturdy. The only real problem is carrying them around. They are too unflexible. but, the truth is You wont find better headphones at this size and price.

Low bass isnt there as with all phones, mid bass is tight and the rest is plain blissfull. The A8 have better highs and dynamics but cost twice the price and dont have the mid range these have. If you are looking for the best mid range on head phones and highs only exceeded byt he A8 GO OUT AND BUY THIS NOW. I can tell you only with my BW 602 S3´s do i hear some instruments i get to hear with these phones. I recommend these for the sound and price.

Although I would recommend B&O to supply a carrying case, even if brief and modest, I assure you better sales.

K

Strengths:
Mid range, Price, high range, dynamics, crispness, weightless, adjustability, look good when you wear black or black shoes. Old recordings which have no low bass sound... totally different, I assure you if you have never heard hifi these headphones will show you new instruments, guitar chord changes and coughs in the backround youve never heard before even if 40 years ago. If only for that, Beatles fans HAVE to buy these.

Weaknesses:
Low bass (not really a weakness but you expect miracles from B&O), Unfelxibility to store and carry, aluminum adjust loses stifness with time. Sound wise they are the best, only design could improve. Dont ware yellow with these.

Similar Products Used:
Marantz, BW, Denon , Rotel, Infinity, Yamaha.

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Bang & Olufsen Store

Summary:
These are the best headphones I have ever used! The frequency response is amazing. The only complaint I have is the long cord, but it's not a reason not to buy these. They sound WAY better than the over-hyped Bose QuietComfort headphones, which feed white noise into your ears and make listening to music painful. Very, very good product.

Strengths:
Excellent frequency response
Design - These look amazing!
Good Bass
Gold Plated Connector
Included 1/4" to 1/8" adapter
Price (Only 100 Bucks!)

Weaknesses:
Long cord

Similar Products Used:
Bose QuietComfort 2 and 3
Bang & Olufsen A8 (also excellent)
Sony Pro MDR-7506
Bose TriPort
Various Ultimate Ears products

Price Paid:  $99.00 from Apple Store, Menlo M

Summary:
The clarity, sharpness and the ability to hear all the music is fascinating. The only major issue for me was that B&O did not provide a carrying case. (Anyway that was an easy problem to fix as I was able to use one of my CD wallets after removing the inside sleeves.) I have used several earphones from many manufacturers but none are anywhere as good.

Strengths:
Clear sound. Great Price

Weaknesses:
Rather tight fit could hamper prolonged continuous use.

Similar Products Used:
Bose, Sennheiser

Price Paid:  $90.00 from Bang & Olufsen, Roma

Summary:
Ok i bought them thinking that they were not the best in sound quality on the market around this price, but after i started to listen some music with my ipod, i completely changed my mind. You can really have a new experience listening to the songs that you listen during the day with other headphones. A really great handling of every pitch, and every bass. And to have another proof of their quality i tried them with some heavy metal music, and with modest opinion they reacted very well.
Also if you are looking for a different design that is good choice, very stilish.
In the end a good choice if u are looking for a good comprimise between style e sound quality.

Strengths:
Style, Sound quality.

Weaknesses:
Price, people around u could complain at high volume

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Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.55 of 5, 11.00 votes

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Apple Store

Summary:
There is one way, and only one way to test headphones for sound. That is to try them in whatever system you are going to make them a part of, with a variety of source material that you are very familiar with. This defiantly means using your own ipod/laptop on your most played tracks. Test them thoroughly; these phones seem sturdy enough that you may have them a long time.

The story I get is, a pair of Form-2’s went into some great governmental museum about 15 years ago, and no-one is contesting the title for the type. I wonder if the Mac was designed from the start for these Form-2 headphones. In any case, legend goes that when Bang & Olufsen was going to phase out Form-2, Apple told them they were ideal for the new ipods. Now, the Apple store carries them at the reduced price. You can test them there. Bring your laptops/ipods, material etc.

Strengths:
The sound of these headphones is great, it cannot be denied. You can hear things true bookshelf studio monitors might miss. However, you have you use your own material and test against what you remember. Did I hear that before, was that in there, did somebody whisper?

The cord is the perfect length for laptops. No-body runs around the park with a lap top complaining that the cord is to long on their headphones. It just will not happen. I don’t know about the shape of the head pads, seems they would be ideal for someone who maybe lost both ears using clamp-on earphones. The pads would cover the holes in the side of the earless head and pipe in great sound.

Weaknesses:
Bang & Olufsen made some advertising claim that there is not much sound spillage to people near you when wearing Form-2. Not much spillage compared to what. Headphones that have not been around since before digital?

Could not find any online results about this advertised spillage or current frequency response charts on line for the Form-2 headsets.

Similar Products Used:
I could not find a frequency response chart on line for the Form-2, but un-common sense tells us that a small speaker is not going to reproduce sub-sonic sound waves as well as larger transducers. The Form-2 does however do a fantastic job, for the convenience, and style. Nothing is forced into your ear but sound. Form-2’s are a lot lighter to wear than headphones that enclose your outer ear in a cup, while producing comparable sound. Form–2 pads are also safer than the earphones that shackle and threaten to tear off your ear if you are not careful.