Categories: TV

With the Beoplay Portal PC PS, Bang & Olufsen has brought a remarkable pair of headphones onto the market. They understand, like no other manufacturer, how to skilfully combine aspects like “hi-fi”, “travel”, and “gaming” into a stylish design. Above all, compared with the Xbox version, the new Portal excels with even better battery life and simultaneous connection via wireless and Bluetooth. These features are complemented by choice of materials and manufacturing quality that leaves nothing to be desired. Bang & Olufsen have succeeded with this multi-platform approach, no question about it, and that deserves hearty approval. Nevertheless, they also have to face some criticism: the noise cancelling could have been more effective for our taste.

With the Beoplay Portal, Bang & Olufsen has brought a remarkable pair of headphones onto the market. For they understand like no other manufacturer how to combine features such as “hi-fi”, “travel” and “gaming” into such a stylish concept. This is complemented by a choice of materials and manufacturing quality that leaves nothing to be desired. Bang & Olufsen have succeeded in this multi-platform approach – no question about it, and that merits sincere compliments. Nevertheless, they also have to face criticism: For example, the “headphones – app” was often awkward, the noise-cancelling could have been more effective for our taste and if you like to travel, there was simply no adequate transport protection.

The Sennheiser BT T100 is just the right solution for anyone who wants to use headphones primarily to watch lip-synced TV content. However, the codec-side support of the headphones is at least as important and should be clarified before buying the audio transmitter. In addition, the BT T100 can also be used to upgrade home systems and PCs with high-quality codecs and make them virtually wireless.