Who is the Bang & Olufsen - Beoplay HX for?
Solid mid-pack headphone. The 68.3 score lands in B-tier (68-77) — competent across the board with one or two specs holding it back from a higher tier.
Right buy if pricing matters and the trade-offs the formula penalizes don't affect how you use the device. Worth comparing against the A-tier picks in our best headphones list.
Mars Score is computed from 16 measured specs against the transparent formula for the headphones category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
- ▲Active noise cancellation — supported.
- ▼Battery life: 35 h (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Driver size
- 40mm
- Battery life
- 35h
- Weight
- 285g
- Type
- over-ear
All specifications
Design
- Type
- over-ear
- Weight
- 285 g
- Water resistance
- none
Audio
- Driver size?
- 40 mm
- Sensitivity?
- 96 dB
- Transparency mode
- true
- Spatial audio?
- false
Battery
- Battery life
- 35 h
- Fast charge?
- true
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