Bang and Olufsen Portal Xbox Headphone Review - $500 Waste of Money

On this episode of Create. Consume. Repeat I’ll be reviewing the Bang and Olufsen BeoPlay Portal Wireless gaming headphones designed specifically for the Xbox series X.

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0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Ultimate Experience?
1:30 - Virtual Microphone
1:53 - Touch Explained
2:29 - Battery Life
2:50 - Build Quality
3:08 - Audio Quality
4:29 - Customer Service
5:03 - Final Thoughts

[funkmetal]

Been using the PS/PC version on my desktop for about 6 months now, they're actually a really great pair of headphones that I would say are comparable if not more detailed than my Sennheiser PC37x headphones.

[barnettg]

I suffered from the same connection issues. I also kinda discovered that the headset gets disconnected or loses connection quite in a pattern. Like 2 hours+, A50 disconnects more relentlessly, so I threw it away. God, is there any normal functioning headset for xbox? The xbox headset itself I assume may have the best connection quality, yet it has a really really weird bass sound, which muffles all other sounds.

[dungaelrey]

What headphones would you recomend for a multiporpose? Playing xbox and music, that´s the reason I was reviewing this ones, but now I´ve seen to many negative reviews, and for the price point, that´s to much of a risk.

[przemeksz]

i have those headphones no problems with sound its clean bass is solid no poping sounds of any sort but im using them on pc and have noticed one thing over the xbox dongle there is some noise when nothing is playing but on my creative bt-wt2 bluetooth sound only adapter its perfectly clean and i got them for 400$ so not that bad and they sound great for me best headphones i had that are wireless and for all purpose use was considering bayerdynamic dt770 pro but i dont want to mess with a cable no more

[CarsOverPeople]

I just bought 3 of these for $199.99 each. Can’t wait to try them. Does the Dolby Atmos license come free with these or do you have to purchase that separately?

Also, any recommendations on what settings to use them on via the app and/or the headset itself?

[Schwabz]

The sad part here is that every reviewer all they Focus on is the price..if you’re going to purchase a product of this caliber, why are you complaining about the price? The people who purchased these are looking for something comfortable and easy to use a lot of the dedicated gaming headsets are complected they’re not great user experience and they don’t work properly right out of the box with all happened to install all kinds of software and control boxes stop complaining about the freaking price. If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it.

[CarsOverPeople]

Wait, so if we use the 3.5mm Jack that comes with it to connect with the Xbox, it resolves the issue?

[brandonfleming]

By not using them, seems like a waste of money

[SpedeFace]

Found the xbox version going for 250€ and the ps version 450€, seemed fishy for me and now i see why.