Android Advisor - UK (2021-08)

96 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 88

BUYING GUIDE

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal headphone pulls double duty

as a gaming headset that’s particularly effective when used with

Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console.

from the outside world. They sound

good if not great in that mode, and very

good when not cancelling noise. Head

to head, I’d give a slight nod to the

aforementioned WH-XB900n’s in terms

of sound. Then again, the Sony’s (£150)

are far more expensive. Jon L. Jacobi

BEST NOISE-CANCELLING

HEADPHONES FOR GAMERS

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal

Price: £449 from fave.co/3gbORdM

Bang & Olufsen – B&O – is about to turn

the headphone world on end with the

launch of its Beoplay Portal, a high-end

noise-cancelling headphone whose

meticulous industrial design, pristine

audioperformance,andunderlying

technologymake it the firstpremium

headphone that will easily satisfy the

audiophile,theroadwarrior,andthe

hardcoregamerwithasingle product.

Exquisite industrial design,

premium materials

The Beoplay Portal represents the

pinnacle of B&O’s legendary industrial

design. My review sample came in black

anthracite, but the Portal is also available

in grey mist and navy.

Lifting the Beoplay Portal out of

the box is a sensory-confounding

experience.

Your eyes see an

aluminium and

leather-wrapped

headphone that

you know from

experience should

have density and

weight; but your

tactile senses hold

something that is

impossiblylightata

mere282g.

Everything about

the Beoplay Portal

screams high end.

The top of the

headband is covered