Bang & Olufsen’s newest Beo Grace earbuds provide a flashy aluminum design and the model’s “most superior” energetic noise cancellation for a staggering $1,500. These dear new buds pump sound via 12mm titanium drivers, that includes ANC powered by six microphones that regulate audio based mostly on ambient noise and the form of your ear.
The Beo Grace earbuds help Dolby Atmos spatial audio and the transparency mode contained in the equally costly Beoplay H100 headphones, which purpose to recreate the sound of your atmosphere “free from hiss or distortion.” Different options embody tactile controls and “NearTap” expertise that means that you can management quantity by tapping in entrance of your ear.
The brand new buds provide 4.5 hours of battery life with ANC turned on — that’s lower than the six hours promised by the $499 Beoplay Eleven earbuds Bang & Olufsen launched final 12 months. However Bang & Olufsen says it partnered with the battery intelligence firm Breathe to enhance the longevity of the Beo Grace’s battery, and says the buds surpassed 2,000 cost cycles in inner testing.
The Beo Grace earbuds include an identical aluminum charging case which you can flip into an audio transmitter by plugging it into a tool with USB-C or line-in, permitting it to stream audio out of your laptop computer, an airplane TV, or one other system which may not help Bluetooth to your earbuds. There’s a leather-based pouch you possibly can retailer the case in, too, however that may value you an additional $400.
The Beo Grace earbuds can be found for preorder now, and can begin delivery on November seventeenth.