Shure Aonic 40 Vs. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal Review In Detail

Weight

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 282g

Shure Aonic 40 311g

Shure Aonic 40 have a weight of 311g, these weigh below 320g, which we consider as the highest average a headphone should weigh for comfort during long use. We take in account a lower weight best because lighter devices are more comfortable to carry.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal, at 282g weigh less than the Shure Aonic 40 by -29g

Has A Detachable Cable

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Detachable cables are cables that have connectors on both ends. One end goes into your headphone earpieces, while the other end is inserted into an audio source. Some new headphones, and not just the expensive ones, are coming with detachable cables, Shure Aonic 40 are one of those.

With a detachable cable, Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal too can use alternative cables and if the cable is pulled, it will pop out instead of breaking.

Can Be Folded

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✗

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Shure Aonic 40 are foldable, which makes them more portable. Foldable headphones are easier to transport and take up less storage space.

Has A Tangle Free Cable

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Twisted headphone cables can be a great source of annoyance and inconvenience, Shure Aonic 40's cable is designed to minimize tangling. Constant twisting of the cables can also lead to microfractures in the copper wires, affecting sound quality, or rendering your headphones defective.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal too have a cable designed to help prevent tangles.

Has An Open-Back Design

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Headphones that are designed to allow air to pass through their ear cups from the rear of the speaker driver unit are known as open-back. This design provides a very natural and accurate sound, Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal have this kind of design which means that resonances and low-frequency that tend to build up caused by the rear enclosure are no longer a concern.

Cable Length

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 1.25meters

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

A long cable ensures more freedom of movement, but remember that every cable based on the conducting material used has a certain amount of parasitic resistance, inductance, and capacitance. How much depends on the length and construction. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal comes with a 1.25meters cable.

Has An Over-The-Ear Foam

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Over-ear headphones have larger earpads that fit around your entire ear Shure Aonic 40 have a comfortable full-size form with earcups that fully enclose your ears. This design is loved for its increased sound isolation and the fact that it won't leak sound to your neighbors.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal with this design offer potential for maximum bass and loudness levels.

Has Stereo Speakers

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Shure Aonic 40 have stereo speakers, what this means is that Shure Aonic 40's speakers deliver sound from separate channels on both left and right sides, creating a richer sound and a better listening experience.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal also have stereo speakers

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Has Active Noise Cancellation (Anc)

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and then generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 outside (noise from your surrounding) and adding -1 inside (counter sound within the device) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.

Shure Aonic 40 allow you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the volume to overcome background noise.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal too have active noise cancellation making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each may work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the setting, mode, or noise cancellation type that you prefer for commute or that enhances your relaxation time.

Has Passive Noise Reduction

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Passive Noise Cancellation uses well-designed ear cups to seal out unwanted noise. This is used for both in-ear earphones and over-ear headphones where the headphone itself will keep surrounding noise out. The Shure Aonic 40 sits tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces background noise and prevents your music from leaking out.

Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that also the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal isolates you from ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.

Lowest Frequency

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 20Hz

Shure Aonic 40 20Hz

Low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component reproduces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on the way through. Shure Aonic 40's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, the lower the low-frequency response, the stronger and juicier the bass.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that both devices produce equal bass

Highest Frequency

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 22,000Hz

Shure Aonic 40 20,000Hz

High frequency response measures if and how well an audio component reproduces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it. Shure Aonic 40's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, the higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's highest frequency is at 22,000Hz, this implies that Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal got a clearer and crispier treble than the Shure Aonic 40

Sound Pressure Level

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 95dB/mW

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Sound pressure is the average variation in atmospheric pressure caused by the sound, the sound level .i.e how loud something is can be perceived differently by different people so we need to have a way of getting an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.

The sound pressure level, SPL, is the pressure level of a sound, measured in decibels, dB, Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's measurement is 95dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.

Driver Unit Size

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 40mm

Shure Aonic 40 40mm

The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the headphone. Shure Aonic 40 driver unit is 40mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful and can produce better bass.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal driver unit is 40mm in diameter, making both Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal, and Shure Aonic 40 similar in how loud their sound gets , many people have a misconception that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.

However, large drivers usually have difficulty reproducing high frequencies so yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better sound.

Impedance

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 24Ohms

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Impedance is the device's resistance to the electromagnetic current, when electricity flows through a conductor, it faces electrical resistance that counters the flow of current. The resistance of a wire is measured in ohms. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's impedance is 24Ohms, the lower the impedance, the easier it is to get higher volume and requires less power.

Has A Neodymium Magnet

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Neodymium magnets when used in audio devices produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help produce music at quite a high sound pressure level, SPL, with the use of high magnetic flux. The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal have this type of magnet.

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Battery Life

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 24hours

Shure Aonic 40 25hours

If your headphones play wirelessly, cancel ambient noise, or enhance your listening experience with active features, their battery life will reduce over time. The device's battery life is given by the manufacturer, with longer battery life, you get to use it for longer and have to charge the device less often. Shure Aonic 40's battery life is 25 hours

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's battery life is 24 hours. Each time you recharge your headphones, they get a little less listening time. The effect is barely noticeable at first. But over a few years, you may find that your device, no longer plays for long like it used to.

Charge Time

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 3hours

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

It takes 3 hours to fully charge the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's battery. It is recommended to fully charge the battery before using the headphones for the first time or when they have been unused for extended periods.

Battery Power

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 1,200mAh

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Battery power, or battery capacity, represents the amount of electrical energy that a battery can store. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal's battery power is 1,200mAh, more battery power can be an indication of longer battery life.

Has A Rechargeable Battery

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

A rechargeable battery is a type of electrical battery that can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times, as opposed to a disposable or primary battery, which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use. Shure Aonic 40's battery can be recharged and used over again.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal too have a rechargeable battery.

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Can Be Used Wirelessly

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Shure Aonic 40 can be used wirelessly, wireless devices allow you more freedom of movement not limited by a cable.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal also can be used wirelessly

Bluetooth Version

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal v5.1

Shure Aonic 40 v5

Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard that allows data transfers between devices placed in close proximity, using short-wavelength, ultra-high frequency radio waves. Shure Aonic 40 has a v5

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal has a Bluetooth version of v5.1. Newer versions provide faster data transfers.

Has Usb Type-C

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal support USB TYPE-C, an industry-standard connector for transmitting both data and power on a single cable. The USB-C plug is now part and parcel of most current laptops, phones, and tablets, it features reversible plug orientation and cable direction.

Has Aptx Adaptive

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal support APTX Adaptive, an audio codec for Bluetooth devices that are developed by Qualcomm. It has a variable bit rate (between 279kbps and 420kbps), which means it can adjust the bit rate for different scenarios, such as listening to HD audio or reducing interference from other devices.

Has Aptx Hd

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal support APTX HD, an audio codec for Bluetooth devices that are developed by Qualcomm. It supports high-quality 24-bit audio (at a bit rate of 576kbps).

Has Bluetooth Aptx

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Shure Aonic 40 support APTX, a codec used for transmitting audio wirelessly with Bluetooth. It is developed by Qualcomm and supports 16-bit audio at a bit rate of 384kbps.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal support APTX

Has Aac

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✗

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Shure Aonic 40 support AAC, a codec that is used for Bluetooth audio. It supports 24-bit audio at 250kbps. Because it uses psychoacoustic modeling, it can provide better results than other codecs at a similar bit rate.

Maximum Bluetooth Range

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 12meters

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances. The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal can connect at a 12meters distance via Bluetooth or infrared to another device.

Has A 3.5Mm Male Connector

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Being an industry standard audio plug, a standard 3.5mm male connector is suitable for use with all MP3 players and computer sound cards. This means that it is commonly used in stereo headphones to your phone or connecting your phone to an external amplifier, sound bars, your car radio, etc. Shure Aonic 40 has this connector giving it a wider range of connectivity with most of the sound devices out there. All plugs have at least a tip and sleeve with the number of rings that stand as a differentiating factor.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal too have this kind of connector

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Number Of Microphones

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 4only

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal have only 4 microphones, more microphones result in better sound quality and enable the device to filter out background noise.

Has A Noise-Canceling Microphone

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal use a noise-canceling type of microphone, these microphones are designed to filter out background noise from the desired sound. Especially useful in noisy environments.

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Has A Mute Function

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal have a mute function, they have an option to mute/unmute a conversation directly from the device. The mute function means that you unilaterally turn off the microphone, but you can still hear the other party's voice.

Multipoint Count

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 2only

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal support multipoint, which allows you to link to more Bluetooth devices and switch between them. For example, you can easily switch calls from one device to another without having to manually disconnect and reconnect.

Control Panel Placed On A Device

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

There is a control panel on the Shure Aonic 40 body, so you can easily access the volume control or remote without having to interact with a cable or another device it's connected to.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal too have a control panel on them.

Can Be Used As A Headset

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Shure Aonic 40 can be used as a headset. A headset is one headphone or pair with a built-in microphone. Headsets can be used for apps that require communication i.e. Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, games with voice chat, mobile phones, etc.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal can be used as a headset. since they have a built-in microphone

Warranty Period

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal 3years

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

The period of time that warrant free repair and adjustment services in case of a malfunction occurring under normal use that has followed instruction manuals. When covered under the manufacturer’s warranty it is possible to get a replacement in the case of a malfunction. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal have a warranty period of 3 years

Travel Bag Is Included

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✗

Shure Aonic 40 ✓

Carrying headphones without a case, or putting them in bags without a casing can easily put them at risk of getting damaged. The Shure Aonic 40 come with their own special case or pouch, which is useful for safe transportation.

Has Dolby Atmos

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal ✓

Shure Aonic 40 ✗

Dolby Atmos is a surround sound technology that allows sounds to be interpreted as three-dimensional objects. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal have Dolby Atmos, which allows them to have immersive, 360-degree sound.

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Category	Features	Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal	Shure Aonic 40
DESIGN	weight	282g	311g
	has a detachable cable	✓	✓
	can be folded	✗	✓
	has a tangle free cable	✓	✓
	has an open-back design	✓	✗
	cable length	1.25meters	✗
	has an over-the-ear foam	✓	✓
	has stereo speakers	✓	✓
SOUND QUALITY	has active noise cancellation (anc)	✓	✓
	has passive noise reduction	✓	✓
	lowest frequency	20Hz	20Hz
	highest frequency	22,000Hz	20,000Hz
	sound pressure level	95dB/mW	✗
	driver unit size	40mm	40mm
	impedance	24Ohms	✗
	has a neodymium magnet	✓	✗
POWER	battery life	24hours	25hours
	charge time	3hours	✗
	battery power	1,200mAh	✗
	has a rechargeable battery	✓	✓
CONNECTIVITY	can be used wirelessly	✓	✓
	bluetooth version	v5.1	v5
	has usb type-c	✓	✗
	has aptx adaptive	✓	✗
	has aptx hd	✓	✗
	has bluetooth aptx	✓	✓
	has aac	✗	✓
	maximum bluetooth range	12meters	✗
	has a 3.5mm male connector	✓	✓
MICROPHONE	number of microphones	4only	✗
MICROPHONE	has a noise-canceling microphone	✓	✗
EXTRAS	has a mute function	✓	✗
	multipoint count	2only	✗
	control panel placed on a device	✓	✓
	can be used as a headset	✓	✓
	warranty period	3years	✗
	travel bag is included	✗	✓
	has dolby atmos	✓	✗
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