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Bang & Olufsen’s new $1,500 headphones combine luxury and repairability

Treat your ears.

The use of materials like lambskin leather on the H100’s ear pad cushions and scratch-resistant glass protecting the headphone’s touchpad controls isn’t new for Bang & Olufsen. They instead turn on automatically when worn, go into a low-power mode when taken off with 90 days of standby time, and power off completely when placed in an included carrying case. Should the headphones completely die at an inopportune time, Bang & Olufsen says a five-minute charge will deliver an additional five hours of playback.

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