Nokia BH-905 - noise cancellation stereo Bluetooth headset

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Nokia today announced the BH-905, a high end stereo Bluetooth headset with active noise cancellation. The headset has a 'band-over-the head' with ear-muffs' form factor with music, volume and calling controls on the two ear pieces. The headset has ten microphones; two for capturing speech and eight for capturing sound for the active noise cancellation functionality. The headset can be connected via Bluetooth or a wired 3.5mm connection with adaptors for 2.5mm, 6.5mm and airplane connectors included in the box.

The BH-905 will be available from August from around 285 Euro (street price of around £300).

Nokia BH-905

From the Nokia release:

The Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905 with active noise cancellation combines two in one – both music and calls – and provides crystal clear sound by eliminating background noise with novel active noise cancellation technology from Wolfson Microelectronics, a leader in high performance audio technology. This multi-microphone feed-forward active noise cancellation technology allows for pure sound without ambient noise and is now introduced for the first time in the Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905.

“The overall music experience with this new headset is second to none thanks to the revolutionary noise cancellation technology. The headset is set apart also through the ability to make phone calls, as switching between music and calls has been made easy with integrated call control”, said Jarno Piironen, Director, Entertainment Business Area, Nokia Original Accessories. “People living in urban areas are surrounded by noise practically everywhere and silence has almost become a luxury. We believe this headset fulfills the highest standards for providing high quality music enjoyment and phone calls and also give the luxury of silence when needing an environment to relax.”

Key specifications

  • Focus on your music or calls with active noise cancellation technology and superior audio quality with advanced digital signal processing (DSP).
     
  • Operating keys: multifunction key for power on/off, answer/end, voice dial, and redial, volume up, volume down, play/pause, next track, previous track, and active noise cancelling on/off.
     
  • 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector with supporting adapters for: 2.5 mm Nokia AV connector, standard 3.5 mm jack, standard 6.3 mm jack, and standard airplane jack.
     
  • Stereo Bluetooth support with A2DP and AVRCP profiles. 10 metre range.
     
  • Speaker impedance: 32 ohm
     
  • Speaker drivers: 32 mm high performance drivers
     
  • Number of noise cancelling microphones: 8; and 2 additional microphones capturing speech and advanced digital signal processing (DSP) for clear communication.
     
  • Active noise cancellation technology: Reduces up to 99% background noise
     
  • 180 mm x 155 mm x 59 mm dimensions and 175g in weight.
     
  • Battery lifetime (600 mAh battery with 2 hour recharge cycle):
     
      Wired Wired with n.c. Bluetooth Bluetooth with n.c.
    Talk Unlimited - 24 h 15 h
    Music Unlimited 40 h 25 h 16 h

 

More information is available on the Nokia website, on Nokia's press bulletin site and on the BH-905's press page.

Video

In the video, embedded below via Nokia Conversations, Jouni Knuuttila, an audio specialist at Nokia, says that 'in the multi-microphone technology, we are the technology leader' and that Nokia are 'the first company, in the world, to bring this to consumers'. The video below concludes with the statement that, 'we believe this is the best headset ever made'.