NewGen
Bang & Olufsen wH105
NewGen × Bang & Olufsen · 2026

wH105™

The first headphone to derive three independent acoustic zones from two drivers and one port hole.

40 mm Titanium Bass 22 mm Carbon Fibre Mid Coaxial Architecture Bass Reflex Port Intel Klangkerne™ NexusLink™ Protocol Bluetooth Core 6.0 Ceraluminesium Sapphire 25 Hz – 20 kHz 20 Microphones
Explore
Outer Driver

The titanium
bass driver.

A 40 mm titanium diaphragm tuned exclusively for sub-bass and midbass. Every material property chosen to extend low, hit fast, and damp cleanly.

01 — Front face & surround geometry
basket / frame surround Ti cone CF apex mount coaxial CF dome Ø 40 mm
02 — Motor structure & voice coil cross-section
B-field gap basket surround Ti cone spider neodymium magnet assembly voice coil — Cu wound, kapton former high-temp rated to 200 °C · linear Xmax ±3.8 mm
03 — Ti driver tuning target & titanium breakup suppression
DSP crossover ≈ 350 Hz Ti breakup (suppressed by DSP) Ti operating range — 25 Hz to 350 Hz 25 50 100 200 500 1k Hz +6 0 −6 −12 dB SPL frequency (Hz)
Material Choice
Why titanium, specifically
Titanium's density of 4.5 g/cm³ is the key variable. Heavier than aluminium but lighter than steel, a titanium diaphragm of equivalent diameter to an aluminium one resonates at a lower fundamental frequency — pushing Fs down to approximately 45 Hz without requiring a larger driver. At bass frequencies where titanium is used here, its high internal damping also prevents the slow, bloomy decay that plagues polymer diaphragms. Bass arrives as an event, not a smear.
The Breakup Problem — Solved
Titanium's liability is our crossover point
Titanium diaphragms have a notorious failure mode: above ~1–2 kHz they enter breakup modes and ring like a bell — producing the "metallic glare" that has plagued titanium tweeters for decades. The wH105's DSP crossover eliminates this entirely. The Ti driver receives signal only below 350 Hz. It never reaches a frequency where breakup modes are audible. Titanium's liability becomes irrelevant by design.
Transient Character
Fast. Controlled. Articulate.
Titanium's high Young's modulus (116 GPa) means the diaphragm resists deformation under load — it accelerates and decelerates as commanded by the voice coil with minimal lag. This is why B&O's H95 and H100 titanium drivers are consistently described as punchy rather than warm. Bass texture — the string attack on a bass guitar, the mechanical click of a kick drum — is preserved rather than washed out.
Voice Coil
Copper wound on Kapton, 8 Ω section
The Ti driver's voice coil is wound from oxygen-free copper on a Kapton former, rated to 200 °C continuous. Its contribution to the headphone's combined 18 Ω impedance is the dominant section — the CF driver sits in series on the inner circuit. Linear Xmax of ±3.8 mm is generous for a headphone driver, enabling the low-frequency extension the port architecture demands without exceeding mechanical limits at high SPL.
Specifications
Ti driver numbers
Diameter40 mm
Diaphragm materialGrade 5 Ti (Ti-6Al-4V)
Resonant frequency (Fs)~45 Hz
Operating range25 – 350 Hz
Voice coilOFC Cu / Kapton, 8 Ω
Xmax linear±3.8 mm
MagnetN52 Neodymium, dual ring
Sensitivity (section)102 dB SPL/V
Inner Driver — Coaxial

The carbon fibre
mid driver.

Mounted at the apex of the titanium cone, the retuned Sony carbon fibre driver handles everything from 350 Hz to 20 kHz — sealed in its own acoustic zone by the Ti cone geometry.

01 — CF driver components, exploded
surround / spider CF cone — retuned voice coil — CCAW N42 NdFeB compact magnet stack Ti-cone apex mounting collar rigid coupling to Ti apex CF driver — exploded assembly · coaxially mounted at Ti apex
02 — Zone 2: Ti cone sealed enclosure for CF driver rear
Zone 1 — ear cavity (forward radiation) Ti motor CF mag apex coupling collar Zone 2 CF rear sealed by Ti cone Zone 3 — Ti rear volume continues below Ti motor + rear volume → centre port (open-back bass reflex) Ti surr. Ti cone CF surr. CF dome CF cone coupling collar Ti motor
03 — CF driver tuning target · 350 Hz – 20 kHz
350 Hz crossover pistonic limit ~16 kHz 100 350 1k 4k 10k 20k Hz +6 0 -6 frequency (Hz) dB SPL CF operating range — 350 Hz to 20 kHz
Material Properties
Carbon fibre — why it extends so high
Carbon fibre's Young's modulus (~230 GPa) is approximately twice that of titanium at roughly one-third the density (1.6 g/cm³). This extreme stiffness-to-mass ratio keeps the diaphragm moving as a single rigid body — pistonically — well into the upper treble. Conventional polymer cones begin flexing at 3–5 kHz. The CF driver here remains pistonic to approximately 16 kHz, beyond which a gentle rolloff occurs. No separate tweeter is needed.
The Retuning
From XM-series to wH105
Sony's original XM5/XM6 CF driver carries a consumer V-shaped tuning — elevated bass and treble shelf, recessed midrange. This is entirely a voicing choice imposed via surround geometry, spider compliance, and DSP — not a material limitation. For the wH105, the surround stiffness is increased (less excursion needed above the crossover point), spider compliance retargeted, and the DSP applies a flat response curve from 350 Hz. The same diaphragm, reborn as a precision instrument.
Coaxial Loading
It rides with the Ti driver
When the Ti driver makes a large bass excursion, the CF driver assembly physically travels with it — rigidly coupled at the Ti cone apex. The CF driver then makes its own independent high-frequency excursions on top of this motion. The key is that both the Ti's large, slow movements and the CF's small, fast movements radiate from the same acoustic axis. Your ear receives bass and mids from the same spatial point simultaneously — no phase offset, no time smear.
Specifications
CF driver numbers
Diameter22 mm
Diaphragm materialWoven CF / epoxy matrix
Pistonic limit~16 kHz
Operating range350 Hz – 20 kHz
Voice coilCCAW (Cu-clad Al), 10 Ω
Rear loadingZone 2 — Ti cone sealed
MagnetN42 NdFeB compact stack
Sensitivity (section)106 dB SPL/V
Bass Reflex Port

The hole that does
five things.

The port is not a compromise. It is a bass tuner, an ANC microphone channel, a mic housing, a wind shield, and a design detail — simultaneously.

01 — Bass reflex / Helmholtz resonator principle
Zone 3 — ear cup rear volume Ti driver rear port tube air column Fb ≈ 28 Hz port tuning freq extends bass to 25 Hz port radiates in-phase at Fb rear volume ~12 cm³ tuned against port
02 — Port mic placement & acoustic pre-filtering
MIC A opt. flank opt. flank port geometry acts as low-pass 20 Hz 50 Hz 100 Hz 500 Hz 1 kHz+ high-freq noise cannot enter port tube port tube = wind shield outer cup face — no mic grilles
03 — Ceraluminesium port grille — radial micro-perforation
MIC A Ceraluminesium L5 Mohs 9 · α-Al₂O₃ radial micro-perforation laser etched · Ø 0.3 mm holes ~35% open area ratio Mic A behind grille wind-shielded · sub-100 Hz UV / NIR fluorescent in doped colorways
Bass Extension
Why the port pushes bass below 30 Hz
A sealed headphone's bass rolloff is dictated by the driver's Fs and the ear cavity spring. The bass reflex port adds a second resonant system — a Helmholtz resonator tuned to Fb ≈ 28 Hz. At this frequency, the air column in the port tube resonates in phase with the driver's output, effectively extending bass radiation to frequencies the driver alone would struggle with. The result is usable bass response to 25 Hz without DSP-boosted distortion.
The ANC Innovation
Physics does the filtering before DSP touches it
A microphone inside the port tube hears only low-frequency noise — the port geometry physically prevents high-frequency content from entering. The Ti driver's known output is subtracted digitally. What remains is pure external bass-range ingress. This spectrally pre-separated signal is fed to the cascaded ANC pipeline as Stage 0, eliminating the need for the feedforward mics to process low-frequency content at all. Each subsequent mic stage receives an already-cleaner picture.
Aesthetic Integrity
The hole as a design element
Every other headphone on the market punctures the outer cup face with visible microphone grilles. The wH105's outer cup surface is completely uninterrupted — a continuous Ceraluminesium shell. The port exits at the centre of the outer cup face, its grille laser-etched in a radial micro-perforation pattern that catches light like a diffraction grating. Under UV illumination in doped colorways, the perforations glow. The component that does the most engineering work is also the most photogenic part of the product.
Wind Shielding
Passive rejection before ANC activates
Wind noise is the most common failure mode of outdoor ANC. Exposed microphones on the cup surface experience pressure fluctuations from air turbulence that the DSP must identify and suppress before it can process real noise. Mic A inside the port tube experiences dramatically reduced wind exposure — the tube geometry slows and diffuses airflow before it reaches the mic element. Sony and Bose spend significant processing budget on software wind detection; the wH105 gets passive wind rejection for free.
Port Specifications
Port numbers
Tuning frequency (Fb)≈ 28 Hz
Rear volume (Zone 3)~12 cm³
Bass extension25 Hz usable
Port grille materialCeraluminesium L5
Grille patternRadial micro-perforation
Hole diameter0.3 mm
Open area ratio~35%
Mic inside portMic A — sub-100 Hz ANC
Active Noise Cancellation

Three stages.
Physics first.

Each microphone receives a spectrally pre-separated signal before the DSP activates. No other headphone does this.

0
Port Mic Array — 3 MEMS, sub-100 Hz, physics pre-filtered
One primary MEMS mic sits inside the bass reflex port tube, The port geometry itself isolates low-frequency ingress. Port geometry physically bandpasses all three to sub-100 Hz — no frequency above that range reaches any of them. Ti driver output is subtracted. Residual is pure external bass-range ingress. Passively wind-shielded by the tube. The three-mic arrangement enables triangulated source separation of low-frequency noise at the port.
Novel
1
Feedforward Array — 5 digital MEMS, mid & high spatial capture
Six digital MEMS mics cover the full cup rim perimeter, plus two wide-area MEMS on the toward-front and toward-back cup face surfaces. Two proximity MEMS sit under the ear pad — capturing what gets past the ear seal before the feedback stage sees it. Stage 0's bass-range output is pre-subtracted before Klangkerne processes this array. Combined with AI spatial filtering, the array builds a real-time 3D model of the noise field around the wearer.
Klangkerne™
2
In-ear Feedback Mic — error correction on near-zero residual
By the time signal reaches the feedback mic inside the ear cup, stages 0 and 1 have addressed the full noise spectrum. The feedback mic corrects residual error on a near-zero signal, operating with maximum precision and minimum latency. The Ti driver's 25 Hz extension means ANC anti-noise is reproduced accurately at the exact frequencies where the port allows ingress.
Novel
Full Specifications

Every number
justified.

Acoustic
Frequency response25 Hz – 20 kHz
Driver architectureCoaxial 2-way
Bass driver40 mm Ti-6Al-4V
Mid driver22 mm CF woven
CrossoverActive DSP ≈ 350 Hz
Sensitivity108 dB SPL/V
Impedance18 Ω
THD @ 1 kHz, 90 dB< 0.04%
Bass tuningReflex Fb ≈ 28 Hz
Acoustic zones3 independent
ANC & Microphones
Architecture3-stage cascade
Total microphones20 total (10 per cup)
Port mic (Stage 0)1× MEMS — physics pre-filtered
FF rim array (Stage 1)6× digital MEMS — full perimeter
FF wide-area face mics2× wide-area MEMS — cup face
Feedback in-ear (Stage 2)1× analogue — error correction
Voice beamform array8× dedicated MEMS — AI beamforming
Mic typesWide-area MEMS + Rim MEMS + Analogue
ANC attenuation−52 dB peak
Low-freq ANC floor25 Hz
Wind rejectionPassive (port tube) + algorithmic
DSP nodeIntel 04A (0.4 nm)
AON nodeIntel 06E (0.6 nm)
Connectivity
BluetoothCore 6.0
Audio codecsLDAC, LC3plus, aptX Lossless
Simultaneous devices4 (BT 6.0 multi)
Config protocolNexusLink™ 1.0
LE AudioAuracast broadcast
NFC pairingSwiftTap™ NFC 2.0
USB-C audioTB6 · 24-bit / 192 kHz
Wi-Fi direct802.11be Wi-Fi 7 (6 GHz)
WiredUSB-C (TB6) / 3.5 mm jack
USB-C audio24-bit / 192 kHz
Battery
Playback (ANC off)62 h
Playback (ANC on)48 h
ANC + Klangkerne38 h
Quick charge (10 min)8 h playback
Battery typeDual SilCa (Si-C) — one per cup
Wired charging80W SuperVOOC (USB-C TB6)
Wireless charging50W AirVOOC
Intelligence — Klangkerne™
Perf DSP nodeIntel 04A
Efficiency nodeIntel 06E
B&O voicingSilicon-level coefficients
Crossover typeActive, driver-aware
Spatial audioHRTF personalised
Adaptive EQReal-time per-driver
Config interfaceNexusLink™
Materials & Build
Cup materialCeraluminesium Sapphire
Surface hardnessMohs 9 (corundum)
FGM layersL0 – L5 (MgAl → α-Al₂O₃)
Port grilleCeraluminesium etched
HeadbandForged Al + full-grain leather
Ear padLambskin / memory foam
Weight264 g
IP ratingIP68 + IP69
Colorways25 (dopant series)
Connectivity

Every protocol.
One device.

Bluetooth Core 6.0
4-device multistream. LE Audio. LDAC Hi-Res wireless. LC3plus lossless. Channel sounding for spatial awareness.
BT 6.0 · LDAC · LC3plus · aptX Lossless · LE Audio
SwiftTap™ NFC
Tap any NFC 2.0 NewGen device to pair instantly. Re-tap to switch. Works through leather and fabric.
NFC 2.0 · ISO 21481
NexusLink™
NewGen's unified protocol. One control panel for all wH105 settings over Bluetooth. No app, no account.
NexusLink 1.0 · over BT · local-first
Auracast™
Join LE Audio public broadcasts — airports, cinema, venues — without pairing. Klangkerne EQ applies.
LE Audio · BT SIG Auracast
USB-C · Thunderbolt 6
24-bit / 192 kHz digital audio with Klangkerne DAC active. 80W SuperVOOC charging. Full TB6 bandwidth for future expansion.
TB6 · UAC 3.0 · 80W SuperVOOC
3.5 mm Analogue Jack
Passive analogue output — no battery required. Klangkerne DSP and active crossover remain active in wired mode when powered.
3.5 mm TRS · passive mode supported
Wi-Fi 7 Direct
Lossless audio to Eventide devices over Wi-Fi 7 (6 GHz) — 96 kHz / 24-bit at sub-2 ms latency, bypassing Bluetooth.
802.11be · Wi-Fi 7 · 6 GHz · LLAC
50W AirVOOC
Wireless charging at 50W via AirVOOC — charge both cups simultaneously from 0 to full in ~28 minutes. Compatible with Qi2 at reduced 15W.
AirVOOC 50W · Qi2 15W · OPPO
Configure

Make it yours.

Choose from 25 Ceraluminesium Sapphire dopant colorways. Configure ear cushion, headband finish, B&O logo Ti finish, and accessories.

B&O wH105 B&O wH105
Ruby
Cr³⁺ · Ceraluminesium L5
Colorway — 25 Dopant Variants
Ear Cushion
Headband Finish
B&O Logo — Inset Titanium Finish
Accessories
Carrying Case
Ceraluminesium-matched hardshell
Charging Dock
Qi2 stand with NexusLink display
Cable Kit
USB-C + 3.5 mm braided, 1.5 m
3-Year Coverage
NewGen extended warranty
Total
₱ 34,900
Ruby · Lambskin · Natural leather
Complete Colorway Library
Wear Detection & Presence

The headphone
knows where you are.

Six independent sensor modalities work in concert to detect wear state, head position, proximity, and user intent — before you touch a button.

Sensor Suite
Infrared proximityDual-IR per cup — on-ear / off-ear
Capacitive skin sensingConductive ear pad lining — contact detect
IMU6-axis — 3-axis gyro + 3-axis accel
Acoustic presenceIn-ear mic ambient level analysis
Pressure sensingAir cavity pressure — seal verification
EarSense II™Real-time fit and HRTF adaptation
Automatic Behaviours
Remove → place downPause + ANC off + low-power 90-day standby
Remove → wear on neckPause + ambient mode — stay aware
Put onResume + restore last ANC state instantly
One cup liftedTrueTransparency™ — hear surroundings
Speaking detectedSpeak-to-Pause — ambient blend auto
Head nod (call)Answer / end call via IMU gesture
EarSense II™ Adaptive Fit
Glasses detectedANC seal-loss compensated in real time
Hat / hair detectedPressure profile adjusted adaptively
Bass seal verificationIn-ear mic monitors bass seal per wear
HRTF drift correctionSpatial audio corrected if position shifts
Re-seating promptHaptic nudge if poor seal detected
Dual-IR Proximity
Two infrared proximity sensors per cup fire inward and outward simultaneously — detecting whether the cup is against an ear, resting on a neck, or set down on a surface. Response latency is under 50 ms.
Capacitive Skin Contact
The lambskin ear pad lining carries a conductive mesh layer. Actual skin contact is detected independently of proximity — eliminating false triggers from objects or surfaces resting against the cup.
6-Axis IMU
A 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer track head orientation, movement velocity, and nodding gestures. Used for head tracking in spatial audio, call control gestures, and detecting whether the headphone is being worn or carried.
Acoustic Presence Sensing
The in-ear feedback mic continuously analyses the acoustic signature of the ear cavity. A sealed ear sounds acoustically distinct from an open cup. This enables the system to detect off-ear state even when IR and capacitive sensors are obstructed.
Speak-to-Pause
When the voice beamform mic array detects the wearer's own voice starting at close range, playback fades and ambient transparency activates within 200 ms. Speech cessation for 3 seconds restores the previous state automatically.
EarSense II™ — Live Fit
Sony's EarSense technology, extended for the wH105's coaxial driver architecture. Bass seal quality, ANC optimiser, and HRTF profile are recalibrated in real time as the headphone settles on the ear — every wear, every time.
Sony × NewGen
Microphone Architecture

20 microphones.
Four types. Zero compromises.

The XM6 has 12. The wH105 has 20 — and each additional mic serves a distinct acoustic purpose Sony's layout cannot address. Each type serves a distinct physical and signal purpose that the others cannot replicate.

Microphone placement map — one cup (10 mics · 20 total per headphone)
coaxial drivers A port mic B C D E F G H I J K L mic legend — per cup (10 total) A — Port MEMS · centre face sub-100 Hz · port-geometry filtered B/C — Wide-area face MEMS front & back of outer cup face D–I — Rim feedforward MEMS 6× digital MEMS · full perimeter 3D spatial noise field model J/K — Proximity MEMS under-pad · seal detection L — In-ear analogue feedback Stage 2 · direct canal correction beamform voice array 8× MEMS dedicated to voice B + D + E + F + G + H + I + K vs 6 on XM6 · vs 4 on H100 10 per cup · 20 total 67% more than XM6 · 2030 flagship
Stage 0 — Port (1 mic)
TypeDigital MEMS — omnidirectional
Count1× omnidirectional MEMS
Frequency range seenDC – ~100 Hz (port-limited)
Wind protectionPassive via port tube geometry
ExposureZero — recessed inside port
Stage 1 — Feedforward (8 mics)
TypeDigital MEMS — directional
Rim mics (D–I)6× digital MEMS — full perimeter
Wide face mics (B/C)2× wide-area MEMS — cup face
Noise field model3D spatial, AI-derived
Pre-processingStage 0 pre-subtracted
Wind meshAcoustic foam + Klangkerne algo
Stage 2 + Voice (1+6 mics)
Feedback typeAnalogue — lowest latency
Feedback positionIn-ear, direct canal measurement
Voice beamform typeDigital MEMS subset of S1
Voice mic count8 dedicated beamform MEMS
Voice AIKlangkerne neural voice isolation
Call separationSidelobe suppression −38 dB
Military-Grade Durability

MIL-STD-810H.
14 tests. 0 failures.

The wH105 is designed and tested to US MIL-STD-810H military durability standards — the same certification applied to ASUS commercial and ROG product lines. Ceraluminesium Sapphire at Mohs 9 is not decoration. It is armour.

Method 514.8
Vibration
Road, rail, aircraft and helicopter vibration profiles. Ceraluminesium cup maintains structural integrity across all modes.
Method 516.8
Shock
40 G peak, 11 ms half-sine shock pulses. Six faces, three impacts each. FGM gradient absorbs impulse at the Cermet Lo/Hi transition layers.
Method 506.6
Rain
Rain and drip test at 1.7 mm/min for 30 minutes. All apertures including port grille maintain acoustic performance post-exposure.
Method 510.7
Sand & Dust
Blowing dust at 10.6 m/s for 6 hours. Corundum L5 surface is harder than the sand particles themselves (silica Mohs 7 vs Mohs 9).
Method 501.7
High Temp
70 °C storage, 63 °C operational. SilCa battery chemistry retains 98%+ capacity at high temperature where Li-Ion degrades.
Method 502.7
Low Temp
−40 °C storage, −20 °C operational. SilCa chemistry maintains ion mobility at sub-zero temperatures where conventional Li-Ion falters.
Method 503.7
Thermal Shock
−20 °C to +70 °C transition in under 1 minute, 10 cycles. CTE mismatch between FGM layers is managed by the L2/L3 Cermet gradient.
Method 507.6
Humidity
95% RH at 30 °C for 10 days. MgAl core is fully sealed inside the ceramic shell — no exposed Mg on any surface the user contacts.
Method 500.6
Low Pressure
Altitude equivalent to 15,000 m storage, 4,500 m operational. Port geometry verified to maintain Fb tuning across pressure differentials.
SGS 5-Star
Drop Resistance
Swiss SGS 5-star overall drop resistance certification. 1.5 m drop onto hardwood, concrete, and steel from 26 face orientations.
Surface
Scratch Resistance
Mohs 9 corundum surface — harder than steel, harder than concrete, harder than any key or knife. Keys, knives, and concrete leave no mark.
Flexural
Headband Flex
50,000 open/close cycles on the headband slider mechanism. Forged aluminium frame and hardened steel slider retain calibration within ±1 mm.
Mohs hardness — context
Fingernail
2.5
Steel knife
6.5
Quartz / concrete
7
Topaz
8
Ceraluminesium L5 ★
9
Diamond
10
Water & Dust Resistance

IP68 + IP69.
Two ratings. One standard.

Most headphones carry IP54 or IP55. The wH105 carries IP68 and IP69 simultaneously — the same dual certification found on OPPO's Find X8 Ultra and reserved for devices that must survive industrial water exposure.

IP68
Submersion resistance
Rated for submersion in still water at 1.5 m depth for 30 minutes, with no more than 5 °C temperature differential. Exceeds shower, rain, and poolside use by a significant margin.
✓ Rain — indefinite
✓ Shower splash — indefinite
✓ Pool submersion — 30 min at 1.5 m
✓ Sweat-resistant for sport use
IP69
High-pressure jet resistance
Certified to withstand high-pressure water jets at 80 °C, 15 L/min for 2 minutes from all angles — 0°, 30°, 60°, and 90°. Tested to IEC 60529 standards, the same industrial rating on OPPO's flagship phones.
✓ High-pressure water jets — all angles
✓ 80 °C hot water — steam environments
✓ Power washing / cleaning jets
✓ Sauna and steam room use
IP rating comparison — wH105 vs headphone market
Product
wH105 B&O H100 Sony XM6 Bose QC Ultra AirPods Max
IP Rating
IP68 + IP69 IP54 IPX4 IPX4 IP54
Submersion
1.5 m / 30 min Splash only Splash only Splash only Splash only
Pressure jet
80 °C / 15 L/min — — — —
Dust-tight
IP6X — full seal IP5X — partial None rated None rated IP5X — partial
Why IP69 matters for the wH105
The port grille and mic apertures are the typical waterproofing failure points in headphones. The wH105's Ceraluminesium port grille is water-impermeable at the material level — the 0.3 mm perforations are sealed by acoustic damping mesh rated to IP69 jet pressures. All microphone apertures carry internal acoustic damping rated to the same standard.
OPPO SilCa battery — waterproofing synergy
Silicon Carbon battery cells are inherently more thermally stable than Li-Ion — they do not require the same thermal runaway pressure relief venting. This allows the wH105 to achieve a fully sealed SilCa battery compartment without compromise, enabling IP69 certification that conventional Li-Ion designs struggle to achieve.
OPPO SilCa Battery

Silicon Carbon.
One per cup.

Two independent Silicon Carbon batteries — one inside each ear cup — deliver total capacity that Li-Ion cells of equivalent volume cannot match, with charge speeds that redefine what fast means for audio wearables.

Why Silicon Carbon over Li-Ion
More ions. Less heat. Longer life.
Silicon Carbon anodes can accommodate approximately 10× more lithium ions per unit volume than conventional graphite anodes. This translates directly to higher energy density in the same physical package — or equivalent capacity in a smaller cell. For headphone batteries where volume is tightly constrained by ear cup geometry, SilCa unlocks substantially more capacity than Li-Ion at the same form factor.
Dual Independent Cells
Left cup + right cup — redundant power
Each ear cup contains its own SilCa cell, managed independently by the 06E efficiency core. If one cell reaches a lower charge state, load balancing redirects processing to the fuller cell. The headphone continues operating in a degraded but functional mode even if one cell is depleted — a feature impossible with a single centralised battery.
80W SuperVOOC
Full charge in under 35 minutes
OPPO's SuperVOOC protocol negotiates charging voltage and current with the headphone's charging IC over USB-C Thunderbolt 6. Both cells charge simultaneously at 80W total — 40W per cup. From flat, the wH105 reaches full charge in approximately 32 minutes. Ten minutes on SuperVOOC delivers approximately 14 hours of playback — enough for a transatlantic flight from a boarding lounge charge.
50W AirVOOC Wireless
Fastest wireless charging in a headphone
AirVOOC at 50W is the first wireless charging implementation of this power level in a consumer headphone. Both cups charge simultaneously from the AirVOOC stand. Full charge wirelessly in approximately 42 minutes. Compatible with Qi2 at reduced 15W for third-party charging pads.
SilCa vs Li-Ion — energy density comparison
Li-Ion ~250 Wh/kg current standard SilCa ~400 Wh/kg wH105 cells +60% capacity charge time comparison (0 → 100%) Li-Ion standard: ~90 min SuperVOOC: 32 min AirVOOC 50W: 42 min same volume cell — SilCa carries 60% more energy
Battery life — wH105 vs category
62 h — wH105 (ANC off) 48 h — wH105 (ANC on) 34 h — B&O H100 30 h — Sony XM6 24 h — Bose QC Ultra hours of playback SilCa dual-cell architecture