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Bowers amp; Wilkins PX wireless noise-cancelling headphones: They demand a sacrifice for silence

Bowers Wilkins tends to be fashionably late when it comes to rolling out new wireless products. In the time it took the company to design the $399 PX Wireless Headphones, companies like Sony, Bose, AKG, and Sennheiser have dropped multiple models of active noise-cancelling models.

This is par for the course for the British manufacturer. Its iconic Zeppelin speakers see infrequent reiterations, and the company tinkered and watched its competition for years before releasing its first Bluetooth headphones, the sublime P5 Wireless.

After testing the PX Wireless for a week, I can say the resulting hardware was mostly worth the wait.

HOW ARE THE BW PX DESIGNED?

Available in gray to match an iOS device or a satin-finished gold and blue to match your Victorian-era British Admiralty uniform, the PX

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