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I characterized the Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 noise-cancelling headphone released last year as “less sizzle, more steak” because its audio performance was phenomenal, but competitors such as the Sony WH-1000XM5 delivered more whiz bang features. With its step-up Px8 noise-cancelling headphone, B&W delivers a great-sounding luxury audio product chock‑full of high‑tech features.
Luxury comes in the form of the Px8’s materials as well as its build quality. Where the Px7 S2 is constructed primarily from plastic, the Px8 features die-cast aluminium arms and diamond-cut metal detailing. The earcups, memory-foam earcups, and both sides of the headband are wrapped in exquisitely soft Nappa leather.
While those elements add a bit of weight to the headphone – the Px8 weighs 320g compared the Px7’s 302g – I found thetips the scales at just 250g, but sounds relatively inferior to all three of the other models discussed here.
