The wireless headphone market is getting way more competitive than ever before. Now, more and more brands are entering the market and have started to offer excellent alternatives to the premium options that are already available.
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Take the new wireless headphone from Bowers & Wilkins, the Px8, for example. But what is so special about the Bowers & Wilkins Px8?
Basically, the brand has combined the recently released Px7 S2 and advanced driver units for the Px8. However, that is not all that Bowers & Wilkins did for the new headphones.
The brand has put proper emphasis on the build quality. Thanks to that, the new wireless headphones are in a position that can make the premium headphones sweat a little.
On that note, Bowers & Wilkins are utilizing new 40 millimeters Carbon Cone drive units for the Px8. The brand took inspiration from the Carbon Dome drive units that are found in the 700 S3 range.
Note that the range is for loudspeakers, and the brand has already refreshed the Carbon Dome units there. But can the new Carbon Cone Drive units offer a good sound performance?
According to Bowers & Wilkins, the new drivers are well capable of providing an ultra-fast response time.
Alongside that, they can offer sound with exceptionally low overall distortion throughout the frequency range.
In other words, the new Px8 might have the potential to dethrone the Px7 S2 that many reviewers praised for the detail, timing, and resolution of the audio.
Regarding the ANC (Active Noise Cancellation), the Px8 relies on the same technology you will find in the Px7 S2. Alongside that, the drive units of the new wireless headphone angled.
The brand did that to create a consistent distance to the ear of the listener from all the points across the surface of the driver. This aspect is also pretty similar to the Px7 S2.
Thanks to the angle, you will be capable of enjoying a much more accurate and immersive soundstage from the Px8. Nonetheless, the Px8 comes with a fresh new design.
And it comes in two brand new finishes. You can purchase it in tan leather or black leather. Both will have a cast aluminum arm structure, which is common with other products from Bowers & Wilkins.
Other than that, there is a diamond-cut bright edge on all the elliptical logo plates. And if you are looking for more premium aspects, you will be glad to know that Bowers & Wilkins has utilized memory foam cushions for earcups.
Also, the headband features a construction of all-trimmed Nappa leather, which does not fail to offer a comfortable and premium feeling on the headphones.
In addition to that, the Px8 integrates aptX Adaptive Bluetooth tech from Qualcomm to offer a better wireless connection. It also has a DSP(Digital Signal Processing) for wired connection.
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