Bowers & Wilkins’ Px8 S2 is company’s “best sounding headphone”

Bowers & Wilkins has called its Px8 S2 noise cancelling wireless headphone “the best sounding headphone the brand has ever created.”

The latest flagship model from the renowned British audio brand builds on the multi-award-winning Px7 S3, upgrading the over-ear, noise cancelling cans to new heights of audio excellence and a luxury look and feel. 

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Upgraded features of the Px8 S2 include 40mm Carbon Cone drive units, a 24-bit digital signal processor and internal digital-to-analog converter which offer highly detailed sound with low colouration and distortion; aptXTM Adaptive 24/96 technology and aptX Lossless for optimal wireless listening; exposed cable detailing on the aluminium arm mechanism; and Nappa leather covering every main surface the option of two colourways in Onyx Black and Warn Stone. 

The Px8 S2 offers 30 hours of battery life with noise cancellation on for the duration, as well as building up to seven hours of charge from a 15-minute quick recharge.

It has eight high-performance microphones located at optimal points for noise cancellation audio listening — with three options: Off, Pass-Through and On — as well as making calls in environments where ambient sound is a factor. 

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To ensure future proofiing of the headphones, multiple over-the-air firmware updates have been promised and already started rolling out, in order to support spatial audio listening, Bluetooth® LE Audio and AuracastTM broadcast functionality. There’s a Bowers & Wilkins Music app through which the headphones can be configured, including an adjustable five-band EQ or the option for True Sound mode, which sets to the preferred settings of the brand’s Southwater Research Establishment acoustic team. 

Giles Pocock, VP of Brand Marketing at Bowers & Wilkins, called the Px8 S2 “the best headphone we have ever created”, adding: “When we introduced the Px8 in 2022, it redefined what was possible in wireless headphone performance. The Px8 S2 sets the benchmark once again, recalibrating expectations for sound quality, design, and craftsmanship. It’s the ultimate expression of our mission: to bring listeners even closer to the artist’s performance – and of course, the beautiful design and finish only adds to that real pride of ownership.”

The Px8 S2 are priced at £629, buy them here.