Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 Noise Cancelling Wireless Over-Ear Headphones, Bluetooth 5.0, Quick Charge, 30 Hours Playback, Built-In Microphone – Black

Absolute top class
These headphones are incredible the sound is amazing you dont want to stop listening the sound is that goodThe quality is top class i have £600 denoms and £250 sony these bowers make the others sound and quality look and feel cheap .my best buy of the year amazing piece of kit buy them you wont regret it at £200 a bargain

Plastic : Fantastic
I must admit as I start to write this that I’m a Bowers and Wilkins fanboy. I have their speakers in my living room, a zeppelin in my office and several pairs of headphones. The in ear PI7 live in my bag and see regular use. Over the ear ANC headphones, I usually wear when travelling (planes and trains) and in winter to keep my ears warm.The PX7-S2 out of the box and then out of their very nice protective transport case the headphones didn’t give me the same pleasure as the older headphones. Bowers and Wilkins in the past used to talk about the metal and leather. The PX7-S2 are VERY plastic – earcups, arms, head band and buttons. I understand plastic can be as strong as metal it just doesn’t feel as nice on something I expected to be more premium.I found they very quickly charge up over USB-C. From nearly flat they charged up to 25 percent in about 7 minutes. That is about 7 hours of listening. The stated battery life will outrun any flight at 30 hours. B&W include in the box a USB-C cable to charge but not a power adaptor; and a usb-c to 3.5mm jack to plug into a plane – there isn’t a 2-pin adaptor, but I find those aren’t widely needed anymore.Pairing them to my iPhone was a breeze; and I was surprised the B&W Music app didn’t instantly update the headphone firmware. That is the first in an electronic device for a while. The app lets you configure the noise cancelling; has a bass/ treble tone adjusters and has integrations for several music sources that lets you use the B&W app for everything. The app gives detailed battery life, which is where I did the charging test. The app also lets you configure the ”spare” button between ANC setting or activate Siri (or google assistant etc.)With the batteries charged up I finally slipped the power switch to on; and having a physical switch is a delight from pressing a button from a random amount of time. I put them on and ran them through my headphone test playlist, have worn at home and walking around the city for a few days too.The comfort factor is good with these headphones. I have a big head and some headphones feel like they are squeezing me. These even after 4 hours of wearing them today haven’t felt like that. They do get hot inside; when I did take them off my ears thanked me.The playlist has a mixture of orchestral, Jazz, pop and electronic music. My love of B&W speakers and headphones has always been as a result of their punchy flat sound; if you are all about the bass the tone slider will delivery it (I tried it for science.) Personally, I didn’t need to adjust the tone adjusters to get a sound I liked; for me they sound awesome. There is a huge amount of detail, and it doesn’t sound mushy. What is a true surprise is this is the case with and without the noise cancelling turned off. If you want to hear Nina Simone breathing whilst belting out a song whilst walking past an idling bus these are the first headphones, I have tried that can do it. It also handles the delicate electronic harps in the Girl in Byakkoya keeping them brittle despite the rich musical texture and bass pad effects all around them. The choir in Duel of the Fates feels like it is surrounding you; whilst the chase builds up but the brass section sound crisp. I must admit as I start to write this that I’m a Bowers and Wilkins fanboy. If you want to hear everything Royksopp throw into a track these are great headphones for that experience; but you get the punchy energy along with the detail.Cranked up to full volume for the experience the detail doesn’t disappear, though bass becomes a little more prominent. They go far louder than I could stand for a long time.What really surprised me most about the PX7 though was how good the noise cancelling tech experience is. B&W have added more microphones to improve it, and the ANC is a huge step forward from the year old in ear PI7. There is no hiss when you don’t have the music. I am writing this wearing them in front of a fan with no music playing and I can’t hear the fan. The ANC experience is on another level from the on-ear headphones I have like Airpods Max or Bose 700s. I haven’t tried the new Sony M5s (I found the predecessor M4s to be uncomfortable on long flights.)The battery life is great; but you can only use the headphones switched on. 30 hours will get you to Sydney by most routes from the UK, so this is maybe not the end of the world. Combined with the rapid recharge if you are using them to commute in the UK these are just the ticket. Taking them travelling I’m sad that B&W don’t allow the ear cups to fold up; the transport case takes up far too much space to carry it onto most planes –its 189 x 233 x 63mm. With the ANC being so good at transport noise though they are going with me; they make listening to music so enjoyable for me. 4*s for the plastic

Superb
Superb for under £200

Amazing Headphones
The sound quality in these headphones is truly amazing. Notes I never really heard before are there! One thing that almost put me off them against the competition was that there was no headphone jack. No worries, the charging connection doubles up as the headphone jack also. Comfort no problem, can wear for hours. Very pleased with them and would certainly recommend to any discerning music lover.

Ótimo fone sensacional

I was looking for a pair of headphones that would offer a bit better ANC compared to my Marshall Monitor 3, but equally great sound as the Marshall. First of all, I’d like to say that the built quality is great. Even though they are plastic, compared to the Marshall Monitor 3 which are way more premium and made of aluminum, the B&W Px7 are really great. Great clamping on my head, but I think this is the result of the fact that they don’t fold, as the Marshall Monitor 3 do. They are very comfortable and the ANC is very good indeed. I think slightly better than the Marshall Monitor 3.And that’s where the advantages end (for me). The sound significantly falls behind the Marshall Monitor 3, which are an industry leader. The Px7 sound is clearly muffled, with bass hitting you and giving a more “closed” sound space result, leaving the mid-range contained. Things can get a bit better if you increase the sound, but then you risk damaging your hearing.. Unfortunately B&W’s app is so basic, not only for the Px7 but for the more expensive models as well, like the Px7 s2e (which I have also tried for a few days) and the Px8. You can only adjust treble and bass, which doesn’t help with the overall sound quality. Also, while B&W says that the headphones are no nonsense, but Marshall and Bose have the Soundstage and Spatial Audio which further improves sound.Finally, when I tried listening to the same songs with the same equaliser settings on my iphone, the Marshall Monitor 3 managed to produce a 13 quality which was more “clear”, with a crisp sound (as much as this is possible when using an iphone 13), while the Px7 severely suffered from lack of clarity and sound quality.