In-ear · Headphones
Bowers & Wilkins Pi8
In-ear headphones with noise cancelling, 6.5 h battery, best codec aptX Lossless.
85.3Score
- #1 of 86 ranked
- #1 of 45 in-ears
Why this score
The score adds up these parts. Each part has a weight. A part counts as the average of its sources, pulled toward 80 when there are few sources.
Sound
40% weightcounts as 84.9Average of 2 sources: 87.3
Experts
35% weightcounts as 87.7Average of 2 sources: 91.5
Users
25% weightcounts as 82.5Average of 2 sources: 83.8
Solid: 6 ratings.
80 is the field average. A part counts as 80 + (average − 80) × N ÷ (N + 1), where N is its number of sources. One source counts half of the gap from 80. No sources count as 80.
Price
€319.90 at Geizhals.at · Geizhals.at listing, not checked live
All colours. May include German shops. Germany: €357.99 at Amazon.de.
Prices checked 8 Oct 2026.
Specs
- Type
- In-ear
- Released
- 2024-08
- Drivers
- 12 mm carbon cone
- ANC
- Yes
- Multipoint
- Yes
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless
- Low lag
- None found
- Wired
- Line-in case (re-sends a USB-C or 3.5 mm source)
- Battery
- 6.5 h buds, 20 h with case
- Weight
- 7 g per bud
- Water
- IP54
- Qi case
- Yes
Notes
What Hi-Fi: very balanced and transparent. SoundGuys: more bass than its target. The case can re-transmit a USB-C or 3.5 mm source (aptX Adaptive 24/96).