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Over-ear · HeadphonesDiscontinued

Bowers & Wilkins Px8

Over-ear headphones with noise cancelling, 30 h battery, best codec aptX Adaptive.

82.2Score

  • #14 of 86 ranked
  • #9 of 41 over-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.

  1. Sound

    40% weightcounts as 81.5

    Average of 2 sources: 82.3

  2. Experts

    35% weightcounts as 83.1

    Average of 4 sources: 83.9

  3. Users

    25% weightcounts as 82.1

    Average of 2 sources: 83.1

Solid: 8 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

€323.70 at Geizhals.at · Geizhals.at listing, not checked live

All colours. May include German shops. Germany: €297 at Amazon.de. Replaced by the Px8 S2.

Prices checked 8 Oct 2026.

Specs

Type
Over-ear, closed-back
Released
2022-09
Drivers
40 mm carbon-cone dynamic
ANC
Yes
Multipoint
Yes
Codecs
SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive
Low lag
cable (0 ms)
Wired
Analog yes, USB-C audio yes
Battery
30 h
Weight
320 g
Folds
No
Cable notes
Lossless USB-C audio via the onboard DAC; coarse volume steps over USB.

Notes

Clear but slightly cool (What Hi-Fi). SoundGuys measured an unusual, bass-heavy response.

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