Over-ear · Headphones
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2
Over-ear headphones with noise cancelling, 30 h battery, best codec aptX Lossless.
81.7Score
- #21 of 86 ranked
- #11 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.
Sound
40% weightcounts as 84.9Average of 2 sources: 87.4
Experts
35% weightcounts as 78.6Average of 2 sources: 77.9
Users
25% weightcounts as 81.0Average of 1 source: 82.0
Good: 5 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
€649.99 at Geizhals.at · Geizhals.at listing, not checked live
All colours. May include German shops. Germany: €529.70 (eBay, plus €59.30 shipping).
Prices checked 8 Oct 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Over-ear, closed-back
- Released
- 2025-09
- Drivers
- 40 mm carbon-cone dynamic
- ANC
- Yes
- Multipoint
- Yes
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless
- Low lag
- cable (0 ms)
- Wired
- Analog yes, USB-C audio yes
- Battery
- 30 h
- Weight
- 310 g
- Folds
- Not stated
- Cable notes
- USB-C digital audio via the onboard DAC.
Notes
Mostly called natural and near-neutral. Tom's Guide hears warmth; SoundGuys finds the tuning odd.
More reading:expertreviews.co.ukt3.commacworld.com