Hello! It's Yehwa
With the weather getting quite chilly
more people are starting to wear headphones
Today!
(Considering) 'What headphones should I buy...?'
For those of you who are considering to buy one
Ta-da!
It's
The Bowers & Wilkins PX8
To sum up this product
If you’re hesitant about value-for-money options like Sony or Bose
And thinks AirPods Max is too common
and you’re looking for something more unique
luxurious
and with excellent sound quality?!
Then, this could be the perfect choice for you
If you’re curious
Grab your cards and stay tuned!
(all_it studio)
Bowers & Wilkins is a brand
I previously reviewed it when I bought The New Zeppelin speaker
For those starting to take an interest in audio
It’s definitely a name you've heard of
They are known as a traditional audio powerhouse
having held the number one market share in the high-end speaker industry for the past 30 years
The original retail price was $720
The price has dropped a bit
It’s currently available for $560 on Coupang
While the price is on the higher side for headphones
considering that AirPods Max is priced at $540
It’s quite comparable
The Sony 1000XM5 is in the upper $200 range
and the Bose QC Ultra is around $290
It’s expensive..
But it’s worth a shot
It supports codecs like SBC, AAC, APTX, APTX HD, and APTX Adaptive
However, it’s a bit disappointing that it doesn’t support LDAC
Many people use
(Streaming services) Like YouTube Music, Flo, and Melon
(LDAC offers high-resolution audio playback with bit rates well above 320 kbps; it may not be as crucial for streaming music) These services typically don’t have high bit rates
Not having LDAC isn’t a major issue
The battery life is impressive, offering up to 30 hours of playback
and it also supports multi-pairing
As for the included accessories
It comes with headphones, a pouch, and a USB-C to USB-C cable
It also includes a USB-C to 3.5mm cable
While you can’t carry it around like the AirPods Max
This type of pouch is quite common
It’s similar to what you get with the Sony 1000XM5
Nowadays, even the Bose QC Ultra
There are quite a few products with earpads foldable inside
This one is not folderable, and so the pouch is pretty big
It's big like a small sized watermelon
for this size..
Only a backpack could carry this
Considering the price
It would be nice if the pouch were a bit more durable
But the inside is made of a hard material
and is empty
So, it doesn't feel very secure
It's too bulky to be considered an attempt to make it
as light as possible for portability..
It's pretty uneasy to carry!
(Pouch is in the grey area for the price) Honestly, I'm not sure about the pouch
It was not that hard to take out the headphone
But when putting it back in, the earpads turn around on each way
So, it was confusing to figure out the way to put them in
Just think to put down them as the way you were wearing
Then you can make it at once
The left side seems a bit blanky
I guess a mesh layer could be helpful like the one from Bose QC Ultra
to enhance the easiness
Now I'm going to show you the product
For the colors, we have Black, Tan, and Burgundy
And Dark Forest recently added
And lastly the 5th one is McLaren edition
which is black with orange highlighted
McLaren edition is more expensive by about $115
(Made it passed since no merit for the price) But seems no merit for the price, so I passed it
I was tend to buy the black one at first
as it shows the leather feels well and easy to use
But I chose Tan color
Since I liked the color combination with beige and grey
The burgundy's color combination also remarkable
But too strong, so it seems like an attention seeker
Feels like Iron Man a little bit
And the Dark Forest one feels too plain, by the way
Dosen't the tan color goes well with Old Money Look?
The material is napa leather and aluminum
which is for seat covers in a luxurious car
The grey part on earpads and the iside of bands
with covered with sponges and so could feel much softer
The beige part is
like a luxurious leather purse
Since it's leather, for cases when it gets thinner or color bleed
I tried to find out whether only the earpads are replaceable or not
It is said possible, but...
The official one costs $50 for each side
So, it costs a lot more to use and keep rather then others
Like Sony M5 plastic made one
Unlike the casual vibe of the Bose QC Ultra
It offers a sense of luxury provided by aluminum
The Focal Bathys, which is often mentioned as a comparison to the PX8
It uses aluminum extensively, but almost entirely
That gives off a slightly cooler feel
Whereas the PX8 has a slightly warmer vibe
The leather accents on the ear cups seem to be a key point
Even though it's the same aluminum
I appreciated the difference in textures they each provided
When viewing the front and back, you can see areas treated with a matte texture
And when viewed from the side, the slightly shiny areas around the logo stand out
I wonder if that was intentional
When using materials with different textures
It can be challenging to achieve a good finish
The overall finish was also very clean
Especially the corners where the length adjustment meets the ear cups were well done
Given the price, after all!
It's true that it should be well-made
But I think it's fair to give it praise
There’s a noise-canceling button on the left ear cup
On the right side, there’s a power and Bluetooth connection toggle
There are playback and volume buttons positioned above and below
The textured finish on the middle button is designed to
I think it's intended to prevent confusion
I find it more convenient to adjust with my phone
I don't think I've had much need to use the buttons
Next!
Let me explain the comfort of wearing them
To start with the weight
It weighs 320g
It's about 66.2g lighter than the AirPods Max
66.2g?
You might think, 'So what difference does that make?'
But the difference is more noticeable than you'd expect
I had all my friends who use AirPods Max try them on
They all said it felt much lighter
The weight on the head can be quite noticeable, actually
(We must protect that hair volume) And we definitely don't want it to get squished
While the AirPods Max combines aluminum and stainless steel
The PX8 uses the materials, excluding leather
I think it might be because it's made entirely of aluminum
I’ll give it a try myself
How does it feel?
Does it feel a bit like NewJeans?
Ah..?!
Is it called Dao-like fit?
The parts that touch my head and ears are
all made of Naapa leather, making them soft and comfortable
The tension was just right, giving a cozy wrap around my head
There is a slight feeling of pressure on the top of my head, though
If you stretch the size!
It’s fixed!
It’s quite heavy
So of course there has to be a little bit of pressure, but it’s a minor problem
When I used laptop for 2 hours with this on
I didn’t feel any pain in my neck
Preparing for this review
There was a time I put this on for more than 3 hours
There was no pain in my ears
But maybe because it’s made of leather
It got me a little bit sweaty
It’s a good size for women in general
But you can stretch it as you want
For men!
Producers will help us compare the size
Producer with a beret size 56
stretched a little bit to wear this more comfortably
Producer with a beret size 58
put it on at ease even if he didn’t fully stretch it
Aesthetically, I’m so satisfied with it
But you know..
Sometimes, the headphone alone is pretty
But it can not look good on you when you wear it
But PX8 is better when you wear it
The look when you hang the headphone on your neck is also important
And that’s kind of vague
It's weird to put the ear cups forward
and it's weird to put them back
It's better if I did it to the side..
I don’t like any of these option
It’s really comfort when you wear it on your head
(Feels more tight on the neck) When I wear it on my neck, it feels more tense
I tried it with casual outfit
Let me show you
How do you think?
I think it goes well with anything
But when you leave it on your neck, it feels a little bit weird
Actually, what we need from B&W is
The quality of sound and function
Before I explain about those, let me talk about connectivity first
The New Zeppelin speaker had a connectivity issue
So I worried about that
I’ve been using it for 2 weeks
PX8 doesn’t have any connectivity or delay issue
But I guess I have to keep an eye on it though, right?
And the noise cancelling function is
available of course
You can set this function up with the button on the left earpad or through the app
Noise cancelling, pass through, noise cancelling off
There are these three modes
Pass-through is a no-can that allows the surrounding sound to pass through properly
You can think of it as a function similar to the adaptive noise cancelling of the Buzz 3 Pro
No-can performance was decent like a normal flagship headphone
(For the price, I don't know..) It wasn't enough considering the price range
It's good at blocking the low range
I heard light sounds in the high-pitched range, such as the sound of batting and notification
The feature called 'Noise-cancelling' uses part of the driver
To block outside noise, not sound
It's a function that can interfere with sound quality
So to focus on the sound quality
I think they set up a strong no-can
The ear pad sticks to my ears well
Passive noise canceling is pretty good
As a result, in my standards
Noise cancelling performance was good at this level
No, but!
I said I was going to talk about the quality of the sound..
You might be wondering why I'm only talking about this
Uniquely, PX8 has
A sound quality difference between when you turn on the no-can and when you turn it off
If you turn off the noise canceling or pass-through state
It feels like the high and middle notes are coming forward
When I turn on the noise canceling, it feels heavy rather than strong
(Do you like baseball..?) I'm sure some of you who like baseball know this
Even though the ball speed is the same, there are balls that are hard to hit because the tip of the ball is heavy
To give you a metaphor, it's like that
It's very subjective, right?
Later, I looked it up and found out that rather than increasing the intensity of the noise canceling
Because it uses a noise-blocking method that increases the low pitch
I heard there's a low pitch difference
It was quite fun
To study audio and headphones
Personally, I think the sound of no-can is more balanced
If I tell you the standard when I turned it on
It felt like
I was listening to it through a speaker
Of course, I'm not going to compare it to a speaker
If the pitch is this low
it feels a little more going down and down
Personally, the difference between speakers and headphones is
I think it's a sense of depth
The width of the depth is very similar to the speaker
It feels like there's a lot of boundaries missing
You can't really match the speaker
It's hard to enjoy the speakers at home at a high volume
On the other hand, the headphones are free to control the volume
I think PX8 would be a good option
The sound quality is three dimensional and it feels spacey
It feels like you're standing alone in a concert hall?
I think there's a reason why I feel the space well, so when I looked it up
Basically, the drive is equipped with a 40mm carbon cone drive
If you look at the inside of the earpad
Do you see that it is tilted from the front to the back?
It is said to be designed to increase the sense of three-dimensionality and resolution
By maintaining a certain distance from the radiating surface of the drive unit to the ear
Compared to the P9 and PX7
where the design was first applied
The angle was 15 degrees, but the PX8 was increased to 15.4, which is said to add a sense of space
(Songs recommended by Yehwa) If I may recommend a good song to listen to
Do you know the British pop Champagne Supernova?
It starts with a dreamy guitar melody and the sound of waves
and ends with a wonderful guitar solo
If the bass is strong, the rest of the sound may be muffled, right?
But this one was good because the instruments and sound effects were separated
The sound of the waves was exaggerated a bit
Making it feel like I was in Yangyang
For classical music, I listened to Clair de lune
played by pianist Seong-Jin Cho
And I could hear the sound reverberating
EDM and hip-hop were also good to listen to because they hit the bass well
Oh, by the way!
It is a Bluetooth headphone
But you can enjoy high-resolution sound quality if you connect it with a wire
At first
I wondered if there was a difference
But there was!
I think it depends on the headphones
the connected device, and the streaming music source
To summarize the sound quality!
It feels like an all-around headphone with emphasized bass
As expected, B&W is an audio powerhouse
So I think they made good headphones!
Personally, I liked the heavy bass
But what I liked the most was
The sense of space
The low, mid, and high tones seemed to be well-balanced
Even though it's a wireless headphone, the sound quality is good
Rather than standing outside and listen..
I wanted to listen comfortably in a good environment
Feels like I want to go home faster
(How did you know?) Are you saying I want to get off work?
Did I show it?
I talked excitedly about sound quality
But since these are wireless headphones, sound quality
And call quality are also important
I'll play you the recorded call right away!
(Noise X)
(Subway noise)
(Downtown noise)
(Gym noise)
These days, there are a lot of people who wear headphones and work out at the gym
(I've tried strength training too) I've worked out my muscles with these headphones on
It was okay to talk on the phone when I was standing or sitting right away
If you're lying down or slanted
The other person can hardly hear you
It's rare to lie down and talk on the phone through headphones
But I think it's good to keep that in mind
When choosing headphones
Such as design, sound quality, fit, etc.
I'm sure you have different standards
When buying expensive products
It would be nice to be excellent evenly, right?
The sound quality is similar to B&W's speakers
The design with aluminum and leather colors was also luxurious
Considering that it's over 300g
It was convenient because it had memory foam on the Nappa leather
Overall, I'm satisfied,
So I can say it's an all-around headphone
If there's anything that's lacking to acknowledge as an all-round talent
High price and lack of noise canceling performance
But if it's a high-resolution headphone..
I understand
But everyone, this..
What should I do when I hang it around my neck?
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