Bowers & Wilkins is repeatedly pushing the boundaries of not solely cutting-edge sound high quality but additionally glossy, refined design. On occasion, the British audio model introduces a brand new pair of headphones because the flagship providing of the model.
A number of months in the past, Bowers & Wilkins rolled out the Px8 as its newest pair of over-the-ear, noise-canceling headphones. The brand new mannequin includes a single-arm construction that ends in two tender ear cushions, enveloping the wearer in sound whereas granting a snug, safe really feel.
Beforehand solely out there in tan and black, the model has returned with a “Royal Burgundy” shade. The Nappa leather-based lining the headphones is a wealthy pink coloration. And whereas most of Bowers & Wilkins’ previous headphones have had a monochromatic look, designers opted to make use of placing gold detailing for the outside of the ear cups and the premise of the scarf.
In contrast to its predecessor, the Px8 has an aluminum development primarily based on the model’s 800 Collection Diamond loudspeakers, which it notes is the go-to mannequin utilized in Abbey Street Studios. The drive models lend themselves to “distinctive stiffness,” a element many wouldn’t essentially consider when searching for headphones.
“Stiffness is a crucial side in loudspeaker and headphone design: you may consider it fairly just like the chassis in a race automotive,” Bowers & Wilkins’ Andy Kerr tells Hypebeast. “As a result of the chassis is stiff, a race automotive’s suspension works extra successfully, that means a greater driving expertise across the circuit.”
“In loudspeakers and headphones, a stiffer development means the quickly shifting ‘drive models’ – the small audio system inside every headphone ear cup – can function extra successfully and waste much less of their vitality in undesirable vibration that might in any other case be transferred into the headphone itself. Basically, you get to listen to extra of what you’re supposed to listen to.”
The Px8 is on the market now on the Bowers & Wilkins web site for $699 USD.
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