The government in the series appears to represent the Liberal-National coalition, with various factions and other parties mimicking current ones in Australia. Rachel wants to use Alex to boost her popularity and further her own agenda, and recruits her as a senator. Alex is a charismatic Indigenous woman who finds herself the centre of media attention following her admirable actions in a high-risk situation. Stay tuned for our full Bowers & Wilkins Px8 review, where we’ll go into greater detail on their performance when it comes to music playback, comfort, and noise cancelling to find out where they rank on our list of the best audiophile headphones and best wireless headphones overall.Rachel Anderson is the embattled but cunning Prime Minister of Australia. We've yet to accurately evaluate their noise-cancelling and sound quality capabilities, but from my first impressions the Px8 have a good balance of credentials for luxury headphone buyers and audiophiles alike. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 hands-on: Outlookīased on my brief time with the Bowers & Wilkins Px8, we were very impressed by the design and luxury feel of the audio specialist's new flagship over-ear headphone. With 30 hours of battery life, the Px8 matches the Px7 S2, as well as its closest rival the Sony WH-1000XM5, but has some way to go to beat the 60-hour playback with ANC capabilities of the Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless.Īs with the Px7 S2, a 15-minute quick recharge is sufficient for up to 7 hours listening time, but we'll confirm our own real-world battery life findings in our full review coming soon. (Image credit: Tom's Guide) Bowers & Wilkins Px8 hands-on: Battery life As with Px7 S2, the two external microphones are placed closer together and repositioned to improve voice capture and reduce wind noise interference. The noise cancellation tech did an effective job of shutting out any further noise to the point where we needed to activate transparency model to ensure that we didn't miss out on the presentation continuing around us.īowers & Wilkins says that the Px8 uses six high-performance microphones working together: two measure the output of each drive unit, two react to ambient noise from the outside world, while the remaining two provide outstanding voice clarity for call handling. The soft Nappa leather ear cushions did an effective job of passively reducing noise during the Px8 presentation, cutting the sound of the Bowers & Wilkins representative's voice running the demo by at least half it's normal level when ANC was turned on. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 hands-on: Active noise cancellation As with Px7 S2, the Carbon Cone drive units in Px8 are carefully angled inside each earcup to ensure a consistent distance relative to the listener’s ear from every point across the surface of each driver, and John Martyn's "Go Easy" track had a highly accurate soundstage. The new ultra-lightweight cone material is said to have been inspired by the Carbon Dome drive units used in the company's 700 Series loudspeaker range, and Bowers & Wilkins says that the new driver delivers greater resolution, detail and timing that surpasses the high bar set by the Px7 S2.Īlthough we've yet to carry out our full review and in-depth listening test, we were very impressed by what I heard from the headphones during the short listening time we had. Holding the all-new bespoke 40mm Carbon Cone driver used inside the Px8, we were impressed by just how light and responsive the new driver felt compared to its predecessor. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 hands-on: Sound quality It's disappointing that there's no aptX Lossless Audio support, but there are USB-C and 3.5mm analog cable connections with cables included in the supplied headphone carry case. Wireless connectivity is via Bluetooth 5.0 and there's aptX Adaptive codec support with compatible playback devices. The Bowers & Wilkins Music App has been upgraded to coincide with the launch of the Px8 for seamless wireless streaming from mobile playback devices, and provide adjustable EQ, noise-cancelling modes, and displays charge levels. Instead, the rear edge of the right earcup carries a selection of physical control buttons that provide play/pause, volume up/down, skip forwards/backwards, and power on/off/Bluetooth pairing. (Image credit: Tom's Guide) Bowers & Wilkins Px8 hands-on: Controls and connectivityĪs with the Px7 S2, the Px8 don’t use touch controls for playback navigation.
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