Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2

Hear what your music really sounds like with the best-sounding headphones of 2022. But is that enough to warrant their asking price?

To you want brand credibility, backed up by performance? Want the best-sounding D wireless headphones money can buy at this price point? Not so fussed about other features such as weight, adaptive noise cancelling and touch-controls? Then this set from Bowers & Wilkins needs to be high on your must-buy list.

Sound quality and performance is where the Px7 S2 really excel. Their sound is outstanding, with occasional deviations into 'excellent' and even, dare we say it, 'glorious'.

Tonality is consistent, and from the (deep, textured) low frequencies to the (politely bright, substantial) top-end, the Bowers & Wilkins are entirely even-handed. Detail levels are impressive-going-on-startling, and they lay out a substantial and wellorganised soundstage. Every part of a recording gets a comfortable amount of space in which to do its thing, but everything relates smoothly to everything else and nothing sounds estranged or missing.

The midrange performance, though, is where the Bowers & Wilkins focus their truly stellar talents. The headphones carry so much information that a vocalist can't help but sound like a characterful individual, able to express emotion and attitude explicitly.