Bowers & Wilkins PX7

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Sentiment score50% positive
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Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

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Reddit IconAccomplished-Bar9105
11 months ago

Bowers&Wilkins Px7. Good enough for me, I'm far from an expert and cant wear overars too long regardless of model.

10 months ago

Good enough for me. Still get warm ears. Havent looked in the App in a Long time.

Reddit IconKrafwerker
11 months ago

In my case I’ve got Apple AirPods Max and Bowers & Wilkins PX7 OG but that’s just my preferences - take your pic, there’s a million options out there.

Reddit IconQuantumCat76
5 months ago

What is your budget, I'd go for an overear, I hear Yamaha & Sony have good ANC overear headset, I favour the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra and Bowers & Wilkins Px7, but that's because I have experience with these ones. My JBL Live Pro TWS2 earbuds are also very good, And the inear Bose Quiet Ultra earbuds are also very good. But I generally use them for phone use and phone calls See, sometimes I get an itch in my ear, and if I scratch it, it becomes too irritated to accept inear buds, that's why I prefer over ear on long flights But they come with a steep price, The Sony WH1000MX5 might be a good middle ground, if you're on a budget The overear sets come with a 3.5mm jack cable and an airplane connector, For the inear buds, you'll need to buy one and a bt transmitter

Reddit Iconradio_yyz
8 months ago

I just recently went through the motion, tried b&w, sony, soundcore and sennheiser. It all depends on what lind of sound you like - for me sennheiser m4 is the winner but 630 is better but costs a bit more and is what i have settled on. Having in the same price range the bw px7 and px8 were atrocious for sq.

Reddit IconSilverjerk
9 months ago

I feel badly for Bowers & Wilkins. Disliked the PX7 and PX8, along with most of their subsequent revisions. The PX7 S3 literally just knocked the Momentum 4 off my daily driver pedestal, which took its place above even pricier sets like the Bathys and 5909. Been that way since launch, practically. And then just a few months later the HDB 630 comes along and turns the S3's into the "won't embarrass my wife at the airport" headphones.

Reddit Iconquite_sophisticated
10 months ago

Mine turned 20 this year. Still my first choice despite having others. The only problems with those are the obvious ones: they are open back 320ohm cans. Not exactly first choice for your daily commute. You need a device capable of driving them and the person next to you might not enjoy Judas Priest as much as you do. In terms of wireless over ears, I loved the newer Momentums, from Gen 3, but my ears got sweaty wearing them. I did try a ton of others (Sony, B&O, beyerdynamic, Shure and others) and settled on the Bowers&Wilkins PX-7 v2 a while back. Distorted, fuzz driven guitars are great with them.

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