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Why I put my Bose QuietComfort away soon after trying these over-ear headphones
On paper, the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 may look eerily similar to the midrange Px7 S3. But the price increase is greatly justified.
Conversely, brands like Focal, which offer headphones with exceptional sound quality and minimal digital features, have a $1,200 asking price and weaker noise-canceling capabilities. Both headphones' noise cancellation can perform on trains, buses, airplanes, in the office, or at the grocery store, but the added passive protection from the Px8 S2 is noticeable. To my ears, the Px7 S3 reproduce a more "consumer-friendly" sound profile: a warm tuning with an extended, weighty bass response, full mids that accentuate vocals and instruments, and a slight peak in the higher frequencies that adds a shine to the treble.
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