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I replaced my midrange Bowers & Wilkins headphones with more expensive ones - how much can $370 upgrade you?
On paper, the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 may look eerily similar to the midrange Px7 S3 for a significant price upgrade, but the real-life differences are hard to miss.
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. The power slider is relocated to the left ear cup, and the play/pause and volume up/down buttons are redesigned to encourage enhanced tactile feedback and recognition. 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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