Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) has introduced up to date variations of its true wi-fi headphones however the Pi7 S2 will probably be a troublesome promote for a lot of thanks to 1 key factor.
There’s loads to love about these earbuds they usually do outpace the AirPods Professional 2 by way of providing Hello-Res Audio however the asking value of $399/£349 could be too excessive within the 12 months of our Lord 2023 when the price of residing disaster reveals no indicators of assuaging.
That’s a full $150/£100 greater than Apple’s top-tier wi-fi earbuds and now Sony has dropped the worth of the WF-1000XM4 to $279/£199, the Pi7 S2 are $120/£150 costlier.
It’ll be powerful for B&W to problem Apple and Sony when the worth is that this excessive.
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When you do have the cash then the Pi7 S2 are critically handsome earbuds and I don’t simply imply the brand new Satin Black, Canvas White and Midnight Blue colourways. Additionally they include a formidable spec sheet together with 9.2mm bespoke Bowers & Wilkins drive models, an elevated Bluetooth vary of 25m, longer five-hour battery life, six microphones and automated lively noise cancelling (ANC).
There’s additionally help for Qualcomm aptX Adaptive with the codec enabling Hello-Res 24-bit/48kHz streaming from suitable providers and Wi-fi Audio Retransmission which means you may hook up with issues like in-flight leisure techniques by way of the charging case.
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Whereas that could be sufficient to tempt some, the premium value will put many off. The saving grace right here is that the Pi5 S2 come at a extra cheap value of $299/£249.
Though they lose out on the Qualcomm aptX Adaptive and Wi-fi Audio Retransmission, the charging case affords 19 hours of juice which is three greater than the Pi7 S2.
They are going to are available Cloud Gray, Storm Gray, Spring Lilac, and Sage Inexperienced colourways and each new fashions will go on sale from 25 January. If you’re in search of reasonably priced wi-fi earbuds which have Hello-Res Audio then the Samsung Galaxy Buds Professional 2 could be of curiosity.
