“Go anywhere, hear everything”
A little bit about Bowers & Wilkins before i begin:
Bowers & Wilkins is Britain’s leading exporter of loudspeakers and the number one imported brand in North America. Since 1966, Bowers & Wilkins’ “Quest for Perfection” has resulted in a succession of technical loudspeaker innovations that have satisfied the world’s most demanding listeners. Its products’ rave reviews and universal acceptance as monitors for classical music recording have helped Bowers & Wilkins become the dominant premium loudspeaker company throughout the world.
The new P5 has arrived. The newest edition to the classic on-ear noise-isolating headphones. The new p5 series 2 retain the original understated design and luxurious leather ear pads, whilst the sound quality has been raised thanks to the new drive unit design. The sound is now beautifully open and spacious. The bass is powerful but also natural and controlled at the same time letting you hear a much more neutral and classic feel. The sound simple is exquisit. Nothing else describes it better than that.
A quote from the website sums them up. “You’ll forget the headphones, and just feel the music“.
The difference and engineering changes are below (taken from the website)
Hi Fi drive units
The drivers in P5 Series 2 are designed to work like those in a Hi-Fi speaker, with a more precise, controlled movement. The result? A giant leap forward in sound quality.
Acoustically-optimised ear pads
P5 Series 2’s ear pads feature an acoustically optimised grille pattern. This allows air to move freely through the pads, reducing acoustic impedance to a minimum.
Tuned by experts
Tuning requires fine judgement and an expert set of ears. For P5 Series 2, we’ve relied on the best ears in the business, using the same tuning team responsible
As you can see from the images above the quality is second to none. The headphones use a suspended diaphragm to produce a sound output claimed to be similar to that of a hi-fi speaker system and their renown P7’s
The headphones come with a smartphone cable and beautiful padded look and feel carry case. They will be available this month priced at £249.
Premium components are used for their exterior design. They are constructed from sleek aluminum, soft leather, and beautiful soft padding which is infact memory foam cushions so overtime the ears will mold to your ears specifically and the comfort will be second to none.
I will be doing a Review of the product this next month so make sure you come back to read what i think about the quality and performace of this amazing heaphone.
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