Bowers & Wilkins has unleashed two new premium wireless earbuds: the Pi8 and Pi6, both of which feature ground-up designs to deliver better fit and comfort, improved sound quality and active noise-cancellation (ANC) and come packed with the latest features. The new earbuds boast impressive pedigree. Bowers & Wilkins has used the same design team responsible for the superb, five-star and over-ear wireless headphones to hone the new earbuds to a higher premium standard.
B&W's over-ear models have wowed us with their luxurious design and incredible sound quality far more than their in-ear wireless earbuds, so let's hope this is good news all around for the fresh models. The Pi8 houses 12mm drive units made with Carbon Cone technology, as used in the flagship high-end Px8 headphones and derived from B&W's speaker cone technology in its hi-fi speakers. The flagship earbuds feature dedicated DAC, amplification and DSP technology to deliver the "maximum possible resolution and accuracy" from your music.
The buds support higher-quality aptX Adaptive and codecs, allowing for 24-bit/96kHz music files to be transmitted from compatible sources. The step-down Pi6 uses 12mm bio-cellulose drivers similar to the ones used in the Px7 S2e and features the aptX Adaptive codec for 24-bit streaming. Both models feature the latest Qualcomm chips and promise updated noise-cancelling and call quality, along with the usual transparency mode to let surrounding environmental noise through.
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