I'm not sure Bowers & Wilkins cares for accolades, reader – and yet this is what its engineers are going to get from me, and from this publication, until the brand ceases to set new benchmarks for audio quality within the category of wireless headphones.
You probably know just as well as B&W does that our Headphones of the Year Award at the TechRadar Choice Awards 2025 was open to on-ear, in-ear and over-ear designs (rather than just cans, as the word 'headphones' may suggest). And here we are again, another full year of testing under our belts, with me needing to impress upon you that choosing the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 as our Headphones of the Year was one of the simplest conclusions I've come to in 2025.
