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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Tammy Rogers

This new pair of ANC headphones are some of the best I've ever tested - but there's one big reason I can't name them No. 1

Bowers & Wilkins PX8 S2.

I've just finished testing the Bowers & Wilkins PX8 S2. They're the more premium (see also: more expensive) version of our current best headphones, the PX7 S3. They're also, objectively, a better pair of headphones with improved sound and a slightly more special design. They're lovely.

And yet they won't be replacing the PX7 S3 on our best list — and it's all to do with price, and how many people can actually get their hands on them. Allow me to explain.

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