Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 Black

These Bowers & Wilkins earbuds have strong noise cancelling and immersive sound. Unfortunately, I often have to charge the earbuds due to the short battery life. Sound quality The earbuds have a balanced sound profile. This allows me to hear all three high, mid and low tones clearly. I can hear even the smallest details in music clearly. Think of a bass line in rock music or a background choir in rap. This makes my favourite playlist on Spotify not only sound balanced, but also detailed. In the Bowers & Wilkins Music app, I adjust the sound preferences. I think this app works simply. For example, when I listen to house music, I emphasise the bass, which makes this music style sound more intense and I can fully immerse myself in it. Noise cancelling Thanks to the in-ear design, I already hear less of my surroundings. I enhance this by turning on noise cancelling. This means that, for example, in a busy office, I hear less of the colleagues talking around me. I like this because it allows me to focus better on my work. Do I want to hear my colleagues? Then I switch on the transparency mode. In this mode I hear ambient noise as if I don't have earphones in. I can also hear my music clearly. This is nice when I'm walking in the city and want to hear the traffic, for example. Design At 7 grams, these earphones are heavier than those of competitors, but I don't notice this when I use them. They sit firmly in my ears. This is also due to the in-ear design that goes completely into my ears. This allows me to listen to music for a long time without them being annoying. Unfortunately, the battery life of these earphones is short. I often have to charge the earphones in the charging case in between.

Now more than a week in my possession and they are wonderful. I expected much more sound, especially for a brand like Bowers and Wilkins. Now sound is very personal and concerns my opinion and I am honestly a big fan of this brand. As far as price quality is concerned, in my opinion it is not in proportion and I actually find them much too high priced.

The sound of these in-ears is impressively good (spacious, sufficient bass, plays loud and clear at low volume), really very good. But....the big disadvantage of these in-ears is the very bad (bluetooth) connection. The first week I was really annoyed by the bad connection. Constantly resetting, deleting the link, logging in again and that every time you want to use the in-ears, really veeeeery annoying. Strangely enough I read almost nothing about this on the internet. Now I have had several wireless in-ears in recent years, but never one with such a bad (bluetooth) connection. I did notice that when you open the smart case you should not immediately remove the in-ears, but wait until the green light comes on. The connection is often better, but unfortunately not always and also not very stable.