Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2

Great Product. Almost Perfect – These headphones really are worth the high price point. Beautifully presented when you open the box. Premium materials for construction and case to hold them. The sound is fantastic. These are worth showing off to your friends. The only gripes are that when you wear them for a long period (couple hours) they can get a little uncomfortable. The wired option has a cable that is very flimsy, but you wont be using that much. Easy to connect and battery life is more than sufficient.

Loudest earphones yet! – These are without a doubt, the very best in headphones!!! The quality is absolutely astounding!!! Never before have I heard such a loud and bassy noise come from headphones. If you like your music loud, these are the headphones for you!! So definitely worth the cost as well. I highly recommend them!

The Freedom of Wireless – Purchased the P3 first then stepped up to the P5 Wireless because of the hassle of the cord and wanting the freedom to move about. Price has fallen since I purchased it but that's ok because extremely happy with the purchase at the time and still now. Bowers & Wilkins are a premium brand and it shows by the quality of sound and appearance. They fit well and are comfortable. Probably not a headphone to go jogging with as they are on-ear not over-ear units and may slip off. Overall they are comfortable on the ear for normal use but may become uncomfortable over extended periods. Battery life is quite exceptional and haven't had them expire even after several days of periodic use between recharges. Manufacturer claims 19+ hours continual use when fully charged. They do come with a cord if battery life does expire. The cord attaches by way of removing the padded ear piece. The function/operation buttons are a tad small and close grouped so fiddly to locate when having to adjust settings or skipping forward or back on tracks. The Bluetooth connection is quite easy to set up and in my case to an iOS phone. Phone handfrees connectivity and sound is very good. As I use voicedialling a lot and it has been faultless to activate. Having the ability to talk via the headphones and wireless is a big plus and prefer this to holding the phone and the sound is far clearer than the phone's internal or handsfree speaker The mic appears to be very adequate as there are no complaints from the listener on the the other end. The only downside is when not in use as they close flat but don't completely collapse into a compact unit. I'm not an audiophile but like good sound. Overall bass is a bit soft and total volume is soft especially with a lot of ambient noisy in close proximity. Sometimes getting too far from the source can be a pain for dropping out but this is the case with anything wireless.