Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2

Wow, absolutely fantastic. I can't (or won't) tolerate poor quality audio, so I'm very picky about what headphones I buy and use - these headphones tick all of my boxes. The quality is exceptional, even over bluetooth. If you want to have a better quality sound, you can connect them to a USB cable and they will switch over to being a USB audio device and the quality (and volume) increase substantially. Literally the only better sounding headphones I have listened to are wired open-back units which are unsuitable for office / gym use.

Speaking of volume, again, wow. At full volume these are too loud for most people, the bass they produce will make them vibrate on your head - you can feel the music. That doesn't mean that the break up under full load, everything just gets louder!

The noise cancelling is also exceptional for both low / rumbling frequencies and high pitch background sounds. I have noticed though that on a windy day it can struggle to block out that sound, although in it's defence, this is not the first set of noise cancelling headphones that I have found that struggle in the same way. I believe the ANC can be set to OFF / Ambient / On, but I usually leave them with full noise cancelling turned on.

The battery will easily last me a week, and I use them for 8 hours a day at work and also another hour or 2 workout in the afternoon. Even after wearing them for many hours, they remain comfortable with large over-ear cups and soft cushioned ear and head pads.

These headphones replace the PX7 Wireless variant and I believe since my purchase there has been another variant released, the PX7 S2e (not sure why they didn't call it the PX7 S3?)

At ~$400 these headphones are worth every cent - I'm sure there's better headphones on the market, but not at this price point.