Best Headphones We’ve Tested

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Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S3: The PX7 S3 may not be the company’s flagship headphones (the new PX8 S2 are), but they’re arguably the better value as the PX8 S2 cost a whopping $799. While that step-up model does have a little swankier finish, as well as upgraded drivers that make the headphones sound better (the PX8 S2 do sound superb), the two headphones are quite similar looking. Like the PX8 S2, the PX7 S3 offer improved sound quality and superior noise canceling in a trimmer design (300 grams) that fit my head more comfortably. As I said, the drivers aren’t the same as the PX8 S2’s carbon cone drivers, but the redesigned 40mm biocellulose drive units have an improved chassis, voice coil, suspension and magnet that, according to B&W, deliver “lower coloration and distortion, improved resolution and superior dynamics.” Read my review.

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