Bowers & Wilkins P5

British manufacturer’s first wireless headphones are attractive, comfortable and last a long time between charges but connectivity and buttons are a mis-step

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2 are well-designed, eye-catching, and compact headphones with a good audio reproduction. They have a sturdy and durable build qua...

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 are an excellent set of headphones; however, the detachable cable is a problem.

Back when white earbuds dominated the market, Beats by Dre proved that mainstream customers were willing to pay $300 for large wired headphones and nearly $400 for wireless versions — even plasticky, overly bassy ones. The subsequent shift towards big headphones nearly killed makers of premium in-ear models, leading many audio companies to mimic Beats’ formula. But there were holdouts: iconic audio companies including Bowers & Wilkins refused to compromise

Stunning headphones undermined by a single caveat

This could be the best sounding set of wireless on-ear headphones that you’ll ever clamp to your skull. If you can afford it.

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 is among the priciest of the consumer-grade portables – a luxury gadget for the iPod/iPhone crowd. It is also the one with the most hi-fi pedigree.

They may be a set of luxury headphones, but the Bowers and Wilkins P5 Wireless are the rare set that sound as beautiful as they look.

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless is one of the more expensive Bluetooth headphone pairs on the market for good reason—it delivers brilliant audio in a smart, attractive design.

Bowers and Wilkins has launched its debut 'mobile' headphones

How do you judge a pair of headphones in this pristine, digital age when you’re listening to a new track from Jónsi and Alex that has analog noise added for

Stunning wireless audio...but with a connectivity catch

Name: P5 (Bowers and Wilkins) Type: Noise isolating headphones Specs: Frequency range 10Hz to 20kHz , Impedence 26 ohms, distortion @100dB I25<0.05% for 80-20kHz <0.2% for 20-20kHz Price: £245.95 (Apple) Bowers and Wilkins are well known for causing quite...

Best wireless headphones £200-£300, Awards 2016. Bowers & Wilkins enters the Bluetooth headphone market. Do the B&W P5 Wireless cans have what it takes to compete?