Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 Wireless Earbuds (Midnight Blue), in-Ear Bluetooth Earphones with Qualcomm Chipset & aptX Lossless, Active Noise Cancelling Earbuds, 3 Built-in Mics, 15-Min Quick Charging

Premium sound quality
This is bang for your bucks if you want to invest in a good pair of earbuds. Pairing with my Android phone was a breeze. The sound quality out of the box is crisp, clear and detailed. There is plenty of maneuvering available on the Advanced EQ in the app. The ear buds snuck in easily and you hardly notice it’s there. No issues with noise cancelling but I would add that making calls on the earbuds, voice feels sub par quality. The bottom line is buy this if you are looking for a premium sound experience on ear buds.

Clean sound, acceptable ANC, EXTREME COMFORT, AptX can be leveraged for PC with additional purchase
This will be a brief review.Pros:- The sound stage is crisp, clean, and can deliver punch if necessary. It was necessary for me to play with the EQ for an hour or two to be happy with the overall sound, but I suspect this driver is capable of pleasing nearly anyone with the proper EQ settings. The default setting is low on bass and high on treble.- This is now the gold standard of comfort for me. These are lightweight and are designed well enough to not cause fatigue in the canals or around the ear. I have worn these for over 5 hours without any soreness.- AptX adaptive*** While this does have AptX adaptive, you have no way to force the codecs used. The only reason at all that I am interested in this codec is to get a latency low enough to not have lip sync issues on a PC (what is available, for all intensive purposes, is AptX Low Latency). I was hoping the use of the case would allow me some flexibility, however this is not the case. The use of the case as the transmitter is an disappointing experience not in line with the cost, with latency being worse than what I perceive from an SBC codec utilizing a standard adapter. I was able to pair these headphones with the Creative BT-W5 USB adapter. The Creative adapter itself permits you to chose the AptX low latency codec specifically, which provides for a good experience with low latency on the PC. Then, if you do not require the latency restriction, you can use the selfsame adapter to change to codec with greater quality and less emphasis on the latency.Cons:- AptX Adaptive use is limited in that you cannot use the software to control your codecs (see above)- Noise cancelling is good, but does not match the most recent Sony WF earbuds.- Charging case transmitter is a good idea which is oversold and does not deliver. The case-as-transmitter experience is not useful if your require latency control (i.e., no watching movies or playing games with this setup, unless you are not bothered by a full 2 second delay).- Software use for the ANC is very much behind the standards of Bose and Sony from years past, much less their current standards. ANC is either on, off, or on pass through. There is no customization, and no equilibration. For a product aiming to compete with the top models in this category, I suspect that a great many consumers will find this lack unacceptable.For me, what makes it worth the premium price of $400 is the ability to use AptX Adaptive on a premium, sound-canceling earbud, but I am also frustrated by the fact that you cannot choose your AptX codec preference. If the software issue could be addressed and more control given and information given over with respect to codecs being used and being preferentially used, this would be a 5/5 device.

If a great sound experience is your goal, this is an amazing set of earbuds. They’re worth the price of admission.

I came from the bowers and Wilkins PI7 and PI7S2.Had reservations about the PI8 but after a week of listening and adjusting the EQ I can say the sound is without a doubt a big step up. Sound stage is bigger and clarity is top notch even coming from the PI7S2.My one complaint is that the noise cancellation is not great. It seems the seal is not quite as good as the PI7. But as usual BW goes all in on the sound quality. Still, worthwhile purchase!