Interesting that you said that about the design. Every person I’ve ever been around while wearing them has commented on how luxurious they look. I don’t think a lot of people who are outside of the high-end headphone world that we are notice things the way we do. You are absolutely right on one...

Dali's had too much going for them for me. I love the thick Bass on the PX8's but the clarity of the Dali won the day. It's a different level, especially on the soundstage front. Still a big fan of the PX8 for certain genre's but at the end of the day I needed one pair and Dali seems the best...

Surprisingly no, the arms are solid metal. I will give Sonos credit the actual construction is solid.

45 days no questions asked or else I wouldn't have done It lol. I mean you can see how much smaller these are.

Picked up the Sonos Ace’s today for a comparison just for giggles…yikes lol. This is my life now in that I will be spoiled until the end of time I suppose. With that being said since I’ve tried every other pair of ANC cans on the market more or less these are a decent first attempt from Sonos...

Reading this review made me think of a question that I’ve been meaning to ask of everyone in here… Have there been any firmware updates? I can’t just pop open the app like I would with other headphones lol

Now I only tried them at a hi-fi store for a very short period of time but yeah, same thing is that they just didn’t fit my ears comfortably. Sound was amazing though, Dali’s just fit so well for me

What made you decide to go back to the T+A?

I never did listen to the podcast review. I might go back and check it out. But the point is sometimes for these higher end headphones. It takes six months, eight months, or longer for everyone to finally get around to them for some reason. I wonder if it has something to do with availability...

It took almost a year before some of the recognized headphone people started reviewing the 5909 so I’m not surprised this one is taking its sweet time to get around to certain people

Anecdotally, I had slightly better sound quality and better clamp when I got glasses with a smaller set of arms. There was just less mass interfering with that clamp.

he's right...that's what happened to me and now I never turn on Bass mode.

Won’t be the same punch as the PX8, but Bass mode on the iO-12’s should do almost as well with thump and the clarity is quite ahead of the PX8. Different tuning, but very much an amazing set.

Not that they are going to be in the same league as the iO-12's but I am intrigued to see how the Sonos Ace stacks up to the others in their category. If the ANC is excellent they might become a secondary pair for the gym and travel and/or movie watching at home.

I mean, who can forget the condensation issues with the AirPods max or any snap on the focal headbands. It’s like every brand has that one thing that minority of their headphones experience.

Two pairs, one 9 months, one a year and a half no issues for me.

Paradoxically I think B&W is in the middle ground of too big to have truly personalized customer service setup like you describe with Buchardt but too big to have an entire team so they could dedicate a person like you are asking.

That we can agree on, the customer service and communication has been terrible. I have no problem admitting that. I wonder if they just don't have a large corporate communications department?

Do you? Does anyone? No. But you really think a multi million dollar company would just continue to sell a fatally broken product with super high return rates? We all know they wouldn’t.

don’t have any but we all know you don’t keep releasing new colorways and special editions for a failing model.

No, they definitely aren’t struggling. Also, the return rate and the failure rate on the PX8 is actually pretty low. I know everyone in the thread here seems to think that they are all failing but… They aren’t. I’m almost positive that they have calculated the risk reward of officially...

To me, there are a couple of things that I find annoying about this review. The harping on spatial audio seems odd to me… Nobody has an agreed-upon standard yet for that and so until they do, I find it to be a gimmick. If we’re going for the best sound, it certainly not with spatial audio, Apple...

I mean, I just listen to them plain Bluetooth connection ANC on from my iPhone using Apple Music lossless and they are fantastic. Amazing. Best ANC cans you can buy.

I take exception with the characterization that they are large, heavy and not portable… I get that they are large. But really the way they are built. The weight is distributed very well on your head and the pads are large enough to make them super light when they are on. I think they are super...

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