yuhengtiger
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I just started to own a p7 wireless. I listen to music from my macbook pro. Do I need to buy a aptx bluetooth transmitter for better sound? Any suggestions on which one I should get? Thank you!
I just started to own a p7 wireless. I listen to music from my macbook pro. Do I need to buy a aptx bluetooth transmitter for better sound? Any suggestions on which one I should get? Thank you!
aptX is already in MacOS
Try this - http://www.theghostbit.com/2015/03/force-mac-os-x-to-use-aptx-with-your.html - to confirm that your headphones are connected via aptX, or, if not, follow the instructions to force aptX
To be honest forcing aptX if the BT connection is already AAC is probably a waste of time, as AAC is as good as, if not better, than aptX.
You shouldn't need to do any setup as the mac will almost certainly default to AAC if the headphone is also AAC compatible.
I'm pretty sure the order of preference for Macs is AAC, aptX, and then SBC. All BT headphones support SBC, but not all support AAC or aptX. The P7 supports both AAC and aptX in addition to SBC
If the Sony you skipped was the MDR-1000X then it's well worth a listen. It's a different presentation to the P7W for sure, being more towards neutral, but it's a fast, tight punchy, very rythmic headphone with plenty of detail. I own both the P7W and the MDR-1000X, and I couldn't really say that one was better than the other overall. They just have different strengths.
finally aquired new P7W for 290$. still looked for more alternatives, but looks like there's none in the wireless headphones area. beoplays h8 h9 had non exciting reviews, same for audiotechnica 9's, focal listen, and n60nc likely wouldn't compete either (but i'd love to hear n60 because they're likely best onear wireless phones!). sonys and qc35 are heavily propped in every review (including praises for great design lol), it is clear who write the cheques. noise cancelling headphones are for functionality (button) chasers and it's clear from all users they can't compete in sound either. anyway i didnt test any of those mentioned above, which would otherwise perfectly complete the list of wireless phones tested.
opening - foldable (thanks god), nice leather cushions, memory foam cushions, small enough (i actually wanted onears first), nice leather case but not strong (not to put into luggage) with secret magnets, cables (immediatelly upgraded firmware)..nice
the thing is i quit listening to hd700 because theyre so big, not wireless (and it IS finally time for wireless), and didnt really fancy carefully putting them into box after each listen... got iems instead, but any iems make my ears itchy, so i need wireless great sounding phones on-ear. Basically, if i havent tried P7s, i'd have bought on-ears. Have to say, over-ear is still a nice compromise between on-ears and around-ears. And that is the size factor here, still manageable.
HD700 were 'throw any type of music and expect no flaws', P7W are not the same level but very close. first important thing is they sound lively, spatious, but knock knock on the back - they are really of closed design. two flaws vs audiofile headphones:
1.boosted bass (got used to it quickly, while was initially shocked in a test room)
2.recessed mids (especially older recordings will bit annoy by less bodied voices... its not a huge drop, but but.. we would like perfection)
The best song to test these is Alicia Keys-Here-Illusion of bliss. Youll get isolated drum punches, her voice (oh my, you will throw other headphones aways when she shouts weirdly), and all this soul performance, breaths and background sounds. You can exactly analyze all in this song. HD700 no contest, wont even mention it, always plays *.* fine. P7W benefits from a modern recording, handling so much detail well, with soundstage width/depth ratio 1,2. DT770, while used for another genres, very strong here, but piercing often. Fidue iems gives intimate presentation (crazy, but those expensive foams work) that is physically touching, i wont sell those ever (using in the office). Metallica live sounds poor and flat on DT770 (the "basshead" phones, oops). Turns it into libtard festival compared to P7W. In the end, that P7W "signature" works, if you get used to some nuances, but if they ever produce firmware to slightly tweak points 1), 2), i will happily update. In that case, P7W would be complete HD700 replacement. Im already selling those wired ones
Few reviews on P7W, mostly ***** received or **** only from those folks who precisely didnt like points 1) or 2). List of all reviews:
https://www.techspot.com/products/headsets/bowers-wilkins-p7.150610/
http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/Headphones/Wireless-Headphones/Wireless-Headphones/P7-Wireless.html
But this guy nailed it well (take Oppo as a HD7-800 clone, AFAIK they should be the same level, and enjoy comparision):
https://everydaylisteningblog.wordp...detailed-comparison-after-6-months-ownership/
Noise isolation. While very correctly the line drops above 200hz, the maximum -db is not great:
https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/BowersWilkinsP7WirelessWiredPassive.pdf
but in reality, they block so well, cant hear voice, babies screaming, nothing.
Fatigue, sibillance, piercing - none.
putting them on the list of phones i memorize (in the correct order hopefully, breaking down mid category as this is where most folks buy phones):
---------------------------------- high class:
A] comfy giants AUDEEZE LCD3, iems SHURE SE846, __insert all your $1000+ phones here___
B] SENN HD700
C] B&W P7W, SENN HD600 (lacking exactly opposite qualities), SENN HD800 (bit of momentum syndrome)
---------------------------------- mid class:
A] ...kinda skipped this level, im sure there are lot of wired models in the top-mid range...
B] B++] BEYER "drummers" DT770, cheap iem FIDUE65, _____insert all your chinese jewels here lol_____
(all 3 estimated) BOSE plastic QC35, plastic SONY MDR1000X, onear AKG N60NC
B+] onear "Sennheiser" Y50BT. cheap iem SOUNDMAGIC50
all onears B&W P5W, MARSHALL MID, JAYS uJAYS
B] SENN MOMENTUM2 (so you finally swapped signature with AKG, ok.. hated AKG 10y ago exactly for this sound)
C] cheap wireless iem QCY Q8, cheap iem KZ ED, "Momentum" K271 (one example 10y ago)
SENN 4.50 (bt issue? very compressed muffled sound)---------------------------------- low class:
BEOPLAY H? (bt issue? very compressed muffled sound; remember hightlight of very interesting fast controlled lows)
A] onear SENN PX200
onear KOSS PORTAPRO
B]
C] ___insert all your lifeless monitors here, if youre an engineer haha_____
tl;dr: P7W are entry top class phones and accidentally the best wireless headphones at this time.
Not sure, there was no firmware update since February. I am on v6.0.019Has anyone noticed since the latest firmware revision a reduction in sound quality?