Well, my 1000x arrived from amazon.de, I bought them despite my misgivings on them(tested them multiple times at various location and wasn't particularly impressed) but the price was just too good to not buy one(thanks whoever posted that price drop!) and test it under my usual listening conditions.
First impression is build quality is still nowhere near my P7 Wireless, the pair I received doesn't creak and I hope it stays this way - I have tested at least 2 pairs that creak in shops. But the plus side is when kept in its carrying case, the 1000x has a smaller footprint than the P7 Wireless since the 1000x's earcup can fold flat which is always a plus for portable headphones.
As for sound quality, I still think the P7 Wireless is ahead in this, and the gap is not small to my ears. Maybe it is about getting used to the sound signature but for now I still think the P7 Wireless is much ahead. But well, the saving grace is its ANC(obviously), it really is very good. I tried them on the commute back just now and they really do a good job keeping me in my own musical cocoon, even human voices are kept out relatively well. I will test it more over the coming weeks, for now I think it may be a better all rounder than the P7 Wireless simply due to the excellent ANC that makes it a better travel companion, and well, the sound quality isn't so bad that it not listenable at home, although the fact that 1000x cannot connect to 2 devices at once(unless someone can tell me how) does make it a lot more troublesome switching between listening devices, say between your laptop and your phone.
Well, you've got to take into consideration at least the MSRP price comparison. To achieve this price for such a feature and tech packed product, Sony didn't go with the full metal and real leather treatment. They do however use a good metal band, excellent plastic and pleather to achieve a lighter feel on the head, which to most people usually translates to a more ergonomic and comfortable pair. I couldn't get used to the P7's square form, for example.
As far as sound quality, I guess it's highly subjective and depends on what you're listening. I was purely interested in what it can do wirelessly, so I pulled out my phone to listen to specific Kiasmos, Syro, Clark, and even some jazz and Queen 24 bit flacs on my phone (of course, the LDAC is only capable to send up to 990kb/s, but that's more than decent). I found a huge difference in some areas, and realised the P7w and 1000x are pretty different in terms of what they do with the sound.
The P7 is a fun sounding headphone. Very V-shaped, energetic, goes louder due to a more powerful internal amp (20% louder than the 1000x, as loud as the Beats wireless models I once tested I'd say). However their lows swallow a whole lot of details on demanding, well mastered tracks, and for my ears at least, the highs are a bit too knify, or should I say offensive, similar to what Audio Technica does with many of their headphones. They obviously sound more than adequate and very fun on pop/hiphop/edm music, as they are in no way analytic, and from their sound and calibration, BW obviously didn't even intend them to be.
The 1000x on the other hand, while not as loud and not as V-shaped. But they (to my ears) have a much more smoothing sound, and on certain Kiasmos and Clark tracks, there were a whole lot of subtle mid details that were simply hardly noticeable on the P7, due to the, I'd say, overdone bass, which is more tight, fast, and controlled (though smaller in volume) on the 1000x.
My father has an ideal, Audioquest NightHawks + Audioquest RED setup. It's not the greatest in the world, but I love how it sounds and it's my anytime go-to reference for how headphones should sound (to my ears). In that aspect, the 1000x comes much closer and it's clear that Sony has tuned them to a more neutral, analytic and smooth sound, whereas the P7s were tuned by BW to not be analytical or wide-sounding, but fun and loud, which is still a very good thing for most people actually, since not everyone needs analytic sound, and as even the Beats guys know (though don't think I'm comparing the quality, just the philosophy) - making headphones loud but not precise is generally the way to go, as people often conflate quality with volume output and bass - which I get, it makes everything sound fun, particularly modern pop/hiphop/electronica.
In a way, for most people, B&W are on the money, more so than Sony, with the way they tuned the P7s, as generally, most people that buy a wireless headphone aren't too concerned with haveing a precise tight and wide sound, but a fun sound for listening on the go, while Sony basically made a wireless headphone that is much more tuned for the "sit down and enjoy every note of the music" scenario, but which is obviously less "fun" and more analytic.
It depends what you're looking for, when buying them, and what you generally listen to and on what.
If you want fun and loud (which I'd argue, indeed, and I'm saying this after chosing the 1000x over the P7 for my specific sound quality needs, is what you generally are looking for in a wireless headphone) - get the P7. Very fun v-shaped, that would please most people.
If you're looking for the audiophile analytical experience with even transparency and separation across the frequency, BUT not as bumping and loud, or, as this is generally referred to, "fun" - get the 1000x.
Or get both for a completely different type of signature, as they are not made for the same music - listen to high resolution demanding music, that demands an airy feel - like jazz, instrumental, or atmospheric electro, etc on the 1000x, and when you want to pump it up and listen to some pop fun music because sometimes you wanna just listen to that, switch to the P7s.
When you think about it, owning both the P7 W and 1000x offers you the possibility to correctly listen to all genres of music, at an actual reasonable price rather than buying more expensive headphones like some Z7s or Audioquest NightHawks AND dedicated dac/amps.
