Bowers & Wilkins P5 Headphones
Discussion
Hey,
Has anyone seen these!? They look amazing and I can imagine the will sound amazing as well!
Has anyone got any news on these? Release date and Price?
All information appreciated!
http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid...
Has anyone seen these!? They look amazing and I can imagine the will sound amazing as well!
Has anyone got any news on these? Release date and Price?
All information appreciated!
http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid...
Edited by CSJXX on Tuesday 24th November 23:23
Disclaimer: I have not heard, seen, or read about these cans.
BUT
Peronally, I've yet to find any noise canceling cans that don't make everything sound a bit flat and crappy. I will also be surprised if B+W (despite being utter gods at loudspeaker niceness) can produe a better headphone than Sennheiser, AKG, Sure, Bayerdynamic, Grado et all, who have produced headphones for ages - supposing B+W spent 5 years designing these (unlikely), they've got about 20 years less experience as a company than some of the other brands.
Would be good if they are great though, they look nicely retro!
BUT
Peronally, I've yet to find any noise canceling cans that don't make everything sound a bit flat and crappy. I will also be surprised if B+W (despite being utter gods at loudspeaker niceness) can produe a better headphone than Sennheiser, AKG, Sure, Bayerdynamic, Grado et all, who have produced headphones for ages - supposing B+W spent 5 years designing these (unlikely), they've got about 20 years less experience as a company than some of the other brands.
Would be good if they are great though, they look nicely retro!
Lol, it says canceling in the title bar, but isolating in the blurb. Maybe they're touting for google rank, though.
What they seem to mean is closed back =) It actually makes me happier to know they've not gone down the gimmicky route of a naff system that messes with the original signal.
What they seem to mean is closed back =) It actually makes me happier to know they've not gone down the gimmicky route of a naff system that messes with the original signal.
I think reading between the lines, that this is the equivalent of a 'concept car'.
They are putting out a non-working idea to test the reaction and decide whether to put it to market and at what price.
Don't get me wrong, I love B&W stuff. I am currently listening through £16,000 worth of 7.1 speakers as we speak, however I do feel that the 'mass market' stuff like the Zeppelin etc and this bears little upon their high end experience.
I personally love Bayer headphones for work (audio engineer) and pleasure.
Their open backed DT990's give a wide and rounded sound, and the closed back model I have although is not quite so open, is totally isolating.
They will have to really go some to do better than what is already out there. I have a sneaking suspicion though they will be trading on people who are happy to fork out £150 without listening to them.
Maybe the OP's post might prove this point...
They are putting out a non-working idea to test the reaction and decide whether to put it to market and at what price.
Don't get me wrong, I love B&W stuff. I am currently listening through £16,000 worth of 7.1 speakers as we speak, however I do feel that the 'mass market' stuff like the Zeppelin etc and this bears little upon their high end experience.
I personally love Bayer headphones for work (audio engineer) and pleasure.
Their open backed DT990's give a wide and rounded sound, and the closed back model I have although is not quite so open, is totally isolating.
They will have to really go some to do better than what is already out there. I have a sneaking suspicion though they will be trading on people who are happy to fork out £150 without listening to them.
Maybe the OP's post might prove this point...
JustinP1 said:
Don't get me wrong, I love B&W stuff. I am currently listening through £16,000 worth of 7.1 speakers as we speak, however I do feel that the 'mass market' stuff like the Zeppelin etc and this bears little upon their high end experience.
Yes but it's the "mass market" stuff that will bring in the cash for them to keep developing their "proper" hi-fi.For what it is, the Zeppelin actually sounds very good....
Graham E said:
Disclaimer: I have not heard, seen, or read about these cans.
BUT
Peronally, I've yet to find any noise canceling cans that don't make everything sound a bit flat and crappy. I will also be surprised if B+W (despite being utter gods at loudspeaker niceness) can produe a better headphone than Sennheiser, AKG, Sure, Bayerdynamic, Grado et all, who have produced headphones for ages - supposing B+W spent 5 years designing these (unlikely), they've got about 20 years less experience as a company than some of the other brands.
Would be good if they are great though, they look nicely retro!
Kind of unrelated but are you sure your not missing the point of noise cancelling headphones? They're for use in noisey enviroments, where without noise cancelling you jsut going to get other noise intruding instead. I have a set of grado sr225s and a set of bose qc3s, the the grados are undoubtabley the better headphones but they get a tiny fraction of the use the bose phones do.BUT
Peronally, I've yet to find any noise canceling cans that don't make everything sound a bit flat and crappy. I will also be surprised if B+W (despite being utter gods at loudspeaker niceness) can produe a better headphone than Sennheiser, AKG, Sure, Bayerdynamic, Grado et all, who have produced headphones for ages - supposing B+W spent 5 years designing these (unlikely), they've got about 20 years less experience as a company than some of the other brands.
Would be good if they are great though, they look nicely retro!
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