Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020) vs Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8 (2018)

The Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020) is a great Closed-Back Headphone for its $331 asking price.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8i (2018), however, is merely passable at its $303 price point. If you're considering buying a Closed-Back Headphone in the $220 range, you might want to check out some of its competitors.

The Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020) managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely Android Central, Techradar, and TrustedReviews. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Most Stylish" title from Android Central and "Best TV headphones using Bluetooth" from Techradar, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

As for the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8i (2018), it wasn't able to earn a top spot in any roundups from trusted sources that conduct their own hands-on testing. Nevertheless, it managed to impress reviewers at Techradar, PCmag, and Wirecutter (NYTimes) enough to make it onto their respective shortlists.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. Techradar, for example, preferred the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020), while PCmag rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020) got reviewed the highest by What Hi-Fi? - it gave it a rating of 10, while the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8i (2018) most impressed reviewers at Lifewire, which gave it a score of 9.4.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Closed-Back Headphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Closed-Back Headphones being 7.4 out of 10, whereas the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020) and Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8i (2018) managed averages of 8.6 and 8.5 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Bowers & Wilkins PX7 (2020) vs. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8i (2018) comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.