Bowers & Wilkins PX8 S2
With refined carbon-fibre drivers, premium design and future-ready updates like Auracast and spatial audio, the PX8 S2 delivers sound quality that sets a new benchmark in the €700 class.
In 1966, John Bowers and longtime friend Peter Hayward set up a business in Worthing on the south coast of England, called B & W Electronics. Right from the beginning, both founders agreed to live modestly and to reinvest all profits in the company, to develop the perfect loudspeaker …
With refined carbon-fibre drivers, premium design and future-ready updates like Auracast and spatial audio, the PX8 S2 delivers sound quality that sets a new benchmark in the €700 class.
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