A breakdown of the review per specifications

Weight

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 320g

Beats Studio3 Wireless 260g

The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 have a weight of 320g, these weigh below 320g, which we consider as the highest average a headphone should weigh for comfort during long use. We consider a lower weight better because lighter devices are more comfortable to carry.

Beats Studio3 Wireless, at 260g are lighter than the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 by -60g

Has A Detachable Cable

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Detachable cables are cables that have connectors on both ends. One end goes into your headphone earpieces, while the other end is inserted into an audio source. Some new headphones, and not just the expensive ones, are coming with detachable cables, Bowers & Wilkins Px8 are one of those.

With a detachable cable, Beats Studio3 Wireless too can use alternative cables and if the cable is pulled, it will pop out instead of breaking.

Can Be Folded

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless are foldable, which makes them more portable. Foldable headphones are easier to transport and take up less storage space.

Has A Tangle Free Cable

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Twisted headphone cables can be a great source of annoyance and inconvenience, Bowers & Wilkins Px8's cable is designed to minimize tangling. Constant twisting of the cables can also lead to bends in the copper wires, affecting sound quality, or completely damaging your headphones.

Cable Length

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 1.2meters

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

A long cable ensures more freedom of movement, but remember that every cable based on the conducting material used has a certain amount of parasitic resistance, inductance, and capacitance. How much depends on the length and construction. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 comes with a 1.2meters cable.

Has An Over-The-Ear Foam

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Over-ear headphones have larger earpads that fit around your entire ear Bowers & Wilkins Px8 have a comfortable full-size form with earcups that fully enclose your ears. This design is loved for its increased sound isolation and the fact that it won't leak sound to your neighbors.

Beats Studio3 Wireless with this design offer potential for maximum bass and loudness levels.

Has Stereo Speakers

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 have stereo speakers, what this means is that Bowers & Wilkins Px8's speakers deliver sound from independent channels on both left and right sides, this creates a richer sound and a better listening experience.

The Beats Studio3 Wireless also have stereo speakers

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Has Active Noise Cancellation (Anc)

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 outside (noise from your surrounding) and adding -1 inside (counter sound within the device) to make zero resulting in a reduced level of noise.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 allow you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the volume to overcome background noise.

Beats Studio3 Wireless too have active noise cancellation making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each may work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the setting, mode, or noise cancellation type that you prefer for commute or that enhances your relaxation time.

Has Passive Noise Reduction

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Passive Noise Cancellation uses well-designed ear cups to seal out unwanted noise. This is used for both in-ear earphones and over-ear headphones where the headphone itself will keep surrounding noise out. The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 sits tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces background noise and prevents your music from leaking out.

Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that also the Beats Studio3 Wireless isolates you from ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.

Lowest Frequency

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless 20Hz

Low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device reproduces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on the way through. Beats Studio3 Wireless's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, the lower the low-frequency response, the stronger and juicier the bass.

Highest Frequency

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless 20000Hz

High frequency response measures if and how well an audio device reproduces high audible frequencies and if it changes to the signal on the way through. Beats Studio3 Wireless's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, the higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble.

Sound Pressure Level

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless 114dB/mW

Sound pressure is the average variation in atmospheric pressure caused by the sound, the sound level .i.e how loud something is can be perceived differently by different people so we need to have the means to get an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.

The sound pressure level, SPL, is the pressure level of a sound, measured in decibels, dB, Beats Studio3 Wireless's measurement is 114dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.

Driver Unit Size

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 40mm

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the headphone. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 driver unit is 40mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful and can produce better bass.

Impedance

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless 32Ohms

Impedance is the device's resistance to the electromagnetic current, as electricity flows through a conductor, it experiences electrical resistance that counters the flow of current. The resistance of a wire is measured in ohms. Beats Studio3 Wireless's impedance is 32Ohms, the lower the impedance, the easier it is to get higher volume and requires less power.

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Battery Life

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 30hours

Beats Studio3 Wireless 40hours

If your headphones play wirelessly, cancel ambient noise, or enhance your listening experience with active features, their battery life will reduce over time. The device's battery life is given by the manufacturer, with longer battery life, you get to use it for longer and have to charge the device less often. Bowers & Wilkins Px8's battery life is 30 hours

Beats Studio3 Wireless's battery life is 40 hours. Each time you recharge your headphones, they get a little less listening time. The effect is barely noticeable at first. But over a few years, you may find that your device, no longer plays for long like it used to.

Has A Battery Level Indicator

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 have a battery level indicator, an indicator shows you when the device has a low battery. The battery indicator lights indicate the charging status of your headphones.

Beats Studio3 Wireless too have a battery level indicator, charging indicators allow you to determine the charging state of your headphones, whether fully charged, or the battery is running low.

Has A Rechargeable Battery

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

A rechargeable battery is a type of electrical battery that can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times, as opposed to a disposable or primary battery, which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use. Bowers & Wilkins Px8's battery can be recharged and used over again.

The Beats Studio3 Wireless too have a rechargeable battery.

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Can Be Used Wirelessly

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 can be used wirelessly, wireless devices allow users more freedom of movement.

The Beats Studio3 Wireless also can be used wirelessly

Bluetooth Version

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 v5.2

Beats Studio3 Wireless v4

Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard that allows data transfers between devices placed in close proximity, using short-wavelength, ultra-high frequency radio waves. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 has a v5.2

Beats Studio3 Wireless has a Bluetooth version of v4. Newer versions provide faster data transfers.

Has Usb Type-C

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support USB TYPE-C, an industry-standard connector for transmitting both data and power on a single cable. The USB-C plug is now part and parcel of most current laptops, phones, and tablets, it features reversible plug orientation and cable direction.

Has Aptx Adaptive

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support APTX Adaptive, an audio codec for Bluetooth devices that are developed by Qualcomm. It has a variable bit rate (between 279kbps and 420kbps), which means it can adjust the bit rate for different scenarios, such as listening to HD audio or reducing interference from other devices.

Has Aptx Hd

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support APTX HD, an audio codec for Bluetooth devices that are developed by Qualcomm. It supports high-quality 24-bit audio (at a bit rate of 576kbps).

Has Bluetooth Aptx

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support APTX, a codec used for transmitting audio wirelessly with Bluetooth. It is developed by Qualcomm and supports 16-bit audio at a bit rate of 384kbps.

Has Aac

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support AAC, a codec that is used for Bluetooth audio. It supports 24-bit audio at 250kbps. Because it uses psychoacoustic modeling, it can provide better results than other codecs at a similar bit rate.

Has A 3.5Mm Male Connector

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Being an industry standard audio plug, a standard 3.5mm male connector is suitable for use with all MP3 players and computer sound cards. This means that it is commonly used in stereo headphones to your phone or connecting your phone to an external amplifier, sound bars, your car radio, etc. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 has this connector giving it a wider range of connectivity with most of the sound devices out there. All plugs have at least a tip and sleeve with the number of rings that stand as a differentiating factor.

Beats Studio3 Wireless too have this kind of connector

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Number Of Microphones

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 2only

Beats Studio3 Wireless 1only

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 have only 2 microphones, more microphones result in better sound quality and enable the device to filter out background noise.

The Beats Studio3 Wireless microphones are only 1.

Has A Noise-Canceling Microphone

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 use a noise-canceling type of microphone, these microphones are designed to filter out background noise from the desired sound. Especially useful in noisy environments.

The Beats Studio3 Wireless too use a noise-canceling type of microphone.

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Has Ambient Sound Mode

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support ambient sound mode, which uses microphones to pass through ambient noises so that they can still be heard. It’s useful when you want to listen to music but also be aware of what’s happening around you, for example when you’re having a jog but would still want to be able to hear traffic.

Has In/On-Ear Detection

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✗

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 support in/on-ear detection, the sensors in the device can detect when they are removed from your ears so that the music is paused, saving battery life and improving your listening experience while at it.

Control Panel Placed On A Device

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

There is a control panel on the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 body, so you can easily access the volume control or remote without having to interact with a cable or another device it's connected to.

The Beats Studio3 Wireless too have a control panel on them.

Can Be Used As A Headset

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 can be used as a headset. A headset is one headphone or pair with a built-in microphone. Headsets can be used for apps that require communication i.e. Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, games with voice chat, mobile phones, etc.

Beats Studio3 Wireless can be used as a headset. since they have a built-in microphone

Has An In-Line Control Panel

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless have an in-line control panel. There is a control panel on the cable, so you can easily operate the device without having to interact with it.

Warranty Period

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Beats Studio3 Wireless 1years

The period of time that warrant free repair and adjustment services in case of a malfunction occurring under normal use that has followed instruction manuals. When covered under the manufacturer’s warranty it is possible to get a replacement in the case of a malfunction. Beats Studio3 Wireless have a warranty period of 1 years

Travel Bag Is Included

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Beats Studio3 Wireless ✓

Carrying headphones without a case, or putting them in bags without a casing can easily put them at risk of getting damaged. The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 come with their own special case or pouch, which is useful for safe transportation.

Beats Studio3 Wireless too have a travel bag or case included.

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A breakdown of the review per specifications

Design

Weight

Has A Detachable Cable

Can Be Folded

Has A Tangle Free Cable

Cable Length

Has An Over-The-Ear Foam

Has Stereo Speakers

Sound Quality

Has Active Noise Cancellation (Anc)

Has Passive Noise Reduction

Lowest Frequency

Highest Frequency

Sound Pressure Level

Driver Unit Size

Impedance

Power

Battery Life

Has A Battery Level Indicator

Has A Rechargeable Battery

Connectivity

Can Be Used Wirelessly

Bluetooth Version

Has Usb Type-C

Has Aptx Adaptive

Has Aptx Hd

Has Bluetooth Aptx

Has Aac

Has A 3.5Mm Male Connector

Microphone

Number Of Microphones

Has A Noise-Canceling Microphone

Extras

Has Ambient Sound Mode

Has In/On-Ear Detection

Control Panel Placed On A Device

Can Be Used As A Headset

Has An In-Line Control Panel

Warranty Period

Travel Bag Is Included

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