Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless Vs. Bowers & Wilkins Px8 Review In Detail

Weight

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 320g

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 213g

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless have a weight of 213g, these weigh below 320g, which we consider as the highest average a headphone should weigh for comfort during long use. We take in account a lower weight best for the reason that lighter devices are more comfortable to move with.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8, at 320g are heavier than the Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless with a difference 107g

Has A Detachable Cable

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Detachable cables are cables that have connectors on both ends. One end goes into your headphone cups, while the other end is inserted into an audio source. Some new headphones, and not just the expensive ones, are coming with detachable cables, Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless are one of those.

With a detachable cable, Bowers & Wilkins Px8 too can use alternative cables and if the cable is pulled, it will pop out instead of breaking.

Can Be Folded

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Twisted headphone cables can be a great source of annoyance and inconvenience, Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless'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.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 too have a cable designed to help prevent tangles.

Cable Length

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 1.2meters

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Over-ear headphones have larger earpads that fit around your entire ear Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 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.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 with this design offer potential for maximum bass and loudness levels.

Has Stereo Speakers

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless have stereo speakers, devices with stereo speakers deliver sound from separate channels on both left and right sides, this creates a richer sound and a better listening experience.

Both Bowers & Wilkins Px8 and Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless have stereo speakers

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Has Active Noise Cancellation (Anc)

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✗

Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise 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 hence "diluting" the 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.

Has Passive Noise Reduction

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Passive Noise Cancellation uses well-designed ear cups to seal out environment noise. This is used for both in-ear earphones and over-ear headphones where the headphone itself will keep surrounding noise out. The Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 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 Bowers & Wilkins Px8 isolates you from ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.

Lowest Frequency

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 20Hz

Low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component reproduces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, the lower the low-frequency response, the stronger and juicier the bass.

Highest Frequency

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 20,000Hz

High frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device reproduces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on the way through. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, the higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble.

Sound Pressure Level

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 91.3dB/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, Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's measurement is 91.3dB/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

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 40mm

The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the headphone. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless driver unit is 40mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful and can produce better bass.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 driver unit is 40mm in diameter, making both devices similar in how loud their sound gets , many people have a misconception that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.

However, large drivers usually have difficulty reproducing high frequencies so yes, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better sound.

Impedance

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 32Ohms

Defined as the device's resistance to the electromagnetic current, as electricity flows through a conductor, it faces electrical resistance that counters the flow of current. The resistance of a conductor is measured in ohms. Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 36hours

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. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's battery life is 36 hours

Bowers & Wilkins Px8's battery life is 30 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.

Charge Time

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 2hours

It takes 2 hours to fully charge the Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's battery. It is recommended to fully charge the battery before using the headphones for the first time or when they have been unused for extended periods.

Has A Battery Level Indicator

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless have a battery level indicator, an indicator shows you when the device has a low battery. The battery indicator lights show the charging status of your headphones.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 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.

Battery Power

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 500mAh

Battery power, or battery capacity, represents the amount of electrical energy that a battery can store. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's battery power is 500mAh, more battery power can be an indication of longer battery life.

Has A Rechargeable Battery

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless's battery can be recharged and used over again.

The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 too have a rechargeable battery.

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Can Be Used Wirelessly

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless can be used wirelessly, wireless devices allow you more freedom of movement.

The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 also can be used wirelessly

Bluetooth Version

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 v5.2

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless v5

Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard that allows data transfers between devices placed in close proximity, using short-wavelength, ultra-high frequency radio waves. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless has a v5

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 has a Bluetooth version of v5.2. Newer versions provide faster data transfers.

Has Usb Type-C

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 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.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 too have USB TYPE-C

Has Aptx Adaptive

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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.

Maximum Bluetooth Range

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✗

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 10meters

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances. The Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless can connect at a 10meters distance via Bluetooth or infrared to another device.

Has A 3.5Mm Male Connector

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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. Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 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.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 too have this kind of connector

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Number Of Microphones

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 2only

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 1only

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless have only 1 microphones, more microphones result in better sound quality and enable the device to filter out background noise.

The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 microphones are only 2.

Has A Noise-Canceling Microphone

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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.

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Has Ambient Sound Mode

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless ✓

There is a control panel on the Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless 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 Bowers & Wilkins Px8 too have a control panel on them.

Can Be Used As A Headset

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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.

Travel Bag Is Included

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 ✓

Skullcandy Hesh Evo 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.

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Category	Features	Bowers & Wilkins Px8	Skullcandy Hesh Evo Wireless
DESIGN	weight	320g	213g
	has a detachable cable	✓	✓
	can be folded	✗	✓
	has a tangle free cable	✓	✓
	cable length	1.2meters	✗
	has an over-the-ear foam	✓	✓
	has stereo speakers	✓	✓
SOUND QUALITY	has active noise cancellation (anc)	✓	✗
	has passive noise reduction	✓	✓
	lowest frequency	✗	20Hz
	highest frequency	✗	20,000Hz
	sound pressure level	✗	91.3dB/mW
	driver unit size	40mm	40mm
	impedance	✗	32Ohms
POWER	battery life	30hours	36hours
	charge time	✗	2hours
	has a battery level indicator	✓	✓
	battery power	✗	500mAh
	has a rechargeable battery	✓	✓
CONNECTIVITY	can be used wirelessly	✓	✓
	bluetooth version	v5.2	v5
	has usb type-c	✓	✓
	has aptx adaptive	✓	✗
	has aptx hd	✓	✗
	has bluetooth aptx	✓	✗
	has aac	✓	✗
	maximum bluetooth range	✗	10meters
	has a 3.5mm male connector	✓	✓
MICROPHONE	number of microphones	2only	1only
MICROPHONE	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	✓	✗
	travel bag is included	✓	✗
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