Bowers & Wilkins Pi8

High-end in-ears deliver peerless audio quality

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Bowers & Wilkins latest true-wireless in-ears, the Pi8, represent a big investment. Mind you, it wouldn’t be the first time a pair of its headphones has turned out to be worth every penny.

The Pi8 have an extensive feature set, with Bluetooth 5.4 for wireless connectivity. As well as the usual SBC and AAC codecs, there’s compatibility with Qualcomm’s aptX, aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless codecs too – which means that lossy 24bit/96kHz content and lossless 16bit/44.1kHz content can be received. So the Pi8 are ready to serve you lossless CD-standard audio quality wirelessly, just as soon as you acquire the device that can send it.

Multipoint connectivity means the Pi8 can connect to two devices at once. And the charging case can also retransmit – so you can attach a source to the case’s USB-C slot using either of the USB-C or 3.5mm-to-USB-C cables provided and the case will send the content to the earbuds. You can, say, use your Pi8 to listen, wirelessly, to an in-flight entertainment system using the aptX Adaptive codec at a lossy 24bit/96kHz standard.