Over-Ear
Beyerdynamic T5 1st
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$1,000
Full review dataBeyerdynamic T5 1st vs Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Beyerdynamic T5 1st vs Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Score breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 leads on 7 of 7 measures.
- Beyerdynamic T5 1st
- Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2
HearWiki score
-
85
Sound
-
9.5
Noise cancelling
-
8.0
Battery
-
8.5
Calls
-
7.0
Value
-
5.5
Price (USD)
$1,000
$800
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
Half a step newer
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 (2026) against Beyerdynamic T5 1st (2020). The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 edges ahead on platform, but only just: ANC type Hybrid against None. It also adds USB-C, Wear detection, Transparency mode and Custom EQ.
- T5 1st2020
- Px8 S220266 yr newer
What differsT5 1stPx8 S2
- ANC type
- None
- Hybrid
- USB-C
- No
- Yes
- Wear detection
- No
- Yes
- Transparency mode
- No
- Yes
- Custom EQ
- No
- Yes
- Companion app
- No
- Yes
Platform
Everyday features
Specifications
T5 1stPx8 S2
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $1,000
- $800
- HearWiki score
- Not scored
- 85
- Released
- 2020
- 2026
- Availability
- Discontinued
- Sold new
- Driver
- 40 mm dynamic
- 2× 40 mm dynamic
- Driver type
- dynamic
- dynamic
- Driver size
- 40 mm
- 40 mm
- Drivers per side
- 1
- 2
- Frequency response
- 5 Hz - 50 kHz
- -
- Impedance
- 32 Ω
- -
- Sensitivity
- 100 dB/mW
- -
- Bluetooth
- -
- 5.3
- Codecs
- -
- SBC, AAC, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless
- Multipoint pairing
- -
- Yes
- Battery life
- -
- 30 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- -
- 30 h
- Quick charge
- -
- 15 min → 7 h
- Wireless charging
- -
- No
- Active noise cancelling
- No
- Yes
- ANC type
- none
- hybrid
- Transparency mode
- No
- Yes
- Companion app
- No
- Yes
- Custom EQ
- No
- Yes
- Wear detection
- No
- Yes
- Controls
- none
- buttons
- Voice assistant
- -
- Yes
- Weight
- 360 g
- 310 g
- Foldable
- No
- Yes
- Detachable cable
- Yes
- Yes
- USB-C
- No
- Yes
- Connector
- -
- USB-C
- Balanced connection
- Yes
- -
- Microphones
- -
- 8
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