Over-Ear
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2
85Outstanding
$800
Full review dataBowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 vs Grado Gs2000e: which should you buy?
On aggregated review scores the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 comes out ahead with a HearWiki score of 85. The full breakdown - sub-scores, specs and what reviewers actually said - is below.
Our pick: Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 - Outstanding overall at around $799.
Over-Ear
Grado Gs2000e
50Average
$1,400
Full review dataScore 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.
- Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2
- Grado Gs2000e
HearWiki score
85
50
Sound
9.5
7.5
Noise cancelling
8.0
-
Battery
8.5
-
Calls
7.0
-
Value
5.5
2.6
Price (USD)
$800
$1,400
Specifications
Px8 S2Gs2000e
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $800
- $1,400
- HearWiki score
- 85
- 50
- Released
- 2026
- 2016
- Availability
- Sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 2× 40 mm dynamic
- 50 mm dynamic
- Driver type
- dynamic
- dynamic
- Driver size
- 40 mm
- 50 mm
- Drivers per side
- 2
- 1
- Frequency response
- -
- 4 Hz - 51 kHz
- Impedance
- -
- 32 Ω
- Sensitivity
- -
- 99.8 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
- Yes
- -
- ANC type
- hybrid
- -
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- -
- Companion app
- Yes
- -
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- -
- Wear detection
- Yes
- -
- Controls
- buttons
- none
- Voice assistant
- Yes
- -
- Weight
- 310 g
- 260 g
- Foldable
- Yes
- -
- Detachable cable
- Yes
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- -
- Connector
- USB-C
- -
- Microphones
- 8
- -
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