For those of you who follow the audio device market, you must have heard of the Bowers & Wilkins brand that offers premium class audio devices that typically offer speakers, audio bars and various other audio hardware.
TC Acoustic, the Sonos distributor has also today confirmed that they have brought the brand into the local market and become an authorized B&W distributor in Malaysia. In addition to bringing in the speaker offerings, TC Acoustic will also be bringing in their premium line of earphones and headphones, including the 007 and McLaren edition B&W Pi5 S2, B&W Pi7 S2, B&W Px7 S2 and B&W Px8.
The Pi5 S2 and Pi7 S2 are the second generation of TWS B&W audio accessories and use a 9.2mm dynamic audio driver component that also comes with a built-in amplifier, so you don't have to worry about issues such as audio volume not being loud enough.
The earphones also support wireless audio streaming from streaming platforms such as Tidal and Deezer and come with aptX Adaptive audio codec support that allows high-resolution audio to be played through Android devices.
Among the improvements shown on these two earphones is also the Bluetooth connection distance which has been increased to 25m between devices and also a battery life of 5+16 hours on the Pi7 S2 and 5+19 hours on the Pi5 S2.
The B&W Px8 headphones are Bowers & Wilkins' flagship headphones, and house 40mm Carbon Cone audio drivers developed around the brand's speakers. In fact, the position of the drivers in the headphone space ensures that these drivers are at the same distance from the ear when these headphones are worn by any user.
These headphones also come with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) developed by B&W's own audio engineers and are able to support 24bit resolution audio sources that promise audio quality as desired by songwriters.
For the Malaysian and Singapore markets, TC Acoustics has brought in two limited edition models of these headphones, namely the B&W Px8 007 Edition which is a collaboration with the James Bond film series and also the B&W Px8 McLaren Edition where they collaborate with the automotive brand.
They say that these editions of the Px8 headphones come in limited units only, and will not be brought in again once they sell out. For the Pi5 S2 and Pi7 S2, these earphones will be offered in Cloud Grey, Storm Gray and Spring Lilac colors. For the Pi5 S2 model, a special Sage Green color is also offered, and the Malaysian and Singapore markets are among the first to offer this color.
All of these headphones and earphones are now available through TC Acoustic at the following prices:
Bowers & Wilkins Pi5 S2 – RM1699
Bowers & Wilkins Pi7 S2 – RM2499
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 – RM2399
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 007 Edition – RM4299
Bowers & Wilkins Px8 McLaren Edition – RM4299