Work in a loud cubicle environment? Want to focus when you're working at a coffee house? Are you an audiophile with discerning tastes? While Bose has long been known for their noise cancellation headphones, there is another contender for high-end on-ear headphones in the Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) P5...

Noise isolation features; sound quality; build quality

More support for other (non-Apple) microphone capabilities

Uncompromising in style and substance, the Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless are the cream of the wireless headphone crop. From the chart pop of Little Mix's 'Black Magic' through to the more bass-heavy, rock tones of Arctic Monkeys' AM , we found the music we trialled over several weeks to be crystal...

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless sound great, look decent and are comfortable for short listening sessions. They last long enough to not have to worry about charging them and are relatively compact for traveling.

good detail; bass and punch; long lasting; comfortable for short periods; stay put on the head; look good

playback control buttons are irritating; no NFC; no Bluetooth reconnect; expensive; don't fold down

Listening to many different naps before I fell for them. Soft warm sound suits me perfectly.

Audiophiles tend to prefer listening to music through wired headphones, but that hasn't stopped certain venerable audio companies, including Bowers & Wilkins, from jumping on the wireless bandwagon and introducing a Bluetooth headphone. The company's newest, the P5 Wireless, is for all intents and purposes a dead ringer for the P5 Series 2 but at $400 (£330 in the UK and AU$599 in Australia), it costs $130 more.

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless is an impressive-sounding luxury Bluetooth headphone, but its high price tempers our enthusiasm.

The Bowers and Wilkins P5 Wireless headphones have excellent build quality and deliver rich, well-balanced sound for Bluetooth headphones (they perform even better in wired mode); The earpads are removable, and a cable is included for wired listening along with a nice carrying case; The tight seal shuts out a lot of external noise and the headphones don't leak sound; Battery life is quite good at 17 hours.

Pretty pricey for an on-ear Bluetooth headphone; leather earpads will cause your ears to get steamy on warmer days (headphones may fit some people a little too snugly); included cable doesn't have an inline remote/microphone.

The P5 Wireless is an incredibly classy pair of Bluetooth headphones with the signature Bowers & Wilkins sound

The Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones are now available with Bluetooth