You can get a great set of over-the ear headphones for $100 or less - pick up Grado's SR60i or Shure's SRH440, and you'd need a keen ear and a petrified ass to muster any sonic gripes. So spending three times that much would seem downright stupid.

Sounds so sweet, you'll want to re-rip your entire music library into lossless files; Memory foam earpads block a ton of ambient noise; Go ahead and wear 'em in public - the low-profile headphones won't make you look like a ham radio operator.

One small gripe: The tiny sub-earpad tab that holds the cable in its routing channel is poorly machined and sharp enough to cut the rubber cord jacket; Pricey? Yep; Worth it? No doubt

(1 items) British high-end-audio manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) has been making speakers for over 40 years, but it's only with the P5 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphones , announced last November , that the company has ventured into the field of private audio listening.

The B&W P5 s are the first cans from the audio giant, which has brought us previous 5 star stunners the B&W Zeppelin and Zeppelin Mini. With a suitably retro look and the promise of beefing up even the most basic of MP3s to sonic stardom, the B&W P5s should be a must-have for minted music...

Look fantastic; lovely detailed sound; iPod support

Occasionally slip from your ears; could have a better low end

Bowers & Wilkins has been turning out the sort of speakers that get audiophiles frothing at the ears for donkeys years, but the British company has recently turned its attentions towards the world of portable audio.

If you're looking for a high-end set of headphones to wear out and about, the P5s will prove well worth a look. They're pricey, but they offer fantastic sound quality, an appealing design and sturdy construction, as well as a useful in-cable remote control for iPods and the iPhone 3GS

Excellent sound quality; Good noise-isolation capability; Sturdy construction; Appealing design; Useful in-cable remote control for iPods and the iPhone 3GS

Thin and delicate cable; Low end may prove too dominant for some

Bowers & Wilkins' P5 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphones have blown away several of our long-held beliefs: First, they've demonstrated that circumaural muffs aren't the only means of isolating outside noise and preventing sound leakage in a traditional headphone design; second, they've proven that large drivers

Exquisite sound; impeccable design; decadent comfort

$300 list price renders them expensive; too-short cable

Name: P5 (Bowers and Wilkins) Type: Noise isolating headphones Specs: Frequency range 10Hz to 20kHz , Impedence 26 ohms, distortion @100dB I25<0.05% for 80-20kHz <0.2% for 20-20kHz Price: ￡245.95 (Apple) Bowers and Wilkins are well known for causing quite...

A few months ago, I bought a pair of the Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones .  The headphones retail for $299.95 (a bit expensive, but so worth it).  The B&W P5′s are noise isolating headphones and are dubbed as a "Concert for One".  Let me tell you, these bad boys are just that.

British company Bowers & Wilkins (or how it's more commonly known, B&W) has been making high-end speakers since Dr Phil started wearing long pants. Only in the past couple of years has the company dabbled in multimedia, but it has done so with great success: both of the Zeppelins and the MM-1...

Luxury build and styling; Even-handed yet exciting sound; Replaceable cables with iPhone mic

Flimsy cable easily broken; Treble can become harsh

Yes amazingness. No it is not a real word, but it is the only way to describe the quality, build, comfort, and sound of the Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) P5 headphones. Quality/build: Here's the rundown: memory-foam-padded earphones, sheepskin earcups, interchangeable cables, no exposed ports, detachable...