Sleek, comfortable and beautifully balanced, Bowers & Wilkins' P7 headphones are a pleasure to use. This British audio company has a huge reputation in delivering premium audio quality in an equally polished package, and the company's first dive into over-ear headphones is another notch in B&W's...

By far the best headphones I have ever owned, and the sound is so crisp with such clarity that is not fathomable to believe until you put these puppies on. These headphones blow the Beats out of the water, and have much better build quality as well as material used to construct them.

Comfortable; Compact; Durable; Good Bass; Good Value; Great Sound; Lightweight; Stylish

Just sold out the P5 that bought last Dec and tried the new P7. It's super comfortable but may need more time to get the sound open. The cable is much better than the P5! You won't regret having this.

In the vast jungle of fancy headphones, some trees stand taller than others. The Bowers & Wilkins P7 , a gorgeous $400 pair of over-the-ear headphones, is one such specimen. I use "fancy" in the way one would speak of a Bentley or a Morgan.

Excellent sound; a big bottom without sacrificing anything up top. Wonderful clarity. Comfortable, with beautiful leather and stylish design notes. They fold up nicely. User-serviceable pads, cables, and drivers

Price - all that hand-stitched leather ain't cheap; Designed for portability and isolation, so unless you have a noisy home, they aren't as desirable for home listening

The Bowers & Wilkins P7 are classy headphones with the sort of construction most other sets can only dream of. Sound quality is bettered by open-back sets, but they're portable headphone royalty. As long as you don't work on a building site – noise isolation isn't that good.

Top sound quality; (Mostly) Excellent build quality

Expensive; Sound bettered by ‘at home' sets at price; Mediocre isolation; Jack construction needs a tweak

Classy cans that break from mainstream habits

When Bowers & Wilkins does something new, we pay attention. It has been going since 1966, in the grand old tradition of British audiophile companies producing and sticking with a very few, very excellent models.

For all its audiophile heritage and reputation as something of a style connoisseur, it is strange that Bowers & Wilkins has until now abstained from competing in the higher-end headphone space with the launch of its B&W P7 over-ears.

Gorgeous design with quality materials; not too ostentatious for over-the-ear headphones and can be worn out and about; superb audio performance with all types of music and movies

Some sound leakage outwards means you'll be sharing with those in your immediate surroundings; hardly budget (but they don't look or sound it

Even in this post-Beats by Dr. Dre world ￡330 is a hefty price to pay for a pair of headphones, but the B&W P7 offer a class-topping combination of premium materials and durability, comfort, timeless style and phenomenal sound quality.

Soft leather; Brilliantly built; Epic sound

Price; Large headband; Less than portable

The Bowers & Wilkins P7 match their elegant and graceful design with a luscious display of clarity, power, and dynamic expression…

Clear; vividly detailed treble; Warm; powerful bass response; Excellent dynamic expression; Great passive noise isolation; Gorgeous; luxurious design

Glosses over some instrumental tone quality; Expensive