Disclaimer
Here’s the situation: The left speaker on my Momentum 4 has stopped working, and I wanted to buy my girlfriend a pair of headphones as a present. She’s not an audiophile and mainly listens to post-punk (dark music in general), so I ordered the B&W Px8. I’m still listening to music through them, as the Momentum 4 is currently being repaired.
And now for the caveat – the Momentum 4 is the best you can find right now in terms of sound quality for the price, quality and technology. It’s been over two weeks now and it’s absolutely painful to listen to music through them – no drive, no emotion. Everything I listen to sounds artificial, especially the high frequencies; as for the vocals, they’re just awful. The only thing these headphones are good for is listening at low volume, where the flaws aren’t noticeable, but forget about any emotion – they’ll never give you what the Momentum 4 delivered. There’s a decent punch, sub-bass, mid-bass, and a sturdy build, as the hinges are made of aluminium. Well, that’s it—nothing else. Have you heard anything about the constant electronics issues with the Momentum 4? Forget it; the Px8 will show you on the very first day just how terrible they are in this regard – crackling, static, and a DAC that changes the sound however it pleases in real time. A week later, my DAC had a complete meltdown, which meant the headphones wouldn’t connect via Bluetooth and I couldn’t adjust the volume; the only thing that helped was resetting the headphones themselves.
Don’t like the touch controls on the Momentum 4? Haha, here the buttons work only half the time, lol.
Killer features? None.
Cherish your Momentum 4s; they’re the best you can listen to via Bluetooth right now, for that price.