This is the comparison between Bowers & Wilkins PX7 and the Bose Noise Cancelling 700 headphones. Both are the noise cancelling headphones. The Price of both the headphones is also the pretty much same.

Bowers & Wilkins PX7	Bose Noise Cancelling 700
BUY NOW	BUY NOW
PROS	PROS
Best-in-class sound quality. Competitive battery life. Robust Bluetooth connection. Dapper design.	Slick, attractive design. Excellent noise cancelling on calls and music. Precise, balanced audio. Smart, intuitive buttons and touch controls.
CONS	CONS
Earcups don’t collapse. No swipe/touch playback controls.	Expensive

Expert Reviews of Bowers & Wilkins PX7:  

By Mashable 
The Bowers & Wilkins PX7 are fantastic wireless headphones, with excellent sound and a great feature set.

By Trusted Reviews 
With the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 has yet again produce a worthy headphone, with great sound and some excellent features. The ANC is good, if not as strong as other headphones and the weight may be troublesome for some, but nevertheless these are one of, if not the, finest-sounding wireless headphones at their price point.

By TechRadar 
Our repeat mentions of rival headphones throughout this review just goes to show how competitive it is at the top of the premium wireless noise-canceling headphones market.Make no mistake though, up top is exactly where the Bowers & Wilkins PX7s deserve…

By Expert Reviews 
In the end, though, it won’t be small differences in sound quality or the subtleties of one Bluetooth codec versus another that will make the difference for most people, it’s the price. And, on that front, the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 simply can’t compete…

By Techguide.com 
The Bowers & Wilkins PX7 wireless noise cancelling headphones tick all the boxes when it comes to audio quality, design, comfort and battery performance. If you want your ears to experience luxury then these are the headphones for you.Related PostsNow…

Expert Reviews of Bose Noise Cancelling 700:  

By MobileSyrup  
“Bose’s high-end 700s are a powerful competitor in the noise-cancelling headphone space, and if you like the look of them, you can’t go…

By hardwarezone.com.sg  
In some ways, the Bose 700 was inevitable. With so many noise-cancelling headphones to choose from these days, Bose knew they had to do something more than just release a new version of their revered QuietComforts. And in light of this, the Bose 700 is…

By Gadgetsnow.com  
Bose has truly made a great pair of headphones with the NC 700. Be it design, audio quality or the excellent noise-cancelling tech, it’s hard to find a fault with these pair of headphones.

By Gadget360  
Unless you’re particular about getting that slight edge in sound quality (or if you absolutely have to have the superior Bluetooth codec support that Sony and others offer), the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 is a strong recommendation from us. It’s expensive, but then so are most nice things in life.

By IndianExpress  
The Bose Headphone 700 is among the best noise-cancelling headphones you can buy at the moment, offering superior audio performance and good noise cancellation.

Detail Review: 

INTRODUCTION:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7   

This headphone has noise cancelling technology and the sound is also petty much great. The design is also lokks stylish but the comfort is little bit disappointing because it looks like the clamping force is little bit tight. 

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

This headphone has touch sensitivity and also the google assistant. This headphone also has lot many features which made this one worth for its price range. 

DESIGN:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

The design looks as good as the previous generation in my personal opinion. Besides using a lot of plastics that a lot of other headphone users or headphone companies use, this has fabric up top and surrounding the ear cup. I mean very back of the ear cup, you have this very nice matte finish with the Bowers & Wilkins logo flexing in this reflective metal. The arms has a carbon composite material. This materials help to make the px7 lighter than a previous generation. The ear cups also improved over the last generation.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

Personally, I don’t hate the design but I also don’t love it. From a materials standpoint, you’ve got this mostly exposed stainless steel headband with silicon on the top and underside of the headband and the leatherette on the ear pads feels just as great as the leatherette on the Bose QC35’s. These headphones definitely feel premium, but not as durable as their counterpart the Bose QC35’s.

I do think this is a big deal especially if you plan on using these headphones a lot on flights. Now over all looks are subjective, but the main reason that I don’t like the headphone’s design is cause their headband isn’t all that low profile.

These headphones actually have more of a rounding affect than the Bose QC 35’s. But objectively, I don’t like this design because these headphones can only be laid down flat. It means the carrying case that comes included with these headphones is pretty big. Now, its not as big as the surface headphones, but it is slightly bigger than the Bose QC35’s or Sony 1000XM3’s carrying cases. If I’m looking for a pair of ANC headphones to mostly travel or commute with, I want the carrying case to be as small as possible. So, I can cram them in more easily into my already over stuffed bag.

COMFORT:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

Although these are 310 grams. They don’t feel heavy but compared to Sony and Bose which were around 250 grams, the PX7 feel a little bit more neutral while these two other competitors just feels a little bit more airy. I personally prefer the lightness on the other headphones but the design on the PX7, I feel are good enough for most people. I never felt too much pressure or pinching at the crown of the head but there is fatigue though once you wear these for several hours straight. Jaw line pressure is very reasonable and I didn’t have any issues right there.

Their cups are soft and plush, they do have a good amount of room that the ears barely touches the inside. As for sound isolation, there is good passive noise isolation so the ear cups do in case your ears but I never had them heat up or sweat but I do feel them warm up. So overall, the PX7 are not class-leading but in the end, if you’re leaning towards the PX7 or Bowers & Wilkins, in general I still recommend them for you to give them a try for long-term wears. These feel top-notch, the rotation the ear-cups feels smooth and there’s minimal chatter overall.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

When it comes to fit, unfortunately the Bose NC 700 just aren’t as comfortable as the Bose QC35’s. The NC 700 still have those super spacious ear cups just like on the QC35 but unfortunately the headband on the NC 700’s does have more clamping force than the QC35’s.

Now personally, I can wear these headphones for hours on end, but I do have to constantly readjust them every 20 minutes or so. You just don’t forget, they’re there like the Bose QC35. So, the Bose NC 700 are not big head approved. Comfort wise, the Bose NC 700 placed little behind the Sony 1000XM3 and Bose QC35 II.

FEATURES:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

The left ear cup has the active noise-cancelling button to toggle between low, high, off, and auto. Holding it down will turn on transparency mode which allows you to eliminate passive noise isolation as the microphones will pump in your environmental audio when you don’t need active noise canceling. This feature had most headphones is an amazing experience.

The right ear cup has pause, play, skipping, and going back on music. There’s a 3.5 millimeter port for physical connections, it still exists. The headphones need to be on for the a 3.5 millimeter chord to work. There’s USB C for charging but you can also use this for audio as well but the USB C connection charges the headphones at the same time that you’re listening to your music via your laptop or desktop.

The last feature of this thing called wear sensor similar to the Sennheiser PXC550. When you lift up either ear, cup your music will pause and put the ear cups back on and the music resumes. You can always turn this feature off within the app.

The app in the beginning initially, it works perfectly fine but afterwards after about a couple of days, it started acting little funky. The app is clean and it looks nice but it offers straightforward changes to your ANC settings and audio pass-through levels and such there’s no equalizer or audio profiles offered.

This does feature Bluetooth 5.0 which is the latest and greatest. The Bluetooth connection was absolutely solid and I never had issue with audio. This had zero syncing delays on both Apple and Android devices and only most important features, this does have multi pairing while this is connected to my Android phone I can easily switch this to another previously connected device without the need to unpair and repair either devices.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

From a ports standpoint, the NC 700 have been upgraded to USB C Charging. But unfortunately, these headphones are still using a 2.5 millimeter audio jack, and it also doesn’t help that Bose decided to throw in a super cheap audio cable with their $400 headphones.

Now when it comes to bluetooth connectivity, these headphones can be connected to two devices at the same time, which means if you’re a power user you can easily hot swap from one device to another. Now this is a big deal cause simultaneous multi device connectivity still isn’t a standard feature on all headphones. The NC 700’s are also great for watching videos on your phone because they have zero latency across the board whether you’re using an apple or android device. But unfortunately for the android users these headphones don’t have any APTX support, just AAC. Ultimately, this isn’t a big deal.

I also want to quickly address Bose AR, Bose AR is still very much in its infancy. Its one of those features that you’ll maybe play around with for 20 minutes and then forget its even there. But, I also want to point out that Bose AR still isn’t available for android users.

One of the biggest new features on the NC 700 which has been sorely lacking on the Bose QC35 II is the addition of an ambient mode. Now an ambient mode has been pretty standard on most premium and mid range ANC headphones now, so its great to see Bose finally catch up. Now through Bose’s app you can go in and select how much ambient sound you would like to let in. Having an ambient mode on your headphones is great because this way you can still be aware of your surroundings when you’re walking around the city or when you’re commuting to or from work.

For the most part the ambient mode on the NC 700 has been properly implemented in the sense that is sounds natural and there isn’t any hissing going on in the background which is something you don’t want to hear if you’re watching a movie with these headphones with their ambient mode turned on at home. But unfortunately, the ambient mode on these headphones pump in everything, they don’t actively block out random loud noises like the Sony 1000XM3’s.

Now this is small, but very important detail means that if your dog starts barking while you’re wearing these headphones at home or if a siren passes by when you’re walking out out side, you’re going to hear all of those loud noises through your headphones.

On the other ear cup, there’s a dedicated Voice assistant button. Now the Bose QC 35 series II were the first ANC headphones with google assistant integration. But if you wanted to have google assistant on your headphones, you would also have to choose between being able to manually toggle your ANC settings or voice assistant integration. But that’s not the case with the Bose NC 700 and these days you can choose between which voice assistant you want to use on your headphones.

Now, the touch sensitive surface on these headphones is located in this half circle, and after a few days of using these headphones I’ve gotten used to using this very small touch pad. Over all, it is rather accurate and easy to use. Double tap to play or pause, swipe front or back to skip through your music, and you swipe up or down to adjust the volume. The only thing I don’t like about this touch pad is that you have to do a swipe for every step in volume you want to go up or down. You can’t just press and hold to change your volume quickly. Overall, this is a small nit pick but after a few days you get used to this touch-pad. But, I know some people just prefer physical buttons.

MICROPHONE:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

The microphone sounds natural for the most part but if I am talking though, I can hear myself and it sounds quite hollow which was a little bit funky but other than that listening to your surroundings is top notch.

The microphone sounds good. I test this on phone calls, it does play through both except that’s a good thing. ANC does remain on, you can always manually switch it to either passive noise isolation or basically transparency mode manually with the button on the left ear-cup. It sounds good.

The active noise-cancelling is ever-so-slight airplane cabin pressure, it’s very minimal but it is present though, no hissing or noise experience but the active noise-cancelling performance, the PX7 can compete with the best of the best out there. This isolates your music really well. Now with active noise-cancelling, this is was the best out there but the Sony is the best in the active noise cancelling.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700 

The Bose QC35’s have always had one of the best microphones for phone calls when it came to headphones. But, Bose has simply out done themselves with the call quality on the NC 700. It makes sense since these headphones are mostly marketed towards working professionals. Through Bose’s app, you can even adjust how much you can hear your own voice while on phone calls. The Bose QC35 II for indoor sounds, it still sounds good, but not as good as the Bose NC 700.

These headphones now have a dedicated ANC button which you can use to toggle between your ANC settings. Through Bose’s app you can select 3 presets and you can just quickly cycle between them depending on your current situation. Also, if you press and hold the ANC button on these headphones, you’ll activate conversation mode where the headphones will pause your music and pump in all of the ambient sound around you. So, you can quickly talk to someone without having to take your headphones off.

If you press the ANC button again or press on the touch pad, the headphones will go back to their initial ANC settings and start playing your music again. I like Bose’s conversation mode because you don’t have to keep pressing down on the ANC button, you just activate it and then your hands free.

The active noise cancellation, over all it is slightly better than the active noise cancelation on the Bose QC35’s. The Bose NC 700’s do a better job of rejecting wind noise than the QC35’s when used out doors. One of my biggest issues with the Bose QC35’s is that their ANC has a lot of cabin pressure. Now I know this may not be the case for everyone but it is the case for me.

Even though the NC 700’s does still have some cabin pressure its definitely much more manageable. Performance wise, the ANC on the NC 700’s is also a touch better than the QC35’s. The ANC on both of headphones perform relatively the same. But if you listen closely, the NC 700 do manage to block out slightly more noise than the QC 35 II and they do manage to block out slightly more chatter as well. But for all intents and purposes, the major differentiating factor between the ANC on both of these headphones is the reduction of the cabin pressure on the Bose NC 700.

SOUND PERFORMANCE:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

These do get loud, I’m usually listening to these at about 60 to 65% volume along with Bluetooth 5.0. These headphones also support aptX for high resolution audio files.

The PX7 have just enough bass for me, it’s fast, light and punchy. I could use a little bit more to warm up some vocals on pop music or further immerse myself with a hip-hop and EDM tracks but if you’re familiar with the Bose 700, these tend to have a similar straits but the Bowers & Wilkins hits slightly deeper and punchier.

On the other hand, the Sony will definitely offer a bit more of deeper resonating bass, it might be too strong with the Sony’ if you value more of a balanced bass audio signature. For just base in general, I believe the PX7 are good.

As for the mid-range, this is where the human ear interprets majority of instruments vocal work. The mid-range is not distorted its articulate, there’s overall sounded better than the Bose 700 in my personal opinion. The px7 being a bit more for audio direction or specifically stereo separation was great on these but my first critique there wasn’t as much depth as the Sony 1000XM3 and on some occasions the Bose 700 did better in this area as well.

Although the Sony is little bassy for some but you can interpret bass down low, the volcals can set at times the high frequencies in front of you and slightly above you actually but with the PX7, it’s good as a standalone device but compared to some of the most popular ANC headphones out there, the depth of audio experience on the PX7 was not quite there. The top end sounds to have a good amount of basically roll-off. There is a lack of brightness or resolution and it could use a little more sharpness to make these sing on the top end. it’s not muffled or distorted but the PX7 could use an equaliser that would help with this area. So overall, the Bowers & Wilkins are really good in my opinion.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

The Bose NC 700 sound pretty much the same as the Bose QC35 which means if you love or hate how the Bose QC35’s sound then the same is going to go for the NC 700. Now, the NC 700 aim for a clear and neutral sound signature. Vocalists are very prominent on these headphones and even though the bass does resonate quite a bit on both of these headphones, its not really going to thump your head which means you’re not really going to be able to feel your music. Just like before, you still can’t adjust the EQ on these headphones through Bose’s app.

Over all, these are good sounding headphones but they’re aimed to please people who prefer a neutral sound signature. But, I do want to point out that the NC 700’s preform better than the QC35 when ANC is turned on. When the ANC on the QC35 II is turned on, the sound stage is narrowed a little bit and the bass slightly reduced as well. So, if you want to get the best sound quality out of the QC35’s, you should use them with their ANC turned off where as the NC 700’s sound pretty much identical with ANC turned on or off which is a great thing to see.

BATTERY:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

Bowers and Wilkins provides up to 30 hours of use with active noise-cancelling on. I’m able to achieve 31 hours and 14 minutes worth of real world use. The Bowers and Wilkins did better by around 10 hours compared to Bose 700 and Sony 1000XM3. In addition, there’s also fast charging, 15 minutes plugged in from a dead battery will give you back 5 hours of audio that’s also really good.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

When it comes to battery life, these headphones have an advertised battery life of 20 hours which is the same as the Bose QC35’s. Now a 20 hour battery life is nothing to scuff at, but most ANC headphones these days are aiming for a 30 plus hour battery life now. But, at least the fast charging on these headphones has been upgraded from the Bose QC35’s cause a 15 minute charge from a dead battery will get you 3 and half hours of playback time.

CONCLUSION:  

Bowers & Wilkins PX7  

I love the look of these headphones. I sort of think these are worth a purchase. They still have been a pleasure to wear and honestly it’s getting close, so close with the best of the best out there. The little differences are negligible.

Bose Noise Cancelling 700  

Over all, Bose has definitely taken steps to improve the technology and features found in their newest ANC headphones. The Active Noise Cancelation on the NC 700’ performs over all better than the QC35’s because they have less cabin pressure, they do a better job of rejecting wind noise, and it doesn’t change how these headphones sound when turned on. The inclusion of an ambient mode has been a long time coming and for the most part it works very well.

Now sound quality wise these headphones aren’t going to please everyone, but they have a great neutral sound signature. Now a 20 hour battery life is a little disappointing on these headphones given their competition. The design is also good but I dont like the design too much and also it’s not much comfortable or fit. Overall, the new Bose NC 700’s are a very decent pair of ANC headphones.