Critical of the Pi8 before...I'm humbled now.
I don't want to waste a lot of time here, but in a nutshell I as humbled by this product. I will admit hearing about the Bowers and Wilkins pi7 issues really left a bad taste in my mind. I really felt that B/W should have done more for their customers who bought that, to help fix the issues. Maybe it's was the way it designed, I don't know but regardless, it should have been seen prior then. So when this unit hit and I heard people claiming weak battery life and app problems I was really mad and only saw red.
But like so many of us that watch youtube videos, we are influenced, at the very least curious. So I had to know for myself. I had to know I was writing about the pi8, only what happened was that I found myself absolutely in pure bliss with this sound, looks, resolutions, clarity, soundstage, and fit. For me, this is the greatest sounding and fitting earphone in Bluetooth history. My ears are tuned to Audiophile sensitivity. So I look for things that will bring me closer to my experiences with my IEM's and this is the first Bluetooth earphone to do that. So thank you Bowers and Wilkins pi8. You might not be perfect in everything with this unit but on the things that count in my life...you have truly taught me a lesson and humbly say "I was wrong".
I put down my Denon Perl Pros, AZ80, Cambridge audio m100, Sennheisers, Sony's and my Bose. I refuse to use anything else now that my ears have been calibrated to a proper tunning delivered by the pi8.