Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Pi6 is a stylish, high performing set of earbuds that unfortunately also caused me a fair bit of frustration. The first three days I had them, I was somewhat less than impressed. The large earbud bodies are a bit oddly weighted compared to what I'm used to, causing the right one to fall out a few times when I went walking around the neighborhood. The audio was frequently crackly and prone to dropping out every few minutes. And the touch controls seemed prone to triggering at the drop of a hat. I came close to giving up, but decided to persevere. Eventually I got used to the way they sit in my ears, re-paired them with my phone a few times, and redownloaded the B&W app and discovered that when they're working right, there's quite a lot to like. The earbuds offer clear and crisp sound (though admittedly slightly lacking in bass response compared to some.) They do an excellent job blocking out ambient noise. Audio quality on calls is excellent, as is environmental passthrough. and once you get used to how sensitive it is, the touch controls on the sides are very pleasantly responsive. I would still hesitate to recommend them to everyone. I still wouldn't trust them to stay in my ears while jogging, for instance, and I'm not entirely sure what to make of the initial connectivity problems I had. These are definitely more for the audiophile or fashionista looking for something small and portable to wear during a morning train ride or slip into a carry on bag for the plane. But they do certainly sound good.

The Bowers & Wilkins Pi6 True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Earbuds are a nice set of headphones. The case and earbuds come in a Cloud Grey color. The earbuds come well packaged and everything is laid out and easy to understand. Included inside the box is a USB-C cable and Quick Start guide instructions. The quick guide instructions has a QR code that you will scan with your device, which will allow you to download the Music Bowers & Wilkins app. The app allows you to easily pair the earbuds to your device during initial setup. Using the app to setup by earbuds was flawless. I did not run into any issues as I created an account and setup my earbuds. The app allows me to adjust the EQ settings and update the software if there’s a software update available. The EQ settings are somewhat limited. I was presented with only two sliders. One for Bass and the other for Treble. The earbuds feature Noise Cancelling Technology which works well. The earbud controls are pretty standard, such as tap to pause/play, double tap to forward to next track, and triple track to play previous track. The earbuds allow you to adjust the playback volume by pressing and holding the left earbud to decrease the volume and pressing and holding the right earbud to increase the volume. The case is solid and the earbuds fit into the case magnetically without any issues. My ears tend to get a bit fatigued if I wear them for too long. I would assume this may vary from user to user. Overall, I like the sound quality these earbuds provide.

Bowers & Wilkins has always been a favorite audio brand for me. I have had the pleasure of owning many products from them, from speakers to headphones. They always met the standard I held them to. These ear buds by them, however, fall a bit short in my opinion. They have lots of feature, which all work but they lack in a couple areas. Now, like I stated earlier, I hold a company such as Bowers & Wilkins to a higher standard as that is what they have always delivered. The biggest features of these ear buds would be the noise cancelling, the ability to be used with the app, the fast charging and the sound quality itself. The fast charging works well and truly is pretty quick. The app, used on my phone, works well and paired quickly and easily. I enjoy the ability to stream directly from the app and do my adjustments and such on it as well. This is definitely a cool feature. Now, the sound quality and noise cancelling, to me, fall short. I feel, while the sound is good, it is not up to par with the standard I hold Bowers & Wilkins to. The same goes for the noise cancelling. While it does work, it doesn't drown out the outside noise as well as I feel it should. These earbuds compare to many others on the market at the same price point. I feel there are even better sounding ones, from other brands, that aren't as well known in the audio world like B&W is. Overall, these are good ear buds for the average user but for someone looking for normal B&W sound quality, I don't feel these are it.