Bowers & Wilkins - Px8 vs Bose - QuietComfort Ultra 2

The Px8 edges ahead on the Mars Score (67.4 vs 64), but the 3.4-point gap is small enough that the right pick comes down to which spec advantages matter to you.

Pick the Px8 if you care most about driver size. The biggest gaps in its favor are driver size.

Pick the QuietComfort Ultra 2 if you carry the device everywhere and weight or thickness has been the deciding factor before. Its strongest claims are weight, spatial audio.

Both ship with comparable battery life, active noise cancellation, multipoint, so those specs don't separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity tells you both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.