It wasnt too long ago that B&W released their fantastic Px8 S2 headphones. In just a short time we are seeing their long partnership with McLaren continue this time with a Px8 S2 rendition. They last did a collab for the Pi8 earbuds last year.
Bowers & Wilkins expands its relationship with McLaren Automotive
and the McLaren Formula 1 Team with the new Px8 S2 McLaren Edition
- A uniquely designed edition of the award-winning Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2
wireless headphones featuring McLaren-inspired styling, representing a further
celebration of the decade-long partnership between the brands. - All-new bespoke, ultra-high-resolution Carbon Cones – angled within each earcup
– deliver lower distortion and better resolution for reference-quality audio. - New bespoke finish features luxurious materials and includes diecast
aluminium arms, diamond-cut bright metal detailing and Nappa leather trim,
combined with McLaren-inspired colours and branding.
Worthing, UK, 19 th November 2025: The Px8 S2 McLaren Edition, a new version of
the award-winning Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 wireless headphones, has been unveiled.
Developed in collaboration with McLaren Automotive and the McLaren Formula 1
Team, the new headphones build on the success of the acclaimed Px8 S2. The design
integrates the signature McLaren Papaya finish together with a striking Anthracite Grey,
as well as carefully considered reveals of the McLaren Speedmark on both the
headband and earcups.
A diamond-cut bright edge on each elliptical logo plate and memory-foam cushions and
headband trimmed in soft, luxurious Nappa leather deliver the ultimate, premium feel.
Enthralling sound fused with iconic McLaren design
Reflecting the two brands’ shared technical and performance-led aesthetic, the
Px8 S2 McLaren Edition offers the high-performance sound quality that Bowers &
Wilkins is famous for, coupled with a design that connects fans of McLaren cars and
the McLaren Formula 1 Team to the visual identity of the McLaren brand. The third
headphone in the successful partnership elevates the performance standard still
further, offering proprietary Bowers & Wilkins-optimised noise cancellation technology
to effectively shut out unwanted noise – crucially, without harming musicality.
In Px8 S2 McLaren Edition, performance is taken to even greater heights of detail,
resolution and spaciousness thanks to upgraded bespoke 40mm Carbon Cone drive
units. These drive units feature a comprehensively redesigned and improved chassis,
voice coil, suspension and magnet, and are carefully angled to the listener’s ears to
ensure a consistent distance from every point across the surface of each driver to each
ear, ensuring better imaging and stereo spaciousness. The headphone also features
Qualcomm’s aptX TM Adaptive 24/96 wireless technology and aptX Lossless plus
powerful Bowers & Wilkins-developed DSP (Digital Signal Processing) to deliver
outstanding, 24-bit / 96kHz high-resolution sound quality.
As with all other current generations of Bowers & Wilkins headphones and earbuds, the
Px8 S2 McLaren Edition can be configured and controlled using the brand’s Music app.
You can activate or disengage the noise-cancelling transparency mode to let in more or
less of the outside world, monitor the headphone’s charge levels, select the wear
sensor sensitivity and define your preferred operation for the physical ‘Quick Action’
button on the headphones. Listeners can now opt to fine-tune the sound through an
adjustable five-band EQ, complete with the option to store their preferred settings as
easily accessible presets. With a 30-hour battery life, Px8 S2 McLaren Edition can play
all day long – and more – on just one charge, while a 15-minute quick recharge is
sufficient to provide up to seven hours of additional listening time, so you’ll never be
without your favourite music for long.
Following the Pi8 McLaren Edition launch earlier this year, the Px8 S2 McLaren Edition
will be available to consumers from 19th November, combining their passion for high
performance audio technology and their love for the McLaren Formula 1 Team.
Speaking on behalf of Bowers & Wilkins, Lyle Smith, President of Sound United at
HARMAN, said: “This exciting new edition of our exceptional Px8 S2 headphones
perfectly celebrates our long-term partnership with McLaren, and gives fans another
industry-leading audio product showcasing McLaren’s design DNA to express their
passion for their team.”
A long-standing partnership bound by prestige and performance
Since 2015, Bowers & Wilkins and McLaren have partnered to develop the high-
performance audio systems found in McLaren’s supercars and Ultimate Series cars.
The relationship is built on firm technical foundations and rooted in the brands’ shared
values of delivering the highest levels of performance. More recently, the strategic long-
term multi-year partnership was extended to see Bowers & Wilkins become McLaren’s
Official Audio Partner across McLaren Automotive and the McLaren Formula 1 Team.
Bowers & Wilkins’ pursuit of perfection, inspired by founder John Bowers, mirrors the
precision and performance demanded in Formula 1 racing. The audio brand’s
engineering team have worked closely with their counterparts at McLaren Automotive
for more than a decade to create and optimise the audio systems found in McLaren
cars since the launch of McLaren 540C in 2015, through to the McLaren W1, the
company’s newest high-performance supercar. The audio system in the W1 features
the latest advanced speaker technologies developed at the Bowers & Wilkins
Southwater research and development centre, including the Continuum Cone, as found
in the brand’s flagship 800 Series Diamond loudspeakers, making the partnership more
than skin-deep, and rooted in both brands’ histories.
The iconic design and class-leading sound quality of the new Px8 S2 McLaren Edition
will be available from the 19 th November, from the Bowers & Wilkins website and
selected retailers, priced at $899 / £729 / €829.
