What’s the best way to celebrate your 50th year of existence? High-end audio brand Bowers & Wilkins is marking the milestone with the launch of an all-new set of flagship headphones: The P9 Signature.
Joining the celebration could put a hefty dent in your bank account, however; these exceptional cans are priced at 900 bucks. Affordable being a relative term, there’s no disputing that the P9 Signature beautifully embodies B&W’s 50-year legacy.
These headphones are luxuriously wrapped in supple leather produced by the Italian tannery ScaBrenta. The leather surrounding the interior side of the ear cups and the underside of the headband is soft, supple, and incredibly comfortable against your body. The leather used on the other side of the ear cups and the top of the headband, however, is what’s known as Saffiano leather, the result of a machine-stamping process that hardens the material and leaves a distinctive crosshatching to make it more resistant to scuffs and scratches. You could think of Saffiano leather as a dragon’s protective scales, and the leather that touches your body as the dragon’s soft underbelly.
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