C5 makes a great first impression, in part because B&W has taken canalphone design in some new directions. They start with the glossy black tungsten housing tubes, which have been angled with steel “micro porous filter” caps made from microscopic balls on their outward-facing ends, and handsome gray-black silicone ear tips on the insides. Considered on their own, these tubes manage to look and feel unique in the world of earphones—not…
