Sony WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones with Mic, 30 Hours Battery Life, Quick Charge, Gesture Control, Ambient Sound Mode, with Alexa Built-in – Black

I am very happy with my purchase of Sony noise cancelling headphone (Sony WH-1000XN3). Due to the COVID-19 lockdown since last year, I have been quite happily placed under 'Hikikomori' mode in my room studying and working. The only issue has been that my room is situated on the side of the road and I have zero tolerance to noise of various kinds, which include traffic noise outside my house day and night by big lorries, noisy motorbikes and cars driving above the speed limit often blasting music out loud, people’s slamming the car doors after getting out of the car, people walking and talking (quite often loudly on mobile), screaming and shouting school kids on the road during school run, walkers with barking/yapping dogs , and many more etc. Even with the secondary glazing installed on the windows, my study/ work still gets constantly interrupted by the noise outside, which has driven me almost insane! Then I came across this noise cancelling headphone while trying desperately to find any solution to alleviate the noise issue. The headphone really works by shutting most of the unwanted noise out. It doesn’t mean it will be 100% noise free depending on where you are, but it actually takes the edge off the unpleasant noise when I wear it and it’s almost as if I were sitting in a soundproof room. The good thing is that when I wear it in my room, I no longer hear most of the noise I mentioned above and I can now concentrate on my study/ work. If you have an aversion to noise like me while trying to concentrate on your study or work in a room, this is the one for you to buy! The price mark at 200+ pounds may put off some people, but you won’t be disappointed with the product. There is also an ambient sound option too, but I would prefer not to use it as simply wearing it paired with my laptop or other device is sufficient enough for me. Battery power is long enough for me too. Having worn it over 1 week (using on average 4 – 5 hours a day), I still have 20% battery power left. In terms of the comfort level of wearing this headphone, I am quite happy wearing it over long hours (around 1 hour+ at a time). I have large ears and it has taken me a few days to get used to the headphone first, but my large ears fit into the headphone cups just about, so it doesn’t give me discomfort or pain, provided that I take a little break at regular interval. The only tiny issue could be that it may generate heat for wearing it for a long period of time. It’s not so bad in the winter time (at the time of writing this review), however I would be interested to find out the comfort level when I use it during the summer time (or the nasty heatwave). Some people may use the headphone outside, but I would very much prefer to use it indoors. I have also tried and tested listening to a variety of music (pop, rock, classical, Jazz and opera from my collection) from my laptop. The sound quality is good enough for me, after all I purchased the headphone purely for noise cancelling effect, so I am not that bothered about if it provides a mega bass sound effect etc. The headphone is a heaven sent and I have to make sure to take good care of it for the longevity.

I first tried out the cheaper WH-CH700N because I was very reluctant on getting headphones with touch controls but after getting disappointed by the sound quality I decided to take the plunge with these anyway. First impressions, active noise cancellation is on a *whole* different level. As soon as I put them on it was like I was whisked away to another world and thought, "Wow, where'd all the noise go!" That "HD Noise Cancelling" isn't just sales talk. With the CH700N I could still hear the clicking of the mouse and the fans of my PC when I was actively gaming but as soon as I put these on, I couldn't hear anything apart from the muffled clicks of my mechanical keyboard. So you can as other reviews have mentioned, leave these on with nothing playing to use as ear plugs (very expensive ones!). Noise cancelling can be controlled via a physical button which also cycles between letting outside noise in or not. It can be quite annoying cycling through the three modes - noise cancelling, ambience and disable noise cancelling. Ambience mode uses the mics capture surrounding sound but obviously it's not going to sound very natural - try sniffing while you have it on. Then you can also completely disable noise cancelling too of course but the headphones don't remember your preference on the next boot up and reverts back to ANC mode. Audio quality sounds cleaner with some bass too, perhaps a bit on the heavy side so that even the vocals sound like they're booming when they shouldn't be. You'll probably want to do some tweaking with the EQ. Downside with this is of course you'll have to do with it every audio player you use these headphones with unless there's some pass thru app that let's you do it. You'll mostly be using the same music player app anyway I guess. On the other hand, the bass sounds just right for orchestral pieces without any EQ adjustments. Another point to note is with noise cancelling disabled the audio quality sounds notably degraded and rough so, it's best to keep NC on. With the CH700N, sound quality didn't change only the volume did. Bluetooth notifications are also louder than the CH700N so even with the volume down on your music it sounds like you have the volume up when hearing them. Touch controls aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. The promotional images make it look as if you need to swipe from specific areas but you don't. You simply swipe in certain directions and it will register. Cupping your whole hand over the side temporarily activates the ambience sound mics. It works but still can't beat taking off your headphones completely of course. It's a gimmicky feature since you can take your headphones off as fast you can activate this feature (and show your full attention). You can swipe up/down multiple times to control the volume or hold your finger down at the end of the swipe to let it continuously adjust. Unfortunately the latter changes the volume too quickly to make it of any use so swiping multiple times is the way to go for now unless there's a firmware update to improve that. Another problem is it's quite easy to bump up the volume by accident when you take the headphones off. Touch controls usually don't work well in cold weather when finger tips are cold and can also lose sensitivity over time but I guess I'll see. Fit wise, they actually feel tighter than the CH700N because I can feel the sides of my head a bit sore after an hour of listening whereas the other headphones took longer to feel the strain. The "n" arc is a fair bit narrower due to the shorter head band and it's probably so they can fit inside the fabric hard case it comes in. While the case itself looks nice, the compact size also means if you ever extend the headphones, you have to slide them back into place before they can fit back into the case every time. This might not be so good for durability on the headphones in the long term as you keep extending and shrinking the bands. The case also houses a 3.5mm cable and a flight plug converter. The USB 3.0 to USB-C cable is ridiculously short at just over 10cm long (excluding the connector ends)... They must expect you to have a laptop to charge from or have your own extender cable. Build quality feels solid and no worries about the headphones being a fingerprint magnet thanks to the matte finish instead of a glossy one. Battery life is impressive. I didn't have to recharge even once just out-the-box after watching a few movies whereas with my old Turtle Beach PX5 wireless, they barely lasted 1 movie on 2x AA batteries. On a full charge I managed to get the full 30 hours with ANC on, the same was what it claims on paper. You can get more if you don't use ANC apparently. Not many manufacturers manage to honour what they claim Song has in this case. So bottom line, extremely impressive noise cancelling headphones that really just leaves you with your music. On the other hand sound quality could be better balanced out of the box. It just needs less emphasis on the bass for enjoying vocal music. And as with all high end, wireless headphones remember to check if your device's bluetooth supports high end audio codecs (such as aptX or LDAC in this case) for the best audio experience. GREAT - Very impressive active noise cancelling - like being whisked to another world! - Noise cancelling is on even without music playing, could use as ear plug. - 30 hours of battery life with ANC on just at it claims on paper. - Can be used wired. - Light weight. NOT SO GREAT - Sound is quite bass heavy for vocal music. Will probably need an EQ to tweak it. - Cycling through the modes when you want noise cancelling off. - Headband arc is quite short so clamp can feel uncomfortable after a short while. - Ambience sound pass thru is more of a gimmick. - Ridiculously short USB to USB-C cable. - Odd auto power off right after connecting to bluetooth.

been using these for over a year now. here are my thoughts: (1) travelling -- these headphones are a damned life saver on a plane. Not only do I get to actually hear the film or music I'm listening to, but I don't get off the plane with hearing that doesn't recover for a few hours. It's totally comfortable to wear them on 11+ hour flights. the USB-c support means I can charge them on my laptop, phone or nintendo switch charger. I can even use my laptop as a backup battery for them using a double-ended usb-c cable. (2) exercise -- these headphones are NOT designed to be used for exercise, and not water or sweat proofed. However, I've found they work just fine in light rain and when I work out. It's great to be able to cancel out the noise around both figuratively and literally at the gym (3) taking meetings -- I had the WH100XM2s and the bose QC30s, these seem to be the best of all of these. Even in fairly windy conditions I have never gotten a complaint about wind noise. With ambient sound off, you can hear yourself pretty OK. Always a joy to be able to walk around the house when taking meetings. (4) Listening to music -- these have really good audio reproduction. For fear of getting executed by the headphone mob, the quality approaches my dt770 pros, when the Bose QCs were a clear and straight downgrade. (5) Gaming -- it's highly unfortunate, but like most bluetooth headphones out there these headphones may support AptX, but they do *not* support AptX Low Latency. That makes these only a fair choice for gaming. You can use the included cable which has no latency instead but it kinda voids the point of being wireless of course, and the cable is quite short -- I often catch it on my arm and get a huge *BANG* in my left ear as I accidentally unplug it. (6) Recording, monitoring and streaming -- I've used a mic setup with a loopback for years with a good quality mic. It's something I couldn't really go without. The delay on these headphones in AptX mode is I'd say a good quarter of a second. It's essentially impossible to use them to hear yourself talk from some external device. As mentioned previously this can be helped with the included cable, but it's highly inconvenient to say the least. (7) (open) Office work -- these will block everything out and that's a double edged sword. Not being able to even hear yourself breathe tends to feel a bit claustraphobic, even with ambient audio on. This is great for those times you want to take yourself out of a space and focus on something, but I start to feel uncomfortable after a while from the silence and / or the metallic sounding filtering the ambient audio goes through. Possibly could be fixed by tweaking the noise cancelling as you can do in the mobile app. Bugs and Issues (1) I went through quite a bit of frustration where the mic would cut out completely until I disconnected and reconnected to the call I was taking. This seems to be an issue with the way the headphones's software handles bluetooth connections. If you have multiple bluetooth pairings, walking into range of another can temporarily disable mic connection Suggestions (1) add AptX Low Latency support. Since you can get zero latency with the included cable, this is entirely a software thing. That would let me use these for everything I do, travelling gaming and all (2) I'd really like to be able to rename my headphones to make them less confusing to pair sometimes (3) Let me use the app to prioritize devices. It can be really annoying to get these headphones to connect to the right thing when I turn them on, since they just connect to the strongest signal that gets to them first, which unless I manually disable bluetooth will always be my desktop or laptop. If I want to connect my phone as I leave home, I either have to walk out of range or mash the connection button on my phone to ensure they connect first as the headphones turn on (4) add some tactile feedback to the swipe actions on the side of the headphones. The swipe actions have very strict feeling directionality, I find myself using the edge of the headphones to help ensure I swipe properly. some kind of little recess would help me gesture much more easily (5) to pair these headphones, you have to hold the power button for a whopping seven seconds, and it gets very confusing because during those seven seconds it still performs the power button action. Would be great if I could press both buttons for half the time (6) Improve the UX around having an AUX cable connected. presently, the cable can be connected with the headphones on or off, but turning them off requires connecting the cable first. If I'm using them at my desk for a long time, I sometimes want to be able to power them off to go out for the night or something and I'll often find they're still on, but totally out of battery (7) the headphones are able to detect some types of calls and enable a loopback mode that makes speaking much clearer. It would be great to be able to toggle this on when I'm using my desktop computer

I did quite a lot of research before buying these as I could get the Bose QuietComfort 35 IIs for considerably less through a work discount scheme. In the end I was happy to pay more so I could get the features that were important to me. Firstly these have a USB C connection for fast charging. It’s far superior and more robust than the old micro usb on the Bose and in keeping with my phone and iPad cables. Secondly these have a warmer, slightly bassier sound profile out of the box. I’m not one for messing with equalisers and from what I’ve read the Bose need a tweek to get punchier bass. I’m not talking overpowering bass like you’d get with Beats headphones, just a little more punch. Pretty much every review or comparison I’d read suggested the Sony’s sounded better. These Sony’s also support more HD audio codecs such as aptx, aptx-HD and Sony’s own LDAC. This is in addition to the very basic SBC and Apple’s AAC. The Bose on the other hand only support SBC and AAC. Whilst my iPad only supports those used by the Bose headphones my Android phone supports all of the other HD codecs including LDAC for higher bit rates. The noise cancelling really is great and acknowledged as better that the Bose QC 35 IIs. But in addition you can also pipe in ambient noise at 11 different adjustable levels to suit your own tastes. This makes them great for use at work or when out near busy roads. They even have an added feature called focus on voice which does just that....so you can adjust the ambient levels and focus on just voices. The app is good and can be used for adjusting all of these settings but I don’t recommend using the Adaptive Sound Control feature which adjusts the ambient noise levels and noise cancelling based on what you are physically doing. It uses your phones sensors and doesn’t change reliably enough. Adjusted settings are then stored on the headphones so they will stay set if you connect with another device. Speaking of which it IS possible to connect to two devices at once. But only if one device is used purely for calls and the other for media. So one of the devices would need to be an android phone. A really useful feature is being able to momentarily lower the music volume and use the external microphones to pipe ambient sound into the headphones. All you have to do is cup your hand over the right earphone so great when on a flight for instance and someone speaks to you. Lastly the swipe gesture controls work well for playing, pausing, skipping music plus Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa. The X4s may be announced soon which may have BT 5.0 instead of the 4.2 that these have. But they will likely cost much more at launch and BT 5.0 only increases range from what I can tell. In summary these are great and I highly recommend them!

I got these and the Bose QC35 II, ended up keeping these. The good: 1. Good sound. Not amazing, but good. I'm used to the Sony sound as I love my Sony earphones. When I first tried the Bose ones, they sounded different but also poorer quality in higher registers. These ones have the typical Sony sound, and no quality issues like the Boses had. I'd say these are not as good as the earphones, which are wired, but very nearly as good. 2. Noise cancellation. I don't know if it's any better than the Bose ones, but it's definitely good. These days my neighbour has been tearing up his extension's foundations. With the door to my room closed, and these headphones on, I can feel the jackhammer's vibration in my desk without hearing any sound. 3. Zoom calls. It's fine for that. From reading reviews it sounded like people had issues with this headset, but all I can say is that it works fine for me. I don't use them out and about, but from my home office it's perfectly fine. I would say the sound of my voice isn't crystal clear; I've heard playbacks from recorded calls, and there is always a very slight distortion on the voice, but it's slight and others think my sound is very clear. The average: 1. Comfort. They're ok but not as comfortable as the Bose headphones. I do find myself moving them around on my head from time to time as they start to annoy my head after a while. Bear in mind (a) I am bald, so that undoubtedly contributes; and (b) I wear them for about 10 hours straight most days. They're definitely not uncomfortable headphones, just that they could be better. 2. TV watching. Prior to these headphones I used a much cheaper BT headset which had Bluetooth 5.0. I never noticed any sync delays with those. With these ones I do. However it isn't consistent - sometimes I notice no delay at all, other times there seems to be a slight delay. It doesn't bother me much, especially as I mostly watch subbed anime. But if TV watching is your primary purpose for these, then I'd choose another set that has BT 5.0 or higher. 3. The swipe functionality for volume and previous/next is kinda cool, but for some reason my swiping motion to put the volume up often enough does a "next" instead. Obviously the direction I'm moving my finger is the wrong angle, but I wouldn't have this issue with proper buttons, so it can be a bit annoying. The bad: 1. These headphones will connect automatically to my PC if bluetooth is enabled when they are switched on. That's the only scenario where that happens. If BT is enabled after they are switched on, they won't auto connect. If I move away from the PC and the connection drops, and I'm away for more than about 5 seconds, they won't auto connect. On my TV, in no scenario will they ever auto connect. Both the Bose and my old cheaper headphones auto connected in all those scenarios. 2. Quality. I'm on my second pair of these. The first very quickly developed this strange issue where after about 30-60 minutes of being turned on, one of the ears would start making this sound I can only describe as a gentle blowing in my ear. Not consistent, sort of as if you were listening to waves on the shore or something. Turning off and back on wouldn't get rid of it, however leaving off for a prolonged period e.g. overnight would, though it would be back not long after it was turned on again the next day. This is only an issue when noise cancelling is enabled. From reading online it appears this is an issue more than a few have experienced with this model, and there doesn't appear to be a known fix. I returned it and got another one in its place. I have actually experienced the same thing briefly a couple of times with this new headset, but that's it - the rest of the time it's been perfectly fine. So I decided to keep it, especially as my company is paying for it, but there does appear to be some underlying problem with the noise cancelling functionality of this model. So why these over the Bose QCs? 1. Sound is much better on the Sonys. Both for music and TV. 2. Zoom calls on the PC with the QCs were bizarre - as soon as the mic was enabled (i.e. any time it goes into recording mode, e.g. as soon as you join a Zoom call), it would actually play in my ears any sounds the mic picked up, instead of only transmitting them as "outgoing" audio. So on any call I'd constantly be getting an amped up "room environment" sound in my ears, any typing I did would be super loud, etc. Not a zoom issue as I could recreate it by putting them in recording mode outside of zoom. I tried to find a solution, tried various things I found online to address this, but none of it worked. Also, I never had this issue with any other headset I used on this PC, just the QCs. For those reasons I went with the Sonys.

Whilst most of us are spending time at home under lockdown, I thought I’d splash out on these (I’d seen reviews on YouTube) for extended listening sessions mostly, also for working from home. I have never been able to wear a pair of headphones for a long time and usually get some sort of discomfort, even after an hour. In the comfort department these are brilliant, I can wear these headphones for hours without any discomfort. I know they are on my head, which some reviews seem to suggest others can’t tell! But, I have been able to keep these cans on for up to 5 hours without noticing any discomfort. It’s not like I’ve felt discomfort after the 5 hour mark, just that I’ve run out of things to listen to by then. Sound quality is incredible and that seems to be largely for the DSP inside the headphones, rather than the drivers themselves. I did plug in the 3.5mm cable into my pc to try to save battery and wondered if my sound card was rubbish, but it turns out the actually drivers under “passive” power aren’t the best. That’s ok though, because you can plug these in via 3.5mm cable and power the DSP on, which drastically improves the sound. Not sure if doing that improves battery life though (I’m not going to try to leave them on for 30+ hours to test that, lockdown hasn’t got me THAT bored yet). All in all, sound is fantastic and the battery does seem to be holding up to Sony’s 30 hour claim. Bluetooth is a funny one... I use these with my iPhone and that was the first device I tried these on. Whilst I was impressed with the sound at first I did think “Christ, I’m glad I didn’t pay the RRP of 350 for these”. That ended up being due to the fact that iPhones don’t support aptx or LDAC, only AAC. AAC isn’t the worst of the codecs these headphones support, but it’s not the best. I hooked these up to my PC which does support aptx and noticed an improvement to the sound fidelity (notice I’m not saying quality here) (also you can force MacOS to use aptx. Google that if you want to know how). So, if you’re running a fairly recent android phone or a laptop/desktop with a fairly recent Bluetooth card you’ll be gold. iPhone, definitely still worth getting but not the best of the best. One downside to the Bluetooth I’ve noticed is the lack of fast switching between devices. These cans can store pairing information for up to 8 devices. The problem I seem to have is that if my pc is connected and I want to switch to my phone, I have to manually disconnect the cans from the pc first. Your mileage may vary on this though. Hope this helps you make an informed decision on these! I have to say I’ve been nothing but impressed with these and the admittedly teeny tiny drawbacks (Bluetooth switching) have been only really minor “problems”. P.S there is an app you can download to do some clever things and change the EQ, with my use case I don’t care much for the smart features and like a flat EQ, so I can’t comment on these aspects.

I've been using the Sony 1000xm3's for 4 full days now. In the house, walking, in the car, on the bus and in a busy office. I thought now would be a good time to review them and share my impressions. I'll try to cover several things that I would normally look for when testing my stuff and hopefully this will answer any questions people have about these amazing cans! I've been using the 1000x for about 2 years at this point as my main drivers. So I'll point out any differences I've found moving from those onto the mark 3's. Comfort/Ergonomics: Padding on the headband and on the ear cups is extremely soft and hugs my head nicely, but without applying too much pressure. The leather is synthetic, but gives a quality feel. If you've had a paid of Sony headphones before you'll be familiar with the materials they use. The weight has been reduced since the 1000x, and I have to say I'm shocked at how much 20 grams make a difference! Thumbs up here. They have simplified the controls by reducing the button count, bringing it down to two buttons from three. This works better than before. Instead of having a button for power and 2 for noise cancelling modes, there's one for power and the other allows you to cycle through the NC modes. There is a downside to this however if you intend on using the google assistant feature, as the NC button will become the assistant button. The 3.5mm headphone jack and cable that comes in the box is a nice length, and when plugged into the headphones there is a good amount of grip holding onto it to ensure it's not popping out while you move around. But I was a little disappointed with the over all feel of the cable, it's thinner and more flimsy than the line that came in the 1000x. Sony's choice to change the materials on the cups was a good one. It's smooth and more responsive than the leather textured one from the previous generations, it also doesn't make as much of a rubbing sound within the headphone as you swipe. Sound Quality/Signature: I've tested these in a few different configurations to see how they perform. First way you can use them is passively with the headphones powered down. The player you are using will send the signal and also power the headphones directly. I feel like what you get from listening like this is a sound that is quite balanced and flat, however this is really going to depend on the device you're playing with. Next, power up the headphones and you'll notice right away that the signature of the sound changes as the headphones own amplifier kicks in. What you get here is more base response and a much crisper treble. It's a satisfying sound signature and it's how I prefer to listen. Bluetooth is likely how most people will likely listen I feel, and the sound doesn't disappoint. In terms of signature, the Bluetooth connection matches what you have in wired+powered mode. The sound is very nice and I've got no complaints here. Generally headphones will change ever so slightly over time as you break them in, but normally it's for the better so I'll assume that to be the case here also. Phone call quality is good and is improved over the previous versions, however it's not perfect. If you're in a noisy environment, they tend to pick up everything. There needs to be a little more focus on the voice. Connectivity: As I mentioned before, when using the wire the cable is held in place tight so there is no accidental popping out. Bluetooth performance has been perfect. I use LDAC in quality preferred mode which is effectively the most likely to suffer from drop outs due to the amount of data being transferred on that mode, but I've not had any issues at all. The headphones can remember several devices in the connection history so that you don't need to pair each time you connect a different device. You are not able to connect to multiple devices at the same time unless the devices are using a different bluetooth profile. An example would be having it connected to your Walkman for media playback, and also connected to your phone for calls, this is fine. Connecting to a Walkman and a Tablet for media playback at the same time would not work. The app that Sony provide for controlling the headphones features offers some awesome customisation of the settings, including the noise cancelling configuration, button configuration for assistant, equaliser setting and others. Google assistant works well enough, but I feel this is something that isn't very well suited to headphones - at least the way I'd use it, better just using my phone. I guess this will be user preference. Noise Cancelling/Ambient Features: As most people no doubt already know if they have been looking at these headphones for any longer than 10 minutes, noise cancellation is there reason for being. I have to say they do not disappoint! How Sony improved on the already amazing 1000x and 1000xm2 is something I'm sure other manufacturers would love to figure out, and keep in mind that the xm2 was already considered best in class! When walking there is no thud sound which you can often get from noise cancelling headphones, the sound of traffic and people is almost completely blocked out. The loud roar of the bus engine is also blocked amazingly while commuting. The volume of people talking in the office is also reduced with amazing results. Often with noise cancelling headphones with ANC enabled it can actually negatively effect the quality of the sound you're getting through from your music. I'm glad to say that the music comes through clean as can be with ANC enabled here. The ambient modes are something really special about this line of headphones, and they make your day much easier if you are spending a lot of time with a paid of these on. Quick attention mode works great as always, letting you hear what you need to and then getting you back into the music without having to take them off. I was slightly disappointed in the ambient sound voice mode on the xm3s. When this mode is enabled, the cans try and let the voice of someone through, but without letting too much of the back ground noise in. In the 1000x this was balanced perfectly and I could have a conversation with someone easily. On the xm3's however the balance is leaning more towards trying to keep back ground noise out, which means they don't pick up the voices as well as the 1000x in my opinion. There is also a wind noise reduction mode which is something I had no idea about as it hasn't been mentioned by any one else that I was looking at. I was blown away by how effective the wind reduction was, and the trade off was minimal! In the end if someone was to ask me if I'd recommend picking these up, I'd tell them that once they have a pair of these they will find it very difficult to go back to another headphone! These are going to be with me a lot over the next few years and I'm very happy with them.

Prior to the WH-1000XM3 headphones, i owned the Bose QC35 Series 1 and the Series 2s. Whilst each of these headphones have their own pros and cons, on average I have found the Sonys to be the final winner. The XM3s are an absolute beast at functionality and noise cancellation. As soon as you put these on, you find yourself immersed in your music. The bass is whilst not as good as the QC35 Series, it does the job. And if you were to look at balanced sound, these pack a heartier punch. If you want just bass, then probably the Beats by Dre headphones that Apple peddles will be the ones for you. The noise cancellation is tremendous. In every way i have found these to provide better cancellation than the QC35s both series 1 and 2. They block out all of my travel sound as I sit on a packed train into the city. The connect seamlessly to my iPhone X and hardly ever cuts out. The touch controls are slightly less exciting compared to the QC35s. The QCs are button controlled and you can double press buttons and have up and down volumes. Alternatively, like the old Parrot headphones, the Sonys require you to swipe up and down and left and right in order to control. You also have a double tap for play and pause (along with answering and ending a call). These controls whilst seem like a step in the right direction, are still in their infancy. I have found on one of my other units of these (which were returned) slightly unreliable, in particular in hot, humid and extreme cold weather. I have found in extreme cold weather, it will sometimes register phantom touches, and in extreme warm weather, touches are not registered. Where as for the Bose headphones, the buttons are always responsive. The earcups are more comfortable than the QC35s, they are padded and smell great of leather. The give when you pull these out is elastic and you can wear these comfortably for a 12 hour flight without issue. However note that these are slightly more shally than the QC35s, so those with big ears will find you ear touch the edge of the speaker. Not really an issue for me - and i think they are comfortable enough to not be an issue. One issue with these headphones is that you need overall cup fit and isolation for the ANC to work. This means your ears are completely covered, and hence on a hot day - you'll definitely get some sweaty ears. Not the most comfortable in hot weather. These headphones are not rated to be waterproof. I have however worn these in the rain before without issues - but i would warn against wearing them in heavy rain as you dont want to damage your device! Battery life is excellent - i often dont have to charge them for a couple of weeks. I use them on a daily basis on my commute and have never ran out of battery. You can charge them via USB C and and there is quick charge functionality to give you a bit of juice for a small amount of charging time. The app is much more sophisticated than what Bose provides. It allows you to customise the level of noise cancellation from 1-10 and you can set it to automatically switch between noise cancellation modes. For example if you are on transport and it detects this, it can turn down cancellation so that you can hear the announcements. However i find this to be only a bit more than a gimmick as it also uses more battery life in doing this. You can also manually set how much you want to cancel noise without the detection system. There are great equalisers and positioners which can customise where you want the noise to be coming from. I haven't really figured out a practical use for this yet. My only real issue with these headphones is the way it folds. Someone at Sony really messed up when it came to designing how it fits into the case. Somehow you can't pull it out of the case, straighten up and put on. You have to take it out, twist it around 180 degrees and then put it on. A silly little thing, but whoeever designed the hinge should really focus on real life use before finalising. Sure it is a small detail, but it is an important one in the overal customer experience. Despite a couple of small snags, you'll end up hearing songs of the past the way they were meant to be heard. These are miles ahead of the competition at this point in time and at this price point. Whilst a bit pricier than some of its competitors, it has the best in class ANC technology. Though i haven't actually tested the Bose 700s yet, so it could swing back for me. But if you're looking for tried and tested magnificent headphones. These are the bad boys for you. 5/5 recommended.

Werkt perfect beste koptelefoon die ik ooit heb gekocht. Heeft goede klank zowel van bas als van treble. ANC is boven mijn verwachtingen. Raad deze ten zeerste aan.

Działają świetnie - najlepszy stosunek jakości do ceny w porównaniu do wyższych modeli XM4 i XM5. Jedyny minus to fakt, że trzeba ręcznie się przełączać między źródłami dźwięku po bluetooth.

Mycket bra och omtyckta lurar! Används dagligen.

المنتتج وصل وهوا لايعمل

Najlepsze słuchawki jakie miałem/mam, teraz już mam. Zastanawiałem się ze 2 lata bo naprawdę chciałem kupić coś odpowiedniego i musze przyznać iż , warto było czekać bo pomimo ceny, jak mówi stare polskie przysłowie "jesteśmy za biedni, żeby kupować tanie rzeczy" to naprawdę warto poczekać , dozbierać i kupić raz a porządnie, bo jest to cydeńko nad cudaśkami. Słuchawki wygrały batalię nawet z JBL. Acha do domu XM3 wystarczą w zupełności jeśli ktoś używa słuchawek na mieście i w zgiełku samochodów a zależy mu na redukcji szumów zewnętrznych to musi pokusić się o XM4 / XM5 zresztą na miasto z nimi to taki sobie pomysł :-) jednak to już jest sprawa naprawdę bardzo indywidualnego podejścia do sprzętu bądź co bądź jest to w końcu sprzęt Hi Endowy. Kupić raz a porządny sprzęt, naprawdę warto ! POLECAM.