Sony WF-1000XM3 Industry Leading Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds Headset/Headphones with AlexaVoice Control And Mic For Phone Call, Black

UNBOXING: The first thing to do is to find the correct fit. This, like it has always been for in-ear buds, is a trial and error process. Out of the box, Sony provides you with six pair of tips - 3 pairs of silicone ones and 3 pairs of memory foam ones. I have large ears with almighty ear canals, and based on my past experience with other in-ear buds, I went for the large memory foam tips. These turned out to be too big, and the earphones dangled precariously off my ears. So I swapped them with the medium foam tips; this gave me the perfect and the most comfortable tip. The next thing I did was pop the earphones back into the case, and the case to a power supply so that both the case and the buds charged to 100%. I already had the companion Sony Headphones app on my phone, but if you don't, you can download it. Once they were charged, I launched the Sony Headphones app, went through the connection wizard, tapped my phone on the case (NFC) and that's it. They were paired - a very hassle free, and a no tech challenge process, which anyone can do. Bluetooth connectivity was perfect. I could roam around anywhere in my 1 room kitchen apartment without losing connectivity. Once these babies were paired, I popped them into my ear, and then launched the companion app to configure them. CONFIGURATION & PLAYBACK: Right out of the box, this pair provides a very neutral sound-stage with clear mids, though the highs can be very tinny and the lows quite muffled. This might make some people to take the knee jerk reaction of returning them as they do not sound all that well for the price. Well, don't, and have patience. Configure them to suit yourself, and that's how you'll get the best out of them. Configuration depends on the kind of music you listen to, and hence this step is critical. Personally, I'm not beholden to a particular genre, which makes this stage of the onboarding a bit difficult. I launched the Youtube music app, and started cycling through some of my favorite songs in the metal, pop, vocal, reggaeton, hip-hop, EDM and trap genres. To give an idea: I cycled through songs by Pink Floyd, Paradise Lost, John Legend, Post Malone, Nicky Jam, Alan Walker, Lil Nas X, Skrillex, Flosstradamus, Fever Ray, Florence + The Machine & Eminem. And post that, I went to work with the Equalizer, tweaking it while cycling through the same songs to find the perfect blend of settings that can achieve the sweet spot of a great sound-stage applicable to all these genres. My final equalizer settings for the slider bars: +4, +2, -2, -2, 0 with Clear Bass set to +8. I found that these settings gave me the best sound-stage across all the genres (of course, these won't be perfect for any one genre, but it is either that, or tweak them according to the genre that you listen to). I also set DSEE HX to ON, since this allows for the audio stream to be upscaled to simulate a high resolution stream - a good to have feature if you listen to streamed audio like I do. With the afore mentioned settings, I found that I retained the clear mids, but I was also able to deepen the lows and make the highs sound natural. USAGE: The drivers do taking some burn-in, and I started hearing a slight upgrade in quality after the first 10-12 hours of use. This was the same for my WH-1000XM3s, which sound absolutely wonderful after 4 months of use. While this pair is great on the ears while traveling (I sweat quite a bit, and the over-ear cans become uncomfortable for me), I'd still prefer the WH-1000XM3 if I'm at my desk working, or if I'm in an airplane traveling, because there is definitely some ear fatigue (which is typical for in-ears). The fit, once you have achieved it correctly as described in the first part of this review, is secure, and I did not feel any risk of these falling off. I would definitely not take this pair out for jogging or any gym exercises, since they are not water resistant, and the fit is not secure enough to handle strenuous activities of jumping, running, etc. CONCLUSION: All in all, this is a great pair, and well worth the price, if you have the patience to configure them according to your specific use cases. I highly recommend both the models from Sony, both are winners in my book, and I hope to use them for many years. PS: If you use the Tidal app, it's probably a good idea to go through the 360 degree music setup. I don't, and hence I didn't.

All I can say is that I, like the many reviewers who have already posted, are thoroughly impressed with these new noise-canceling earbuds from Sony. Let’s start with the easiest. These things are visually gorgeous. The charging box in which they sit reminds us of the Sony of “yore” (is Sony seeing somewhat of a Renaissance these days? It sure seems so). The black and rose gold color combination is stunning, and the functionality of the charging box matches it. The individual earbuds fit perfectly in their holding spots inside the case, and are magnetically pulled and held into place. A USB 3 (thank you, Sony!) connects the charging case to the power source. The earbuds and the case are simultaneously charged if both are low, or only the earbuds are charged if the case is charged, or if you are using the case apart from a power source to charge the earbuds. Great design. Next, the comfort of the earbuds themselves is exceptional. I was highly skeptical that they would be either comfortable or stable in the ear, but I am happy to report that they are both comfortable AND easily stay in place. Of course, getting good sound depends very heavily on putting the correct size of the ear caps on the earbuds, so make this choice carefully. If you do not have the proper size on ANY earbuds, they will generally sound terrible. Again, Sony did well here by providing three sizes of two material types of buds so that you can get the perfect fit. Bluetooth connection is accomplished by a touch sensor on the right and left earbuds. You simply touch each simultaneously and the headphones go into connection mode. I had no trouble getting them connected to my phone. Both blue and red lights on the buds and on the charger signal charging, pairing, and connection. (It is advised to quickly look over the included blue-and-white instruction sheet to see the sequence of steps for each of these operations.) Sounds quality is very good. The headphones will not produce pounding bass, but with the right equalization settings, the correctly-sized earbuds, etc. Little practice, the sound is very pleasing. The signature is more-or-less flat throughout the range, with a drop in the lower end of low bass. However, there is still plenty of mid-range bass, and I find the speakers quite pleasant in the manner in which they accurately and clearly reduce the music. This part of any headphones is a highly personalized factor, but I can’t imagine anyone would be disappointed unless they are looking for something that turns out massive amounts of bass at all times. Finally, noise reduction. I don’t claim to be an expert, but I’ve been using Sony noise reduction systems for nearly 20 years on a variety of models with different headphones with great satisfaction (and before most people were even interested in noise reduction). There is absolutely no question that the noise reduction on these earbuds is beyond exceptional: it's almost unbelievable how well they work. As many people point out, they will not remove all voice noise (but will reduce it), but it’s the other noises—airplanes, fans, generators, cars, etc.—that these just handle with aplomb. To be honest, I did not expect them to be any better than my last Sony noise reduction sets, but they certainly are, no kidding. You have to hear them to believe them. This is a five-star item in nearly every respect. As people find out about them, they will become more and more popular. Amazing!

I've had these headphones in my possession for a couple days, and I have to say they live up to my expectations. I was looking at getting a WH-1000XM3 (the full-sized headphones) to use in my office, where I have both noisy neighbors and a loud HVAC system to deal with, but when I saw these come up for pre-order I thought they might work better for my use case (aka, not on an airplane). So far, here's the pros: Battery life is directly on the mark with what's advertised. I used it in my office with noise cancelling on, volume at mid-levels from 11-5 before the left earphone actually died. The right still had 20% - maybe using the touch controls for playback a lot causes quicker battery drain? Along with battery levels, charging from the case also seems on the mark. After the earbuds died, I threw them in the case and left for a quick walk. 20 minutes later, my right earbud went from 20%->100%, and the left from 0%->70%. Excellent imo, this more or less means I can just recharge my earbuds whenever I have a brief conversation with a coworker and never have to worry about the battery dying on me. Music quality is great. These sound excellent on the "Excited" EQ preset to me, and I rotate through all kinds of genres, from (electronic) hardcore, 80s city pop, 00's nu and death metal, pop and R&B and rap. The noise cancelling - honestly, on a first wear, I was slightly disappointed. I had read the pre-release reviews about how great it was, but when I started to use it out the box, I could still hear people talking to me. Really, these won't block out loud/direct conversations, but that doesn't diminish their usefulness. It completely eliminates the fairly loud HVAC noise in my office, and makes mouse clicks/non-mechanical keyboard usage fade out. And that's without music playing. Once you add music to the mix, these really do block out the world really effectively, even on low volumes. I actually had a coworker today try to get my attention for a minute, of which I noticed nothing, before they resorted to a loud knock on my desk, which I actually thought was a part of the ambient soundtrack I was listening to at first. Very impressed with the noise cancelling when combined with music, and even on its own with my tempered expectations. They're not earplugs, but they're pretty darn close. A quick note: Using full noise cancelling when walking outside results in some annoying wind noise, but there's a preset called "wind noise" one step below full noise cancelling in the app that will completely kill that wind noise and still block other noises very well. Connectivity is great. No issues connecting it to my TV, computer, Android phone, or iPad. Protip: Hold the touch sensitive button on both ears for 7 seconds to enter pairing mode for connecting to a computer or non-Android/IOS device easily. The cons (aka, why I'm saying 4.5 stars): No wireless charging. It's a shame with the bulky case, and would make things way more convenient. No volume controls/option for volume controls. Having to open use my device to change volume all the time is kind of more annoying than I originally thought it would be. No way to quickly change noise cancelling modes without the app. Those last two points are fairly understandable given the small(ish) size of the buds, but still would have been nice. The ambient pass-through mode does work perfectly once you enable it in the app though. Overall, I really like these things and I'm super satisfied with the risk I took ordering them before reviews came out. If you're on the fence, I'd buy these. I'll update this review in the future if I have any other complaints/issues, but I'm honestly really happy with these. EDIT 8-12-19: Two weeks have passed since I wrote this and I have a couple updates. One, you actually can quickly change the noise cancelling level by setting one of the touch controls to "ambient sound control" in the app. This lets you toggle between a couple different noise cancelling modes with a tap. I've also started to use the adaptive sound control option, which I've found to be pretty accurate and useful. I have mine set up so it's in full noise cancelling when I'm sitting still, wind noise reduction when walking, ambient sound level 10 when running and full noise cancelling when on transportation. I've only really tested the first two options since I don't run nor commute by public transit, but the app switches modes pretty quickly and it's convenient when I decide to go for a quick walk while working. I've also noticed that every so often I do lose sync between sounds/video when connected to my tv, but it often fixes itself pretty quickly, or a pause-play will fix it as well. I haven't noticed it on my phone, so it's likely a mix of distance and the Bluetooth chipset on the TV.

I’m going to reveal the XM3 operating secrets that Sony’s horrible documentation won’t tell you about. I spent *hours* on chat with Sony’s tech support. Turns out Sony’s own support doesn’t know this product too well and they mostly misguided me. Here’s what you must know to be a happy XM3 customer: 1. Earbud Fit: It’s 100% true: You must have a tight ear canal fit to get the benefit of Sony’s excellent noise cancelling. I can’t emphasize this enough. Sony’s gives you lots of ear tip options and don’t assume both ears need the same tips. If you’re hearing ambient noise from one or both earbuds in full noise canceling mode, you need to install bigger / squishier ear tips. Put in the earbuds with the Sony logo facing down , push in, and rotate forwards to parallel (90 degrees turn up). 2. Pairing. When you open and take out the buds they go into pairing mode…but good luck getting a second device to pair. The trick: Put the earbuds in your ears and press on both buttons simultaneously for ~7 seconds until you hear the pairing announcement and now you can pair with another device. 3. Getting Noise Cancelling All The Time: The Sony Headphones app (at least on iOS): What an option overload of an app. Sony gives you all these location options to automatically select what kind of noise cancelling you want (from full, to variable, to none). Technically the left earbud button lets you cycle between noise canceling/ partial / none but I found it was too easy to turn off noise canceling, so here’s what you do: First, you must ensure that the XM3s are “Connected” on your iPhone. Go to Settings / Bluetooth /Device List and select the WF-1000XM3s. If you have other devices paired to the XM3 in proximity, like your Apple Watch, you’ll need to *manually* select the XM3s on your iPhone. You’ll hear about the connection status in your left earbud. Once connected to your iPhone, launch the Sony Headphones App. IF YOU WANT FULL NOISE CANCELLING ALL THE TIME: I suggest turning the “Adaptive Sound Control” off and using the “>” to set more options. Next to “Detection of Actions” and * the App lets you set four settings for noise canceling. You can decide what to do but if you want full noise cancelling on in all cases, you then turn on Ambient Sound Control and select full Noise Canceling by moving the slider button all the way to the left for each of “Staying” “Walking” “Running” “Transport”, but please note, you might not want full Noise Canceling for some of those activities and Sony gives you that option, including automatic switching based on location (which I turned off). BUT PLEASE NOTE: This noise-canceling-all-the-time setup *deactivates* your ability to cycle between noise canceling modes via the left earbud so if you want to hear ambient sounds you’ll need to press and hold your left earbud. 4. Full Reset. To do a factory reset, you put the buds back in their fancy case and hold down both buttons until you get fast red flashes and then release. You should see blue flashes and you’re done. The buds can pair with 8 devices but only one at a time. It’s easy to go from iPhone to Watch and back…on the Watch you need to select the XM3s from the menu when prompted. Note that the Sony Headphone App will not connect to your buds if they’re bluetoothed to another device (like your watch): You have to go back to your Bluetooth device menu on your iPhone (Settings / Bluetooth / My Devices ) and manually select the WF-1000XM3s (likely towards the bottom of the list). Otherwise, these are elegant devices that stay put (I’ve never even come close to having them come out at the gym) and the sound quality is terrific as is the noise cancelling at the noisy gym. Sony’s packaging is just like Apple’s: A beautiful thing to behold…just too bad there’s not a cheat sheet for basic operations / issues included!! Good Luck and hope this helps.

What I love: 1. Sound quality: amazing, I mean very clear and they have a lot of EQ options to really tune the sound. As a basshead, bass is very solid on Clearbass +8. 2. Noise cancellation: ANC is top-notch. When listening in a bathroom with a ceiling vent, you wouldn't even know the vent is on. You can hear voices speaking on full noise cancellation but they're very muffled and even on 0 volume I need to take them out to hear what someone is saying to me if they're not speaking that loudly. 3. Quick charge: I think you get like an hour of battery for 15 minutes of charging. Really nice when you're taking a little break during studying or something and want to juice these up a bit so they don't die. They've only died on me once after a super long study session. What I don't like: 1. Connectivity is garbage. I have all Apple devices and it's pretty rough. Switching between my Mac and iPhone can take a solid 10-15 seconds. Half the time I take them out of the case and put them in my ears, only one side connects, prompting me to put the one ear back in the case then back into my ear. Sometimes they just refuse to connect and will disconnect randomly. Also, every time you put them you have to listen to "power on...battery fully charged...bluetooth connected." EVERY TIME. It gets really annoying when you're trying to be quick. Airpods beat these in terms of smoothness and how quickly they can switch back and forth and how stable the connection is. Sometimes they'll connect to my Mac and the balance is automatically set to only one ear and I have to go into system preferences and change it back to the middle. 2. Battery life is okay. I don't even listen to music that loud, but ANC will definitely kill these pretty quickly, so beware that you will not be able to go for four hours straight without some charging in between if you're using full noise cancellation. 3. Waterproofing: these are NOT water resistant or waterproof, or even sweat-proof. Be careful using these at the gym if you sweat a lot. You can't wear them in even the slightest drizzle of rain. This isn't a huge thing, but it rains a lot where I live and it gets annoying when you're walking around campus or wherever and can't put them in because it looks like it's about to rain or is raining a bit. I used to wear my earpods in the rain and this is a big nuisance. 4. Call quality: call quality isn't that bad on your end. It's not awful for the other person either but any type of noise is LOUD for the person you're speaking to. A creaky door that you open, a keyboard, a loud car in the background... People will always ask "what was that sound?" because they pick up a lot of things. Also, during calls they sometimes disconnect randomly and then when you have to take them out and switch to speakerphone, they'll reconnect and you'll make the person repeat what they just said again because your headphones decided to just randomly disconnect and reconnect. 5. Ear tips: three sizes of rubber and foam. Foam ones are normally my go-to, but the ones that come with these are not great. They don't stay in well and don't isolate as well as the silicone ones. I've tried every size and roll them up to form to my ear as well with little success. OVERALL: best true wireless earbuds on the market for sound quality and ANC. The major pitfalls of these are where the Airpods Pros take the cake, because Apple products are super quick and smooth together. That still isn't enough for me to switch, since I'm an audiophile and will take the sound quality of these over Apple any day. But if speed and convenience is more important to you than sound quality and ANC, I would not immediately jump to these. Passthrough mode on Airpods is comparable to these, if not better. If you made it to the end of this, thank you. I've owned these for six months and wanted to be completely fair. Great headphones, but far from perfect.

Let me start my review with what i think is my biggest tip to using these earbuds properly. Make sure to try all the included tips to make sure you have the right one. I thought the ones ithat were of the style i normally use on different earbuds were the right ones for me, but i was completely wrong. The differences between the wrong tips and the right ones are like night and day. I typically use these while out and about, listen to music, audiobooks and make phone calls. I like the fit, and have not had any problems with them falling out of my ear once i had the correct tips on and learned the proper way to twist them on. Sound quality is excellent as is voice quality to the phone i use. I did recently upgrade my phone and had to pair them to the new phone using the Bluetooth settings on my phone rather than with the app, but after i figured out using the app to pair wasnt going to happen, the pairing process went smooth. Noise cancelling on these worked outstandingly well. Flew on a 32 hour flight recently and they were comfortable and quiet for most of the flight. I did charge the case in the seat charger, so i missed an excellent opportunity to check total battery life, but i just didnt want to be without them when i wanted them. These are not waterproof, but when i buy something i intend to use it how i want to and if it doesnt hold up, ill move onto something else. I was in southeast asia during monsoon season, and i would wear these out and around doing nothing special to keep them dry other than what i do to keep my head dry...used and umbrella. I also go to the gym once a day and usually spend an hour on the treadmill. And im a sweater hehe. Even just out and about in tropical climates i sweat a lot. But have had no issues with these as far as i use them still going strong. So overall these are the best sounding of the six different brands i have, their charge lasts for several days of my use. Their noise cancelling is great and they do everything i ask them to do better than any of the others i have tried. So much so, that these are now a part of my every day carry gear.

Update to this review: Sony released version 2.0.2 of the firmware for the WF-1000XM3 earbuds a few days ago. This allows me to pair the headphones with Windows 10, but they still have problems: Glitchy Audio on Windows 10: When listening to music on the WF-1000XM3 earbuds, I hear intermittent glitches in the audio. These glitches are similar in sound to the skips in a record. These glitches come at random times, but are occurring at a frequncy of aproxximately every 30 seconds to a minute, though sometimes more frequently than that. I'm sure that the problem isn't the computer, because when I switch to listening through my other earbuds (a pair of Jabra Elite 65t units), the music is glitch-free regardless of which playback source I'm using. I'm also sure that the problem isn't wireless connectivity, because I'm sitting within three feet of the computer. When paired to my iPhone, there are fewer issues (less frequent glitches) but there are still some glitches occasionally. Unable to pair successfully to two devices at once: When I pair the WF-1000XM3 earbuds to both Windows 10 and to my iPhone at the same time, I'm not able to use them correctly. They do not connect seamlessly with both devices. My expectation is that I can listen to audio on the computer, and then if a phone call comes on the iPhone, then it it should switch automatically to the call on the iPhone. This does not work. I can either connect actively to one device or the other. Whereas the Jabra Elite 65t's do both at the same time, problem-free. Microphone quality is still very poor: Same as in my prior review (below) - When making a call to another person through, for example, Skype, the sound of my voice into the microphones is poor. Failure to respond to touch commands: These WF-1000XM3 use touch-sensitive pads which do things like initiate pairing, stop/start playback, and activate noise canceling. When I try to press the pads to do these things, it does not always work. It's weird because they respond with a beep noise when I touch them, but then the command is not issued. So I know the headphones registered that I pressed them, because I hear the beep, but they just don't do the thing they were supposed to do. Example: Press right earbud to pause playback. Expected: Beep sound followed by the playback pausing. Actual: Beep sound, but playback doesn't pause. Another example: Press and hold both earbuds for 7 seconds to initiate pairing. Expected Beep sound followed by a voice prompt "Bluetooth Pairing". Actual: Beep sound but no voice prompt saying "Bluetooth Pairing" and no pairing was initiated. Summary: Good points still exist for these headphones, covered in my older review below, but do not buy these headphones if you intend to connect them to a Windows computer, or if you intend to use them for voice calls. -------------------------------------------------------------- Original review before firmware version 1.3.7: Problem 1: These WF-1000XM3 earbuds are in dire need of a firmware update, because they have connectivity problems with Windows 10 computers. Initially when I got these, I was able to connect to the computer with both voice communications (Skype meetings and such) as well as connecting with high quality stereo music. However now, it no longer works with the stereo music, and now it only connects with low-quality mono voice call quality. Stereo music does not work at all on the computer (though it still works on my iPhone). Problem 2: Sony has abandoned firmware updates for these. At the time of this writing, the WF-1000XM3 earbuds are at firmware version 1.2.3, and Sony made a firmware update to 1.3.0 which was supposed to solve the Windows 10 stereo audio connectivity problem. However you cannot get this update! When you attempt to make a firmware update by following the instructions on the Sony web site, nothing happens, it does not initiate the update. If you look closely at the Sony web site screen there is a message in small print: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but this software update has been temporarily suspended. We are working on the issue and will release a new update as soon as possible. (09-24-2019)". That message has been there on the web site since over a month ago. I'm still waiting, and I predict I'll be waiting forever. Problem 3: The microphone quality of any voice calls you make with the WF-1000XM3 is very poor. When I join a Skype meeting using my computer, the sound of my voice is too quiet, with very low quality, and frequently drops out below the noise floor. Basically, I'm unintelligible unless I shout. Also I cannot control the gain on the earbuds' microphone to turn it up so that my voice is louder to prevent dropouts. I don't know if this is fixed in firmware updates, since I cannot get firmware updates (as described above). By comparison, I also own a pair of Jabra Elite 65T wireless earbuds, and their voice call quality is fantastic (though those don't have active noise cancellation). Good points: The active noise cancellation is nice. Despite the other problems, I can still use these earbuds in my noisy open-office area to reduce the environmental sounds and listen to music, as long as I pair them to something that isn't Windows 10. The stereo music sound quality is good (when it can connect and it works). I found the music to be full and rich when it works. Note: I am pretty sure that these only support the older Bluetooth music protocols, I don't think they support the APTX music protocol, so don't expect them to have low latency at the same time as high quality. The way that these earbuds slip into their charging case is nice, they have little magnets which snick them into position and it feels really good. I tested the battery life, and these do last the advertised 5 hours with noise cancellation turned on (a bit longer, actually, when new). They also quick-charge from the charging case nicely, going from zero to 70% charged in a surprisingly short time. So if you want to use them for an entire day at work, or on a long airplane flight, you should do OK if you pop them back into their charging case any time that you get up from your seat. Conclusion: Don't buy these WF-1000XM3 earbuds if you intend to use them to make voice calls or Skype meetings, since your voice going out to the other people will be terrible. If you want these earbuds for other reasons, such as the noise cancellation, then check to see if Sony has fixed their firmware update problems first.

These are awesome. The sound quality is superb and from what I've been told the microphone is great too. I've used these almost everyday since purchasing them for both work conference calls and everyday chores and they perform exceptionally. Sound - I probably don't need to express how great the sound quality is considering other reviews, but it really is awesome. The noise cancelling does a very good job for an earbud (compared to over the ear headphones they certainly let some noise in, but it is still exceptional). The ambient sound setting is pretty rad, admittedly I haven't really experienced this on other bluetooth earbuds, but I found it pretty neat. Allows me to perform tasks without worrying I'm missing the outside world. Comfort - Initially I found them a little uncomfortable, but they came with some alternative earbud - cushion - things that are made out of some type of foam that are awesome. It takes a little getting used to with the act of placing them in the ear - though Sony does provide instructions on the proper way to do so. Controls - The button controls on the earbuds are a little odd, particularly on the right ear where you can start / stop music or calls. I've found it a little too sensitive where if I adjust may hair it may mess with my music. Also the headphones sense when they are in ear (not sure if this is business standard) which means at times if you take out one earbud to provide your full attention; and accidentally squeeze the earbud too tight, your audio will start up again as if it were in ear. Overall I'm not going to knock the product on this as all this seems more like something quirk then a real nuisance. Though this may be more an issue for others. Case - Some will probably take issue with the carrying case as it is a little large, but it doesn't bother me much, be sure to look at the specs if it is a concern. Battery life - As mentioned I use these ALOT, so its hard to say if the battery simply doesn't last long or if I'm just using them too much. Feels like they will need a charge about 2/3 the way through my day (so like 4-5 hours). Personally, I take more issue with the battery life of the case itself a bit more as the only way to see how much is left on the case is through the app. I really would not have minded if the earbuds just mentioned the case life when first placed in the ear as they do regularly, but maybe this is a more complex than it sounds. At any rate, having to use an app to view case batterylife isn't my favorite, so occasionally I'll find myself with dead earbuds simply for lack of confirming the case has any juice left. Overall - Super solid purchase, really couldn't be happier.

Only had these a day but impressed so far. Had a bit of trouble trying to update the buds on receipt but all sorted now. Great sound quality. Once right tips fitted sits in my ears well. These buds are certainly a step up on my previous Melomania buds. Reassuringly expensive

Very good sound quality with effective noise cancellation and ambient sound control.

Compré estos audífonos hace ya mas de 3 meses y estas son mis impresiones: •La presentación de los audífonos es muy buena, definitivamente da la sensación de que estas comprando un producto premium •En mi caso los compré en color plateado y la verdad me han gustado, son cómodos aunque eso si, no los más discretos, el estuche se siente bien, con una textura de plástico suave en su exterior y plástico normal en la tapa, como consejo creo que conviene que le compres una funda pues, en mi caso, de solo tenerla en mi escritorio la tapa la tengo un poco rayada •En cuanto a comodidad ninguna queja, los uso por periodos prolongados en la oficina y en lo personal no me molestan, uso los eartips de foam (los que no son transparentes) quedándome los del tamaño que ya venían puestos, al tenerlos no siento que se me vayan a caer, al estar sentado y de vez en vez caminar un poco, pero no creo que sean idóneos para realizar actividades que requieran de bastante movimiento (ejercicio, etc.) pues tampoco tienen mucho para quedarse en su lugar, sino que están pensados para uso en oficina, doméstico o commuting •La cancelación de ruido es buena, la utilizo en el transporte y la verdad sin mayor queja, con los eartips correctos aisla muy bien el sonido externo, no al 100% pero si al menos lo suficiente para no distraerte de tu musica o serie •El modo sonido ambiente que deja entrar el sonido exterior está ok para cuando quieres estar un poco al pendiente de lo que pasa en el exterior, aunque yo diría que no es apto para su uso en la calle, al menos no con la música aún sonando, en mi caso lo uso cuando transbordo de transporte teniendo que cruzar solo una calle, por flojera de meterlos y luego volverlos a sacar; si pulsas el botón touch del auricular izquierdo dejandolo presionado deja entrar aún mas el sonido exterior en tanto lo mantengas presionado, excelente para cuando escuchas música y alguien te esta hablando y quieres escuchar lo que te va a decir. •Una mención aparte el micrófono, esta ok en entornos silenciosos durante una llamada, pero en el transporte quien me está llamando dice no escucharme muy bien, esto ya me pasó no una sino varias veces y es igual, por lo que si alguien me marca en el transporte debo desactivar el sonido entrante de la llamada de los auriculares y debo hablar convencionalmente por medio del celular •La duración de la batería diría también que está ok, bastante decente, esta disminuye dependiendo si el ecualizador está encendido, el noise cancelling o el ambient sound, o la mejora de sonido, me suele durar por completo 3 días de uso intensivo (días en cuanto a la carga de los audífonos agotando también la del estuche), siempre con el ecualizador y de vez en vez el ANC activado, con la mejora de sonido activada (DSEE HX) disminuye drásticamente su tiempo de uso •Otra mención aparte la aplicación de los audífonos, la considero muy buena donde gestionar las diversas configuraciones de los audífonos, además de incluir un par de tutoriales acerca de su funcionamiento •Por último el sonido, tengo unos Bose QC35 II y honestamente, no tiene nada que envidiarles, soy un fan del sonido mas no un experto, por lo que su principal diferencia notable entre ambos es el soundstage, mas amplio en los Bose que en los Sony, pero son estos los que me gusta más su sonido, más personal al momento de escucharla, eso si, es necesario hacer uso del ecualizador de los audífonos en la app para realmente disfrutar su sonido, y que con su función clear bass, sin ser invasivo en el sonido, tienen un bajo bastante disfrutable y presente En conclusión, en el precio actual que se encuentran ($3,000 o menos) valen mucho la pena, son unos audífonos bastante completos con un buen sonido, ANC y duración de batería mas que correcta, como puntos flacos a tener en cuenta, su micrófono para llamadas en entornos ruidosos, y que no son óptimos en uso para personas muy activas

Depois que comecei a usar esses não quero outro, esses têm recursos impressionantes para configurar no App no celular. A bateria dura umas 6 horas utilizando configuração de redução de ruído. Carrega muito rápido com 3 pontos de contato e na caixinha dele também tem bateria recarregável. A qualidade dos materiais e excelente. Nas partes de borracha o material é muito resistente e tem sensor que "percebe" quando colocamos ou retiramos os fones e podemos até configurar para dar pausa quando retiramos da orelha. Quando colocamos os fones devemos girar um pouco para melhor encaixe nos ouvidos. A cor é discreta. A caixinha parece um pouco grande em relação aos concorrentes mas cabe muito bem no bolso. Nos próprios fones têm sensor que aceita pequenos toques para mudar configurações de uso, basta pré-configurar até 6 opções no App no celular. Dá para configurar cada lado de forma diferente, por exemplo, um lado pode ser para dar pausa/play/anterior/próxima faixa e no outro aumentar/diminuir volume ou acessar Alexa ou acionar o redutor de ruído e outros. A redução de ruído é impressionante e dá para deixar ressaltado somente voz, assim você pode configurar o volume de voz que pode querer ouvir e isolar outros sons ou isolar tudo. Para dormir em local barulhento e ideal, aliás esse foi o motivo de minha compra e estou muito satisfeito. Chego a ter que informar que vou por o fone para que não pensem que não quero dar atenção mesmo estando acordado. O bluetooth é 5.0 então pega até nos outros cômodos e dá pra ficar ouvindo música com excelente qualidade fazendo outras coisas tranquilamente. A qualidade do som é maravilhosa. Os graves e agudos são nítidos, os efeitos como de eco, de ambiente aberto, de ambiente fechado, tudo isso fica bem nítido no som. A gente consegue perceber todo o trabalho que tiveram na produção da música. Só encontrei um ponto negativo que é de não parear com o bluetooth de tv's LG e Samsung (talvez consiga parear com tv Sony). Para parear com celular é ótimo e depois do primeiro pareamento o próprio App gerencia o acesso automaticamente não precisando se preocupar mais com a conexão que é super rápida. As mensagens são em português e podemos configurar para que elas nos digam quando a bateria estiver ficando sem carga. Tem muitas outras configurações que não usei por não precisar no meu caso. É caro, mas no meu caso que tenho dificuldade para dormir e acordo com qualquer ruído, foi perfeito.

Clearly the best among the price. For 9k i think there's no way any TWS earphone can beat The Sony. XM4 isn't yet available here and I'm sure it will have atleast double the price. If you are looking for compact buds, please move on, these aren't for you. The earbuds and the case are bulky axf. Coming to sound quality. These deliver rather flat sound, natural as it is. No boosted base or highs which is very pleasant and what I always expect when i pay so much money. You never want something more emphasized and then later regret when you listen to different variety of sounds. It's Sony so sound is never a problem. Touch controls are really good, BUT they will activate when you move around in bed and touch the buds to pillow 😂 it's really an inconvenience but eh okay. Another problem is, you can have ambient sound control on one side and music control on other but can't have volume control in the mix. If you want volume control you gotta sacrifice one of those above. And lemme say this, ambient sound controls and playback controls are very necessary, Sony please figure a way to slide in volume controls and also I think you should slide in Ai assistant controls somehow too cuz having wireless buds is really handy when using Ai on the go but even to put Ai controls i gotta assign one whole bud side to Ai and nothing else. Ofc these aren't a deal breaker but just remember these are there, and oh other buds do worse than this, atleast sony is a bit more flexible. Manual Equalizer in sony app covers the rest. I like how one bud can be used independently. And two of them can be used with 2 devices? (Happened to me once itself when one bud connected to laptop and another to phone, never tried deliberately). I am NOT pissed about the battery, the backup is decent and easily goes for 2-3 or more days (for me) because I don't keep them on my ears for absolute everytime like some psychos. Well if you go yolo it will probably last more than a day considering you gotta charge buds from the case and put back on. And the case charges pretty fast too, and you can always charge case while using buds themselves so never been a problem. As for just the buds alone using continuously, eh idk, since I wasn't playing all the time, but they definately lasted way more than 6h, like.. morning to night...(?) But remember most time they were idle in my ears. Coming to the biggest main highlight of the buds. Noise cancelling. The best ever in any buds. For all the fools in reviews trying to figure out why it isn't good or whatever, guys, you need to find complete isolation in ear for ANC to work. In any headphones or earphones, ANC will only work if the buds are completely sealed in ears. Better use foam tips because for obvious reasons. If the provided ones aren't the perfect fit and you need something in between, try finding foam tips on Amazon, you've spent like 8-10k on thesez spend a few hundred more to get ANC working properly. The ANC really is even capable to cancel out the loud sound of train and most of people chatter, just the really high pitch sounds come through but they are completely masked by whatever you play in the buds so. ANC here is a beast. Remember ANC cancels out the lows and some of mids. Highs are not completely gone but whatever you play will mask it. Call quality is average. I have a big head big ears and beard so the buds don't stick out and actually looks really premium, with that golden hole and sony branding, people know you haven't cheaped out on your buds 🤣 like i7 or calltek fake airbuds whatever that is. There are lot more features on app and all but idc, these are main things and I've pointed them out. Make your choice.