Sony MDRXB950N1/B Extra Bass Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones - Black

Loved the headphones but the right angle piece of the headband just above the ear cracked on one side after a year. I put Sugru on it to try and get it to hold and now today the other side has cracked.I wore them every workday (5 days a week) for 3 or 4 hours on average a day for a year if that helps you gauge the quality. Seen another review here that they broke in the same position after 4 months so I got lucky by the sound of it

Great pair of headphones, have had these since December 2018, have lasted fantastically well. Sound quality is brilliant, battery life and Bluetooth range also more than enough.The only thing to knock a star off, (pictured) where the part connecting the cup to the headband has snapped. I have superglued this a couple times, but I believe it is not far off breaking completely as all four have cracks. However this is through 2 YEARS of constant use. As soon as it does break I will be sure to buy myself another pair.

Love these so I'm going to buy another set.. I must have gone 4 yrs with these but they finally gave up and cracked on the knuckle thing.. my fault coz I always fell a kip with these bins on.. hope this helps some one.. they have a mint sound and last a long time off a full charge.. range is brilliant as well for the blue tooth.. enjoy..

Si no eres un purista del Audio que busca un sonido balanceado y super definido, pero te encanta géneros como el Dubstep, Pop, R&B esto son tus audífonos. Aun así no deja de tener un sonido de gran calidad, incluso puedes usar un ecualizador físico, o virtual en tu Smartphone para elevar frecuencias medias y altas si quieres escuchar otro tipo de música.Ventajas:- Gran Calidad de Construcción- Calidad en el Cable Antienredos- Bolsa para transportarlos- Portabilidad- Graves Potentes- Control del Bass Effect por medio de la aplicación.- Comodos- Batería de hasta más de 22 horas- Controles Fáciles de Localizar.- Puedes usar el Bass Effect y el Noise Cancelling si los usas cableados, a diferencia de su modelo anterior los XB950BTDesventajas:- La Cancelación de Ruido no funciona tan bien como en otros modelos, como los Sony MDR-1000X o los BOSE QC35, sin embargo cumple para no escuchar casi nada de ruidos de autobús, o el metro.- Cuando están encendidos y no tienes reproduciendo ningún Audio, se escucha un zumbido un poco molesto.- Sin una Ecualización, puede que no suene tan bien para otros géneros como Rock, Metal por lo que he podido probar.- Si tienes orejas algo grandes, puede que no sean tan cómodos, ya que se apoyaran en una parte de tu oreja y serán mas Supraaurales, en mi caso como tengo orejas pequeñas, funcionan como Circumaurales, ya que no tocan ninguna parte de mi oreja,

Over the course of a month of testing, I purchased this along with five other popular/high-end headsets: Corsair Void Pro RGB Wireless, Skullcandy Crusher Wireless, SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless, Beyerdynamic MMX 300 2nd Generation, and Sony XB550AP (at the bottom of this review I compare the Sony XB950N1 against those five products). After a long and arduous experience of trying everything out, I can say with confidence that I love this headset and it achieves the best sweet spot for those who want to both game and listen to music.When I'm doing competitive gaming I connect a V-MODA BoomPro Mic (picture attached) so that I can use a mic and have perfect 0-latency sound. It turns this fantastic headphone into a fantastic gaming headset. IMPORTANT NOTE: when you first plug the wired connection in, the headset always turns itself off by default. Yeah, it'll work fine that way, but you lose the extra bass and noise reduction. But guess what? If you just turn the headset on again it enables the extra bass and noise reduction WHILE WIRED! Maybe this is obvious to some people, but it was a total revelation for me. It was a literal game-changer.I listen to everything from orchestral/vocal tracks to hard rock and dubstep. I play games with rocket launchers but I also need to hear quiet footsteps in the distance. I want high-fidelity sound quality with good clarity but I ALSO want to have high amounts of bass. I want amazing sound but was NOT looking for the bland "neutral" EQ that sound producers and audiophile purists consider perfect. I can understand why they want that perfectly faithful precision, but I wanted a headset that brought the thunder with extra oomph without sacrificing sound quality.With the extra bass feature turned on the XB950N1 puts out nice deep SOLID bass that doesn't distort the rest of the frequency response. The headset has no problem putting out subwoofer-quality bass that vibrates your ears. It doesn't struggle at this or need "encouragement" from 3rd party EQ settings - it's what it was designed for and it does its job extremely well. Most importantly, it does this without losing the high end or letting bass spill into the mid-range which causes a muddy sound. It does indeed bring the thunder without sacrifice. It's the only headset out of all the headsets I've tried where I can honestly say I took it out of the box, turned it on and it just had the perfect stock EQ. I can listen on my PC or cell phone and songs sound exactly the same with zero effort needed. No fiddling with settings, just play and enjoy. For those who are less of bass-addicts, you can always install the phone app and reduce how much extra bass the headphone delivers or even set it to reduce bass.The noise cancellation is a really nice perk. I didn't realize how much noise the air conditioning and cars driving past the house made until I disabled the feature (it's on by default) and suddenly heard all that white noise. I quickly enabled it again. With this feature on, the quiet moments in games are dead silent, making it easy to hear the softest of footsteps and just improving the overall immersion in music. I can only imagine how useful this will be at the airport. I've heard from other reviewers that the noise reduction is about 90% as good as the noise reduction on the WH-1000XM3.COMPARED TO COMPETITORS:Skullcandy Crusher Wireless: technically has heavier bass at its max bass setting, but if you crank it up it does so at the expense of bleeding into the mids and suffocating the highs to the point that it sounds like you're in the bathroom of a concert rather than out on the stage. The headset sounds great with the bass slider at around 50%, but also is the most uncomfortable headset I have ever in my life worn. It felt like putting a steel bear trap on my head from how much it clenched into my jaw muscles. I'm 160 pounds, 5'10", so pretty average body, pretty normal head I'd say. Not sure why it hurt so dang much but wow.Corsair Void Pro RGB Wireless: Felt great, had a nice loose fit with breathable mesh. Has good wireless range. Didn't have NEARLY enough bass, not even close to enough, no matter what I tried. It has a really nice mic, but I'm leaving a short review on this comparison because not having bass is an immediate no-go from me.Beyerdynamic MMX 300 (2nd Generation): This is a really expensive wired-only headset that retails at $450. And yeah, of course it sounds good. In fact, it sounds perfectly faithful, which is to say, it has that neutral frequency response. Instead of thundering bass, you just get regular bass. You don't get "larger than life"... you just get "life". You can use an EQ to crank the bass up and make it sound boomy but it feels like a struggle against what the headset wants to do. Even when I had everything set for hard bass I don't think it had a blend that sounded as nice as the XB950N1. This isn't the fault of the headset, it's just the case of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless: Man. I reallllllly love the wireless tech on this thing. It has a really snazzy base unit that has a LCD to control the EQ, sidetone, etc. Makes it easy to connect to PS4, PC and phone at the same time, has great range, feels comfortable, has a cool dual-battery feature so you never run out of juice. But.... the bass, it's just like the Corsair Void Pro... it isn't nearly enough. The drivers just aren't made to put out heavy bass, even with the EQ set to max bass it's pitiful compared to the XB950N1. It's a shame, cause I love everything else about the headset.Sony XB550AP: This is the wired version of Sony's extra bass headphones. So for someone like me who games wired you'd think it'd be a no-brainer right? Well no, first of all cause I like being able to just pick up my phone and jam out without dragging clunky cords around. I don't care how I look in the privacy of my gaming room but I DO like looking decent in public, lol. Second, with the power on and the extra bass effect turned on the XB950N1 puts out noticeably better bass than the XB550AP which lacks the feature. The XB500AP is a fine headset, and if you fine-tune the EQ you can get very close to the XB950N1. However, the XB950N1 still takes 1st place especially with the bluetooth and noise reduction built in.FINAL WORD: I researched for days and bought/tested/returned way more headphones than I ever wanted to in search of perfection. This headphone becomes a perfect wired gaming headset when combined with a V-MODA BoomPro (you could also use an Antlion ModMic) and also operates perfectly in bluetooth mode for music listening or if you prefer to game that way. Be aware you can't use the built-in mic while gaming over bluetooth, it's just for taking phone calls with (this is a limitation of bluetooth) so you'll need a separate mic. However, if you want high-quality thunderous bass + crisp & clean audio, the ability to go wireless on your phone and wired while gaming, this thing is an absolute beast. Just remember to power up the headphones AFTER plugging in the wire, that way it stays powered up and gives you the extra bass :)

I've owned these headsets for 1 3/4 years now and in that time they still sound fantastic, and have not given me any problems.First my overall experience. I use these headphones pretty much every day, and in these 2ish years I can honestly say they have been one of the best purchases I have ever made. They have survived through trips in thick forest, incidences with sand and the beach, and general destuction (I just chuck them in my backpack and I'm super forgetful!). The only indications of wear is that the top band which is black metal material has scratches and you can see the silver underneath. This would probably not have been an issue if you were careful unlike me and stored them in the provided bag.Another feature of these headphones that I ended up enjoying much more than I thought I would is the bass boost. I listen to a lot of rap music and in some songs (think 808s Kanye) the boost is unreal. It's like someone put subwoofers beside my ears. If you're not a fan it's very easy to turn off with the button on the physical headset, which is something I appreciate when I'm studying.The noise cancelling on this pair of headphones is not the best I've ever experienced but is still quite good in every day use. For example, when taking the bus with the noise cancelling on and my music at ~3 (iPhone) it's able to tune out (better word is drown out) the sound of the engine and people talking. Beware! I've often not heard the stop notification. The only conceivable issue I can see people having with the nc is when no music is on and you're in a very quiet environment there is a quiet static like sound. Personally I think it's not bad at all, and is incredibly easy to tune out naturally if you're working on something, but it does exist. You could also play some music, and these headphones sound fantastic so why not? That being said, I think the quiet from the nc does outweigh the static and I routinely find myself pausing the music and just using the nc function when I'm frustrated at a piece of code and need to think.One of my negatives for these headphones is that they are quite bulky. It's not really a problem if you have a backpack but whenever I'm travelling light the best option is usually just to have them hang around my neck which can be frustrating sometimes.Other than that, if you're wearing these heaphones for a large period of time non-stop (~4-5h) I find my ears getting a little sore. Nothing that can't be fixed with a quick ear massage though.Overall I really like these headphones. Give them a listen.

I am writing this review after having these headphones for over a year but below two years:How I use these headphones:I only use these headphones at home and honestly they haven't gone out at all. I use them to connect with my iPhone 8 with Bluetooth when I listen to music or stream videos on Netflix or something related. I also use them when I play music like my electric guitar. I like to filter out outside noise and just listen to what is coming out of my guitar.Product:You get the headphones, a charging USB that is really short, and another wire that you can connect to the headphones to a standard headphone jack plug. You have the option to customize the length. These headphones DO NOT bend. The headphones have the option to remove or allow the noise cancelling effect through a button on the side. The same thing for the bass effect, you can remove it or allow it through a button on the same side. There is also a power button on the headphones. You can also find two buttons to turn up and down the volume. Finally, another button that allows you to fast forward or backtrack if you are listening to music.Noise cancellation:The noise cancellation is really great, but it doesn't completely cancel everything around you. I would say any noise coming from farther than 5 feet is cancelled out. Anything else you could probably hear but very very low to the point that it might not be a distraction, depending on the volume of the source. Honestly, if you have something playing on your headphones, you probably won't even notice it. Like I said, it is really great and sucks you in.Headphones cushion:The cushion of the headphones is great and doesn't hurt my ears at all. It also fits so that it covers your ear, and doesn't sit on top of your ear. My only problem with it is that they are really bulky. They really do stick out from my head compared to Bose headphones which may feel more natural on your head.Connectivity:Always connects to my iPhone 8 without a problem. It automatically connects and always tells you battery life when you connect to it. Depending on the Bluetooth technology on your device, I am able to leave my phone in my room, and take my headphones over to the kitchen or any part of my house and I don't lose connection.Battery:They last a long time. I use them daily. I go a couple of days (like 3-5) without charging them until I need to recharge them. This is also because I turn them off when I don't use them anymore. So unless you keep them on without using them, it might last shorter for you. The charging time takes a while if you want to charge it to full. I've had to keep them charging for a few hours (maybe 3-4) to get a full charge. ALSO keep in mind, if you use the headphones with the headphones jack, it does not use battery life. Only when you use Bluetooth.Little side note:There is an app, you can download and change some settings like EQ. Honestly, don't use this app at all. But just an FYI. You might want to buy a case to store them, you wouldn't want the cushion to go bad. Mine are still intact and perfectly fine after a year of use. You might have to buy a longer charger cord, since the one they give you is only like the length of a 12 inch ruler.Honestly, I love these headphones. Quality of sound is great with bass effect or without the bass effect.

Pretty decent sound 🔊 quality, feels like it's another world 🗺, electro bass booster work extremely well, ear cubs are so soft, pretty premium look, noice cancellation works fine but I've expected more like my friend's Sony 1000x but I've my own budget he has his own, so no complaints there, there's one more important thing and that is you can fold this headset so it's easy to carry it anywhere no very easy though, Now comes to Sony headphone connect app, app has full control of this headset like NFC or bass effect, it shows headphone's battery 🔋 status also, Final words it's too comfortable to use, sounds awesome, feels solid, I've black one so it looks cool, it's big btw. THANK YOU FOR READING 📖