Sony WF-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones - Silver

I’ve used many high end wireless headphones in recent years and always felt there was something missing. In Sony WF-1000XM4 I have finally found THE ONES! The sound quality is second to none, surpassing my Bose QQ2’s. The bass is unbelievable for in-ear headphones! The vocals come through so clear and crisp that I am hearing new elements to songs that I’ve loved for years that I had never before noticed. The Sony headphones app that accompanies the headphones is brilliant, allowing you to tweak your music to your exact liking or choose between a load of decent pre-set equaliser settings. You can also allow your headphones to recognise frequently visited places (train stations, work, home, etc) and can customise your sound and noise cancelling qualities accordingly. ... MoreI’ve used many high end wireless headphones in recent years and always felt there was something missing. In Sony WF-1000XM4 I have finally found THE ONES! The sound quality is second to none, surpassing my Bose QQ2’s. The bass is unbelievable for in-ear headphones! The vocals come through so clear and crisp that I am hearing new elements to songs that I’ve loved for years that I had never before noticed. The Sony headphones app that accompanies the headphones is brilliant, allowing you to tweak your music to your exact liking or choose between a load of decent pre-set equaliser settings. You can also allow your headphones to recognise frequently visited places (train stations, work, home, etc) and can customise your sound and noise cancelling qualities accordingly. Speaking of the ANC, (active noise cancelling) these headphones do an AMAZING job. You can truly pretty much block out all background annoyances at busy locations or choose to allow some ambient sounds to penetrate (for example, if you need to hear train station announcements or children calling you). The buds themselves took a bit of getting used to as they are bigger than I was used to and at first was terrified they would drop out of my ears. However, don’t also has this problem covered by supplying a choice of 3 different ear tips that mould to the shape of your ear. There’s even an option in the app to test the air-tightness of your selected tips until you know you’re using the perfect size. What’s more, there’s even a configuration option in the app to have the sound quality customised to your exact ear shape by taking photos of each ear! (I know, WOW!). I also love how those headphones support Dolby atmos and Sony 360 degree reality audio which I can use on my TV and many of my Amazon music/Apple Music songs. Lastly, the headphone case is great quality as you’d expect for such premium headphones. The headphones fit magnetically and there’s no danger of them dropping out. I purchased a purpose - fit spigen armour case just to add an extra element of protection. I seriously couldn’t be happier with my purchase. The fact that these headphones are still top of most “best in- ear headphones” lists (including what hi-fi) after a solid 2-3 years is testament to how great they truly are. I’m sure they will remain top of my list for a good couple if years as I doubt many companies, other than Sony themselves, could better these!

These things are the B.O.M.B! I cannot believe just how awesome SONY bluetooth noise cancelling headphones sound. I use these when I go out for long walks in the city early in the morning and after work. I can take and make calls and people on the other side do not know I am walking through loud traffic in a city environment. The sound is punchy and has enough bass. Rock, Rap, Techno, Alternative, Post-rock, Ambient, Metal music ALL sound terrific on these little buds. Battery life is long and I have never had an issue once with these things going out on me. The only downside to these buds are the foam ear pieces that SONY ship with their in-ear headphones. I use the SpinFit CP100 Plus for IEM (you can pick them up from Amazon and these upgraded medical grade ... MoreThese things are the B.O.M.B! I cannot believe just how awesome SONY bluetooth noise cancelling headphones sound. I use these when I go out for long walks in the city early in the morning and after work. I can take and make calls and people on the other side do not know I am walking through loud traffic in a city environment. The sound is punchy and has enough bass. Rock, Rap, Techno, Alternative, Post-rock, Ambient, Metal music ALL sound terrific on these little buds. Battery life is long and I have never had an issue once with these things going out on me. The only downside to these buds are the foam ear pieces that SONY ship with their in-ear headphones. I use the SpinFit CP100 Plus for IEM (you can pick them up from Amazon and these upgraded medical grade silicone ear tips literally make the WF-1000XM4's perfect. These particular medical grade silicone tips DO NOT TEAR (I'm still on my first pair for over 6 months so these ear tips are for real). They make the XM4s sit in my ears more comfortably. SONYs foam tips never seemed small enough to give a perfect fir for me. Twisting the XM4's into my ears tore 2 pairs of foam tips in 3 months. The COMPLY foam tips are no better. I use the size "super small and they are just perfect! Spend the extra $$$$$ (hey look at the price of the XM4's), and make a great audio experience even BETTER! Don't worry about the audiophiles turning their noses up at these (or their big brother the SONY WH-1000XM4 over the head head phones); going wireless with awesome tone just feels terrific. The SONY headphone app makes customizing the ambient or heavy noise reduction easy for anyone. My headphones even "remember" when I am stepping onto the subway and automatically set to the heaviest noise reduction, and then ease up once I walk out of the station and onto the street. These phones are a must if you want to work out with tunes. You can even use these to get max noise reduction with NO music and go for a meditative walk. How does SONY know to allow in the sound of birds and breeze while virtually eliminating the sound of cars and construction work? Crazy but it just works. It's 2022 and these are the best bluetooth true wireless headphones you can buy. Pro tip: Get the SpinFit CP100 Plus for IEM ear tips and turn them into comfortable audio Perfection. Highly recommended.

This is my first pair of true wireless in-ear earphones and I am totally satisfied with my decision to buy them. Actually I didn't buy them, they were a Christmas present from my wife, (I told her I wanted them), and they went on sale at just the right time. I charged them until the orange light on the case turned off, and since Bluetooth was already turned on on my phone, they paired to it as soon as I inserted the left earphone in my ear. I installed the Sony headphones app onto my phone and experimented with different settings until I decided on a setup that I liked and then set them up to those preferences. The noise cancelling feature is phenomenal; my neighbor's lawn care specialist was cutting the grass while I was wearing the earphones, (no music or videos, ... MoreThis is my first pair of true wireless in-ear earphones and I am totally satisfied with my decision to buy them. Actually I didn't buy them, they were a Christmas present from my wife, (I told her I wanted them), and they went on sale at just the right time. I charged them until the orange light on the case turned off, and since Bluetooth was already turned on on my phone, they paired to it as soon as I inserted the left earphone in my ear. I installed the Sony headphones app onto my phone and experimented with different settings until I decided on a setup that I liked and then set them up to those preferences. The noise cancelling feature is phenomenal; my neighbor's lawn care specialist was cutting the grass while I was wearing the earphones, (no music or videos, I just had them in getting familiar with them), so I activated noise cancelling, and when it had fully activated, I could no longer hear the lawn tractor at all. I had the "Speak-to-chat" feature turned on and set to focus on voice, and when my wife came in the room and asked me a question I couldn't hear her. I asked her to repeat the question, and as I spoke, the noise cancelling turned off for me to be able to talk to her. After we had finished the conversation, noise cancellation reactivated after the time period I had set, which is 15 seconds. I don't have music installed on my phone as I am medically retired and I'm home all day so my music is on my computer which I then play through my stereo system, so I installed SiriusXM on my phone just to see how they sound playing music. "Black" by Sevendust was playing, and being able to hear the music with no outside noises was great. Noise cancellation was still turned on, and when my wife came back in to say something the music stopped when I spoke and then continued when the conversation was over. I would imagine that if I had been playing music that was on my phone it would have paused the music and then continued from the same point, On streaming music it continued at the point where the song was playing in real time. I haven't used them long enough to drain the batteries much, but just doing what I have done, the battery level has never dropped more that two or tree percent.