Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones with 30 Hours Battery Life
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Product Summary
- Industry leading noise cancellation* thanks to QN1 chip. Diaphragm: Aluminium-coated LCP. (Disclaimer in description)
- Battery life of 30 hours and quick charging so you're never without your headphones
- Improved design to make the 1000 x m3's even more comfortable and lightweight
- High resolution audio packed with technology and features to give truly authentic sound
- Optimized for google assistant and alexa for a seamless hands-free control and more
- Alexa built-in devices let you instantly connect to Alexa to play music, control your smart home, get information, news, weather, and more using just your voice.
- For optimal sound enjoyment, it is recommended to always load the latest software update onto the device. WH-1000XM3 current software: Version 4.5.2
Product Attributes
- Width: 0.4 inches,
- Height: 0.4 inches,
- Weight: 0.6 Pounds,
- Length: 0.4 inches,
- Size: 1
Brand
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Product Review Analysis*
Positives |
Neutrals |
Negatives |
| 52.3% | 10.4% | 37.3% |
Senti score [62.7%] |
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Pros & Cons
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Pros [216]
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Strength |
|---|---|
truly excellent"as per the other reviews these are truly excellent headphones"
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100.0% |
great better"the noise canceling on these is great better than the bose ones"
|
100.0% |
truly amazing"it’s truly amazing"
|
99.9% |
rated best"bought these after agonising over different brands such as bose and even the surface headphones that were rated best by the which?"
|
99.9% |
really excellent"noise cancelling was really excellent"
|
99.8% |
great performance"great on a plane but the plug in lead tends to be on the wrong side of the headphones for me not a big issue as mainly use with bluetooth which has great performance"
|
99.7% |
just brilliant"just brilliant"
|
99.6% |
excellent product"really pleased i bought these excellent product"
|
99.6% |
huge improvement"the bluetooth is a huge improvement over my old pair probably being version 4"
|
99.6% |
excellent mind"the sound quality is excellent mind you it's just that you can get better for less by buying a wired pair"
|
99.5% |
great partner"the app for ios and android is a great partner and allows you to adapt the level of noise cancellation to your surroundings and movement as well as allowing you to adjust the eq to your personal taste"
|
99.4% |
very beautiful"they are very sturdy well built and have a very beautiful minimalistic design"
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99.2% |
good perfect"the noise cancelling is scary good perfect for public transport and working without distractions"
|
99.2% |
brilliant sound"these headphones also provide comfort for hours brilliant sound and build quality all alongside superb battery life"
|
99.2% |
outstanding battery"nice sound outstanding noise cancellation outstanding battery"
|
99.0% |
very cleverly"well these are all very cleverly and very discreetly built in to the right headphone cup"
|
99.0% |
amazing clear"the sound quality is amazing clear sounds and deep punchy bass without affecting the trebles the design and feel of them is great"
|
98.8% |
favourite equaliser"i've heard so many new little details in songs that i've never noticed before and the app gives you quite a bit of control i love bass so my favourite equaliser is "clear bass""
|
98.8% |
best headsets"probably one of the best headsets i've had"
|
98.6% |
brilliant bass"the sound signature is everything you want it you are in to hip hop and rnb v shape with a brilliant bass and solid treble"
|
98.4% |
absolutely brilliant"maybe a choice of more colours would make it a little more of a personal buy but i think they’re absolutely brilliant"
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98.4% |
very satisfactory"i’ve tested it in a medium size hall and beyond the slight feedback that you would expect on approaching the speaker signal strength is very satisfactory"
|
98.3% |
just amazing"the noise cancelling is just amazing"
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98.3% |
great equaliser"sound is also subjective but that's why you have a great equaliser to set it to your preferences with many options to please everyone"
|
98.3% |
great additions"sound quality is elite level for this price range and although the swipe and tap controls can at times take a couple of tries to operate or master they’re great additions"
|
98.3% |
great headphone"overall a great headphone just rather expensive"
|
98.3% |
works perfectly"the volume control on the sonys works perfectly as does the sony app on both my samsung s2 & s10"
|
98.1% |
great shape"the ability to replace the pads is what kept my previous bose ae2w in great shape for so long so i miss that time will tell if it is an issue with the sony headphones"
|
98.1% |
great brilliant"noise cancelling is great brilliant for using in my noisy office"
|
98.0% |
fantastic piece"another fantastic piece of audio equipment from sony they will not disappoint"
|
97.7% |
favourite albums"brought the best out of my favourite albums"
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97.7% |
great controls"• great controls"
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97.6% |
great product"just a great product and if the price puts you off then just know that these are a very well worth it investment!"
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97.5% |
really enjoyed"this is a absolutely beautiful and brilliant headphones for noise cancelling and the beautiful sound when you want to enjoy it i really enjoyed used them the battery life is more than brilliant and the quality of the sound just perfect i have hard time to compare them with bose but i'm very happy my only issue is the touch control is very sensitive and i'm wondering how long will work and depending how you touch it instead of putting volume up or low you already changed the song maybe there is a new upgrade?"
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97.3% |
best thing"the best thing i have ever bought"
|
97.3% |
exceptionally happy"overall exceptionally happy"
|
97.2% |
excellent headphone"this is excellent headphone those who like to listed heavy extra base music"
|
97.0% |
best features"'quick attention' is one of the best features for me: i used to have it fiddle about with my beats trying to pause playback or take my headphones off completely if someone started talking to me but with quick attention i can place my palm over one side of the headphones the noise cancelling turns off and the volume goes all the way down so i can have a quick conversation"
|
96.7% |
best current headphones"my opinion if you want the best current headphones without the worry of something significantly better coming round the corner buy these"
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96.6% |
extremely high"they were too expensive at £320 but the price has dropped over £70 to a far more affordable level for their quality and extremely high rating in all the music and gadget press"
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96.1% |
best songs"i trawled the web for advice on the best songs to listen to in order to test out new headphones and i tried a range of music and sonic ‘challenges’"
|
96.0% |
favourite tracks"and with the eq sertings in the 'headphones' app my lord you can adjust the track to sound how you want it believe me it makes a great difference and is well worth it for your particular favourite tracks "
|
95.9% |
quality excellent"expensive but build quality excellent"
|
95.9% |
superb sound"superb sound with rich base and the settings let you fully tailor the sound to your specific liking"
|
95.8% |
extremely effective"even without playing music the noise cancelling is extremely effective"
|
95.6% |
absolutely breathtaking"the noise cancelling on the headphones are absolutely breathtaking i absolutely loved blocking out all my surroundings and just mellowing out for an afternoon"
|
95.1% |
great functions"all in all great functions and noise cancellation was great"
|
94.8% |
secure storage"the headphones come with a really slick carrying case which can act as secure storage for the headset charging cable and flight adaptor"
|
94.6% |
outstanding uncanny"noise cancelling is outstanding uncanny!"
|
94.6% |
super clean"the sound quality is amazing they look super clean and are super comfy to wear battery lasts very very long sometimes i go a week or two and they are still not needing a charge"
|
94.6% |
excellent sound"i just wanted something that delivered excellent sound with sleek design and great material quality"
|
94.6% |
best purchases"purchased these at special price on amazon and one of my best purchases ever"
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94.6% |
wondrous yummy"adorable alluring alright ambrosial amusing arresting astonishing astounding awe inspiring awesome beauteous beautiful bewitching beyond words blue ribbon bonny breathtaking brilliant capital captivating charming classy congenial dainty darling dashing daunting dazzling delectable delicate delicious delightful distinctive divine dramatic dreamy electrifying elegant enchanting entertaining enthralling enticing excellent exceptional exhilarating exquisite extraordinary eye opening fabulous fantastic far out fascinating fearsome fetching first class first rate fun glorious gorgeous graceful grand gratifying groovy heavenly ideal impressive incomparable inconceivable incredible informal inspiring interesting irresistible lavish likable lovely lunatic luscious luxuriant magnetic magnificent majestic marvelous mesmerizing monumental outstanding overwhelming pleasant previous prodigious psycho radiant refined riveting satisfying savory scrumptious sensual sexy shocking showy spectacular splendid staggering striking stunning stupendous successful super superb supreme surprise surprising taste thrilling transcendent tremendous unbelievable unexpected unreal unutterable very good wonderful wondrous yummy"
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94.5% |
very bright"the music quality itself is very bright with enough punch if you like it to be bass heavy"
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94.4% |
favourite songs"the music is so clear and detailed that your favourite songs will sound so much different and better"
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94.4% |
been outstanding"my experience with these has thus far been outstanding"
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94.3% |
loved this"loved this on the planes and trains cuts out almost all cabin noise"
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94.3% |
incredibly convenient"incredibly convenient and a lot less disruptive"
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94.2% |
excellent i love"the noise cancelling is excellent i love wearing them on the train even if i don't have enough phone battery left to play music"
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93.9% |
excellent oppo"i've medium sized ears and suppose i must be pretty sensitive as i sold on my excellent oppo pm2 because of comfort issues but these sonys are seriously cramped and a heat magnet"
|
93.9% |
really pleased"really pleased i bought these excellent product"
|
93.9% |
energetic and powerful"the sound is energetic and powerful and all frequencies are handled very well"
|
93.9% |
superb even"the sound quality is fantastic also playing hi res files wired is superb even using wifi with ldac is wonderful they are worth every penny you'll have no regrets purchasing these head phones an i am a audiophile buy them "
|
93.9% |
stunning simply"the sound quality is stunning simply amazing it has the bass treble and a magnificent soundstage"
|
93.8% |
really is amazing"it really is amazing"
|
93.5% |
really good"gesture control added features that make this really good voice assistant button google alexa siri kinda cons: price design some may or may not like it the gesture controls can take some time to get used to it comfort some do say that the bose are better"
|
93.1% |
great bass"usb c great bass make them rumble!"
|
93.0% |
happy customer"waiting to see if they will deliver the 30hrs as boasted but aside from that i'm a happy customer"
|
92.9% |
really clean"everything sounds clear the vocals sound really clean there's a very good balance between all the lows mids and highs"
|
92.9% |
brilliant cuts"the noise consolation is brilliant cuts out of mist of the aircraft noise also i like a louder vast and these were awesome"
|
92.7% |
quite remarkable"these headphones are quite remarkable!"
|
92.5% |
excellent quality"upon opening the box the first thing i noticed with the sony wh 1000xm3 was the excellent quality of the materials used"
|
92.4% |
amazing and immersive"simply amazing and immersive"
|
92.4% |
well worth"if you love your music and want to invest they are well worth it"
|
92.1% |
still amaze"i’ve worn these everyday for 12 hours for the last 3 months and they still amaze me"
|
92.1% |
best option"i got these as a present to myself for christmas i'd been promising myself a new set of headphones all year and did lots of research into what might be the best option and once again sony came up trumps with their technology"
|
91.9% |
brilliant midrange"the bass is brilliant midrange is great and the top end is also great"
|
91.7% |
brilliant sensors"it has brilliant sensors for volume control and the best noise cancellation which us best for the flights"
|
91.7% |
great battery"• great battery"
|
91.4% |
cancelling excellent"noise cancelling excellent"
|
91.2% |
amazing cans"entirely happy with my purchase these are amazing cans"
|
91.1% |
highly praised"i bought these headphones mainly because of the highly praised noise cancellation technology"
|
91.0% |
great surround"noise cancelling is superb plane noise is gone app is simple but includes great surround and eq options touch controls are super easy and the 'cup the earphone to temporarily cut sound so you can talk to people without removing the headset' function is brilliant"
|
90.9% |
best headphones purchase"these might be the best headphones purchase i've made"
|
90.9% |
brilliant as well"the battery life is brilliant as well can go a few days without needing to charge at all and even if i did run out i have a quick charge cable and plug which charges to full within a hour or so"
|
90.9% |
brilliant quality"they are brilliant quality and amazingly comfortable to wear even for extended periods"
|
90.8% |
excellent definitely"battery life is excellent definitely as advertised and the app to go with it works well"
|
90.8% |
super easy"noise cancelling is superb plane noise is gone app is simple but includes great surround and eq options touch controls are super easy and the 'cup the earphone to temporarily cut sound so you can talk to people without removing the headset' function is brilliant"
|
90.8% |
best noise cancellation"it has brilliant sensors for volume control and the best noise cancellation which us best for the flights"
|
90.8% |
extremely well"noise cancelling works extremely well and really does cut out most ambient noise"
|
90.7% |
best of the best"we're talking about the best of the best here you've really got to be into your audio to purchase these but if you do you won't be disappointed "
|
90.4% |
very satisfied"very very satisfied"
|
90.4% |
clever i love"the control for volume up down ff and rew and pause as well as mute are so clever i love it!"
|
90.4% |
favourite setting"my favourite setting is the concert mode making it feel like you are listening to your favourite song at a concert live"
|
90.3% |
quite good"the noise cancelling is quite good but gives me the sensation of pressure in my ears"
|
90.1% |
absolutely fantastic"they are absolutely fantastic"
|
89.9% |
magnificent soundstage"the sound quality is stunning simply amazing it has the bass treble and a magnificent soundstage"
|
89.9% |
best availbale"if you are in the market for some nc headphones shop around and try them all but for me these are the best availbale at this price point"
|
89.9% |
best headphonesi"these are the best headphonesi have ever known"
|
89.9% |
very pleased"very pleased i went for these ones"
|
89.6% |
amazing and easy to"battery life is amazing and easy to use"
|
89.6% |
great a non issue"the sound quality is great a non issue all my music sounds crisp sharp and the balance is great"
|
89.6% |
with the best"overall a very nice set of headphones with the best nc"
|
89.6% |
amazing headphones"amazing headphones i have the v1 of these and loved them but i bought these in black friday for the wife but she prefers the v1 over these the only thing i miss on these vs the v1 is the leather feeling touch control it's some how more responsive on the v1 vs these but still great headphones for the price i got them at!"
|
89.4% |
absolutely amazing"absolutely amazing headphones nc is superb tried it on many long haul flights and it has worked every time flawlessly"
|
89.2% |
very impressive"the noise cancelling technology is very impressive far superior to anything else that i have heard"
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89.1% |
impressive and absolute"very impressive and absolute quality"
|
88.8% |
these are brilliant"i bought these as i fly a lot and wanted more comfort i must say these are brilliant"
|
88.8% |
winner = sony"winner = sony!"
|
88.7% |
absolute bliss"absolute bliss!"
|
88.5% |
good to excellent"the sound quality delivered is good to excellent"
|
88.5% |
does a brilliant"just to set expectations it won't cancel all noise as that's a little optimistic but when playing music and on transport mode it does a brilliant job"
|
88.5% |
beautiful and packed"they are also beautiful and packed with features so the sony’s had a lot to live up to"
|
88.5% |
amazing and configurable"sound quality is amazing and configurable which is a fantastic"
|
88.4% |
excellent sound quality"excellent sound quality and anc ability"
|
88.4% |
amazing i love"the technology in this thing is amazing i love every aspect of it"
|
88.2% |
quite comfortably"sits quite comfortably"
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88.0% |
sound quality is superb"sound quality is superb"
|
88.0% |
works great"even dsee hx works great for the most part filling in data and doing a decent job"
|
88.0% |
superb sound quality"i sold my old beats studios for these and i'm so glad i did superb sound quality with great sound cancelling features even the headphone app works well my only gripe is the range for wireless my old beats worked up the garden when my phone was in the lounge the sony break up when i get by the back door or go upstairs but this is only a very minor gripe as being fussy"
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87.7% |
wonderfully silent"i tested it by blasting the tv on loudly during an episode of top gear jeremy clarkson’s voice was rendered wonderfully silent"
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87.2% |
really great"you can also assign your preferred voice assistant whether it be alexa or google and both work flawlessly noise cancelling is stunning as is the sound quality wireless range is amazing with no connectivity dropouts no voice sync lag when watching videos and they also come in a really great carrying case"
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86.7% |
less expensive"i was super glad to get these during black friday week so they were slightly less expensive than full price"
|
85.7% |
favourite song"my favourite setting is the concert mode making it feel like you are listening to your favourite song at a concert live"
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85.6% |
clearly superior"versus a previous generation sennheiser momentum and akg k 550 the sony are clearly superior"
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85.4% |
expose shortcomings"on remastered tracks you will simply hear detail that wasn't audible before on older recordings the cans will expose shortcomings but therein lies their accuracy"
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85.0% |
remarkable expansion"furthermore the sound quality is phenomenal i listen to music all the time and could tell there was a remarkable expansion over my in ear headphones from sony"
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84.9% |
very sturdy"overall i'd say that these headphones are musically excellent with the vast majority of music 8 10 very sturdy and fairly conformable 8 10 and seriously unbelievably good in the noise cancelling department 10 10 "
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75.0% |
pretty comprehensive"phone app previous mentioned is pretty comprehensive allowing you to tweak settings including sound effects"
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75.0% |
positive aspects"plenty of reviews with the positive aspects so i'll just list the reasons of why i returned these headphones in order of importance to me"
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75.0% |
fidelity codecs"on preset eq sound quality is good and high fidelity codecs are supported 3"
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75.0% |
reasonably feasible"i did look to replace the earpads with better quality ones but this didn't seem reasonably feasible sony's ear pad connections "
|
75.0% |
looks good"it allows for smooth seamless design that looks good!"
|
75.0% |
fairly decent"amazing noise cancellation sounds is decent albeit it slightly muddled with the hard hitting bass touch controls work well and the comfort was fairly decent"
|
75.0% |
decent noise cancellation"i wouldn't recommend these for home use where you don't need noise cancellation you can get better sound quality with many other headphones see b&o play for the best sound quality and decent noise cancellation "
|
75.0% |
comfort 35ii"better noise cancelling & much better sound than the bose quiet comfort 35ii"
|
75.0% |
build quality"build quality is great the headband and cups are very soft and the touch controls work very well once you get used to the positioning"
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75.0% |
prime importance"i only use them when i'm flying long haul with ba so the noise cancellation is of prime importance"
|
75.0% |
clean build"discreet clean build and design"
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75.0% |
lower quality"the case inside feels lower quality than you would expect for the price"
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75.0% |
sounds fantastic"as for the sound quality when playing music i am no expert but my classical music sounds fantastic to me"
|
75.0% |
lasting charge"comfortable relatively lightweight & quick & long lasting charge"
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75.0% |
great feature"it has the option to allow ambient sound too which is a great feature for when you want to hear around you at the same time as music podcasts etc the ios app is nicely created for managing software updates and configuring sound"
|
75.0% |
great saving"i finally bought these when they dropped to £260 which is a great saving from the initial price"
|
75.0% |
lasts long"battery lasts long and is quick to charge"
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75.0% |
more reliable"reminds me of the over sensitive sky q remote which has now been updated to a more reliable one "
|
75.0% |
sturdy build"sturdy build"
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75.0% |
very sensitive"this is a absolutely beautiful and brilliant headphones for noise cancelling and the beautiful sound when you want to enjoy it i really enjoyed used them the battery life is more than brilliant and the quality of the sound just perfect i have hard time to compare them with bose but i'm very happy my only issue is the touch control is very sensitive and i'm wondering how long will work and depending how you touch it instead of putting volume up or low you already changed the song maybe there is a new upgrade?"
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75.0% |
maximum comfort"best money i've spent for maximum comfort"
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75.0% |
dedicated button"the touch controls are very easy to use as well and having the dedicated button for anc means you don't need to use the app all the time"
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75.0% |
most useful"a feature which i find the most useful is the right ear cup can be swiped with one finger to pause a track play next previous track and adjust the volume level without resorting to an array of fiddly buttons"
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75.0% |
good shout"all in all being a first time sony headset product owner its a good shout of a headset for new wireless buyers!"
|
74.9% |
provide comfort"these headphones also provide comfort for hours brilliant sound and build quality all alongside superb battery life"
|
74.9% |
comfort headphones"i previously had bose quiet comfort headphones for several years but the "leather" protein leather bose call it parts started to break down in particular the ear cups and headband"
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74.9% |
awesome purchase"awesome purchase recommended"
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74.9% |
sensitive controls"'swiping gesture' touch sensitive controls are a bit hit and miss i would have preferred physical controls for track and volume although the single touch gestures for pause and 'temporary off' work ok"
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74.9% |
overall great"the sound quality is overall great for me"
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74.9% |
enjoy bass"finally the sound and in this i can say this headphones are really good if you enjoy bass"
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74.9% |
great cuts"the noise cancelling is great cuts out engine and other noises"
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74.9% |
great solution"seems a great solution for fitness instructors also"
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74.9% |
good looking"they’re good looking and sound great"
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74.9% |
remarkably well"noise cancelling works remarkably well really makes a huge difference on planes and trains"
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74.9% |
very intuitive"music play by using gesture controls on the back of right cup it's very intuitive and easy to use"
|
74.9% |
feature rich"the product is well built and feature rich"
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74.9% |
very useful"the ability to cup the headphone to lower the song volume and noise canceling to speak to people is a very useful feature"
|
74.9% |
beautiful case"pack with features comfortable fit beautiful case but i’m sorry to say i had to send the headphones back for three reasons that they didn’t suit me personally"
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74.9% |
with features"they are also beautiful and packed with features so the sony’s had a lot to live up to"
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74.9% |
sturdy feel"build quality these headphones have a premium sturdy feel which is a fairly big achievement from sony considering plastic is the dominant material here"
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74.9% |
great quality"bose headphones deliver great quality but lack seriously in the volume department there isn't a chance in hell i would invest my money in a pair of headphones more focussed on cancelling sound than actually producing it"
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74.9% |
refunded quickly"i returned them next day & amazon refunded quickly nice one amazon"
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74.9% |
solid investment"if the above doesn't cause concern it sure is a solid investment"
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74.9% |
good loud volume"good loud volume and settings"
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74.9% |
helpful button"if you finding this review helpful please click helpful button below and follow me for more reviews"
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74.9% |
look forward"i commute everyday and travel quite a lot and i now look forward to watching all the chaos unfold from my bubble"
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74.9% |
pretty close"by no means is it absolutely silent when on the tube but once your music is playing it’s pretty close!"
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74.9% |
more gentle"maybe this would ease up with use the ones i tried on a shop certainly seemed more gentle in this respect"
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74.9% |
real knockout"ok it's a sony so the good quality finish and well made carry case were as expected but the real knockout is the superb noise cancelling performance"
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74.9% |
excellent equalizer"there is also an app which controls the sound noise cancellation and the sound optimisation as well as have an excellent equalizer"
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74.9% |
decent amount"solution try them in store first and for a decent amount of time"
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74.9% |
blissful silence"just turn on the noise cancelling and her dulcet tones just fade into pure blissful silence"
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74.9% |
comfort issues"i've medium sized ears and suppose i must be pretty sensitive as i sold on my excellent oppo pm2 because of comfort issues but these sonys are seriously cramped and a heat magnet"
|
74.9% |
great purchase"another great purchase from sony and at least this time i got a hardcase instead of a soft case which is more reassurance when travelling"
|
74.8% |
treat yourself"i know they are very expensive but you have to treat yourself once"
|
74.8% |
works properly"the sound quality is great nothing to say especially when the noise cancelling function works properly"
|
74.8% |
very excited"after purchasing these headphones i was very excited about using them every review i read said they were the best on the market"
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74.8% |
comfortable bigger"i also actually found the cn 700's a little more comfortable bigger softer pads and a little lighter"
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74.8% |
still great"* sound quality is still great"
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74.8% |
good place"sony's own forum is a good place to start"
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74.8% |
very frequent"this didn't happen as often at the start but now it's become very frequent i actually regret spending so much money and purchasing these headphones"
|
74.8% |
well built"the headphones are well built & comfortable when worn for extended periods"
|
74.8% |
system position"surrounding system position of the sound and once tough google assistance work excellent"
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74.8% |
interact with"the sound quality is brilliant the features it comes with as well as how well you can interact with it is phenomenal and overall i'm pleased with the purchase"
|
74.8% |
best noise"these are consistently rated the best noise cancelling headphones by a numbers of tech reviewers and i can see why"
|
74.8% |
premium and solid"in comparison the bose quiet comfort ii feel so much more premium and solid"
|
74.8% |
good job sony"good job sony"
|
74.8% |
works really well"you can even cover the right cup with the palm of your hand to essentially mute your headphones if someone is trying to talk to you and get your attention and it works really well"
|
74.8% |
punchy bass"the sound quality is amazing clear sounds and deep punchy bass without affecting the trebles the design and feel of them is great"
|
74.8% |
good and high"on preset eq sound quality is good and high fidelity codecs are supported 3"
|
74.8% |
quality and comfort"moved from some bludio to these and boy oh boy what a step change in sound quality and comfort"
|
74.8% |
well justified"well i guess the praise was well justified"
|
74.8% |
works well"you can temporarily cut off noise cancelling by cupping your hand over the right headphone works well"
|
74.7% |
ryanair flight"taken on a ryanair flight with kids everywhere and adults talking all turned to silence at the press of a button"
|
74.7% |
longhaul flight"looking forward to using these soon on a longhaul flight"
|
74.7% |
transatlantic flight"tried these for the first time on a transatlantic flight and they were amazing"
|
74.7% |
really useful"the app on iphone is really useful"
|
74.7% |
full price"i was super glad to get these during black friday week so they were slightly less expensive than full price"
|
74.7% |
champagne colour"really glad i bought the sony as well very chic design and colour champagne colour with the swipe finger control over the ear piece brilliant comes with a cable for normal headphone plug ins as well as bluetooth"
|
74.7% |
look great"they look great and the build quality finish and battery life are all excellent"
|
74.7% |
much cheaper"i have much cheaper wired headphones that sound a lot better"
|
74.7% |
vibrant base"sound quality detailed and good vibrant base just really nice very comfortable battery is great and the quick charge is awesome if you have forgotten to charge up best in 49 years so far well done sony superb job"
|
74.7% |
good match"but to my ears they collapsed the soundstage significantly and for some of the genres i favor it was not a good match"
|
74.7% |
came up trumps"i got these as a present to myself for christmas i'd been promising myself a new set of headphones all year and did lots of research into what might be the best option and once again sony came up trumps with their technology"
|
74.7% |
been happy"i would have been happy without the wireless and the noise reduction because it would have made them lighter and cheaper"
|
74.7% |
amazing battery loads"amazing battery loads of features great noise cancelling great sound and comfortable to wear"
|
74.7% |
good looks"the transport carrier is good looks nice and i appreciate the extra connectivity for planes"
|
74.7% |
pretty smart"the app is pretty smart but you don’t need it it has a pretty smart feature which will allow certain kinds of noise through the noise cancellation depending on what you are doing for example if sitting still it’s on maximum but if you are walking it detects this and allows certain frequencies that might be useful to hear such as cars as you walk around"
|
74.7% |
| ... | |
|
Cons [269]
|
Strength |
|---|---|
defective piece"hopefully this is a defective piece"
|
99.4% |
just awful"bass is ok but the treble ranges where the detail in music mostly resides are just awful"
|
98.8% |
very disappointed"i found the sound very bass heavy with no brilliance at first and was very disappointed"
|
98.7% |
poor quality"earpads felt very cheap and of poor quality"
|
98.5% |
glaringly obvious"the app has a load of features you'd never use but is missing the glaringly obvious ie bluetooth switching"
|
98.5% |
extremely annoying"this issue is extremely annoying and frankly unacceptable for a pair of brand new headphones that cost me £265"
|
98.4% |
hugely frustrating"this is at best mildly irritating and at worst hugely frustrating as the pair repair process isn’t always quick or instant on the sony headphones"
|
98.4% |
failed miserably"it was more comfortable and was great in most parts except it failed miserably in looks and the warming of the ears"
|
98.3% |
horribly wrong"i listen to a lot of music and mainly on my commute to and from work and this is where it all started to go horribly wrong"
|
98.3% |
extremely disappointing"extremely disappointing"
|
98.2% |
truly horrible"this continues for literally hours after wearing them for only 10 mins and is truly horrible"
|
98.1% |
false and unnecessary"i would have given these headphones 3 stars were it not for the false and unnecessary claims about battery life and charge speed"
|
98.0% |
tricky to swipe"on the move it is tricky to swipe accurately up down to adjust the volume"
|
97.6% |
quite sharply"this seems to throw out the noise cancellation and causes the volume to go up and down again quite sharply"
|
97.5% |
complete waste"also the touch controls on the side of the headphones are a complete waste of time"
|
96.8% |
worthless gimmick"the motion touch control is a massive fail and in my opinion a worthless gimmick that should have been forgotten about during the design process"
|
96.5% |
hardware failure"sometimes blamed on a hardware failure and sometimes blamed on firmware"
|
96.4% |
absolute waste"ridiculous absolute waste of money!"
|
95.8% |
totally garbled"added later: stopped working after 8 months sound totally garbled"
|
95.5% |
poor responsiveness"my problem with them is the poor responsiveness of the playback controls"
|
95.0% |
poor results"you need to make sure that the graphic equaliser setting on the headphones does not conflict with any similar settings you have on your mobile device otherwise they may conflict with each other and give poor results"
|
94.8% |
absolutely terrible"absolutely terrible"
|
94.8% |
absolutely awful"2nd size was the mic absolutely awful for phone calls"
|
93.9% |
really bad functionality"overall for me the slightly better sound does not make up for the really bad functionality and obvious bugs"
|
93.6% |
absolute nonsense"absolute nonsense"
|
92.9% |
stopped during playback"my previous bluetooth earphones although sounded far worse but were very consistent never stuttered or stopped during playback"
|
92.9% |
vocals are indistinct"vocals are indistinct – you can’t hear s and t consonants properly"
|
92.6% |
fell asleep"also first time i ever fell asleep on a plane as a result"
|
92.5% |
hard to problem"the inconsistency is the problem it is hard to problem solve when it works one minute then not the next"
|
90.9% |
negligible at worst"the noise cancellation is the same or negligible at worst"
|
90.6% |
reduced to nothing"i started on ambient noise and my the mics work it was noisy then set to ambient noise control and i would say that 60 to 70% of the heavy noise was reduced to nothing so to where a good set of noise cancelling headsets would be"
|
90.6% |
biggest disappointment"the biggest disappointment is noise cancelling"
|
90.6% |
really cheap"unfortuantely in a couple of months the strap broke it turned out the material used is really cheap"
|
90.5% |
huge problem"this caused a huge problem for me as i expect a premium headphone like this would not have this problem"
|
90.3% |
goes very loud"the sound quality is superb and volume goes very loud"
|
90.0% |
even worse"the noise they make gets to your head like your skull is getting chiseled and noise cancellation makes it even worse and it's all you focus on"
|
89.9% |
create discomfort"if there is any noise around you like if you are in train it amplifies all external sound and sends it to other people that the other people can not understand you in some cases or at least create discomfort"
|
88.6% |
very cheap"but frankly these just sound like a very cheap pair of headphones to me and i’m really disappointed i'm wondering if there is an "emperors new clothes" thing at work here now i wish i'd just simply got another pair from bose"
|
83.8% |
hustle and bustle"they make commuting in london a lot more chill as they sort of remove most of the hustle and bustle and just leave you in a bubble with your music"
|
74.9% |
begin to hurt"for the most part they are comfortable in long stretches but i have to find just the right position on my head otherwise my ears do begin to hurt"
|
74.9% |
connectivity issues"i had enough of the connectivity issues i was having with the beats studio 3 wireless that i decided to look at another paris headphones which was the sony mx1000 m3"
|
74.9% |
sadly as uncomfortable"sadly as uncomfortable as it gets"
|
74.9% |
noise dropouts"i had the nad viso hp70 but suffered a lot of weird issues whining whistling noise dropouts poor sound quality uncomfortable headband "
|
74.9% |
drives me nuts"however the software on it drives me nuts: every operation on the headphones has a non optional voice telling you what's happening: "power on" "bluetooth connected" "power off" "noise cancelling" and so on"
|
74.9% |
worry too much"if i'm sat in the middle of a noisy bus listening to rock or pop music i tend not to worry too much"
|
74.9% |
obvious bugs"overall for me the slightly better sound does not make up for the really bad functionality and obvious bugs"
|
74.9% |
noise hiss"mx2 would switch off automatically * when not playing music the white noise hiss produced by the active noise cancelling is a lot less pronounced so much better at just being used for silence * noise cancelling still works very well"
|
74.9% |
noisy neighbors"would cancel noise of kids playing on the street a radio playing music a spinning washing machine noisy neighbors etc"
|
74.9% |
noisy commute"can’t recommend them enough if you have a noisy commute on the train tube and need some peace and quiet"
|
74.9% |
noisy flats"i've needed them for a while longer to be honest living in shared housing noisy flats and roadsides i was tired of having to move due to noise problems"
|
74.9% |
terrible oversight"my only concern long term is that the ear pad cushions are not designed to be replaceable a terrible oversight for such a flagship product"
|
74.9% |
waste their money"i own these headphones and a pair of taotronic bh 22 headphones there is approximately £200 difference in price between them taotronics were just over 30 quid but the difference in sound is so incredibly marginal that i cannot understand why anyone would waste their money on these"
|
74.9% |
negative point"the only negative point is the microphone which other reviews mention"
|
74.9% |
very unimpressive"very unimpressive for the cost"
|
74.9% |
very intrusive"very intrusive"
|
74.9% |
irritation and stress"you can just remove all the irritation and stress from most powered travel"
|
74.9% |
small niggles"a few small niggles but not enough to detract from a glowing recommendation"
|
74.9% |
droning noises"i could not hear any droning noises from passing cars or voices from different rooms my partner was singing loud in the shower but i had no idea until i took the headset off!"
|
74.9% |
harsh vocals"i've found some headphones to have harsh vocals not these just a warmth but not bright vocal"
|
74.9% |
disabled locked"and also for the touch control to be disabled locked e"
|
74.9% |
start to hurt"cons: • at least for my ears and glasses the left speaker can start to hurt after a few hours"
|
74.8% |
terrible hiss"also there is terrible hiss in the left ear when you have the noise cancelling on"
|
74.8% |
uncomfortable headband"i had the nad viso hp70 but suffered a lot of weird issues whining whistling noise dropouts poor sound quality uncomfortable headband "
|
74.8% |
significanly worse"the sound quality is significanly worse than talking to your phone"
|
74.8% |
terrible hissing"the only reason i can't give a 5 star is a terrible hissing in my right headphone that only got worse with further listening after resetting after disuse"
|
74.8% |
gets similar issues"one of my colleagues has the same headphones and gets similar issues"
|
74.8% |
annoyingly worse"annoyingly worse than my 1000xm2s"
|
74.8% |
water damaged"these got water damaged and could not live without"
|
74.8% |
similar issues"i know a couple of friends who’ve had similar issues"
|
74.8% |
distorted noise"the distorted noise is as if you can hear the blood in your veins flowing"
|
74.8% |
sound leakage"if you don’t mind sound leakage even on low volume and some background noise coming through the headphones whilst on noise cancelling then i suggest these are great as the sound is brilliant and extremely good battery life but just a shame there is quite major let downs which is annoying due to the price for the headphones is not exactly cheap"
|
74.8% |
weird vibration"on the bus if i sat over the engine it would cause a weird vibration of the headphones not sure what caused this"
|
74.8% |
gets stuck"the cable jack is not very tight so it's easy to have the cable unplug accidentally with a sudden head movement if it gets stuck somewhere inside coat chair at work"
|
74.8% |
design flaw"massive design flaw wherein the microphone focuses on background noise over your own voice especially a problem when used in a somewhat noisy office this issue is not had with cheaper headsets "
|
74.8% |
long trips"also the battery life is insane i go 3 days without having to charge these these are great for long trips or flights"
|
74.8% |
no pressure effect"no pressure effect either which i have experienced with others"
|
74.8% |
still too distracting"i wish there was a noise cancelling feature which allowed voice focus as the ambient option is still too distracting"
|
74.8% |
some basic problems"but there are also some basic problems that i can't believe more people haven't called sony out on"
|
74.8% |
went wrong"my first pair of these went wrong after only a month because of this design quirk"
|
74.7% |
sounded far worse"my previous bluetooth earphones although sounded far worse but were very consistent never stuttered or stopped during playback"
|
74.7% |
cold nevertheless"the first morning it was a little cold not ridiculously so but cold nevertheless"
|
74.7% |
alexa issue"response from sony technical support to the alexa issue was useless see below"
|
74.7% |
have failed"i may be unlucky but a tad miffed at the "premium" headphones have failed already"
|
74.7% |
quite badly"the one negative would be the bluetooth connection is affected quite badly in busy stations especially london bridge where even when i've selected all options for stable connection over quality i find i have to keep my phone fairly close to the headphones"
|
74.7% |
weird issues"i had the nad viso hp70 but suffered a lot of weird issues whining whistling noise dropouts poor sound quality uncomfortable headband "
|
74.7% |
almost unusable"i wish they'd keep things simple sound quality is good enough for its intended purpose anc excellent build better than i expected but the software application is terrible making the hardware almost unusable"
|
74.7% |
matte feel"the finish is particularly nice matte feel"
|
74.7% |
known issue"this is a known issue there are threads on the sony community forums the materials do not seem study enough"
|
74.7% |
start creaking"and i tried to wear it while i am running it start creaking"
|
74.7% |
cancelling wasnt"i recently bought a pair of sony 700 s they were very good but the noise cancelling wasnt"
|
74.7% |
very noisy"cannot believe how much noise these headphones cut out we live above a commercial kitchen and their extractor fans are very noisy"
|
74.7% |
sorry bose"sorry bose there is just no competition but and this is a big but they feel £50 !"
|
74.7% |
heavy headhones"i understand the choice as it seems most people want bass heavy headhones however the only way to change that is to switch the bluetooth codec to sbt for some obscure reason"
|
74.7% |
slack skype"so for example: you're working on your pc listening to audio and having calls with colleagues on slack skype throughout your day"
|
74.7% |
slight inconvenience"these headphones will only connect to one device at a time which coming from the bose which allows 2 devices is a little letdown and a slight inconvenience when i switch from my laptop to phone and vice versa as you need to disconnect and reconnect yes not life changing but feels like a basic change that would push these to 5 starts imho"
|
74.6% |
cancelling drowns"its very good noise cancelling drowns out some sounds more than others sound is good but not as good as a wired pair of audio technica m50x the touch controls for volume and forward reverse next ect are rubbish bring back buttons that react when you press them not this soft touch maybe it works if you rub it right rubbish the bose qc35 wins on that one for sure "
|
74.6% |
cheap earbuds"first you cant have more than one device connect at once i have some cheap earbuds that allow multiple connections this means if i want to connect to my laptop i have to go into my phone a disconnect from the phone settings and to connect back to me phone i have a disconnect from my laptop via the laptop bluetooth settings its a bit of a faff"
|
74.6% |
uncomfortable though"not to really say these are uncomfortable though"
|
74.6% |
bass distortion"i immediately noticed bass distortion on some songs but i wasn`t sure that the problem is caused by my phone bluetooth connection or software"
|
74.6% |
completely unusable"however as is typical with sony the complete over engineering of the firmware on which they run make them completely unusable"
|
74.6% |
massive fault"i don't know what sony has done but this is clearly a massive fault"
|
74.5% |
daily frustration"they're a daily frustration"
|
74.5% |
expected result"not a deal breaker but again not what i expected but having looked on the sony website since then it's an expected result"
|
74.5% |
drowning out traffic"drowning out traffic is never a safe move!"
|
74.5% |
flat headphone"so if you want a flat headphone and high quality streaming you can't"
|
74.5% |
chatter sorry"someone on the desk opposite insists on playing the radio all day and with these headphones on even without my own music playing i cannot hear a thing no annoying coughing phones ringing general chatter sorry i sound really anti social!"
|
74.4% |
swipe gesture"lastly the swipe gesture controls work well for playing pausing skipping music plus google assistant siri and alexa"
|
74.4% |
most expensive"my most expensive headphone is the beyerdynamic dt250 80ohm i bought in 2011 for £149"
|
74.4% |
isolate yourself"you completely isolate yourself"
|
74.4% |
pretty heavy"one charge tends to last me 4ish days of pretty heavy use"
|
74.4% |
frustrating issue"the bigger frustrating issue was the hinges creaking"
|
74.3% |
some drawbacks"this product delivers but it has some drawbacks"
|
74.3% |
interference noise"furthermore the left headphone developed a louder interference noise after a couple of days of use which was there even when it wasn't coupled to my phone"
|
74.3% |
very expensive"been using in ear headphones from cheap to very expensive for years but already i'd struggle to go back"
|
74.2% |
slight niggle"the only slight niggle is the touch control on the side of the headphone which takes some getting used to"
|
74.2% |
thicker pads"with thicker pads these would be 5 star all day long"
|
74.1% |
fall apart"bought these after my beats started to fall apart after years of use"
|
74.1% |
lacked definition"the base and mid range simply lacked definition in comparison and the artificially amplified treble still meant that vocals weren't as clear and as distinct"
|
74.1% |
sadly disappointed"thinking that these were the "bees knees" of wireless headphones after reading many reviews i was sadly disappointed"
|
74.1% |
pretty poor"originally purchased theae through amazon warehouse however i received the xm2s in an xm3 box pretty poor on amazon's part!"
|
74.1% |
only gripe"my only gripe with these is that the ear pads aren't easily replaceable in the same way you can replace the bose ear pads"
|
74.1% |
terribly cheap"the headband is too tight and too slim and the plastic used is terribly cheap looking !"
|
74.1% |
muddy mess"their clear crisp yet still punchy bass are a far cry from the muddy mess that the 35 quietcomfort ii produced"
|
74.0% |
justifiable unfortunately"so the price is absolutely not justifiable unfortunately"
|
74.0% |
were clunky"the touch controls were clunky and barely worked for me i appreciate that it takes time to build muscle memory and i am unable to comment on any charging related features as i didn't own these for long enough"
|
74.0% |
connection problems"connection problems will not reconnect to last connected device have to manually manage"
|
74.0% |
small issue"the only small issue i have with these headphones is that once you have them paired with a device it’s quite a faff to pair them with another device but this is only a very small point and someone with better technical knowledge than me would probably be able to carry this out with no issues!"
|
73.9% |
lacked punch"the sound i thought was very good but lacked punch"
|
73.9% |
fault them"i really cannot fault them"
|
73.9% |
dishonest misleading"to me this change to the warranty is dishonest misleading and probably illegal"
|
73.8% |
forgotten about"the motion touch control is a massive fail and in my opinion a worthless gimmick that should have been forgotten about during the design process"
|
73.8% |
coat collar"only problem that i have with them is when the headphones touch basically anything beit a a coat collar or something that'd nudge it into a slightly different position the bass gets very dirty sounding"
|
73.8% |
return mine"unfortunately i had to return mine as it gave me headaches inner ear pain neck pain and made me feel dizzy if noise cancellation was used for more than about half an hour at a time"
|
73.8% |
little niggle"the tap to pause is sometimes a little unresponsive but that is the only little niggle i've had and i have used them almost daily for 4 months"
|
73.7% |
same issue"both have the same issue with nc mode"
|
73.7% |
wretched earphones"wretched wretched earphones"
|
73.7% |
slight downside"however i will say that there is only one slight downside"
|
73.6% |
caused this"on the bus if i sat over the engine it would cause a weird vibration of the headphones not sure what caused this"
|
73.6% |
swipe function"to improve: the swipe function for volume and changing track can be easily muddled"
|
73.6% |
creaking noise"i am buying this expensive headphone i expect i can wear it on the train or doing exercise once it start making creaking noise which is super irritating"
|
73.6% |
really muddy"a lot of bass in the mix and the bass mids were really muddy"
|
73.5% |
forget bose"forget bose"
|
73.5% |
somewhat noisy"massive design flaw wherein the microphone focuses on background noise over your own voice especially a problem when used in a somewhat noisy office this issue is not had with cheaper headsets "
|
73.5% |
strangely misleading"i thought them disappointing and the reviews strangely misleading for the money i couldn't live with them and sent them back"
|
73.4% |
hissing noise"however soon after receiving them i noticed that when noise cancellation is active there is a constant hissing noise coming from the left earphone"
|
73.3% |
skip track"operation of the earphones is nice and simple with swipe gestures for volume play pause skip track next track and previous track"
|
73.2% |
great headphones"great headphones"
|
73.1% |
from cheap"been using in ear headphones from cheap to very expensive for years but already i'd struggle to go back"
|
73.1% |
treble ranges"bass is ok but the treble ranges where the detail in music mostly resides are just awful"
|
73.0% |
chat transcript"i have taken a copy of the chat transcript highlighting all this and will be taking appropriate legal"
|
73.0% |
really poorly"no matter what you do it will always notify you with a really poorly sounding voice assistant that you have a received a message and who it was sent from"
|
72.9% |
bloated bass"if you use the phones with aptx or wired in other words when you want the highest music quality then you're stuck with the bloated bass"
|
72.9% |
silly fiddle"it's only 15cm long 6 inches which makes plugging it in to recharge in the back of my mac really a silly fiddle"
|
72.9% |
never understand"never understand why with a quality product like this they supply a poor user manual"
|
72.8% |
expensive cans"there are no replacement ment parts cups etc for wear and tear for such expensive cans why not ?"
|
72.7% |
expensive headphone"i am buying this expensive headphone i expect i can wear it on the train or doing exercise once it start making creaking noise which is super irritating"
|
72.7% |
without them"extremely useful on trains and airplanes and i would not travel on an airplane without them"
|
72.6% |
drops alot"the latency is the only bad thing the sound quality drops alot if you move away from the device you're paired with"
|
72.6% |
than useless"update: sony worse than useless"
|
72.6% |
annoying problems"but for a few annoying problems"
|
72.5% |
more negative"one more negative is the voice assistant"
|
72.4% |
weather problem"i've heard of the cold weather problem but this has nothing to do with that i live in bristol and london and neither city is that cold even in the peak of winter"
|
72.4% |
sony 1000xm3s"i had my head turned by these sony 1000xm3s after reading a lot of the reviews on amazon and various tech hifi magazines and websites"
|
72.3% |
sony headphone"i have owned two expensive top brand rivals and in my amateur opinion these sony headphone have the edge"
|
72.3% |
sony 1000mx3"i have tried bose 700 i have tried the over rated nuraphones and wasn’t blown away i saw that the sony 1000mx3 were no1 i always assumed bose should be no1 they were not the sony 1000mx3 really are the best sounding headphones available noise cancellation and sound quality are through the roof i listen to bob marley and love every detail of the album i’m so fussy and i’m always wanting the best the voice calls are not great "
|
72.3% |
sony budukans"it's like i've finally procured the sony budukans of massive attack legend"
|
72.3% |
sony h900ns"not tried the bose qc35ii to compare but tried the sony h900ns"
|
72.3% |
sony 1000xm3"i tried many headphones the sony 1000xm3 were by far the best and better than my original choice the latest bose ones"
|
72.3% |
major problem"this is the biggest problem i had with the headphones with voice calling every time you answer a phone call the mic would open up the environment around you in the caller could not hear you only the outside noise around you and this was a big major problem for me travelling on the bus"
|
72.3% |
only drawbacks"the only drawbacks that i've noticed are: 1 microphone in phone calls terrible quality"
|
72.3% |
irksome feature"the only irksome feature is the length of the charging cable"
|
72.2% |
side inputs"if you're in a windy environment with them on you will hear the hissing of the wind as it enters the side inputs"
|
72.1% |
less intuitive"connection is a bit slower and less intuitive that i'm used to i have apple products and a pair of airpods so everything is slow in comparison to that i have learned that switching devices means you will have to disconnect from one and reconnect with another"
|
72.1% |
very minor gripe"a very minor gripe on what are amazing headphones"
|
72.1% |
very tight"the cable jack is not very tight so it's easy to have the cable unplug accidentally with a sudden head movement if it gets stuck somewhere inside coat chair at work"
|
71.7% |
sony packaging everything"with the standard sony packaging everything came looking decent and there is a case contain all the cables and the headphone itself"
|
71.6% |
swipe gestures"operation of the earphones is nice and simple with swipe gestures for volume play pause skip track next track and previous track"
|
71.5% |
really noisy"if it's a really noisy environment it won't cancel it all out but they do cancel out a lot"
|
71.5% |
only negative"my only negative is that after a few hour or so my ears get quite hot but thats just me i guess it does not make it uncomfortable in fact i have work it for 4 hours straight without having to adjust it"
|
71.4% |
done nothing"sony have known about this problem in previous iterations but have done nothing about it"
|
71.3% |
takeover complaining"but when the flaws start to takeover complaining is inevitable"
|
71.1% |
weather issue"i don't believe the 'cold weather issue' is a thing anymore it seems as if sony have fixed that"
|
71.1% |
ditch bose"after reading all the fantastic reviews on here and other places it seemed a “no brainer” to ditch bose and choose these"
|
71.0% |
sons heating"these of course are not damaging my sons heating as like i have already said he wears them 24 7 "
|
71.0% |
frustrating weekend"update after a frustrating weekend with these and discovering their inability to access any kind of meaningful volume control via the touch sensor this pair is going back and i'm hoping the reacement pair will eork as intended"
|
70.9% |
cold weather"in this cold weather they are great at keeping my ears nice and warm"
|
70.9% |
single drop"these are soft touch plastic and on a single drop can scratch the black color off them leaving a white surface"
|
70.8% |
were expensive"so yes these were expensive but also worth every penny"
|
70.7% |
using them daily"i've owned these cans for a couple of months using them daily and literally every time i put them on as the noise cancelling kicks in 2 3 seconds after turning them on it puts a big smile on my face"
|
70.6% |
pronounced hiss"set as 'ambient sound' instead there was a pronounced hiss"
|
70.5% |
phone pocket test"also it passes the phone pocket test"
|
70.4% |
first problem"i wanted to use the headphones for the noise cancelling because i commute on the bus twice a day this is my first problem i had with the noise cancelling"
|
70.0% |
same problem"this problem is not confined to sony and i have heard of bose and other manufacturers headphones having exactly the same problem"
|
69.9% |
without realising"you can get lost in your own little bubble for hours without realising"
|
69.8% |
could hardly"i could hardly complain about the quality price ratio!"
|
69.8% |
interrupting sound"i've tested even for music production playing keyboard you really hear the sound clear with no interrupting sound leaking from outside"
|
69.7% |
reported issues"i thought it must be something to do with my settings so went onto the official sony forum where i discovered shed loads of people having the same issue and it would seam sony are not interested in responding to anyones reported issues"
|
69.7% |
returned afterwards"my first pair were returned afterwards my second aren't exhibiting this behaviour yet"
|
69.7% |
noise problems"i've needed them for a while longer to be honest living in shared housing noisy flats and roadsides i was tired of having to move due to noise problems"
|
69.6% |
feel expensive"they feel expensive"
|
69.6% |
nothing worked"i tried all the combinations of button presses and resetting and initialising but nothing worked"
|
69.5% |
currently available"overall if your looking for some of the best nc headphones currently available and don't mind forking out a load of cash for them these are for you"
|
69.2% |
very average"the sound quality is very average compared to cancelled headphones"
|
69.1% |
something underwater"sent for repairs but although sound is louder now it is still completely garbled like listening to something underwater"
|
69.1% |
other problem"the other problem is that the touch controls on the right ear up can sometimes be a bit unresponsive and can require multiple gestures for your intended action to take place"
|
69.1% |
hooded jacket"it can be eliminated if you have a hooded jacket"
|
69.1% |
expected better"the bluetooth connection is unstable when used outdoors with the music skipping and cutting out frequently although this can be solved by placing your phone in your breast pocket instead of your trouser pocket so the signal doesn't have to travel as far even so given the price tag i expected better"
|
69.0% |
seems bizarre"for equipment of this quality and price this oversight or scrimping on materials seems bizarre"
|
68.7% |
engine noise"they carry a high price tag but if you enjoy the lack of engine noise on flights as much as i do then you will appreciate them as much as i do"
|
68.7% |
some issues"i've had some issues with the headphones not working properly so when i am out in the cold at first i thought i did something to it as siri was activated without me touching it and the ambient sound was turned off and the motion touch was not working"
|
68.7% |
irritating neighbours"also works suprisingly well with cancelling the irritating techno music blasted by irritating neighbours"
|
68.7% |
weird blips"noise cancelling was only ok weird blips in and out when riding the underground weird when walking around decent on planes for ambient noise cancellation but didn't cancel voices much at all and barely worked at all in an office setting"
|
68.6% |
cancellation system"i am disappointed about the noise cancellation system i am happy when your listening to music you can't here anything but its not a two way system like a cheaper £30 headset"
|
68.6% |
does n't however"it doesn't however deserve 5 stars"
|
68.5% |
only problem"the headphones also feel really comfortable my only problem is sometimes my ears can get a little sweaty at times it's not a huge issue but it can be really annoying as i'll have to take off my headphones for a couple seconds just to cool off my ears"
|
68.4% |
noticing the problems"i have to admit that if you simply left the 1000xm3s on for a while you stopped noticing the problems but that's not quite what one hopes for with a premium product is it!"
|
68.3% |
beats headphones"i’m not talking overpowering bass like you’d get with beats headphones just a little more punch"
|
68.1% |
little ninjas"cancel those annoying screams and shouts from little ninjas in the airplanes coffee shops etc"
|
68.0% |
little beauties"finally i have with these little beauties"
|
68.0% |
little beep"just give be a little beep for beeps sake!"
|
68.0% |
main issue"my main issue is that the alexa control is not built in it uses the mobile phone alexa so that all needed to be running separately"
|
67.9% |
additional accessories"it's useful for carrying an additional usb c cable but i'd like to see a little space on the inside of the case to carry a few additional accessories"
|
67.7% |
biggest gripe"my biggest gripe with the older version was the resonance in the lows and low miss causing the sound quality to be quite poor in those ranges"
|
67.4% |
skip tracks"you have to double tap to play pause music and swop left right skip tracks and up down for volume"
|
67.4% |
charged them"charged them up and paired with my phone straight away"
|
67.2% |
this issue"maybe a firmware update will fix this issue"
|
67.2% |
turning my head"build quality could be better it sometimes makes noises when i'm walking or turning my head"
|
67.2% |
flimsy controls"it's a shame that this flagship headphone is let down by the flimsy controls on the right ear"
|
66.9% |
irrelevant the hear"just to add the costs of either headphones are irrelevant the hear"
|
66.9% |
flakey touch system"they should use buttons and not an unresponsive and often flakey touch system"
|
66.9% |
disable these touch"worse still there appears to be no option to disable these touch controls so just be careful!"
|
66.9% |
lost in the game sound"i have been told that my voice sounded slightly distant and could get lost in the game sound"
|
66.8% |
weird quiet noises"the right earpiece of headphones started making weird quiet noises after 4 months"
|
66.8% |
could no longer"i didn't know what to expect but the second i put them on in the office and could no longer hear people chatting away and even the sound of the aircon was gone i thought to myself wow these are worth every penny"
|
66.8% |
assistant problem"however like the google assistant problem this was completely unprompted and worse still i could do nothing to switch this mode off apart from reboot the headphones"
|
66.8% |
overwhelm the mid range"the headphones default to a rather v shaped equaliser where the bass is going to overwhelm the mid range"
|
66.8% |
poor quality control"cons: poor quality control before the black ones i've ordered the silver version"
|
66.8% |
noisy kids"completely blocks out the neighbours when they're using their noisy garden tools or cutting the grass blocks out noisy kids playing next door too"
|
66.7% |
cheap feel"totally overpriced with a cheap cheap feel and look !"
|
66.6% |
lost in the music"i’ve missed trains or caught the wrong one at once once a week because i’m lost in the music the app is amazing also"
|
66.6% |
terrible quality"the only drawbacks that i've noticed are: 1 microphone in phone calls terrible quality"
|
66.5% |
more minor"one more minor thing it is supposed to come with an inflight adapter?"
|
66.5% |
unsure on these"i'd you are unsure on these just get them"
|
66.3% |
rubbish for phone calls"the mic is also rubbish for phone calls!"
|
66.3% |
failed on this product"amazon on the other hand just failed on this product"
|
66.3% |
swipe on the side"the volume controls are annoying as you constantly have to swipe on the side to change it one by one"
|
66.3% |
ruined the sound"however the sound guality is just not there for me the anc is good they're comfortable and they don't sound too bad at low volumes but for high volume listening that bass just drowns everything else out and trying to fix that with the built in equaliser has just ruined the sound even more"
|
66.3% |
havent tried calling"havent tried calling yet"
|
66.3% |
lacking in treble details"apart from that they're an acceptable pair of headphones not particularly comfortable but lacking in treble details but that's the kind of thing you get used to or play with the equalizer in the app for"
|
66.3% |
bump in the road"as the bus was going along the noise cancelling was cutting out all the noise around me but every time the bus went over a bump in the road all there was a lot of vibration"
|
66.3% |
hesitant to start as"i thought it was time to upgrade my pairs of xm2 as i was hesitant to start as i was unsure what had changed"
|
66.3% |
failed on the easy part"sad really sony achieved the hard challenge sound quality & nc but failed on the easy part"
|
66.3% |
skip start stop"against:not sure what sony were thinking when they decided to not have buttons for vol skip start stop and calls"
|
66.3% |
stolen in transit"headphones are fine but purchased from argos as the ones i ordered from amazon were stolen in transit and the box clumsily re sealed"
|
66.2% |
15feet away"they not only sound incredible you can be approx 15feet away from the source player without any loss of signal or audio quality"
|
66.2% |
chatting away"i didn't know what to expect but the second i put them on in the office and could no longer hear people chatting away and even the sound of the aircon was gone i thought to myself wow these are worth every penny"
|
66.2% |
annoying power cycles"however the bluetooth rarely connects first time resulting in annoying power cycles"
|
65.8% |
says it all unfortunately"the title says it all unfortunately"
|
65.8% |
ruins the immersion"they do seem a little bass focused which cannot be adjusted when using high quality audio however this by no means ruins the immersion for me"
|
65.7% |
outright horrific"it's outright horrific"
|
65.6% |
poor to my mind"very poor to my mind"
|
65.5% |
very low frequencies"if you compare these to beats for example on beats headphones you hear the bass very well and it is the very low frequencies that seem to come across"
|
65.3% |
common issue"i searched online and this seems to be a common issue with these headphones"
|
65.2% |
ruins any music"running with these on causes thudding sounds which ruins any music"
|
65.2% |
walk along"when i walk along while wearing the headphones there is an occasional whoomp in sound as a tension in my neck muscles causes the earcup to momentarily break its acoustic seal"
|
65.2% |
hopefully these issue"i have requested a return and will wait for the next generation of these and hopefully these issue will get fixed"
|
65.2% |
difficulty believing"put the headphones on & the noise completely disappears had to turn it on and off a few times as i had difficulty believing it was possible"
|
65.2% |
perfect headphones"the xm3 are the perfect headphones for me"
|
65.2% |
unusable for phone calls"i always liked bose in ear qc 30 nc headphones for low ear warming and being able to use for long hours but they almost unusable for phone calls"
|
65.2% |
| ... | |
Top positive statements
| Statement | Strength** |
|---|---|
| "excellent noise cancelling excellent sound quality and really comfortable to wear." | 93.9% |
| "Bluetooth is a massive step up for me the range is excellent when moving from room to room." | 93.9% |
| "Amazing battery loads of features great noise cancelling great sound and comfortable to wear." | 93.9% |
| "Great sound quality great noise cancellation and nice build quality." | 93.9% |
| "Excellent noise cancellation and very clever adaptive noise cancelling feature to let in graduated levels of ambient noise to suit the situation." | 93.9% |
| "exceptional and one of the best material items i own" | 93.9% |
| "Noise cancellation is superb." | 93.9% |
| "Comfortable great sound quality and the battery life is excellent." | 93.9% |
Top negative statements
| Statement | Strength |
|---|---|
| "Extremely disappointing." | 98.2% |
| "Operation of the earphones is nice and simple with swipe gestures for volume play pause skip track next track and previous track." | 97.5% |
| "Terribly disappointed to find they don't actually work on Macs." | 96.1% |
| "For something that costs £300+ the quality is atrocious." | 87.2% |
| "Unfortunately the base is horribly over done." | 74.9% |
| "Unfortunately the charging lead is very short only 16cm between a USB and a USB C connection to the ‘phones ." | 74.9% |
| "Sony fails with low call quality." | 74.5% |
| "Wretched wretched earphones." | 74.2% |
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Positive mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sony |
"good job Sony"
"great product but not fit for purpose and Sony"
"top drawer Sony these headphones are simply awesome"
|
93.6% | |
| Bose |
"i use jabra 80 so i tried Bose 35ii Bose 25 and those"
"i will give Bose this they do edge out sony in terms of comfort"
"while the sony rivals Bose for noise cancelling it bests it for sound quality"
|
74.2% | |
| DSP |
"but if you turn it on then some DSP magic happens and it sounds a lot better"
|
74.1% | |
| Samsung |
"Samsung s5 around 12 meters ipod & p20 lite 25 to 30 meters dependent on obstructions"
|
73.8% | |
| Dre |
"sound quality is incredible bass is not overpowering like Dre beats"
|
72.9% | |
| ANC |
"i used them with full ANC for at least 20 hours in total"
"while they are indeed great ANC headsets they sound muddy with exaggerated bass"
"ANC works great"
|
70.8% | |
| Siri |
"i will quite often accidentally activate Siri when i am trying to adjust the headphones on my head"
|
69.0% | |
| Steve |
""hiya Steve yeah it was"
|
66.2% | |
| High Res |
"save the High Res files for when you're at home in your dedicated listening room that's what i say"
|
57.4% | |
| Asus |
"5mm jack connection from my custom upgraded Asus stx soundcard to the bt transmitter"
|
56.5% | |
| Amazon |
"so basically i bought the wh 1000xm3 from Amazon bland new sold by sony on january the 25th"
|
56.2% | |
| Barry |
""Barry ey Barry did ya go to the footie this weekend" bellows steve three banks of desks away"
|
56.1% |
Negative mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sony |
"overall i am very happy with Sony headphone"
"but these Sony xm3s are a in a different league"
"previously i had a pare of Sony h"
|
74.9% | |
| Alexa |
"response from sony technical support to the Alexa issue was useless see below"
|
74.7% | |
| ANC |
"it will mess up the ANC!"
|
54.5% | |
| YouTube |
"so i researched tech radar t3 every gadget site and YouTube review going"
|
54.1% | |
| Amazon |
"i have therefore sent them back to Amazon as faulty and asked for my money back"
|
51.8% |
Emotion analysis
Positive tone |
Neutral tone |
Negative tone |
| 11.9% | 70.3% | 17.8% |
neutral 70.3%
worry 14.8%
happiness 8.5%
sadness 2.2%
relief 2.0%
fun 1.1%
hate 0.9%
love 0.4%
* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-12-23
