Sony WF-1000XM3 Wireless Headphones Black

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

As good as I had hoped for in ear buds. Mostly use to listen to spotify. Google Assistant works well.

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

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

Reseña después de casi un mes de uso: - Costo: El costo hoy es de aprox $5000 mxn, aproveché varios descuentos y me salieron en $3000, a ese precio, no existe otro competidor en el mercado true wireless, los siguientes mejores son los Sennheiser de mínimo, $5500. - Diseño Exterior: Esto es subjetivo, pero a mí me encantan, los materiales son excelentes, el panel táctil no se ralla y en general el diseño es muy elegante, tanto del estuche como de los audífonos, el único problema es que son muy, muy grandes, el estuche es como el doble de unos airpods convencionales. A pesar de ello, he podido guardarlos de forma segura en mi pantalón junto a una cartera y llaves. - Batería: El día que me llegaron los cargué por completo, después de eso los volví a cargar (el estuche) hasta tres semanas después. No puedo hablar mucho de esta característica ya que nunca los usaba por más de una hora seguida, y tampoco los utilizaba diario, pero creo que la mayoría los tendrá que cargar una vez por semana. Además de todo, tienen carga rápida aunque no inalámbrica. En general, la batería también es la mejor del mercado. - Comodidad: Este sí es un punto negativo, no son los más cómodos que hay, después de una hora empiezan a lastimar las orejas por su diseño interior y gran tamaño. - Importancia de encontrar los tips adecuados: Todos coinciden en esto, es de suma importancia probar todos los tips para encontrar el que tenga mejor ajuste para ti. En general, nunca había sentido necesidad de probar distintos tips, siempre me quedaba con el que ya estaba puesto (mediano) y me funcionaban excelente, Bose, Skullcandy, FiiO, nunca necesite cambiarlos. Sin embargo, con los Sony la cosa cambia tremendamente, el ajuste de cada tip varía muchísimo, si no encuentras el adecuado, se te van a caer solo con inclinar la cabeza, recomiendo probar los tips de pequeño a grande, con cada tamaño, mover la cabeza rápidamente hacia los lados, adelante y atrás y contar cuántos movimientos pasan antes de caerse, con los pequeños en 5 movimientos se me cayeron, medianos en 11 y con los grandes ya no tuve ningún problema. Estoy hablando de los de silicón, los de espuma ninguno me dio un ajuste adecuado, por lo que son 0 recomendables para ejercicio o caminar. Los gestos faciales hacen que se desajusten un poco, pero nada grave. Puedes utilizar de otras marcas, pero los audífonos ya quedarán muy salidos de la oreja y es probable que ya no quepan en su estuche. - Conexión bluetooth: Este es otro punto negativo de los audífonos, la conexión se corta con frecuencia, no sé de qué dependa, a veces la conexión es buena y no hay ningún problema, pero otras se corta hasta varias veces por minuto. Después de sacarlos del estuche y colocárselos, en ocasiones se conecta en cuestión de segundos, otras se tarda tanto que ya es mejor conectarlos manualmente desde la configuración de bluetooth. Se me hace raro, los WH-1000XM3 no tienen este problema en lo absoluto. No me mal interpreten, en general funcionan muy bien, pero es un problema que existe, cosa que se me hace totalmente absurda, tengo unos airpods clon de $400 y se conectan al instante y sin interrupciones. Por último, parece que con las actualizaciones ya se puede utilizar con computadoras, pero no lo he intentado. - Aplicación y botones táctiles: La aplicación es increíble, permite controlar ecualización, nivel de cancelación de ruido y funciones de los botones/paneles táctiles, estos pueden controlar la reproducción, o el nivel de cancelación de ruido, o el volumen, o el asistente por voz. Me gustaría que hubiera más personalización respecto a toques cortos y largos, pero bueno, no tengo quejas respecto a esto. Una ventaja, es que estos siempre guardan la configuración de ecualización y cancelación de ruido, con los WH-1000XM3 sí hay que seleccionar el preset cada que los conectas. - Calidad de sonido: Algo también muy subjetivo, en general puedo decir que definitivamente no tienen la misma firma que los WH, pero esto se ajusta con el ecualizador. El soundstage sí es muuuy reducido. En general creo que para ser true wireless y tener cancelación activa de ruido, la calidad de sonido es excelente, por lo que sé, solo superada por los Sennheiser, pero nuevamente, si consiguen estos por menos de $4000, creo que no hay competencia. - Cancelación de ruido: Igual, no es tan buena como los WH, pero definitivamente está conforme al precio y marca. Dado que son in ear, ya tienen una cierta cancelación de ruido por sí solos, y es potenciada por la cancelación activa. Hacen un excelente trabajo silenciando todo a tu alrededor, la escucha transparente también es buena, y puedes configurar la cancelación en la app para tener escucha transparente enfocada solo a voz, es decir, cancelará la mayoría del ruido excepto la voz (en la app, poner el sonido ambiente en 20 y activar focus on voice). Como dicen otros, sufren en presencia de aire, ya que amplifica el ruido del aire en lugar de cancelarlo. En estos casos mejor quito la cancelación. - Lag: Algunos sistemas de audio bluetooth sufren de lag, haciendo muy incómodo ver videos y cosas así, afortunadamente no es el caso de estos audífonos, el lag es inexistente (utilizo un iphone 11 pro). - Uso para gym: Este punto era mi mayor preocupación a la hora de comprarlos, y es que realmente solo los quería para esto y creo que comprar los airpods pro es demasiado caro y pagas mucho más solo por marca. Los he utilizado muchas veces para el gimnasio y no he tenido ningún problema, a pesar de ser una persona que suda muchísimo. Siempre que terminaba de hacer ejercicio revisaba si tenían rastros de humedad considerables y no fue así. De todas formas no los recomendaría usar en el gimnasio con el pelo suelto, refiriéndome más en específico a las personas con pelo largo pero no lo suficiente como para amarrarlo, es decir, si tu pelo solo te cubre las orejas, yo no me arriesgaría. La cancelación es perfecta para el gimnasio, eliminas el ruido de las caminadoras, aire acondicionado, música, todo. - Calidad de llamadas: Muchos se quejan de esto, pero no los he probado lo suficiente y nadie me ha dicho que escuchen mal.

When I bought these, I was half expecting that I wouldn't like what I was getting for the (admittedly, very) high price point of $300 CAD and I would just return them and buy the $100 cheaper Samsung Galaxy Buds. To my surprise (and pleasure!), I found I really enjoyed using these right out of the box and after a couple weeks of intensive use at home (I've forced myself to use these instead of my typical over-ear headphones), work/school and to and from work/school and home, I'm not enjoying them any less. The greatest contributing factor, as it should be with any audio device, is the quality of audio that comes out of them, in which these surely do not disappoint.However, when using these earbuds, I think there are multiple factors that contribute to why I like them so much, so I will elaborate on each factor below. In terms of build quality, I have no complaints. Everything feels well built and premium (which is what you should be getting at the price point). I can't comment on long term durability at this point, but impressions after two weeks of pretty heavy use is good. Comfort is also good, but not perfect (probably around a 4/5). In the first few days of using them, my ears would start to feel a little sore after a few hours of continuous use, but it would only feel so if I took them out (not while I was wearing them). After a week or so, this went away and I can use these for hours at a time without feeling any discomfort. Your mileage may vary, depending on personal factors like ear shape. Speaking of using for hours on end, battery life is excellent. I haven't used them for 6 hours straight, so I've never drained them, but I have used them for 2-3 hours at a time and in that time, the battery rarely ever goes below 70% (as indicated on the companion app). If you couple this with the fast charging case, if you just pop these back in for a few minutes at a time every couple hours, it's very easy to keep the battery topped up. Overall, considering that I always keep active noise cancelling on, the battery life is excellent. Connectivity is solid, but not perfect. Pairing is easy with NFC and connecting occurs relatively quickly once you pull the headphones out of the case. During use, I have had a few occasions where sound will drop for a very brief moment (typically where there is more interference). I have had a few issues where the earbuds will randomly drop the volume super low. I'm not sure if this is due to my phone, music player or the earbuds themselves, but simply reconnecting resolves the issue. The companion app works well enough and is a convenient place to update firmware and tweak settings (like EQ and setting the level of ambient sound). Touch controls on the earbuds themselves are a bit finicky but fine once you get used to them. Sony also recently updated the firmware on these, allowing for volume control from touch controls (a feature that some other reviews might be missing). The noise cancelling, for being found on such a small piece of hardware, is surprisingly good. I think it's important to remember that noise cancelling is never perfect and will always struggle with things like voices and random, higher frequency noises. Having said that, if you have find the tips that fit correctly, the passive noise isolation is pretty good, and if you layer on top of that, music at a reasonable volume and the active noise cancelling, you will have trouble hearing outside noises (including voices etc.). I've used these in a few different contexts (on the bus/train, in the office, in a research lab with considerable background noise, at home). In each case, the noise cancelling performed admirably. The typically noisy hum of the bus and train is quite effectively blocked out by the ANC. The ANC on a small pair of earbuds like these is not going to be as effective as the ANC on higher end, over ear headphones (like the Sony WH1000XM3 or Bose QC35II), but considering what these are, I would say the ANC is more than good enough. However, I haven't flown with these yet, so the verdict is still out for that scenario. Now, for the most important part: the sound. No matter how great everything I just talked about was, if I did not like the way these sounded, I would have returned these in a heartbeat. After all, what's the point of having an expensive pair of earbuds (that might otherwise be great) if you don't like listening to music on them? Fortunately, I was not let down by the sound quality. These are a pleasure to listen to. The sound is nice and clear, and doesn't sound congested as some in-ear earphones can. The sound is surprisingly balanced. I expected these to be much bassier, but I did not find the bass muddy or overwhelming. The bass sounds full and clear with good sub-bass. Mids sound nice and clear, not overly recessed. Treble is also clear and sparkly but not harsh and fatiguing. Vocals sound great, although I will say there is slightly more sibilance on these than I would prefer. They sound great across a variety of genres. If you like EDM, the great bass and sparkly treble make these very give your tracks a lot of impact. But they also sound fantastic if you like more instrumental music (I listen to a lot of JPop/anime music). I don't use any EQ, as I prefer the stock sound compared to the different EQ profiles that Sony has on their app. I have seen people recommend the "excited" preset, but for my tastes, it makes the earbuds sound a little too V-shaped (treble becomes too sparkly, a bit too harsh, and the bass is boomier). Overall, I think the best way to describe what I think of the sound on these is I like them. They sound good. Are these going to give you the same level of audio quality as a same priced wired IEMs or headphones? Probably not. Do I care? Not really. I don't have high end audio ear, but I do have a couple pairs of more expensive (entry level audiophile) headphones (my go to being Sennheiser HD58X Jubilees) and I enjoy listening to these as much as I like listening to those. Plus, those aren't true wireless or noise cancelling. It's harder use them in the office or the lab. And for the convenience and features that these earbuds afford you, the sound is darn impressive. In the end, sound quality is subjective and can depend on other factors, like ear canal shape or age, and so the best way to tell if you'll like how these sound (if you are really up to spending the $300 these cost) is just buy these and try them out (you can always return later). In conclusion, these are a fantastic pair of earbuds. The convenience of true wireless, great battery life, good connectivity and comfort and great sound quality make for a great product that I don't hesitate to recommend. (If you're ok with spending $300 on a pair of earbuds that is...)

A qualidade de som da Sony é incomparável. O fone é muito bom, a qualidade é excelente. Ele algumas vezes perde a conexão com o aplicativo da Sony, mas não com o Bluetooth. O isolamento de ruído é bom, mas não é perfeito. Vozes ainda podem serem ouvidas, assim como outras músicas. Porém barulhos como carros e ar condicionado são totalmente isolados.