Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Overhead Headphones with Mic for Phone-Call and Alexa Voice Control, Black WH1000XM4

I have a Bose 35II and I like these much better. I am able to do several actions, like volume control, pause and turn off noise cancelation, fast forward recorded sound or TV, etc., with a touch of the right ear piece. They have great sound and an equalizer available on a phone app. Great Headsets.

Ive owned a fair few sets of headphones, the sound quality from these is incredible and if you take the time to adjust the settings to your use settings the ANC is next to none. Cant recommend these highly enough if you can spare the cash.

Ear to band connection broke after 9 months of regular use. Now one end just hangs from the wire, not covered under warranty.

They need ear-muff size options. You gotta be a child size adult. Internal muff cloth cover is better in everything else Ive tried. They are super lite, I wish they werent. Noise cancelling does work well but I had an ambient humming issue in low noise settings. Dont think I will be trying any other Sony headphones until they have sizes and improve the physical design. Not sure about the chip, if they all have that issue with low noise they arent worth $30 in my opinion. For me I had high motivation to return them.

Best pair of noise cancellation headphones Ive ever had/used and this is coming from a longtime user of various Bose quietcomfort products, Apple Airpod Pros and many other ANC devices. This Sony product gets high marks for all the key elements with top notch comfort and design, sound quality, functionality and noise cancellation. The headphones arent too heavy and gently cradles the ears without excessive force and just with the ear cups on its own and unpowered, does a good job blocking out environment background noise. When noise cancellation is activated youll initially detect a bit of hiss and that whoosh sensation but after a moment youll get accustomed to it and appreciate the dampening of external sounds. Audio quality is excellent and makes for a lively, engaging soundstage across most music genres although the default tuning leans toward bass heavy response. There are plenty of audio and customization options available through the app and I certainly recommend spending a good 15 minutes or so with the app when you first get started with this to customize your audio and experience as you see fit. The product also comes with a padded zippered case (very handsome), 3.5 mm adapter cable, an airplane audio adapter jack and a very short USB-C charge cable.

These headphones have incredible noise cancelling and sound quality. The noise cancelling is very impressive, with these on I cant hear the kids on my street playing loudly outside my house. Sound quality is great. I gave it four stars instead of five because I find them a bit heavy. I have a big head and I do feel the weight of these within an hour of use. Its not terrible and other lighter headphones Ive had (like the Bose QC45s) are less comfortable because they dont have as good of padding. So yeah great headphones, just wish they were a little more lightweight.

The good:

I already had a pair of Sony noise cancelling headphones, the WH-H910N h.ear on 3 headset I got from Costco. But I heard such great things about the XM4s that I just had to get a pair. So when they went on sale I jumped on it. Now I LOVE the WH-H910N headphones. Really couldnt imagine anything sounded better, but I was persuaded by the youtube reviewers that the XM4 was a huge leap forward, and the XM4 had bluetooth 5.0 (just like my WH-H910Ns) with the extended range to 100 feet or so, which is why I never wanted the XM3s, as they only had the 30 foot range of bluetooth 4. So anyways, I ordered em, I got em, I unpacked em, I put em on, and powered on. HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Thats what I heard. Opened the sony headphones app and checked to see ANC was on. It was. Downloaded a firmware update from Sony. Thought that might help. HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. No help. Looked it up online and this apparently is a common issue with these headphones. When I played music the sound quality was excellent, with perhaps a larger space sound than my h.ear on 3s, but not really a better sound. And you have to turn up the volume to a certain point to cancel out the hissing, which is still audible at low music volumes. I tried moving the ambient noise meter in the app, but that just let in more ambient noise. So.........just disappointing. I know Sony can do ANC well because I have a set with flawless ANC execution, but the XM4s are just a mess. I read Sony replaced Qualcomm chips in the XM3s with Mediatek chips in the XM4s and ditched support for some codecs (apx?), but not sure how that would make ANC hiss.

Have really been enjoying these headphones. Very comfortable and amazing noise cancellation. Battery life is astounding. Bluetooth range is also impressive—no dropping audio across two levels of my house from end to end, which is a lot more than I can say for my AirPods Pro.

Beware of defective pairs. I had mine for about a month before the sound stopped syncing correctly after connecting to the Bluetooth.