Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Industry Leading Headphones with Auto Noise Canceling Optimizer, Crystal Clear Hands-Free Calling, and Alexa Voice Control, Silver

I think the sound quality was and is much better with the 0004 version

I flight long haul international flights and need to cancel out the plane engined nose. My old bose headphones were ready to retire and I wanted to research Sony. I don’t mind paying the high price but I do expect top quality. Unfortunately, the seal around the ears was not tight enough, and the sensory touch activated with one strain of hair

Great but doesn’t cancel noise that’s not close

For so long, I yearned for a true headphones to give me the true connection to my soul when listening to my music. I have swap, switch, swing, and had a lot of one night stands with many. But nothing has made me fall in love at first sound until now. I am a firm believer there is a true sound at first ear for everyone and this is the one. I don’t know if I can yearn for anything else beyond this majestic piece of love juice. My ears melt at first touch of the soft silky pads. The girth of the the band brings amazing feeling around my head caressing me and reminding me it loves me unconditionally. As the sound pours through my ears with it soft whispers and vigor bass, I am at awe and excitement at every song, music, and instrumental I have heard before, but now it is uncharted territory for my ear pleasure. The vibration is so subtle and invigorating making me spew of oohs and ahhs. I kid you not, get these headphones and you will melt into the dimension of this love making machine. Thank you Sony ❤️

Obviously these are expensive AF and I would recommend people wait till these are on sale to get them but can say these are amazing! I have had these for a week or to now and can say these work so well and were def worth the money. I don’t like the whole needing to download an app to pair these BUT will say these are great at cancelling noise, amazingly seamless at switching between devices, have a great battery life, and comfortable. Will say it was a learning curve with the fact these are touch sensitive for the controls. Only minor complaint is that sometimes I have to go to my Bluetooth settings to get them to connect since they don’t automatically connect sometimes. Would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a good pair to invest in!

Haven’t had them for long since I only got them in December during the sale, but so far I love them. Aesthetics - the white/grey ones are so pretty! So glad I picked these over the black ones. Comfort - most days I have no problem with having them on for 6-8 hrs (my ears don’t hurt at all, sometimes I forget that I have headphones on), but occasionally idk what it is they feel slightly less comfy. I probably just need to figure out how to adjust them still. Either way it doesn’t really bother me. Also after 6-8 hrs of wearing my ears are not sweaty/there’s no condensation in the cups. Battery life - superb, 10-15% drain per 8 hrs like what everyone says. Charges quickly. Sound - I’m not into headphones and know nothing about sound quality but I like what I hear with these after playing with eq. Operation - speak to chat doesn’t always work but when it does it’s amazing. Taking off headphones sometimes doesn’t pause music for me either. I wish these functions are more consistent and reliable but as they are I can deal. Prior experiences - I’ve pretty much only used headphones that came with Apple devices then AirPods pro. I have not ever owned a proper pair of headphones and got these sonys for function. I liked my AirPods pro enough but I can’t wear them at once for more than 2 hrs, they tend to irritate my ears and slip out after that. Again, so far overall quite happy with my Sonys. Probably won’t pay $400 for them tho.

I have had these for a month and they cannot play a full song without shutting off. I have disabled the auto off function and still, at times they can play for a matter of seconds before shutting off. This is my second bad experience with Sony. I will never recommend these or any other Sony device to anyone. For $400 they should be able to play uninterrupted for hours. What a waste.

I bought these with high expectations and did love the sound, but the headband did give me a bit of a headache so ended up returning

Mine just had a small manufacturing issue but the next set i got elsewhere was piece!

I already own the Bose QC35 so this was a whim purchase. I was attracted to the favorable YouTube reviews. I do not think the Noise Cancelling on the XM5 is any better than the Bose QC35’S but definitely not worse.