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Sony WH-1000XM5 Headphones Review: New Design, New Superpower
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Sony’s fifth-gen flagship noise-canceling headphones have been redesigned on the outside and inside, with new drivers and a new sound profile, plus improved noise canceling. But there’s one upgrade that gives them an important advantage over the WH-1000XM4, as well as some competitors.
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What is the breathability of these headphones?
Loved the call demo
How is the sound leakage? My XM4’s would leak sound to the point where people across the room could hear what I was listening to at 50% volume or higher
Guys Been trailing so many headphones except this, I wear glasse is this comfortable?
If Sony put as much effort into being profitable as they do into making killer headphones, they’d be unstoppable.
David Carnoy, do the XM5s go as deep in the bass as the XM4s? Or does it lose some of the deep bass in order to achieve the audiophile sound you mentioned about in the video?
Thanks for showing the inside of the ear cups.
Got these for 160$ lol
I’ve had my XM4 for at least a year now, and i use them daily or at least several hours a week i’ve been really pleased with their performance, i love the dual device support feature and auto switching between my phone and computer, sounds quality is great and you can customize the sound to your liking with the app, charing time is good. I have no complaints with the WH-1000XM4 so i don’t think i will be upgrading anytime soon but if i was buying new i’d consider the XM5 or the XM4 since they are going for a discount and the tech should still last a few years.
I don’t know why so many people are not a fan of headphones that don’t fold. I had a pair of the xm4 headphones a couple years ago. I returned them very quickly. It was because of how the headphones did fold. The swivel action of the earcups was something I didn’t like at all. I felt it would be way to easy to accidentally break the headphones. I very much like that the XM5S do not fold. I also like that the call quality is much better. I really like my bose nc700 headphones. They are great. I might pick up a pair of these headphones from Ebay.
I can’t wait for the new momentum 4 and the Bowers and Wilkins PX7 S2 reviews
Are you good at chess?
Do xm5s have a physical bass like xm4s? Or is it audible bass we get in mid range headphones because they have smaller 30mm drivers compared to xm4s.
I’d be all over these if they folded into something more portable.
I’m not upgrading from my mark 4 to the mark 5 yet because I have another year on my extended warranty. I do like the upgraded outer design. Bose’s QuietComfort 35ii, and I suspect the new QuietComfort 45, is definitely more rugged than the mark 4. I had to replace the mark 4 before the first year because they broke. I believe the new outer design of the mark 5 solves this problem.
I just looked at the other comments regarding the inability of the new headphones to fold. The mark 5 appears to be less likely to break than the mark 4. Like I said before, my Bose QuietComfort 35ii did not break, and I know I was much rougher with my Bose headphones than the Sony headphones. If you are as rough with your headphones as I am with mine, losing the ability to fold the headphones is a welcome price to pay. I was very disappointed when my first mark 4 broke. I don’t think I did enough to break them. I think the mark 4 broke too easily.
Honestly, I think I’ll just keep using my Sony WH-1000XM3s
Mine xm5 stopped working after 45 days of usage, always used inside!!! The issue is an infinite beep in Bluetooth mode, back to Sony! I had to take the AirPods Max 🙁
Got the new m5s free as a replacement with my extended warranty for my m4s from the source in Canada and I still have one more replacement 😀 sound and anc absolutely awesome 👌
Latest colour option for 2023 = midnight blue. Awesome 👍😃
I just picked up a set of the xm5 headphones for $371 including tax. I don’t really need them as I’ve got both the bose Nc700 headphones and also the apple airpod max. I like that these don’t fold and that the call quality has improved. I wish the voice prompts hadn’t been taken away. They were very useful on an older sony headset I have. I think it is the 710 headphones. I’m looking forward to trying them out once they arrive at my house in a couple weeks.
I hope these headphones go on sale Black Friday 2023.
Sony Headphones app is outdated, not to mention how MySony issues when it comes to signing in via the app. It is unacceptable for such high-priced headphones.