SonyWF-1000XM5 Noise Cancelling Earbuds, Silver (Official Version with Local Warranty)

Great quality

I was confused choosing one and I had tested countless earbuds including airpods, samsung buds, nothing earpod thing and more. This was the one I got satisfied. Yeah the brand is subject to each and everyone. This was my fit. And really enjoying using it. You'll be amazed of the quality of the sound it produces and the noise cancellation is in another level. But the sad truth is when it's on call in a noisy background, sometimes it cancels out you voice as well. Overall 9/10.

Before buying these I used jabra elite actives 4 and 7, and Bose quiet comfort 2s. After losing the latter I decided to try the Sony earbuds, based on their billing by the manufacturer and on many review sites as a high-end noise cancelling earbud, comparable to (and apparently better than) the Bose quiet comfort earbuds.They are certainly in a similar price bracket. However, the two products do not even compare. The noise cancelling on the Sony earbuds is very poor, I think almost entirely the result of whatever seal you can create using the physical buds themselves (rather than as a result of sophisticated noise cancelling technology). To that point, it is difficult to find a fit that is comfortable and creates the desired noise cancelling effect. By contrast the Bose QC earbuds are very comfortable and offer excellent noise cancelling at many frequency ranges.Secondly, they are unreliable. In the 7 months I’ve had them, they have broken twice: first, something to do with the speakers, and second, now the battery in the case has died. I frankly can’t be bothered to have them serviced yet again. I have reverted to my cheap and cheerful Jabra elite active 4, which by the way are more comfortable and have better noise cancelling.As for the sound quality (while they actually worked) I can’t say whether they’re actively better or worse, one for the audio nerds but to my ears there’s no difference vs Bose and jabra.The only advantage that Sony ones have over the Bose QC 2s is multipoint connection, a bizarre oversight in the Bose.Overall: the Sony WF-1000XM5 is a bad product: poor noise cancelling, uncomfortable, and unreliable. Don’t fall for the scam reviews online, like I did - you have been warned.

They are different than XM4. XM4 blended music and frequencies and made almost any music bearable. These are "pure". Actually purest of purest. You watch gameplay from game - you hear how it was recorded and all the details, including all the defects. You listen to the favourite electronic track - and you hear noise behind vocal line. I always respected Sony for their quality, but these are too "pure" for me because they reveal obvious fact - there is not too much of perfect music in the world. Also mellow "Sony bass" - you know this soft subtle bass - is gone. It is harder to take them out from case because they are smaller and not that massive than previous model. They are good, but if you want to listen to various music and keep yourself satisfied you better stick to XM4. If you want to hear music blunt-fair, as it was recorded - this is the choice. Noise cancelling taken to the next level also. With XM4 you could hear strange noise, like from the toilet, in the background. These giving you absolute silence. Glad to be witness of evolution of Sony technologies, but XM5 are too "fair" for consumer.

The sound quality between my AirPods and the Sony WM’s is enormous, the depth of sound on the Sony’s are way beyond the AirPods. Both have connectivity issues, the AirPods being more troublesome when they choose to disconnect. However the AirPods are easier to use and less sensitive and the AirPods are more comfortable over a longer period of use. Final verdict, if audio quality is your priority the Sony option is notably ahead.

I always wanted to buy the Sony XM earbuds for a very long and this time I bought the XM5 which is the latest and I was very excited to use it.First Impression:I wasn't impressed with the first use of the earbuds. But after I used it for a few hours and compared with others... there was a visible difference in sound.I was expecting more on the noise cancellations and a visible difference between Passive noise cancellation and the actual Noise cancellation. The passive noise cancellation itself is too good, you have to put the ambient mode on to listen to people. The noise cancellation is balanced between Bass and treble and if you are not listening to anything, the uniformity of noise cancellation is not good, i.e, sometimes you can hear everything around like its Off, then you have to go through all three modes to enable it again.Ambient mode like how everyone says, feels unnatural. Calls feel like you are inside a tube and talking always. So far no one in the listening end has complained. So I guess the sound must be good.The music sounds good. The instrument separations are very good compared to the other earbuds which I use. The bass is shallow and I had to increase the clear bass to make it perfect for my ears.The only annoying thing I have until now with XM5 is the ear tips that have come up with it. Its little annoying to position it in your ears as it won't slide easily inside your ears and when you talk to others, you feel like it is going to fall down because it comes loose from the ears even with the tight fit ear tip.A little overview of what was my comparison against:I was using a cheap Huawei Freebuds 4i which is quite nice compared to the flagships of most companies and also a JBL LIVE 600btnc. The Huawei noise cancellation is quite very good when you think its priced like one-third/fourth the price of even Airpods Pro and it sounds amazing(Not as good as the Sony XM5)Is it worth the price:I would say, if you want premium earbuds, I think this is a good choice as it has the industry's best Noise cancellation(according to experts). But, I would recommend buying this only when there is an offer.Sony could have made the Ambient mode the how it feels on Calls a bit better as well as the ear tips...

Definitely worth it, excellent sound and battery life.