Sony - WH1000XM5 Wireless Noise-Canceling Over-the-Ear Headphones - Black

This was my first non-beats over-ear headphones that I purchased. For starters, I love how the headphones feel in the hands and how easy it is to use the Sony app. You don’t have to download the app but I like the feature where you can simultaneously pair this with 2 devices. (My iPhone and iMac, and switching between them from listening to Spotify on iPhone to switching to watching a YouTube video on the iMac was a very nice seamless transition) I have no issues with the battery life whatsoever. The carrying case still feels slimmer than my egg shaped beats case and I can fit it easier in a backpack than the beats. Sound and fit are one of the most subjunctive things to review. I didn’t know that it is recommended by Sony to fully extend the headphones and then put those over your ears and then shorten the headband where it sits on top of your head. What I find best is to approximate how much I need to extend them on both sides and then put them on and do a few slight adjustments to both sides. If you are somewhat OCD like me, I might be difficult to extend both sides at the same length (something that I never worried about on the beats) the Sonys fit closer to your ears with little cushion compared to the beats. The fit feels nice and has a modern-feel to them. The sound on the beats (studio 3’s) is a bit louder and in your face compared to the Sony’s. I really do appreciate the custom sound settings (although I just leave the custom EQ off). You can totally feel and hear the little subtleties of certain tracks and the tracks that stand out are the bass heavy songs and the instrumental songs. Mid ranged songs like rock and roll are clean to my ears but I do miss the beats in your face sound while blasting rock n roll. The star off from 5 stars is that this headphone should be priced around 300-350 dollars. I bought it on sale and thought it was at least worth it for 350. As a Apple fanboy myself, that explains the constant beats headphones in the past, I don’t feel like I ever have to use my beats headphones anymore (they were shedding in the ear cups and the plastics were cracking on the hinge parts).

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