Sony WH-1000XM4 wireless noise-canceling headphones review

18 September 2020
Sony has brought minor improvements across the board and further refined what was already a good product.

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  • Dear Mr Reviewer
  • nE7
  • 18 Sep 2020

What breakthrough do you actually want to see from a pair of headphones?

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    • AnonD-949291
    • Dkx
    • 18 Sep 2020

    The beast has just got even better

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      • Anonymous
      • JT5
      • 18 Sep 2020

      Almost 30h using ANC, but is not enough to Gsmarena.
      Competition offers less endurance even with ANC turned off.

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        • Anonymous
        • nDG
        • 18 Sep 2020

        audio quality is poor. not as good as for example dt770, and far from hd650 that i have. you pay for BT and noise cancelling.
        Earcup is quite small.

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          • 8XI
          • 18 Sep 2020

          imparanoic, 18 Sep 2020interesting that What Hifi declares WH-1000XM4 has awarding... moreTo be fair, whathifi also gives sh*tify 5* despite even mentioning it's sub-par sound quality

            Short review from me: The same -30dB as xm3 but less annoying voices. At full volume it should not distort bass anymore, it was probably some kind of anc problem.
            Most important, despite having best anc it got less of anc pressure (what you feel after turning anc on) at least compared to bose.
            Also 360 reality audio is definitely not a gimmick as is simulate spatial sound, even if not binaural its better than regular stereo(even apple try to copy that, how can it be gimmick).
            Definitely worth the money as noise is everywhere and it feels great to have less of it or no noise at all, no competitor for sony in that field for now.

              Fearghast, 18 Sep 2020As you can see sound is subjective and not everyone can ove... moreI and the thousands on Head Fi has never had any unstable app or connections, i have WH-1000XM3 and use with phone (youtube and netflix only) no issues using ldac, also use it with my high resolution audio player nw-zx100, no issues, just perfect esp with ldac.

                Erebera, 18 Sep 2020I feel like you got defective unit. I have them since reale... moreYou get much better battery life when you are not using LDAC - Sony battery claims are made with AAC codec.

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                  • Erebera
                  • 38t
                  • 18 Sep 2020

                  I feel like you got defective unit. I have them since realese and experienced none of the problems you speak of and battery easily goes for 30h

                    kretenallat, 18 Sep 2020I wonder if these are the headphones that will be paired wi... moreI hope so and no, nobody knows yet!
                    I hope they won't bundle WF-XM3 again :(

                      imparanoic, 18 Sep 2020interesting that What Hifi declares WH-1000XM4 has awarding... moreAs you can see sound is subjective and not everyone can overlook buggy software, buggy firmware, big bass boost (smaller than XM3s) etc.
                      I personaly can't wait to review them, but to me it's not perfect by any means + multipoint does not work with LDAC, they droped AptX support because they went with lover quality Mediatek BT chip, no support for low latency etc.

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                        • dNn
                        • 18 Sep 2020

                        I wonder if these are the headphones that will be paired with the sony xperia 5 ii as the pre-order bonus... Anybody knows?

                          interesting that What Hifi declares WH-1000XM4 has awarding winning headphones and but this reviewer states so so performance in sound quality, i gather this reveiw with a pinch of salt

                            Ahhh... Yes, now I can buy a heavily discounted XM3.

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