Sony WF-1000XM4 are smaller, support LDAC and have better noise cancellation

08 June 2021
The buds have redesigned hardware and a better chipset to improve audio quality to and from the buds, as well as enable a few clever features.

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  • Anonymous
  • fCE
  • 19 Jul 2021

I purchased 1 wf-1000mx4 and 1 wf-xb700 together. The wf-1000mx4 sounds distant and faded, while the wf-xb700 sounds amazing.

Are the meager 6mm drivers responsible? Further eq manipulation makes the sound worse. The mids are in the face, unbearably loud, the highs are balanced, but the lows! The bass hardly registers, and I wonder what all the appreciation for wf-1000xm4 sound quality is about! The EQ manipulation further worsens the sound quality. This is my worst purchase with Sony, 6mm drivers for a 280 dollar price?

Yes the noise cancellation may be amazing, but noise is cancelled so that one may enjoy music, which itself is not achievable. Not worth the price.

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    • Anonymous
    • U{q
    • 16 Jun 2021

    Dante101, 09 Jun 2021Same as iPhones, made in China sells like a California bran... moresorry to bust your bubble but it's made in malaysia along with all of Sony's TV's and Sound systems. Only the ps5 is made in china and none others are made in china. (sony's considering to move the ps5 plant out of china to taiwan too.

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      • Anonymous
      • fIR
      • 10 Jun 2021

      Dante101, 09 Jun 2021Same as iPhones, made in China sells like a California bran... moreSony earphone/headphone manufacturing line should be in malaysia.

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        • Anonymous
        • N5m
        • 09 Jun 2021

        Anonymous, 09 Jun 2021Bott brands are japanese.I know both are Japanese, my point was the battery life

          Anonymous, 09 Jun 2021sony is made im china sells like jaoan brand 😂Same as iPhones, made in China sells like a California brand.
          The RnD is done in Japan, only the manufacturing is done in China, as other mainstream tech companies do too.

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            • Anonymous
            • 04N
            • 09 Jun 2021

            Anonymous, 09 Jun 2021Bott brands are japanese.sony is made im china sells like jaoan brand 😂

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              • Anonymous
              • mv2
              • 09 Jun 2021

              Anonymous, 09 Jun 2021Are you sure about that?? https://www.audio-technica.c... moreBott brands are japanese.

                Dometalican, 08 Jun 2021The last paragraph of this article literally tells you the ... morebut surely there are online sellers selling cheaper if we shop around...

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                  • Anonymous
                  • BE%
                  • 09 Jun 2021

                  >siler or black

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8xj
                    • 09 Jun 2021

                    beep bop boop, 09 Jun 2021Battery life is way ahead of the competitionAre you sure about that??


                    https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/headphones/type/truly-wireless/ath-cks5tw

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                      • X$u
                      • 09 Jun 2021

                      My XM3 frequently falls off my ears even if I'm just having a nice slow paced walk. Not sure if it's too heavy or i have big sweaty earholes. Lol. Anyway, I'm still enjoying it. looking forward to have this XM4 when price drops around $200 xD. By this time, XM5 might have been released. Lmao...

                        Anonymous, 09 Jun 2021Battery life seems good.Battery life is way ahead of the competition

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                          • Anonymous
                          • mv2
                          • 09 Jun 2021

                          Sinu, 08 Jun 2021Price ??? Hope not more than 300$ .. battery life is impres... moreCleer Enduro 100 and Edifier W830BT has good battery life with wired support.. But no ANC.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • mv2
                            • 09 Jun 2021

                            Battery life seems good.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Lj$
                              • 08 Jun 2021

                              Socalteknique , 08 Jun 2021"The Sony WF-1000XM4 are available immediately for $28... moreThe chip inside this is made by sony.
                              Snapdragon 888 is not.
                              Sony does not get all them in december like samsung and xiaomi.

                              Who sells more have priority.

                                Socalteknique , 08 Jun 2021"The Sony WF-1000XM4 are available immediately for $28... moreWell dude, it's so much easier to construct a wireless earbud than a premium flagship smartphone.

                                  PP, 08 Jun 2021Does anyone know any tws with Ldac other than thisHiBy WH2

                                    Socalteknique , 08 Jun 2021"The Sony WF-1000XM4 are available immediately for $28... moreSeriously...I'm dying to replace my LG V20 that works in the US...

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                                      • 7kp
                                      • 08 Jun 2021

                                      WF is wrongly mentioned as WH so many times. Even during comparison it is swapped. Does the reviewer know which is WF and which is WH?

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                                        • Sunny
                                        • sm7
                                        • 08 Jun 2021

                                        2nd device support? Similar to xm4?

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