Sony WF-1000XM4 True Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones – Up to 24 hours battery life with charging case – Optimised for Alexa and the Google Assistant – with built-in mic for phone calls – Silve

 

Lo mejor es la cancelacin de sonido activa, sin duda, vas en el metro lleno de gente, pones una cancin a 3/4 de volumen y te aislas completamente. La calidad de sonido est bien tambin aunque hay que ajustarlo segn gusto de cada uno, y sin llegar a ser excelente.
Las almohadillas se gastan cada pocos meses.
La sujecin es muy buena, no se cae para nada.

 

I toyed with the idea of these for ages and now I have them it seems so silly I waited so long to take the leap. Of course they are great, plenty of reviews say it. My delay in getting them was due to owning the over war xm4 headphones and I just could not see how these could match them in performance. I’m so glad they do and for anyone else in my shoes I’ll break down a short comparison:

Sound: Almost identical, I say almost because when you fiddle with the EQs on the sony app you get close to over ear quality. The difference is in the sound staging. The music sounds ever so slightly more compressed with the earbuds and so doesn’t feel as expansive. It’s not far off so don’t let that put you off. Mids, bass and trebles are also very close. The earbuds are a tiny bit louder.

Noise cancelling: Not as good as the over ears but I expected that, however the noise cancellation is bloody good when you factor in the size of the buds. I’ve tested on tube and outdoors and am satisfied. Covid has restricted ability to test on plane but then owning the overears means I will not use these on a plane due to shorter battery life and superior ANC on overears.

Phone call mic: Garbage. Neither headset is good at calls in environments with a lot of background noise but overears are better at delivering your voice to the listener and suppressing background noise. The buds muffle the voice and would annoy me if I received a call from someone speaking through them.

Controls: I was worried about this at first as I couldn’t figure out how it would work, luckily that is sonys problem and you will get the hang of it very quickly as they’ve done a good job.

Overall I think if you have overears it’s 100% worth getting the earbuds as they are better for warmer weather and working out (they don’t fall out for me at all). Sweat will leave you with smelly headphones and corroding electronics over time so you don’t want to ruin your expensive overears (earbuds are water resistant so will withstand sweat, rain and splashes).

 

I’m not one for writing reviews to be honest but felt compelled to.

I’ve owned quite a few pairs of headphone/Ear Pods over the years and I’m quite fussy when it comes to the one’s I purchase. Mostly I stay within the premium level 150+.

They are a premium product, you can just tell when you open them, touch them and use them. The touch, feel and weight are on point.

Pros

Sound quality is simply brilliant, the best I have ever experienced with an in ear headset. The volume is very punchy and you’ll never get to the max. The bass is superb and the mid to high end treble is beautifully balanced with no sign of struggling at all.

Build quality is premium and very good quality.

Wireless changing is a nice bonus.

Setup is a doddle.

Sony’s apps seem very good and you have great flexibility to change settings such as graphic equaliser, what the earphones do when you take them out, when you start talking the sound will stop as they assume you are talking with someone which is very clever (although slightly annoying if you start sneezing LOL). You can log different settings depending on where you are, home, office, gym etc.

Cons – Volume Control – You can change what the touch sensitive buttons on both sides do. Trouble is you really need 3 LOL. Next track, play and pause is a given on one side, then the other side can be noise cancelling or volume and really you want both as there’s not easy way to change the noise cancelling without going into the Sony app so you really have to keep that. Which means no volume control on the ear pods which isn’t the end of the world as you an control this from your phone or watch.

Sony’s apps are very good but for some reason they lose connection with the earphones at times. It doesn’t stop them from working, just means you can’t change settings until you dock the earphone again.

The Fit – I’m yet to test them out when at the gym doing strength training but hopeful they will stay in place. But when stationary or walking they are fine. They fit by a memory foam type ear plug which you push in, it compresses and then expands to secure the fit. You get 3 sizes so you should find the one which works for you. Issues I’ve had in the past with others, they tend to lose their seal or you can ‘t get the fit just right so the sound quality changes if the fit is not 100%. There is none of that here.

 

I bought these based on owning the XM3’s before this model, and professional reviews. I used to a be a reviewer, so I am bit circumspect about the latter, but the vast majority considered these to be good, so that was good enough for me.

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1. Touch controls are more more easier to operate and are more responsive than they were for the XM3’s I had.
2. Quality has improved.
3. Better fit, less risk of falling out.
4. Much smaller charging pod.

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More difficult to remove from the charging pod.

The greater battery life is as yet untested.

 

Das Klangbild des WF-1000XM4 lsst kaum zu wnschen brig. Sehr schne Detailzeichnung und auch nach lngerem Hren wird der Sound nicht anstrengend. Das Manko: Der Kopfhrer ist nur sehr eingeschrnkt einsetzbar. Es gibt nur sehr wenige Gerte, die den WF-1000XM4 mit einem Stream auf LDAC-Basis versorgen knnen. Alternativ fllt die bertragung auf den SMC-Codec zurck und der Klang wird uerst gewhnlich. Was fehlt, ist die Alternative aptX hd. Wenn Sony wenigstens selber einen Bluetooth-Transmitter fr LDAC anbieten wrde, knnte man eventuell mit dem Manko leben (um den Preis einer weiteren Investition). In der Realitt gibt es aber bislang keinen Bluetooth-Transmitter, der auf Basis des LDAC-Codecs streamen wrde und damit kann der WF-1000XM4 z.B. nicht fr die Wiedergabe der eigenen CD-Sammlung eingesetzt werden, jedenfalls nicht als Spitzenkopfhrer.

 

Sound quality is excellent but noise cancelling is dependent on getting the right fitting tips.

 

Really good, expensive but you will only purchase once I guess. Excellent sound quality.

 

Only thing is, I hear white noise with ambient sound on. The ambient sound is so much better on the XM3

 

When I got my last set of noise-cancelling headphones (QC-35s), Bose was literally the only game in town. Since then a lot of other companies have gotten into the noise cancelling market, and noise-cancelling earbuds became common, so I thought that I’d give these a try, given the glowing reviews they’ve had.

For eearbuds they do produce decent audio quality, though there’s no denying that they simply can’t reproduce as big a sound as the over-ear headphones do, but they are also a lot more practical for outside use than the Bose headphones. I think I’m going to keep the Bose headphones for use around the house and use these when travelling.

The noise-cancelling effect is surprisingly powerful, but somehow a bit more disconcerting at first than the one from the Bose headphones, probably because these are in-ear. You can hear yourself breathing and swallowing and it takes a while to get used to it. The first day of use was quite uncomfortable, but switching from the medium to small tips seems to have mostly resolved this, and while I don’t think I could wear these all day, they’re comfortable for a couple of hours.

You can pair these with a number of devices, but they can only connect to one device at a time, unlike the Bose which can connect to two devices. This is a bit of a shame but not a deal breaker.

The thing that really lets this product down is the controls. Instead of a physical button these have a touch-sensitive area on the shell. Finding the touch sensitive area by feel alone can be tricky, and it doesn’t always register your taps. You might end up pausing when you intended to skip tracks because one didn’t register. Even when working perfectly, the actual control options are clunky and not as good as the old Bose.

You can configure the controls within a number of presets with the app, the default being left earbud toggles between full noise-cancelling and “ambient noise” mode, where the microphones feed outside noise into the earbuds which is handy for holding a conversation without taking the earbuds out. The right earbud has the playback controls by default, which work broadly like the push-button control on the Bose (one tap pause/resume, two taps skip to next track, three taps skip to previous track, hold for Siri), but they’re missing the Bose tap and hold to fast-forward in a track, or double-tap and hold to rewind a track. If you reconfigure one of the earbuds for volume control then it’s tap to increase volume and hold to decrease, which just plain doesn’t work. There should be discrete controls for adjusting volume separately from the other controls. That’s a shame because aside from that, there’s a lot to like about these earbuds.

One of the big things to not like is the app, which for reasons known only to Sony seems to use a font that’s absolutely microscopic. It ignores whatever font size setting you’ve specified in the iPhone’s preferences, and if you have visual impairments it’s basically unreadable unless you use the built in Zoom feature, which makes the app even harder to navigate.

They’re a decent set of earbuds, but the ergonomics of the controls and the app really let them down.

 

Mittlerweile hatte ich schon einige In Ear Kopfhrer und meine letzten waren die Apple AirPods Pro. Leider konnten mich diese in Sachen Sound berhaupt nicht berzeugen was dazu fhrte, dass ich mir neue Kopfhrer suchte und Gott sei Dank schnell fndig wurde. Klar, der Preis ist schon eine Hausnummer, allerdings bekommt man auch was man bezahlt. Sony liefert mit diesen Kopfhrer so richtig ab. Auch das ANC ist ein Traum. Durch die Software gibt es einiges an Einstellmglichkeiten, auch lassen sich die Berhrungssensoren individuell anpassen. Ja auch die Lautstrke lsst sich an den Kopfhrer regulieren. Der Klang ist sehr klar, sehr ausgewogen und auch der Bass drckt ordentlich, wenn man das mchte. Auch das Tragekomfort empfinde ich als uerst angenehm. Ich habe noch nie Kopfhrer besessen, die so einen tollen Sound liefern. Ich persnlich wrde mir die Kopfhrer jederzeit wieder kaufen, weil sie einfach unschlagbar gut sind und alles bieten was das Herz begehrt. Sony hat abgeliefert und bekommt von mir zurecht eine 5 Sterne Bewertung und eine klare Kaufempfehlung. Macht weiter so.

 

My ears are apparently not symmetrical. I know…who knew? This means that these amazing earbuds plastic case rubs on my left (sort of upper lobe). A real shame but after giving them a good and trying all the various sizes of buds for a few weeks, they have to go back as that part of the ear is red from the abrasion. I had Sennheiser Momentum Wireless before these and they had a straightforward bud-in-ear design which I think I will have to revert to.
For anyone without such auricular concerns these are amazing.

 

I’ve tried lots of wireless earbuds, but these are the best so far. So comfy to wear, and they fit inside my ears really well. The sound is amazing, both for music and for phonecalls. The noise cancelling works well too. I love them.

 

There is not much more I can add to the raving reviews already posted by others. I have been a long time user of over the ear noise cancelling headphones such as Bose. I have never been impressed by the limited number of in-ear wireless headphones I tried, let alone those with noise cancelling. The music quality of this WF-1000XM4 is superb and and the noise cancelling genuinely works, obviously not at the same level as Sony’s WH-1000MK4 which I also have.

Update 18-10-2021, the sound quality and noise cancelling are actually better than my initial report. I found that by looking into the mirror I was not seating the earphones properly in my ears. The sound quality is absolutely superb. These earphone are now viable alternatives to these big over the ear headphones. The only down side is they cannot be used on planes for wired connection. If only if I can add one more star over the 5 already given !

 

The Sony WF-1000XM4 are 249.00 at the time of this review.

They come in eco packaging which is good to see. Construction and materials of the actual earbuds are fantastic.

Setting up the buds was easy. There is an app to download, and pairing is easy through touch and holding the sensors for 5 seconds.

I’ve never had buds or headphones at this price point. They outperform everything I have, and the quality is excellent. Great sound across the range and bass. The noise cancelling is superb too.

To maximise the quality, make sure you use the right tips and they fit snugly into your ears. The right ones should mould to the inside of your ears to make a good seal.

The buds charge inside the case which in-turn can be recharged via USB-C.

Having used these for over a month now, I can recommend them.

 

These things are sick! Worth the money. Most of the features are super cool. The speak to chat is a bit gimmicky and only really works if you don’t sing along or cough or make any other kinda noise but I still love the innovation, Sony. I had the Bose Soundsports before these and was worried I’d miss the device switch button but it honestly hasn’t been a deal breaker. If you can afford these, get them. They’re worth the spend!

 

The Sony WF-1000XM4s are overall really great, but I’ve sent mine back and here’s why.

– They sound amazing, probably the best from a pair of truly wireless earbuds that I’ve heard. I really enjoyed the sound stage and music separation and if something is slightly off for you, you can adjust the EQ.

– Noise cancellation is top quality and as you’ve probably read elsewhere, nearly as good as the over ear WH-1000XM4s. You feel isolated and within a bubble. Ambient pass through works very well with noises sounding natural. The external noises sound amplified if very close but in general this works well. It is slightly behind the AirPods Pro but very nearly the same.

– I love the design, obviously this is subjective but I really like the feel, and the brass accents. The case is small and minimal. It is built well but the hinge is slightly looser than the AirPods Pro, which have very tight tolerances.

– Surprisingly for me, they fit really well. I normally cannot find earbuds to fit. My ears are medium in size but in-ear buds normally get moist and fall out – these did not. They hold in snug and the shape of the earbuds themselves fits into the outer ear to hold everything in place. I do wonder if I had smaller ears whether this would work as well, but for me they were great. Once in I originally experienced some discomfort. I stuck with it and found that turning the earbuds down in orientation, with the brass ring being the lower most point in my ear, really helped with ear fatigue and all was good for hours after that discovery.

– A key issue normally for Bluetooth headphones is the Bluetooth connectivity. I understand that these earphones don’t have multi-point pairing, but I actually like the WF-1000XM4s Bluetooth implementation even better. They can’t connect to two devices but they can store multiple devices in memory and unlike other headphones and earphones, switching between devices is completely seamless. Once they’ve previously been connected you simply select the earphones from your device and they connect. When I’m walking around listening to music from my iPhone and sit down at my desk, I click on the earphones on the Bluetooth menu on my Mac and instantly the headphones connect and have a strong connection. If I get up and walk away and click on the earphones from the iPhone and they pick up the connection and start playing. I really like this setup as the earphones don’t have ambiguity of which device needs priority and never get confused.

– My main issue with the earphones is the quality of the ear tips. I actually really enjoyed the foam tips instead of the normal silicone. I think the foam don’t get as slippy when sweating and therefore hold better in the ear. My issue came after only a few uses – the foam tips started to disintegrate. The material was literally falling away and the outer coating was peeling off in places. This happened after only a couple of sessions of using the earphones and was extremely disappointing. I know I can go out and buy alternatives but for 250 I expect the ear tips to last longer than a week.

Overall I have to say, I do love these earphones and with different quality foam tips I would keep these and use them everyday. If you intend on using other tips then these are a great purchase in my opinion.

 

Sony lo ha vuelto a conseguir, mejorar un gran producto hasta casi conseguirlo redondo (bueno, es su forma as ha sido).

Con los productos Sony siempre ocurre igual, la rpida devaluacin de los mismos, hace que nos planteemos si merece la pena el desembolso frente al modelo anterior.
En mi caso la respuesta es rotunda: si, y de largo.
Las sensaciones y las mejoras en diseo, sonido y sobretodo en ANC hacen la pena que elija estos frente al antecesor, pese a la diferencia econmica.

En este modelo Sony se ha volcado en un aspecto; conseguir la mejor cancelacin activa de ruido del mercado en su segmento. Y lo han conseguido, de largo.
Tambin han cambiado el perfil de sonido, cosa que personalmente agradezco ms an, y es lo que me ha cautivado.

DISEO Y CONSTRUCCIN : 9/10
En este sentido es el que se nota una mayor mejora frente su antecesor WF-1000M3 (a partir de ahora M3 para abreviar), se ha reducido a casi la mitad el tamao de la caja, ahora est a la altura de las ms mimalistas del mercado (Jabra).

El diseo del propio auricular ha cambiado totalmente, ahora son redondos, grandes y voluminosos, pero redondos, se adaptan al pabelln auricular. Se acabaron los ruidos parsitos por el viento que tena el M3.

Hasta ahora sin problemas con las puntas de poliuretano (como se ha comentado por aqu)

EXPERIENCIA DE USUARIO: 9/10
En este aspecto tambin han mejorado sustancialmente a los M3.
Las puntas de poliuretano que trae me han resultado sumamente cmodas y tremendamente efectivas en sujecin y aislante pasivo del ruido.

La funcionalidad tctil es excepcional, la ms precisa que he tenido, y CASI totalmente configurable.

En esta configuracin de funciones es donde le pongo su gran fallo: solo puedes asignar a cada auricular un grupo de funciones de las tres posibles (ANC, control de reproduccin y control del volumen), una de queda fuera.

Por contra cuenta con funciones exclusivas como el “speak to chat” y el “control de sonido adaptativo” del ANC que son excepcionales.

SONIDO: 9/10
Para mi el aspecto ms importante, y el que tambin he notado una franca mejora.

Sony ha modificado el perfil de sonido, lo que resulta en un sonido suave y clido que mantiene las voces y los instrumentos claros.

Han conseguido mejorar mucho la escena musical y la diferenciacin instrumental, para casi casi igualarlos a los Sennheiser Momentum 2, un gran trabajo.

Esto mejora junto al total control de la ecualizacin que ofrece la app hacen que sean unos autnticos todoterrenos, se desenvuelven a la perfeccin en cualquier estilo musical.

CANCELACIN ACTIVA DE RUIDO (ANC): 10/10
Aqu es donde SONY ha querido destacar su producto.
Es impresionante, el mundo a tu alrededor desaparece para solo disfrutar con tu msica.
Han superado a los que consideraba mejores en este segmento, los BOSE QuietConfort, y de largo. Es ms, son mucho mejores que algunos over-ear que tengo.

Adems est ANC es totalmente configurable desde la app, en intensidad y modo.

Como guinda los modos “speak to Chat” en el cual detecta tu voz para entrar directamente en modo de sonido ambiente y detener la reproduccin y el “control adaptativo de sonido” en el cual puedes configurar el nivel de ANC en funcin de tu movimiento o geolocalizacin son excepcionales y exclusivos.

CONECTIVIDAD: 8/10.
Implementan la ltima versin de Bluetooth, 5.2, el nico del mercado.
La conectividad perfecta en iOS y Android
Conectividad inmediata con Windows 10

Aqu es donde presentan su segundo fallo a mi entender, no son multidispositivo, solo se pueden conectar con un dispositivo a la vez.

BATERIA: 9/10.
Impresionante, 8 horas de reproduccin continua con el ANC activo. Y he de decir, cronometro en mano, que se han quedado en 7h 47 min cronmetro en mano tras 2 cargas completas.
La caja de carga ofrece 2 cargas completas ms, en total 24h de msica.
Con una carga rpida de 5 minutos para 1 h de reproduccin.

La carga es por USB-c y tambin de forma inalmbrica.

APLICACIN MVIL : 9/10.
El gran software de Sony como siempre exprime al maxima el excelente hardware de estos auriculares. En este punto Sony marca una altura de listn difcilmente alcaanzable por firmas dedicadas slo al audio.
Aplicacin limpia, completa y que permite configurar al mximo los auriculares y todas sus funciones.

PRECIO: 8/10.
Pues si, son caros, 279 euros fijados por el fabricante.
Un precio prohibitivo, pero que a mi juicio est justificado por todo lo que ofrecen.
Sony con el tiempo devala mucho sus productos. T vers si quieres esperar.

PUNTOS DESTACADOS
Nuevo diseo ms minimalista, tanto de los auriculares como sobretodo de la caja.
Calidad de los materiales.
Comodidad en su uso, se pueden usar largas sesiones de forma comodisima.
Deteccin de posicin: se detiene la reproduccin al quitrtelos, reinicindose automticamente al colocrtelos.
Sonido de excepcional calidad y versatilidad.
ANC: el mejor, sin ms. Tremendamente configurable y efectivo.
Batera: 8 horas continuas con ANC (ms otras 16 de la caja)
Aplicacin mvil: El mejor software del mercado en audio

PUNTOS DBILES
Opciones de configuracin de las acciones tctiles: Solo puedes elegir 1 grupo de acciones para cada auricular entre ANC, control de volumen o control de reproduccin, una se queda fuera.
No son multidispositivo

COMPARATIVA

Con Jabra elite 75t, Jabra elite 85T, Sony WF-1000 XM3, Sennheiser Momentum TW2 y Bose QuietConfort NC Earbuds

JABRA ELITE ACTIVE 75T
Pros:
Aislamiento pasivo.
Conectividad multidispositivo.
Diseo minimalista.
ANC aadida por actualizacin de software en octubre 2020, es una maravilla
Contras:
Al penetrar mucho en el oido pueden resultar incomodos a largo uso, ademas el uso de los botones es incomodo, hacen que se claven demasiado en el oido.

JABRA ELITE 85T
Pros:
Confort y calidad de los materiales
Construccin semiabierta: ms escena musical, menos embotamiento y no se oyen los sonidos de deglucin.
Mas cmodos en uso prolongado al penetrar menos y ser semiabiertos (canales de salida de aire)
Calidad de sonido, los mejores junto a Sennheiser. Gran mejora en la precisin de los graves.
Conectividad Multidispositivo
Personalizacin por la app Sound+
Contras
El ajuste es menos efectivo que los 75T, penetran menos en el conducto auditivo
Son mas grandes que los 75T, sobresalen mas de la oreja. En das ventosos el aire hace ruidos parasitos muy molestos.
Cancelacin de ruido por debajo de lo esperado

SONY WF-1000 XM3
Pros:
Software, app y actualizaciones constantes (ya es multidispositivo)
ANC eficiente y configurable
Calidad de audio ms popular, y el ms configurable con su app
Al precio que estn ahora, 150 euros (por la salida del nuevo modelo), los ms recomendables y con mejor relacin calidad precio de largo.
Contras
– Diseo y tamao tanto de los auriculares como de la caja de carga. Son los que menos cmodos siento. Y la caja es un ladrillo

SENNHEISER MOMENTUM 2
Pros
Diseo y materiales tanto del auricular como de la caja.
Funcionalidad y precisin del uso tctil.
Comodidad en largas escuchas.
Sonido de mayor calidad en cuanto a la fidelidad y las frecuencias medias.
Precio: actualizado a 230 euros, ms cercano a la competencia

Contras:
La aplicacin mvil es lamentable para la ecualizacin, la bolita es demencial, queremos ya un ecualizador de 5 o 7 vias diferenciadas !!!!
La cancelacin de ruido activa es deficiente

BOSE QUIETCONFORT NC EARBUDS
Pros
ANC. La cancelacin de ruido de referencia, (hasta que apareci Sony Wf1000M4
Calidad de audio. Pierden claramente con los Sennheiser. Pero se siente que pueden ofrecer ms, estn demasiado poco potenciados por un pobre software…no se pueden ecualizar!!
Construccin y calidad de materiales
Ajuste y firmeza en la succin.
Contras:
La sensacin general es que estn por debajo de la competencia, no ofrecen nada salvo el excelente ANC.
Precio. Desorbitado frente a la competencia y por lo que que ofrecen a da de hoy.
Poca escena musical, solo hay una clara diferenciacin en las frecuencias medias
No se pueden ecualizar.
Poca funcionalidad en el uso.
Tamao grandsimo, tanto de los auriculares como de la caja

ANALISIS DETALLADO SONY WF-1000M4

DISEO Y CONSTRUCCIN
El trabajo realizado por Sony en este aspecto es ms que destacado sobretodo en la caja, han pasado de ser unos autnticos “ladrillos” los M3, con su caja de carga tremendamente grande, a ser la ms minimalistas de toda la competencia.

El diseo del propio auricular ha cambiado por completo frente sus antecesores, dejando atrs la forma plana y alargada (que tanto problemas me daba con el viento en una ciudad como la ma donde se fabrica el viento ) para pasar a ser redondos.

En este sentido el color blanco que he comprado yo no les ayuda lo ms mnimo, no es mi color preferido, pero mi ansia por tenerlos ha sido mayor que paciencia por esperar al modelo negro y dorado tpico de la firma.

Las dimensiones del auricular son 3,6 x 2,8 x 2,7cm.
Como he comentado son circulares, ocupando el pabelln auricular.
Toda la superficie externa de auricular es el panel tctil,

La caja es la gran actualizacin de este equipo, es tremendamente compacta.
Sus medidas son de 6,7 x 2,9 x 3,9 cm, una de las ms pequeas del segmento junto a Jabra o Sennheiser.
El tacto es de plstico, pero rugoso, no pulido, lo cual en un color blanco pastel es bastante peligroso, las manchas tienen una diana perfecta para amargarte
En la tapa cuenta con el logo de la marca, un led indicador de carga en la cara anterior (verde naranja o rojo) y en la parte posterior el puerto de carga USB-C.

La apertura de la tapa las primeras veces que la usas da una sensacin de endeblez y poca calidad, se mueve discretamente hacia los laterales sobre la bisagra, parece que no ajusta bien. Pero no es as, tiene su razn a mi entender.
Es para que no sufra el mecanismo y pueda partirse accidentalmente, ya que una vez que la cierras la sujecin magntica es efectiva, no se mueve lo ms mnimo.
Lo mismo ocurre cuando la abres del todo, se queda fija en apertura. As no se cierra accidentalmente.

La sujecin de los auriculares dentro de la caja es fortsima. Esto garantiza que jamas se vayan mover dentro de la caja haciendo que se activen accidentalmente.

Por supuesto tambin son resistentes al sudor y salpicaduras con certificacin IPX4

EXPERIENCIA DE USUARIO
Cuando los sacas de la caja la primera vez y los tienes en la mano piensas “pero bueno estos de Sony no aprenden, otro ladrillo” Pues nada de eso, son unos guantes en el odo, sinceramente, son los que ms tiempo he tenido de manera continua sin quitrmelos ni necesidad de hacerlo.

A esto ayuda tambin sus magnficas funciones que modifican automticamente el control de sonido ambiente como el Speak to chat y el control adaptativo.
El estar tranquilamente sentado tumbado sumergido en la msica y que parezca alguien siempre obliga a quitarte los auriculares. Con estos no, solo tienen que empezar a hablar para que se active el sonido ambiente, escuchando perfecta y naturalmente a tu interlocutor como si no los llevaras, es mgico. Y cuando terminas la conversacin vuelve la msica, sin hacer tu absolutamente nada.

La sujecin es excelente, por ms que te me muevas, corras o mastiques estos no se mueven lo ms mnimo, excelente fijacin.

Y otra gran mejora para los que vivimos en ciudades especialmente ventosas, al ser redondos se acabaron las turbulencias de los M3 que eran realmente incmodas, en estos no existen.
Adems de contar con una opcin adicional de control del viento en el ANC dentro de la aplicacin, se acabo el molesto ruido por la calle.

El punto diferencial en la comodidad de este modelo son los eartips de poliuretano, un material poroso, cmodo y con memoria.
El correcto sellado tambin lo puedes comprobar por la app.

Las funciones de los paneles tctiles son configurables, tienes 3 parmetros de configuracin, ANC, control de volumen y control de reproduccin, pero solo puedes asignar una a cada auricular (sin contar con los asistentes de voz, que yo no los uso)

Este es su gran fallo, uno no lo podrs usar. Un auricular, una funcin, no las puedes mezclar.

Puedes configurar a tu gusto cualquiera de los dos auriculares con estos comandos desde la app: (solo 1 de ellos por auricular):
– Control de volumen
– Control de ANC: cada toque conmuta entre ANC, sonido ambiente y apagado (en la app puede elegir si obviar el paso de off, pudiendo conmutar solo entre ANC y sonido ambiente. Cada cambio es advertido por comando vocal, el cual se puede configurar en castellano.
– Control de reproduccin
– Tambin puedes usar el asistente de voz que quieras (Alexa, Google o Siri)
– O dejarlo sin funcin.

Cuentan con deteccin de posicin, es decir, detiene la reproduccin cuando te los quitas reinicindose al colocrtelos de nuevo.

SONIDO
He de reconocer que nunca he sido muy amigo del perfil de sonido de la marca nipona, demasiado en V, con unos graves demasiado marcados para mi gusto musical, soy ms afn al perfil europeo de Sennheiser y Jabra.

Sony ha modificado el perfil de sonido, convirtiendolo en suave y clido, mantiene las voces y los instrumentos claros, con una escena musical amplia, rica y precisa.
Su rango medio est bastante bien equilibrado, por lo que las voces y los instrumentos principales estn presentes y claros. Sin embargo, su rango de agudos est muy poco enfatizado, por lo que los sibilantes son especialmente sordos y ceceosos.

Graves: Son Sony, no te van a faltar nuca. Son los inventores de extra-Bass, que ms quieres, te pueden retumbar los tmpanos a placer.
Eso si, bien ecualizados son tremendamente precisos, no solapan otras frecuencias y no pierden nada de cuerpo.
Los graves altos son muy neutrales, lo que garantiza que sus mezclas tengan el boom y la calidez adecuados.

Medios: Perfectamente claros y diferenciados, en esta gama es donde ms he notado la mejora frente a las M3 y donde ms se acercan a los Sennheiser Momentum 2.
Esto hace que las voces y los instrumentos principales sean claros en sus mezclas y en su posicin.

Agudos: Bien, pero aqu flojean, no son su fuerte.
Est muy poco enfatizado en todo el rango, por lo que los sibilantes como los platillos son sordos (el platillo rodante de inicio de The Chain de Fleetwood Mac casi ha desaparecido )

Escena musical: Perfectamente amplia, precisa y reconocible. Cada instrumento entra perfectamente en su momento y localizacin para poderlo identificar con precisin en el espacio. Con la salvedad de las agudos altos ya comentada.
Pero es una gran mejora frente a su predecesor.

Pero si esto no te gusta, puedes modificarlo total y absolutamente con los ajustes de ecualizacion predeterminados o los tuyos propios manuales con su ecualizador de 7 vas de la app.

Por supuesto implementa los codecs de alta definicin LDAC creados por SONY, que cuentan con la certificacin HI-RES WIRELESS , pero solo en sistemas Android.

Pese a no contar con aptx no he notado la mas mnima latencia con reproductores Hi-Res basados en Android ni en la reproduccin de video en streeming.

CANCELACIN DE RUIDO ANC
El sello diferencial de este auricular, aqu es donde Sony ha puesto toda la carne en el asador, empezando por el cambio de los eartips, para lograr la mejor cancelacin de ruido de mercado sin lugar a dudas, por encima de BOS Quiet Confort tanto en calidad como en configurabilidad.

La cancelacin de ruido bloquea perfectamente casi todas las frecuencias, en especial las ms pesadas, de ruidos de motores. Estn pensados para los viajes y evitar los molestos ruidos de los transportes.
Yo los uso cerca del split del aire acondicionado y es como si estuviera apagado.

Tiene tres modos de ANC
– ANC: configurable en diferentes niveles desde la app
– Sonido ambiente: amplifica el sonido ambiente de forma natural para que no eso tengas que quitar en ningn momento si quieres conversar.
– Apagado

Esta funcin de ANC tiene unas opciones adicionales interesantsimas y exclusivas:
– speak to Chat: los auriculares detectan tu voz por sus micrfonos activando automticamente el modo de sonido ambiente y deteniendo la reproduccin. Puedes regular la sensibilidad y la duracin del efecto tras finalizar la conversacin (ahora con las mascarillas, se activa solo con tararear..)
– Control de sonido adaptativo: gracias a la geolocalizacin del telfono los auriculares cambian automticamente el modo de ANC en funcin de tu movimiento. Que ests sentado, pues activa automticamente el ANC, que empiezas a moverte, se desactiva para que te conectes al mundo exterior y as lo configuras como t quieras.

CONECTIVIDAD
Conectividad perfecta a la altura de un producto de esta calidad.
Con bluetooth 5.2 los auriculares ahora tienen conectividad independiente, no hay un sistema de auricular esclavo que originaba continuos micro cortes.
No he tenido el ms mnimo fallo con ellos.

Se conectan tambin fcilmente con Windows 10, cosa que muchos no hacen.

Pero no se pueden conectar a dos dispositivos a la vez, no son multidispositivo.
Esta es una caracterstica que Sony suele eliminar en post de una mayor calidad de audio, por ejemplo en sus hermanos mayores, los WH-1000M4, si quieres disfrutar de los codecs LDAC tienes que desactivar esta opcin de multidispositivo.

BATERA
Esta es una de sus mejores caractersticas, el fabricante promete 8h de uso continuo con ANC. Yo me he quedado en 7h 47 min cronmetro en mano tras 2 cargas completas.

La caja de carga ofrece otras 2 cargas completas, as en total nos encontramos con 24h de autonoma, sobresaliente.

La caja se carga por usb-c y tambin de forma inalmbrica.

La carga rpida del auricular hace que con 5 minutos en la caja tengas para una hora, para salir de apuros

APLICACION MOVIL
El gran software de Sony como siempre exprime al maxima el excelente hardware de estos auriculares. En este punto Sony marca una altura de listn difcilmente alcanzable por firmas dedicadas slo al audio.

Tiene diferentes apartados:
– Sonido: para modificar la ecualizacin de los auriculares, entre ecualizaciones predeterminadas o manuales a tu gusto con el ecualizador de 7 vas y el extra-bass.
– Control y configuracin del ANC.
– Sistema: para actualizaciones, funcionalidad de los botones tctiles e incluso cambiar los idiomas de los comandos vocales a castellano.

PRECIO
Estn en 279 euros (precio marcado por fabricante), aunque los puedes encontrar por aqu en oferta a 230.
Por precio estn un poco por encima del gold standard del segmento hasta ahora (Sennheiser Momentum TW 2) as como otros buenos auriculares como pueden ser los Jabra Elite 85T.

La gran duda, merece la pena comprarlos si tienes los M3 (como es mi caso) o comprar los M3 al en vez de estos por el ahorro de ms de 100 euros?.

En mi caso en un rotundo SI. Por varias razones (objetivas y subjetivas).
Subjetivas: soy enamorado de la msica y la tecnologa, ms en este tipo de auriculares.
Objetivas: mejora en el tamao y diseo tanto de los auriculares como de la caja, evidente mejora en el sonido y sobretodo en la ANC.

En este sentido tenemos que tener en cuenta la poltica de devaluacin de Sony con sus productos, previsiblemente en unos meses bajarn de precio, podrs esperar???

CONCLUSIONES
Estamos frente a lo que va a ser la referencia en este segmento durante una temporada, tanto en calidad de sonido como sobretodo en la ANC.

Para mi solo hay unos auriculares que les hacen sombra en calidad de audio (o incluso los mejoran en algunos aspectos), los Sennheiser Momentum TW2. Pero eso si, estn a aos luz en ANC

 

These are every bit as good for sound quality as my over-ear WH-1000XM3’s, and perhaps a bit better for noise cancellation, since they effectively block stray sounds from entering your ears. Functionality is good, with the ability to pause and play, skip forward or back tracks, take calls, turn ambient sound on or off, and pair the device with a tap of either earpiece. I’m happy to report that Bluetooth peering is much better than with my WH-1000XM3’s, which I would frequently need to re-peer with my iPhone almost every time I used them. These peer every time, and almost instantly. Very reliable.

The charging case is very tiny, and will easily fit in a trouser pocket. It’s easy to use, and they are held securely in place – and the lid closed – with strong magnets, so there’s little chance of them falling out in transit. They charge quickly, and they have a decent run time on one charge. I’ve never had them run out in use. Just make sure you plug the case in regularly to keep its battery topped up.

You get three different sizes of rubberised ear buds with them, and they are easy to take on and off. My only problem is that I found whichever size I used – they would fall out of my ears at the least provocation. I’m pretty sure this is my ears rather than the earphones however, as I’ve always had issues with in-ear phones falling out. I’m sure if they generally stay put in your ears, you’ll find these do too. They’re not especially heavy or bulky.

So top marks for sound quality, noise cancellation and functionality – unfortunately they are just not well suited to my ears, which is a great shame.

 

Quite probably the best true wireless earbuds on the market. I love my AirPods Pro and find them incredibly versatile but, with one exception, which is possibly unique to me, the WF-1000XM4 beat them, and the other competition, in all respects.

The sound quality is superb, naturally bassy without overpowering the mids and highs. Music is clear and dynamic with excellent separation. My go to testing playlist encompasses everything from jazz and classical to extreme metal, prog and dance, complex, technical playing to atmospheric, ambient soundscapes; and the Sonys cope with it all. Spoken word recordings, audiobooks and podcasts are clear too.

ANC is excellent and cuts out the vast majority of external sounds even on airplane and London Tube journeys. I am not a huge fan of Sony’s companion app, having used it on both over-ear and in-ear headphones previously, but it does give good control over ANC and tailored equalisation, as long as you turn off the annoying ‘adaptive ANC’ setting. There is a really useful feature which allows temporary suspension of ANC, and reduced volume, by holding a hand over the left bud, allowing short conversations such as ordering coffee or reacting to a tannoy announcement.

The packaging is largely paper and pressed card and gives the appearance of eco-friendliness. The carrying case itself is tactile and significantly smaller than the previous WF-1000XM3 version. Call quality is also significantly improved on the previous Sony buds. Battery life is excellent, charging via wireless or USB-C.

Ear gels are supplied in three sizes and are soft and pliable and provide a really good fit. My left ear, however, does not like earbuds generally. They tend to fall out, the AirPods Pro shocking me with their ability to stay in my ears. The Sonys are better than most but I could not use them for strenuous exercise, certainly not for running. I will be keeping my AirPods with me but the WF-1000XM4 will, I suspect, be in my ears at least as frequently, other than when running.

 

2 months ago I heard of the new WF-1000XM4 which had released, I held out on buying one since I knew I’d eventually get one to review and I now feel bad that I didn’t pay for these, they truly are the most impressive things and I’m surprised they didn’t completely destroy airpod sales.

Where do I even start? There is so much that is incredible about these buds.

Build quality:
They are made out of some very strange material, it looks and feels great but I really couldn’t tell you what it is, the outside of the case is also made out of this material and the inside is some kind of plastic, I really like it and it feels very premium.

Unlike most earbuds (including the big boys like the Airpods Pro) use silicone eartips, the WF-1000XM4 uses some kind of foam which is sadly uncommon, I far prefer this to silicone but it is a lot harder to keep clean, after about a month of use my eartips have turned noticably yellow (this may not be as much of an issue on the black model) despite how often I clean my ears (I do have a lot more earwax than most people though).

I absolutely love the style of these buds too, the gold and beige works so well together, really does look high end and makes me feel very cool even though most people probably think I look stupid (I doubt that’s because of the buds though) I like the look of the black model too but haven’t seen them in person.
Before getting these I mostly wanted the black model, but now that I have the beige one in my hands I am having second thoughts, they look so good and scream quality.

Sound Quality:
The sound is incredible!!!
I do not own a single pair of earbuds that even come close to how much I like these (including my beloved VR3000), the sound is neutral which is very common for consumer buds in this price range which makes me very happy since neutral is my preferred sound signature, the soundstage is definitely there but certainly not as wide as my VR3000, nearly every genre of music I listen to is enjoyable on these buds which is surprisingly uncommon since I often switch between headphones when listening to orchestral music and something like rock or edm, everything sounds great on these even if you’re an enthusiast, you certainly won’t be disappointed with the sound of these.

If the neutral sound isn’t your cup of tea you’re still fine because these include an EQ feature (which is standard at this point) and it saves to the buds so you don’t have to configure it each time you pair it, if you want more bass you can have more bass!

I did use these for calls a few times and my Dad (the only person I really call) said it sounds alright, can’t really say much more than that since it’s kind of hard to hear what it sounds like for myself.

Comfort:
Now this might be the most controversial part of this review, I personally found the comfort fine, the tips have a great grip on the inside of my ears and shape nicely even for circular tips (oval is my preferred shape, the 85t for example has oval tips).
This really is something that will depend greatly on the person, it’s definitely worth trying these out and even if the tips don’t work for you, there’s bound to be some third party tips that work for you. Believe me, it’s worth it to use these.

Noise Cancelling:
If this isn’t the zenith of active noise cancelling then I don’t know what is, my experience with these was incredible.
The first time I put them in my ears was just to test the ANC, I was in my room with a fan on and could still hear it through the buds and was a bit disappointed, it wasn’t at all what I expected…
3 seconds later… I heard a ping sound…
The fan noise was gone.
That absolutely blew my mind, at one point I could hear the fan through the buds but (I assume) they heard the noise and filtered it out for me, incredible.

More recently I have been using these buds at work (office) and they completely filter out ‘s long one-sided discussions about her latest boyfriend (come on it’s only been 2 weeks since the last one!)
Oh and the air conditioner is completely gone too, it really is nice to have such a compact device that can give complete silence in an instant, technology has come so far.

Along with the ANC you also get ambient sound, this is very useful for listening in on talking about me behind my back thinking I can’t hear them.
It works great and gives me full immersion in the real world (which doesn’t happen often, even without buds), it isn’t as noisy as a lot of other ambient sound features are either which is great.

Additional Features Worth Mentioning:

One small (or big, I don’t really know) thing that these include is Sony’s LDAC codec, I don’t really know what the benefit is to it but supposedly it’s better than whatever we normally use, I did notice a difference when switching to it but it could just be placebo, I definitely recommend using it since my brain is convinced it makes my music sound better.

When I first saw these I thought to myself “oh god, they use touchpads? ugh!” but after using these I am really starting to change my view on them, these are absolutely the best touchpads I have ever used, they are extremely responsive, the touchpads have quite a big surface area so it’s hard to miss them, I was worried that they would accidentally go off because of how little force is needed but I did not experience a single false-press in my entire month of using these buds daily, they only ever respond when I press my finger against them.
The main issue I have with touchpads is that they are uncomfortable, I do not like slightly pressing the buds into my ear, it’s irritating, since these are not hook style buds the touchpads sit on the outer part of your ear where your skull is, that with the low force required means the eartip barely moves (if at all) when you press the touchpads, extremely happy.

The battery life is excellent, I do recharge these often but in the times that I have used them without charging I got to use them for many hours, I often use these while at work (which is 8 hours each day) so if I ever forget to charge I do not need to worry since these have a whopping 24 hours combined battery life, that can easily last me the whole week.

The Sony WF-1000XM4 was an incredible experience and nobody will ever take these astonishing earbuds away from me, they truly are impeccable and I really don’t think it can get better than this.

I could write a lot more about these but I will end it here since this is probably the longest review I have ever written, thank you so much for reading this far!

 

Excellent earbud.
Pros – sound quality, call quality, microphone
Cons – noise cancelling average, can only connect to one device at a time

I wanted earbuds with a quality microphone that isolate my voice from all other sound and these do a great job.

The earbuds are bassy but good at picking up the higher notes and the buds fit really comfortable in ear (I’ve fallen asleep with mine in). Noise cancellation doesn’t sound much different to the adaptive settings, but this could just be how I’ve set mine up (this didn’t impact my enjoyment of the music I listened to).

Mine is linked with Alexa as the voice assistant and its brilliant!

Hopefully a software update will mean the device can pair with more than one device.

Great set of earbuds and ticks all the boxes that were important to me

 

The Sony WF-1000XM4 True wireless earbuds with noise cancelling were really easy to pair and set up with my iPhone 12 Pro, but before jumping in and changing settings and setting up your personal desired assistant I would get the perfect fit with the included three pairs of ear tips. There is large, medium and small ear tips and once you have chosen the perfect fit for your ear canal, This will enhance your listening and noise cancelling experience. I personally found it better to squeeze the ear tip whilst placing it in my ear. Then they expand and create a better seal, as the ear tips are made of a silicone memory foam material. They are very comfortable and using them for a couple of hours each time I experience no discomfort. The earbuds sit securely and I had no issues of them falling out or feeling like they was going to fall out. The earbuds are very informative when connecting to my phone, As they have an audible voice that announces Bluetooth is connected which is quick and it also announces the battery level of the earbuds. The touch controls on each of the earbuds are excellent and responsive. The right earbud with A single tap plays and pauses, A double tap skips your track forward and three taps skips your track backwards. To summon your assistant single tap and hold the right ear bud, Which I personally was using Amazon’s Alexa. The assistant was quick and easy to set up just had to allow certain permissions, you can voice activate the assistant like you would do with the echo or Google assistance and ask it to play your desired music track, Game, Audiobook or just control your smart devices. The right earbud also allows you to answer and end incoming phone calls with a double tap. The phone calls were clear on both ends so the microphones work well. The left ear bud with a single tap allows you to switch between ambient sound and noise cancelling, if you single tap and hold the left earbud it will switch to ambient sound which the microphones enhances the listening experience to have a conversation or perhaps to listen to that important Transport announcement. You can also activate a setting in the Sony headphones connect app which when you speak it will pause the music and go to ambient sound, but if you are a person who talks to themselves or perhaps sings along to music you may wanna leave this setting turned off. You can also customise the different functions of each earbud in the app. The app is informative as it tells you the battery percentage of each earbud and also the battery percentage of the charging case, it also did send me a notification to tell me the charging case needs to be charged. The app allows you to set a specific equaliser or choose your own setting, Which suits your hearing preferences. The app also allows you to update the earbuds firmware which was easy and just required the phone to be nearby. The app does also have other features which will enhance your personal experience, Such as you can take photos of your ears whilst the information is sent back to Sony so they can analyse it and set the earbuds to suit your ear shape. The charging case is compact and has an LED light inside of the flip lid, Which gives you an indication of the earbuds battery charge. When charging the case it does have an LED light to indicate the battery level. The charging case can be charged by the included USPC cable or wirelessly charged. Now to the most important part, Which is the listening experience. The highs, mids and vocals are all very clear, whilst the base is punchy and deep but it is all very well balanced and makes an enjoyable listening experience. The app allows you to set the EQ to your personal listening preference, which I adjusted to a specific song and after several plays of that track and adjustments they was set perfectly for my enjoyable listening experience.The noise cancelling works well and lets you submerse yourself into the music. Overall good battery life with noise cancellation turned on, a compact charging case and good noise cancelling with an enjoyable well-balanced music listening experience. I hope you have found my review helpful.

 

Normally, Bluetooth earbuds are a minefield between sound quality being too ‘tinny’ or issues with the Bluetooth connection disrupting. These noise-cancelling headphones have an excellent sound that allows me to hear all the crisp notes i would miss from a cheaper quality pair, And the bass thunders and enhances my music experience dramatically.

The Bluetooth has shown no signs of issues with disruptions or disconnections, So it seems to be built quite solidly with a decent output range that’s reliable and smooth. The noise cancellation that is promised is on par with my best pair of earplugs, So it has passed the test for me.

I can’t find any negatives with these earphones, And even though the price is quite high, The quality of sound and the amount of longevity you get out of them is worth it in the long run.