Bought these because I’m tired of wires everywhere round my neck. Arrived charged and ready to go. Soon set up using Sony app on my android phone. Sound is excellent with a good range and noise reduction is as good as one can hope for, remembering it only works with repetitive noise. I haven’t used the make and receive calls utility, so I’m unable to comment on that. Charging box is small and neat and the earbuds clip in magnetically. 3 different sizes of ear fittings offers some flexibility to suit different ear sizes. Very pleased with purchase.

I’d love to know how ‘What HiFi?’ tested the noise cancellation ability of this product to rate the NC so highly. My testing using white noise and other simple background noises shows that it is very poor.

That’s the gripe out of the way.

The sound quality and the fit in the ear are both great.

So a decent product but don’t buy for the NC.

I own a few pairs of in ear type headphones for work, I started with Sony Linkbuds and later bought some Linkbuds S, the original Linkbuds were perfect but after just over a year of use the battery failed in the left hand bud, I replaced them with the Linkbuds S without doing my homework properly, totally different things, much better sound quality but you have to rely on the ANC to hear the outside world, good enough for most conversations but I did have to take one out if the person wasn’t talking loud enough, these ended up baulked by a software update, now I just get a constant noise in the right hand bud… so, onto these…
I have owned them about 4 months, the audio quality is certainly better than the original Linkbuds but not nearly as good as the (much more expensive) Linkbuds S, the ANC is not very good at all, doesn’t block much of anything maybe 40% quieter than? It’s difficult to put a figure to it, audio books sound fine, music sounds fine for the lost part, mid bass is a little ill-defined, higher frequency stuff is fizzy, I listen to a lot of music at both ends of the musical spectrum, Carcass and Napalm Death sound OK, Peter Gabriel and James Taylor sounds passable but not hifi that’s for sure, if you just listen to chart stuff and nothing with a well defined bottom end then you’ll probably like these, think I payed full retail price but I’ve seen them with up to 20% off so maybe hold off tolntheor on sale, if I’d have payed 45 – 50 for these them my review would be different.
I’ve had plenty of Sony headphones over the years and they almost never set the world on fire but are usually pretty good value for money, if these last at least 2 years then I’ll consider them to be just that.

I have more expensive Sony earbuds and these are almost as good which makes them excellent value for money. They sit in my ears securely and the app is great.

Lovely design. Probably my favourite style of wireless buds that I’ve tried include Apple and senheisser. Great noise cancellation. Battery life let’s it down though! I only get a full charge out of my charging case before I have to re-charge it. For that reason, it’s a 4 from me.

These Sony wireless earbuds are a perfect combination of comfort, active noise cancellation, long-lasting battery life, premium product features, and excellent sound quality. They have a very comfortable fit in the ear, refined aesthetics for the money, a dynamic and detailed sound, and are simple and intuitive to set up and control through the accompanying app. Overall, I would highly recommend these to anyone looking to purchase a pair of wireless earbuds that sit between budget and premium offerings, as these would be difficult to better!

Decent product, got for 80. Read a lot of reviews where people were saying sound output was excellent and bass was good. I wouldn’t say it’s amazing, it’s better than a cheapy set of in ears I bought years ago but was hoping for better. I’ve adjusted settings in the app but doesn’t improve it much.

Overall would recommend but I suppose I’ll have to shell out a lot more to get really good bass.

These are really well made, very light, and a good fit. Instructions could be clearer.
Sound so far has been good, and still early days for me learning the full functionality but it appears you can get a better sound with an additional paid app. So if I have to pay more to get full sound benefit, then I have to give this a negative, but overall I am pleased with them.