Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones - 30 hours battery life - Over Ear style - Optimised for Alexa and Google Assistant - with built-in mic for phone calls - Midnight Blue

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The Sony WF-1000XM4 is a highly compact pair of earbuds from Sony, and just so happens to be its flagship set. Two microphones on each earcup capture external noise and feed it back to the QN1 chip, which then works with the headphones’ new Bluetooth Audio System-on-a-Chip to apply noise cancelling in real time and tweak it according to external triggers. These headphones sport top-notch noise canceling, A+ battery, and mainly only trade the multipoint Bluetooth for the addition of aptX and aptX HD support.

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With noise cancelling in full effect, the WH-1000XM4 let you slip away into your own audio world, free of all-but the loudest and highest-pitched annoyances. If, however, you can get a good fit with the QC 45 around your ears, you’ll enjoy current-generation ANC performance that outdoes yesteryear’s flagships.This intelligently adjusts the ambient sound settings by detecting your frequent locations and activities, and adjusting the sound to suit. That’s not the end of the world, though, as the design of the 1000XM3 is refined and subtle, allowing it to blend in on subway stations, planes and offices without drawing any attention. Caveat alert: if you’re going to use multipoint, both connected devices need to use the AAC Bluetooth codec. I bought it 2 weeks ago and I'm really disappointed about the noise cancelling which is not amazing at all.

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The section connecting the headband to the earcups has been shortened too, resulting in a fit that is better contoured to your head.In terms of materials, you’re mostly looking at a high-quality plastic build with supple pleather padding. Pairing to the Sony WH-1000XM4 is as simple as tapping your phone to the back of the NFC logo on the left earcup and following the prompt that appears on your smartphone. Super-low sounds below 100Hz are blocked out more through the WH-1000XM5, as are midrange and high-pitched frequencies.

Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones

For a complete rundown of the top noise-cancelling headphones around, be sure to check out our Best ANC headphones list. The Sony WH-1000XM4 support Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format, which enables spatial audio on stereo headphones, plus the LDAC codec that can send a bitrate of up to 990 kbps. Though high wind can still cause a bit of extraneous noise to come through, it’s otherwise among the best (if not, the best) noise-cancelling system we’ve heard from a pair of wireless headphones.The outer part of the earcups act as a touch-capacitive control panel that can be used to play, pause or skip music, and raise or lower the volume.