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The best initial test is to turn its noise-canceling with no music playing. It will amaze you. Next, play music. Woah! Now play with the Sony | Headphone Connect App. You will be satisfied, or at least you should. __ Right now, this is the best I've seen.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got this about a month ago and it works great, the noise canceling works great and you can turn it off if you like. I use them for watching videos and playing video games sound is great and they fit well and comfortably over the ears. Definitely a keeper for me.

Cuts out all sound when you turn on the noise canceling. I thought everyone was messing with me, it worked too well lol

These are the best headphones I’ve ever had! The noise canceling is excellent and the sound quality is well worth it! The only downside is that some older Bluetooth devices may have some issues with connectivity. But any Bluetooth 5.0 is totally fine.

It's rare seeing a pair of headphones that genuinely shine in almost every regard. But with the WH-1000XM3, Sony has created an indisputable winner, a categorically top-notch set of cans whose only shortcoming is the absence of 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connectivity, something we hardly ever see outside of the gaming market. They do have Bluetooth, though, so as long as you have a smart TV, an Nvidia Shield, a gaming laptop, or a Bluetooth-capable motherboard, you should be set for the reclusive world of active noise canceling. Unlike other noise-canceling headphones, the WH-1000XM3 use an unusually silent QN1 HD noise-canceling processor. In our testing, we found it was able to keep out most sounds, even on the crowded New York City subway. The battery does take a hit for this, but you can take solace in the fact that the WH-1000XM3 last 30 hours fully charged. After 10 minutes of being plugged in via USB-C, Sony claims they can deliver pristine high fidelity sound over five hours. And, to top it all off, volume and playback commands are touch-based. Goodbye forever, inline controls. Image 1 of 6

Noise canceling headphones always involve compromises. First, Bluetooth is a compressed format - no matter what manufacturers would like us to believe. Within Bluetooth there are various codecs to contend with each having their own limitations. Last, there is the amount of actual noise canceling available. This is the second Sony noise canceling headset I've owned. I also have the WH-1000M2. For this review I will compare the M5 with the Shure Aonic 50. The Sony offers all codecs except aptX. Why? Apparently they are promoting LDAC their proprietary codec. Your player may not support this so beware. Also it connecting to more than one device (phone and music player) it will default to AAC even if both devices support LDAC. The Shure phones can support LDAC on two devices. Sony has always offered superior noise reduction. I just used them on two 3 hour flights recently. They were excellent except that they switched out of noise reduction mode with me iPhone 14 Pro Max a couple of times. Not sure whether it was the phone or the Sony's. In comparing the music response between the Sony's and Shure's, to my ear the Shure's have the edge. I used jazz, classical and rock selections. The Sony has a little more bass response, but the Shure has more transparency in the high end. Nevertheless, the Sony noise reduction is far superior to the Shure. Sony now offers automatic noise reduction depending on ambient noise. It seems to work very well. It does offer a chat mode which will automatically turn off noise reduction when you speak. This seems to work well unless there is a lot of ambient noise. For telephone use the Sony works very well. Stopping starting the music as expected. Sound quality is very good. I don't have any reservations in recommending the Sony's.

I had the first version and I sold it for this one. the noise canceling, and 32 bit float are what makes it worth it. I probably will never use the bluetooth, but it's a nice addition.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones are the best noise-canceling headphones that I have ever had! I feel completely submersed in whatever I am listening to. Whether I am using them for a virtual work meeting or listening to music, All I can hear is what is on the other end of my headphones. They are also extremely easy to set up Anyone looking for great quality noise-canceling headphones, that really do cancel out any noises around you, try Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones, you won't be sorry!

Best. Gift. Ever. He absolutely loves it! Definitely noise canceling. He loves that the microphone is automatic.