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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2024
I have looked around at other budget headphones around this price range and these were by far the best you could get for your money. The noise cancellation is very good and makes noises in a car or on a bus very quiet. The sound quality is great. The build quality is pretty good as well and theyre very light. I dropped them on concrete while taking them off outside and apart from extremely minor cosmetic damage theres no issues. They are very comfortable and my ears never touch the insides of the earpads
The app however has been bugged for the past year on some android phones (mine is a pixel 7). It causes constant disconnections while the app is installed. It's fixed by configuring my headphones and then permanently force stopping the app so it isnt running, but this is a silly workaround and sony need to fix this ASAP. The wired port also isnt very good. When theyre switched off the headphones sound far worse for some reason, meaning they have to be on even while in wired mode. And while theyre on in wired mode theres static noise in the background likely due to the cable in the port acting as an antenna creating some interference. This isnt an issue for most people but be warned the cabled mode isnt great. Finally Sony should provide official replacements for the earpads as I can tell these are going to start peeling eventually and you can only buy 3rd party ones or go on ali express to buy them.
Overall a great pair of budget headphones. I will likely get some XM5's eventually to replace them but for now these are great.
The app however has been bugged for the past year on some android phones (mine is a pixel 7). It causes constant disconnections while the app is installed. It's fixed by configuring my headphones and then permanently force stopping the app so it isnt running, but this is a silly workaround and sony need to fix this ASAP. The wired port also isnt very good. When theyre switched off the headphones sound far worse for some reason, meaning they have to be on even while in wired mode. And while theyre on in wired mode theres static noise in the background likely due to the cable in the port acting as an antenna creating some interference. This isnt an issue for most people but be warned the cabled mode isnt great. Finally Sony should provide official replacements for the earpads as I can tell these are going to start peeling eventually and you can only buy 3rd party ones or go on ali express to buy them.
Overall a great pair of budget headphones. I will likely get some XM5's eventually to replace them but for now these are great.
