Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Industry Leading Headphones with Auto Noise Canceling Optimizer, Crystal Clear Hands-Free Calling, and Alexa Voice Control, Silver

Keeping this short and sweet, very good headphones. Noise cancellation is so good that it wow(s) you when turned off! Battery life is top tier which you should expect at this price, looks good & sleek. Volume control isn’t bad but the constant swiping up and down isn’t as effective as i’d like it to be but still gets the job done! Overall still a highly recommended headphone, you’ll enjoy it!

I actually liked the headphones! Noise cancellation isnt as great as the AirPods Max and neither transparency, but the sound quality was a little better in my opinion. But the overall feel just felt like plastic??? I dont know how to exactly describe it but they were extremely light, which is a great thing for others but not for me, I want to the headphones to feel as if theyre durable and high quality, these felt like they were about to break at some point. I wasnt a big fan of the texture and feel of the headphones so I decided to return them. Heres a massive problem though... I decided to return them but BEWARE! Amazon customer service is absolutely terrible in helping you process the return. They keep telling me that the package is on its way when I already checked with UPS and theyre actually already delivered. Amazon customer service doesnt want to help me and they keep telling me that it takes two weeks for the package to be delivered. They also told me that someone from Returns was going to reach out to me by my email within 24-48 hours and its been over 48 hours since anyone has contacted me. Its stressing me out. Also I had the chance to choose the option to pay the headphones in a monthly payment plan so Im actually even more stressed and angry that they arent taking the return process quickly and seriously, because what if I end paying the next months payment and they still havent processed the return?! What then?! Im not paying for another monthly installment of headphones that I clearly returned and no longer own!! This is just a fair heads up that there are ups and downs when ordering anything highly priced with Amazon and when choosing to do monthly installments on highly priced items. -Also be careful if you plan to order any other expensive headphones like Sony or Bose, the whole amazon returns and customer service are just sadly terrible when it comes to returning any electronic devices overall. I would rather buy new headphones off of best buy or target in person if you want to try them out and not hassle with a whole return process like amazon- Headphones: 3/5 Amazon customer service: sadly a 0/5

This was a gift for my wife and she literally cant stop using it. Work, gym (which I advise her not to), airplane she loves and more. Huge success for Christmas gift!

Likes = design, comfort, sound quality and the versatile app Dislikes = tried using it for a work from home gig that i have which is 90% making calls and talking to people. However, connection quality is bad. Customers frequently say that my voice connection goes in and out. This doesn’t occur with calls on my cellphone but definitely occurs in calls I make through my work laptop. Its a bit disappointing seeing that I bought these earphones because they boast superior voice call quality using several microphones and background noise cancelling compared to other earphones…

I have been looking for some good over the ear headphones and seen so many good reviews of these. I decided to try them out and these are some amazing head phones! I recently had to travel and ended up wearing them for 6 hours straight! Battery life: The battery was full and by the end of my travel it dropped to 85% so the battery life is outstanding. Noise cancellation: It was really good and didn’t create too much pressure while on. Even when the headphones were off it did an amazing job of damping outside noise. Ex: I was by a VERY loud construction site and once I put on the headphones (turned off) it almost dampened the noise completely. Ambient Mode: It’s nice, I will say that in some cases I didn’t really use it. For example if you are in a loud environment it will be extremely loud while on. Which makes sense as the point of AMB is to be aware of your surroundings but if you have sensory issues I would be mindful of it. When you do the quick ambient sound it’s really good and makes what you need to hear very clear. There is very little static noise but if you are listening closely it’s very faint. Comfort: These are so comfortable and lightweight. Part of the reason I was having difficulty choosing over the ear headphones was because many were too heavy for my liking but when I wore these I forgot I had them on. I only had to adjust them once when it hit closer to the 5 hour mark. There is very little discomfort. My only thing is being that they are so light it feels like they can slip off easily sometimes. When you have them laying on your neck it can be a little uncomfortable at least for me. They landed on my collarbones so there was just hard plastic hitting my collarbones over a bit of time. But that is just me nit picking. Few set backs: the storage of them is a little inconvenient or undesirable. I wish these could fold because the case is quite large and take ups a lot of space especially when you are traveling. Overall: I have really enjoyed the experience with these headphones! I would really recommend these to someone who has auditory sensitivity like myself because they check a lot of boxes! There are only a few things that I wasn’t a huge fan of but that was like I said me nit picking. A video that was very helpful in making this decision was by: This is Tech Today on YouTube, they really went in-depth of all the features while also comparing it to different nc/amb headphones!

I bought these initially for air travel as I no longer appreciate the loud “white” noise of the cabin. I finally was able to sleep going to Europe. I bought these “Used, Like New” for about 1/2 price and it was a bargain! They included everything, even the packaging that looked new. Oh! I also wore these in the hotel when I slept and they were comfy. Basically, I bought these for one purpose, but ended up using them more often than what I intended.

These really are amazing headphones! They are soft and comfortable, great sound quality, and the noise cancellation is unmatched. I dont use them to take calls but I am okay with that personally.

Design: I love the silver color, looks so glittery and subtle when you look closely. The design looks so much better than the previous models. Sound: Trust me when I say this, they sound way better than Sony Xm4’s. The bass is so much better than what was considered best, before. It feels to me that Mark 4’s lost so much of details in the sound quality, when you listen to this. ANC: Noise cancellation has been improved by a lot. They still cannot cancel noise to a 100%, but well, no headphones can do it yet, but it is the best of any headphone out there. (Airpods max is so close to this), close but not upto this. Transparency/Ambient mode: They sound so much better in this mode than Mark 4’s due to new improved number of mics. Still cant hear 100% of the outside world (like you still cant hear a song playing in an uber as loud as it sounds without an headphone, but still make out what you’re listening to). But I can wear these all day and listen to the world outside, it feels like its removing some useless noises of the real world and that sounds good. Cons: They sound a little better in Androids and pc/laptop with LDAC than on any iphone. But that difference is almost negligible and I still decided to keep them for the iphone because I love the sound. Overall: They’re worth $400, and they’re still cheaper than Airpods max. Lmao.

Next gen headphones? More like gen1 headphones. Headphones are really uncomfortable if put on more than an hour. Not good if you are using it for laptop. Headphones app by sony is really poor and non user friendly. Noise cancellation is poor, doesnt work if you are moving. Not waterproof. Unfoldable. Sony has downgraded from xm4. The only 2 good things in this headphones are fast charging and sound quality. Dont buy if you are looking for noise cancellation, comfortablity or upgrade from xm4.

Had to return to sony for a replacement. Super inconvenient.