Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones – 30 hours battery life – Over Ear style – Optimised for Alexa and the Google Assistant – with built-in mic for phone calls – Black
Original price was: £229.00.£195.99Current price is: £195.99.
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Batteries : 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Language : English, English, English, English, English
Product Dimensions : 25.3 x 18.5 x 7.7 cm; 254 g
Manufacturer : Sony
ASIN : B08C7KG5LP
Item model number : WH1000XM4
Country of origin : Malaysia
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Noise cancellation, powered by HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1
Sound quality – these Bluetooth headphones support ideal Resolution Audio, and even compressed music files are upscaled using evolved DSEE Extreme technology
Speak-to-Chat automatically pauses playback when one start a conversation, Wearing Detection powers off headphones when not wearing them, plus more smart features for a seamless, hands-free listening experience
With multipoint connection, Sony headphones can be paired with two Bluetooth devices at the same time, Bluetooth version: 5.0 and frequency range: 2.4GHz band (2.4000GHz-2.4835GHz), Effective Range : Line of sight approx.30ft (10m)
Driver Unit : 40mm dome type (CCAW Voice coil), Plug : Gold-plated L-shaped stereo mini plug, Cord Length : Headphone cable (approx. 1.2m, OFC strands, gold-plated stereo mini plug)
Customers say
Customers praise these headphones for their sound quality, with one highlighting the adaptive sound control feature, and appreciate their comfort with plush ear cushions and soft material. The build quality is high, with one customer noting they can withstand being tossed in a bag, and the battery life lasts for hours. Customers find them easy to use and pair, particularly with iPhones and iPads. While some customers find them well worth the price, others consider them not worth £250. The functionality receives mixed reviews, with some saying the app works great while others find them unusable.
9 reviews for Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones – 30 hours battery life – Over Ear style – Optimised for Alexa and the Google Assistant – with built-in mic for phone calls – Black
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Original price was: £229.00.£195.99Current price is: £195.99.
A. Whennell –
Love these headphones
These are more expensive than both of my son’s noise cancelling headphones put together, but I love them, and you get the Sony build quality and sound quality to boot. They are exceptionally comfortable for long periods. Easy to connect to iPhone and iPad, they last for ages on a charge, to the point that I keep losing the cable as I charge them so infrequently.Great on a plane where the constant noise ruins listening through conventional headphones. Noise cancelling does not cut out all noise, so you can still hear the wife shouting at you, but not her snoring, which is excellent when listening to music in bed.The app is very good and so is playing with the settings of the EQ as I think they are set up by deaf music haters in the factory. The ability to fine tune the EQ them is so completely essential to get a sound that you are happy with. I am extremely particular with how my music sounds, being a musician and studio producer. Over hyped bass and muddy treble does not cut it for me.There are other complicated features that you can enable, but to be honest, I could see much difference and therefore the point.Touch control on the ear pads is very useful, changing volume, pausing, etc. Mic quality is easily good enough to make and receive phone calls whilst on a walk, and you can invoke Siri to do your bidding.These were bought to replace an earlier model that I had had for years, that I managed to sit on, and break the swivel joint at the side of the headphones which allows you to collapse them down to put in a case. I fixed it with epoxy and gaffer tape and then I think I left them somewhere and, bye bye headphones. These are pretty much exactly the same, although I did have to fiddle extensively with the EQ and suffer all kinds of over thinking before settling back to normal life and music appreciation.Worth the extra money? Read the reviews, read other reviews outside of Amazon… yes, they’re worth it. Just don’t sit on them or lose them.
Matas Malinauskas –
Comfort/Sound Quality/Noice Cancelling
These have to be by far the best headphones that I have ever purchased, pricy but totally worth it. The sound quality of the headphones is exactly what you would expect from Sony, very high quality, you can choose what sound mode you would like but if anything you can make a custom one on the Sound App.These are really comfortable, your ears aren’t left aching like the JBL one that I bought previously, these fit perfectly.The noise cancelling is through the roof, it’s gotten to the point where I need to have one eat out to hear people, however, you can also set at what level you want the noise cancellation,All I can say is that these headphones are honestly absolutely mad, these are so unbelievably good.
Alex McGurk –
A perfect pair of wireless headphones
I bought these primarily to block outside noise and they work great. The battery lasts a long time. They have an accessible and musical sound with good mid-bass punch and relaxed highs. The build quality feels premium but I’d still be careful with them. I use a drawstring bag at home as I dislike constantly folding them up. They also have lots of features you can adjust / disable in the app and connection and playback to my phone works seamlessly. As a pair of wireless headphones they are pretty much perfect. If you’re on the fence between different brands I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.
Chris P –
Incredible noise cancellation.
The good:-Excellent noise cancellation. Completely blocks out all low bass sounds like bus/train engines or traffic, and even manages to lessen the volume of mids like voices, but not completely block them.-Ambient pass through mode when covering the right ear cup works really well. Turns on with almost no delay after covering the ear cup, and makes it easy to quickly talk to someone without having to take the headphones off.-Great sound quality once EQed (read The Bad section for more detail).-Great battery life. the 30h advertised seems accurate, and means that you rarely have to worry about if they have enough charge. They also give a really accurate charge percentage on android, so you know exactly how much charge you have left.-Very good build quality. Although they are entirely plastic, they feel really sturdy. The ear pads are very nice memory foam, and the padding on the headband is good too, so they are comfortable for long listening sessions.-Really good hard carry case included. Has space for all the accessories that come with the headphones too which is handy.-Companion app that comes with these headphones is pretty good. It has a lot of options to customize, and even has a equalizer, which is mandatory with these headphones in my opinion.The Bad:-The sound of these out of the box isn’t particularly great. The are very bass heavy, and end up just sounding extremely muddy when compared to my previous bluetooth headphones (Audio Techinca M50xBT). Thankfully the app that comes with these headphones has an equalizer that works well enough to solve this problem. After equalization (The setting I used was the 1k slider at +4 and the 2.5k at +6) these sound about as good as the M50xBT. It’s just a shame that they don’t come better tuned out of the box.-The touch sensitive pad on the side doesn’t work as well as I hoped. It can be quite hard to get it to do what you want it to do. Many times I have tried to get a song to pause or resume playing, and have been completely unable to do so. Some times it does work fine, but the times it doesn’t work well have led to a lot of frustration. The touch pad can also be prone to accidental inputs from time to time. This has mostly happened when wearing the headphones around my neck when not listening to music, and I find that they have started playing by themselves after pausing them.-The wear detection on these doesn’t work as well as I hoped either. I have found many times that after taking them off my head and putting them around my neck that the music will resume playing after about 20 seconds. I’ve found that it works for very short periods, but if you are going to take them off for an extended period you are better off just pausing the music yourself.-The last thing is very minor, but I found the adaptive sound control function included with the app no good. It tracks what you are doing, and adjusts the noise cancellation appropriately, so if you are waking it turns off ANC and lets sound sound through so you can hear your surroundings, but if you are standing still it turns the ANC back on. It’s cool in practice, but I’ve found that because it uses the location service on your phone the whole time you are using the headphones to determine if you are walking or not, it ends up just draining your phones battery. I’ve ended up just using the custom button on the headphones and switching between the modes myself and not using the adaptive sound control at all.Overall I would 100% recommend these, even with the few problem I have encountered with them. With how good the ANC works on these, they are a dream for anyone who had to do a daily commute on public transport. Wearing them really feels like you are in your own bubble and completely isolated from the outside world.
skaldy –
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Gansen Laurent –
Ich habe die Kopfhörer seit ein paar Monaten und kann direkt sagen: Sie erfüllen ihren Zweck perfekt. Die Geräuschunterdrückung ist fantastisch â selbst ohne Musik hört man kaum etwas. Wer sie für genau diesen Zweck kaufen möchte, dem kann ich sie zu 100 % empfehlen.Auch alle anderen Aspekte sind erstklassig: Klangqualität, Akkulaufzeit und die Steuerung über die App sind top. Ich habe sie mir gekauft, weil ich im Homeoffice arbeite und mein Nachbar einen Hund hat, der viel bellt. Zudem wohne ich an einer sehr lauten StraÃe, und meine einfach verglasten Fenster machen es noch schlimmer â ich höre jedes Auto. Es hat mich so sehr gestört, dass ich ernsthaft Angst hatte, meinen Job zu verlieren. Seit ich die Kopfhörer habe, fühle ich mich wie ein neuer Mensch. Ich bin viel ruhiger, kann konzentriert arbeiten und höre nur noch extrem laute Geräusche â und selbst die sind stark gedämpft. Es kommt nur sehr selten vor, dass etwas laut genug ist, um meine Konzentration wirklich zu stören.Ein Freund von mir hat ein Sennheiser-Modell in einer ähnlichen Preisklasse. Ich habe beide ausprobiert, und die Sonys waren mindestens genauso gut. Wenn man sie im Angebot oder zum regulären Preis bekommt und Wert auf starke Geräuschunterdrückung legt, dann sind sie eine klare Kaufempfehlung.Iâve had these headphones for a few months now, and I can say right away: they do the job perfectly. The noise cancelling is fantastic â you barely hear anything, even with no music playing. If youâre buying them for that reason, I 100% recommend them.All other aspects are top-notch: sound quality, battery life, and how the settings work in the app are excellent. I bought them because I work from home, and my neighbor has a dog that barks a lot. On top of that, I live on a very noisy street, and my single-glass windows make it even worse â I can hear every car. It was disturbing me so much that I was genuinely worried about losing my job. Since getting these headphones, I feel like I have a second lease on life. Iâm much calmer, I can focus on my work, and I only hear extremely loud noises â and even those are heavily muffled. Itâs very rare that something is loud enough to take my focus away.A friend of mine has a Sennheiser model in a similar price range. I tried both, and the Sonys were at least as good. If you find them on offer or at the regular price and want them for noise cancelling, they are a clear, clear purchase recommendation.
Shay Doyle –
Purchased for â¬208 and this is my fourth pair of MX4s that I’ve purchased. I got sick of the girls “borrowing” my pair so I bought the three of them a pair each. The Sony XM4 is still an excellent headphone even though it’s a few years old now, it’s comfortable to wear, especially for long trips on airlines or by train and the noise cancellation is excellent too. I also like the fact that they fold up which is a must when traveling light, and I chose these over the MX5s for that very reason. Price wise I find them excellent value for the money. I purchased these on Amazon Ireland for â¬208 with free shipping.
Theo –
It came extremely fast. Thanks for that. After i read hundreds of reviews from a variety of brands, I ended up buying This specific model of Sony and not the new model.Design and comfort are top notch. Noise cancellation is supper good. Not even bother to activate it some times, the coverage it has on my ears is very good. Connection fast and super good. Sound volume is more than Enough for me, and I’m someone that listens to his music as loud as possible. Now, about the sound and it’s quality. Bass is there (I’m a bass lover). I had to optimize the sound through the application because the sound they deliver without correction wasn’t my style. After an hour of corrections and listening 100s of songs to get the perfect sound for me i came 90% close to the perfect! (Though i believe, super quality sound system they need no corrections! The sound is perfect from the first note) Price is acceptable for what they offer. I do not regret my buying, I’m very happy with it. I didn’t go with another brand like JBL or Bose etc because i saw they do not have good customer support. So, i wanted something to last. i own expensive sound systems and I’m very picky and difficult when it comes to sound. So for me, Sony WH1000XM4 is approved! 9/10