Sony makes the best wireless earbuds! I’ve tried Apple, Bose and Beats but they just didn’t seem to fit my needs or my ears. I guess I have weird shaped ears because I cannot keep any of those brands in my ear. I can always hear outside noise leaking in and they seem to just slide out after wearing them for more than 10 minutes. The sound just doesn’t sound as rich and the base isn’t deep enough to feel the music. So, I found the Sony WF-SP800N ear buds and they were exactly what I was looking for. The ear hooks kept the earbuds in my ears for hours, the battery lasted longer than my wear time and the sound quality is just the best. I loved them so much, that I wanted to buy a second pair. Unfortunately, they were completely sold out. That’s when I found that Sony came out with the WF-1000XM4. I was nervous to buy them at first because they don’t have the ear hooks like the sport version. But I’m so glad I went ahead and ordered a pair. They are so comfortable! I don’t have any issues with them falling out and the sound quality is even better! I personally like the memory foam pieces, but I also got a silicone ear piece to see if they would work just as well. And they do! As long as you know your fit, you can get a perfect seal using either the provided memory foam pieces or silicone. Do your research on what you want in your earbuds, because some brands are better at different features. If you want earbuds that are comfortable, long battery life, amazing noise cancellation and the best sound quality for music, then stop looking because these are the perfect earbuds!!! **added note: I just wanted to share pictures on how tiny the case is! I am just astonished with how tiny the case. The blue case is the WF-SP800N earbuds and the teeny tiny cream case is the WF-1000XM4 earbuds. Definitely makes it easier to carry in a pocket or smaller purse.

Excellent sound. Excellent batter life. Very user friendly phone app and ability to tweak sound settings, especially bass and equalizer settings. Got to have some good bass, but would like lower bass frequency's. They are definitely loud enough to use while I run my SCAG Zero Turn mower, the main reason I bought them. The clarity of sound during phone calls is excellent. Somewhat of an inclined learning curve on touch controls while buds are in place. Some individuals have issues with ear bud foam pads. That is certainly dependent upon the couture of your external acoustic meatus, or ear hole. Three different sizes should alleviate that. But other manufacturers have the same issue, based on my diligent research before buying these. Let's just hope the current "exploding battery" issue does not affect these. It seems to be centered on European models and Sony should address this issue immediately; they ARE replacing some batteries and updating the firmware to 1.6.2. That update seems to reduce battery life, which will reduce the "go to" ear buds overall No. "1" rating on many sites, CNET et al.

I'm writing this as an Android user, so if you value the Apple ecosystem and multi device connectivity, then these aren't for you. I've also never owned any Airpods to compare. I will compare these to Bose Quiet Comfort earbuds because I own them and secondly, because they are the same price. Sony obviously has their sights set on Bose. The short story is that the Bose are going to be returned and these will be my daily drivers. Read on if you want more details... I purchased the Bose a month ago, so I know the benchmark that Bose set for Active Noise Canceling (ANC) in an earbud. The ANC on the Sony's is excellent and very close to Bose quality. ANC and Mic quality are the two categories Bose wins on, but overall these are superior in every other way mainly because of how feature packed these are. Three huge advantages over Bose: First and most importantly, the sound quality exceeds Bose. A big reason why is the ability to adjust the equalizer in the App to preset settings or save your own custom equalizer settings. These are also the first earbuds to support Hi Res Audio via Sony's proprietary codec, LDAC. If you have an Android phone (sorry iPhone) then you can turn this codec on via the Android Developer Settings (I can confirm that Galaxy S10+ supports LDAC). You can tell the difference LDAC makes to your music. These also support 360 audio (with Tidal and Deezer), which I have not tested, but its there if that is important to you. Second, the design of the Sony's are better. They are sleeker fit than the Bose. The Sony case is ALOT smaller and can fit in the weird front jean pocket (which now serves a purpose). Just look at the picture, the Sony's win hands down when it comes to design. Third, is Sony's Speak to Chat feature that works very well. The earbuds will automatically detect you talking and pause the music so you can carry on a conversation with someone without having to take out the buds. This feature is completely absent from Bose. More Pros: -Robust App with a ton more features than Bose -Better Battery life -Ability to go backwards on tracks (Bose hasn't figured out how to do that yet) -Ability to locate the buds if you misplace them via Google's Find Device App Cons: -The foam tips take some getting used to (replaced mine with 3rd party silicon tips) -No ability to adjust the level of ANC like the Bose -No multipoint Bluetooth connection To sum it up, Sony has now set the bar very high. You won't be disappointed.

These are by far the best Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) earphones I've ever owned. The utilization of the app made this even more flexible towards what I would use them for throughout the day, I did NOT however use the equalizer it did give a flat like resonance towards most of my Excessively bass based songs but was great for instrumentals. I did fiddle with the equalizer but to be honest it seems like no matter how I adjusted it the bass was restricted but still better than most of the competition. I work in a loud wharehouse with conveyance running every minute of the day, the ambient sounds are enough to make you go mad and the Ambient/ANC feature on these Earphones are TOP of the line, these earphones are the Best I've ever had in terms of ANC/Ambient. the Memory foam buds were too big for me but did the job. I do feel that the size options for the memory foam buds were not for me. I have tiny earholes and neither of the three sizes were a fit for me but I do like to think that Sony; being the customer centric, sound quality based power house they are, took the time to research all possible sizes for the Best sound, taking into account inner ear pressure, sound leaks and longevity of the earbuds them selves and I do gotta say, supreme sound. The Application is really good at offering flexibility for you to plan ahead or make in the moment adjustments for going outside, at work, reading a book. Unique features that allow you to automatically turn Ambient ON when you start to talk and automatically shift back to ANC after one of the options of the allotted times without speaking before defaulting was chosen. Pros -Great range of highs and lows -Top of the line transition between Ambient and Active noise canceling. -Very light earphones and case ( its actually surprising how light these are:total weight with earbuds inside case) -Long Battery life -Easy setup -Great design. -Great Customer Support*** Will post why below Cons: -Pricy but may be justified -Memory foam sizes ( debatable) -Lack of cases/skins for protecting the charging case -software*** Will post why below Big downer for me. Not sure if everyone has heard of this issue. I turned off my Sony Wf-1000xm4's to deal with errands. when I came back home and turned them on I found that my left earbud was non-responsive. I proceeded with resetting the earbuds and my iPhone no longer had Bluetooth connectivity with them. I contacted Sony support after going through the manuals Trouble shooting process. Sony informed me to initiate the return/exchange process. Sony was very Linear and Very supportive. this might have been software issue but no definitive root cause was identified ( brand new only had them for a week at most, no impact was made.) I Bought the Master and Dynamic MW08 right after. I WILL however Buy the Sony WF-1000XM4 again. just waiting on a response from Sony to find out why this occurred and to see if it can be fixed.

Amazing sound. The bass is deep, but there’s room for improvement. If you use the sony app to link to your buds, change the equalizer to “Excited” for a good mixture of vocals and bass. You can also boost the bass even more, but it wont have that “boom” effect. The noise cancelling is super amazing on these mid size buds. I was using an electric greenworks 1800psi pressure washer and it blocked the sound very good. The only problem i personally have is the tips. They care comfy, but are made out of foam. If i leave them in my ears for long periods of time it starts hurting the inside of my ear. Maybe because i have small ears i dunno. If i use the small tips they fall, if i use the medium they fit great but hurt after a while. I ordered some plastic ear tips and work great but they slip out due to the weight so i have to stick with the ones that came with. If they break, they have instructions on how to order more. They won’t last forever.