Customer Ratings & Reviews

Good product with noise control features. Worth money

I purchased it for Christmas for my daughter and she loves it for traveling

Heavy on the ears and creates a lot of heat. Sound quality is good though

Prob one of, if not the best, headphones I have ever purchased.

Got for a great deal, can't complain, my daughter loves them

Had some Bose soundlink and decided to purchase these. Better headphones!

I got this for a present and the price works what you paid for. Nice

Love the volume swipe feature. Connect easily. Compact and comfortable.

Just the way I would like it to be. Couldn't have been more satisfied

Want to hear how good this is? Listen to Rush Tom Sawyer. Phenomenal!

I believe these are truly better than any other headphones out there.

Noise cancelling is great but sound with cord and no battery power is horrible. Too much plastic.

Love this product can’t beat it it’s fantastic at best

You’re getting your moneys worth with these. Highly recommend.

I didnt think was in line with bose as people couldn't hear me with the mic on calls. I did like the ability to put hand on ear for ambient noise.

I loved them but couldn’t pair them with my tv even with an adapter.

These are the best Headphones I've purchased!! Hands down!

The best over the ear noice cancelling headphones you can buy.

**The Good** Sound: Instruments and vocals sound crisp and clear, but you also get a good bass response from it out of the box unlike the Bose QC35 II. The sound can be modified using the EQ from the Sony Headphones Connect app that's available for Android and iOS. Noise-cancelling: Great noise-cancelling that's able to mute out most sounds while on the NYC subway while playing music, while bringing the outside noise it can't block out to a more gentle tone. It also has a useful feature where it allows you to listen to your surroundings using the outside microphone on the ear cups when you cup the right ear cup with your hand. Battery life: Claims a 30 hour battery life. For some reason, when I played a FLAC album on repeat I was able to get 35 hours battery life before it died. The headphones can run as a wired headphone too that works even with the battery dead, albeit without noise cancellation. Unfortunately touch controls do not work in wired mode, so it's like your wearing an old fashioned set of headphones like a Sennheiser HD 280 pro (no inline controls, no nothing). Wired mode will work with the NextRadio app for those that use that. Bluetooth codec support: Supports the latest and greatest codecs such as aptX HD and LDAC for the phones that support it. LDAC support should see more support as phones upgrade to Oreo, provided the OEM allows it in their build of Oreo. NFC: Allows you to pair and connect a phone with the headphones by just tapping the phone on the left ear cup. No need to go through the menus for bluetooth and scan, or select device. Just tap and it will connect. Your phone does need to be unlocked though but that's it. The rest is just a simple tap. This helps cope with the headphones inability to be paired with more than one device at a time. The case: The case feels like quality as does the zipper on it. Feels satisfyingly durable and glides open and close with easy. The inside of the case has dividers so the cups don't end up scuffing each other. **The OK** Comfort: The headphones don't clamp on you too tight so you won't get ear or crown fatigue from it. However, the space instead the cup isn't as spacious as the Bose QC35 II so it will get warm after a while. The bigger problem I had was with the amount of cushioning on the padding. The ear pads are ok, but again, not as plush as the OC35 II but it's the top band's padding that I have a problem with. It's too thin and sometimes makes the top of my head feel uncomfortable. The earpads are replaceable. Touch controls: The touch control are intuitive and make it a lot easier to work with than the physical touch controls on most headphones, however because they're touch, it also leaves it susceptible for accidental touches when handling it (e.g.: accidentally forwarding to the next song headphones are off your head resting flat on your neck because your cheek accidentally grazed it). Again, touch controls do not work when in wired mode. Tap and holding the ear cup brings up your phone's assistant: Google Assistant or Siri. There isn't support for Samsung's Bixby since it basically mimics holding the home button on your phone. Wired passive mode: You can use the headphones without power as regular headphones. It just stinks that while you can still get noise cancelling in wired mode if you power the headphones on, the touch controls do not work unless they're connected by bluetooth. Sony Headphones Connect app: The app unlocks access to even more features of your headphones such as the EQ. It shows you which codec is being used, and also shows you the headphone's battery life. Unfortunately showing the battery life on the status bar is an iOS only feature and I don't get why. Jaybird's Android app allows the battery life indicator to be shown on your phone's status bar. Do better Sony. The app also allows you to manual set the ambient sound level to your liking and set the sound to virtual surround sound presets. **The Bad** micro-USB charging: The headphones still insist on using micro-USB to charge the headphones. With 2017 phones shifting to USB-C it makes it more annoying to future-proof. You'll have to keep a microUSB cable around for the life of the headphones instead of being able to use your phone's USB-C cable. **The Unknown** Durability: The plastic doesn't feel anywhere as durable as Bose's QC35 II. The seem well constructed to hold up solid for as long as I've had them, but will they stand the test of time? That remains to be seen. Its previous generation is notoriously known for the headband cracking and I'm not sure it won't happen again. I've had it for over a week and I haven't seen any sign of cracks. You can hear very slight creaks when you press on the headband's plastic If I were grading it personally for me I would give it a 4.5. But for this review I had to decide between a 4 and a 5 so I went with 4. It would have got a 5 if the padding was as generous and the ear cup as spacious as the QC35 II. But I would DEFINITELY recommend it for users looking to be noise cancelling headphones in this price range. It's in direct competition between the Beats Studio3 and the Bose QC35 II. If you ask me, it's a toss-up between the QC35 II and the WH-1000XM2 depending on what your preference is. The QC35 II are far and away the most comfortable as well as the most durable, but its bass is lacking. The WH-1000XM2 has that bass that will satisfy listeners of the hip hop genre (use the EQ for more emphatic bass and make those earpads bump).

These are a game changer. Would highly recommend and am pleased.