Customer Ratings & Reviews

Bought this for two primary reasons. First, to use when traveling or commuting. The battery life is great for international travel and the quick charge works well when I forget to charge and I am getting ready to go home via train. Just a few minutes plugged in and the headset is charged enough for my long train ride home. Second, I bought for use in an open work environment. I'm able to clearly hear my music or audio programs and still able to very quickly hear what colleagues are saying by cupping my hand over the right ear piece. Did I mention that the sound is awesome?

This is a realistic review of the Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones. The design is good enough, not great. The noise cancelling is top notch, as advertised. I have doubts about how durable the plastic is. I have broken plastic headphones, three sets, and these feel like they would break if you are not careful with them. The sound? Ugggg. The sound is extremely colored and the only way to fix it is with an EQ. Otherwise you will hear muddiness in the bass and mid bass. Problem is, the only way to properly EQ them is with the phone app. There is not a Sony app for your PC or laptop. To be quite honest, I really do not know why these headphones get such high ratings. Probably because of the noise cancelling I guess. I have listened to many other wireless headphones that sound better than these. I have them 4 stars only because 3 and a half isn't an option.

Yeah they are kinda pricey for headphones, but wow! The sound is great and the noise cancelling is amazing! I haven't flown with them yet, just used them around the house, but the amount of noise they block is very good! The battery life is also very good. I charged them 2 weeks ago. After 2 weeks of use for 1-2 hours each day, the app says the battery is still at 90%. I also worried that with only 2 buttons that there would be limited control over them, but the swipe/gesture system works very well and I've gotten used to it for my current purposes. If you can get past the cost, these are very good!

These headphones are solid all around. Design, sound, noise cancelling and comfort are all exceptional.

The charge really does last how long it claims to, the noise cancellation is amazing and they are very comfortable to wear. Love them very much

Got this for my boyfriend. Since the pandemic he is always in meetings. He was using ear buds but they constantly was hurting his ears. I decided to get him these to try out. He loves them! They are comfortable and he can wear them for his meetings that go all day. The noise cancelling is amazing too, where he can then just focus on his calls. Tempted to buy myself a pair now.

I have had these for 24 months now and use them almost everyday. Besides fantastic Active Noise Canceling, like when mowing the lawn and listening to ultraHD music Service like Amazon HD music and Tidal. I also use these at night listening to the TV while others go undisturbed. In the Car I have to admit these win over my Sony WF-1000XM3's IEM (Ear Bud's) when I have the A/C and a window cracked. These have not faltered in 2 years of solid everyday use and for me they are still well worth the money. They also come with an Airline adapter and a wire set for hooking up directly but when I used them on the Airline I just connected them to my iPAD Mini and watched "Mindhunter series" That I had downloaded from Netflix for the trip. There is even a Sony Headphones Connect App available from the Play store for Firmware updates and Equalizer settings. These really are hard to beat and a great value for the money. I highly recommend them !!

The noise cancellation on these headphones is bar non the best that I have ever experienced. It even has background canceling that allows you to hear people's voices better. The audio quality is fantastic, good lows and highs covered in the cans. On top of that, they feel wonderful on your head. I would stay away from using these for workouts, that would be the one thing that these are not good for. The case and cables are lovely and the production quality of the headphones is amazing. I would give them 6*'s if I could.

Comfy, amazing sound, multiple day battery, solid build, carrying case, included accessories, industry leading ANC... I don't have anything bad to say about these.

By far the best noise cancelling earphone I have come across. Very comfortable on the ears, great bass and I love all the great features that it comes with.

Beautiful headset, excellent noise canceling ability on airplane flights. Battery endurance is good enough to make it to Tokyo from the West Coast of the USA. Great for keeping loud screaming toddlers who are making their parents flight the longest in history, quiet. Best to enable Noise Cancelling, and disable Adaptive during the flight, otherwise it will periodically re-adapt. It also has a wired ability, so that you can plugin to the IFE and watch a movie other than SpongeBob.

I debated between these and the Bose. Glad I purchased these. They have been great; comfortable and nice sounding. Battery lasts a long time.

Had a set of the Sony XM2 Noice Cancelling Headphones and love them all last year. Decided to buy the upgraded XM3 model and believe it, they are even better! they are a bit lighter and the noise cancelling is fantastic. I use these all the time when working on my notebook computer in a public place (like a fast food restaurant). They block out all the noise so I can work. When I take them off I am always so surprised at how loud everyone is around me and I didn't hear anything!

Was absolutely impressed with how well these cancel sound. I normally think of Bose when it comes to that, but Sony really stepped it up and quite frankly was better than the comparable from Bose. Sound quality is very good and battery is pretty amazing considering everything they do. I only have to charge every other day or so. If you listen all the time it may not last as long, but easily a whole day. I’m only don’t love having big things on my head all the time, so it’s not my favorite, but if you buy them, you know what your are doing and they go on your head. Very impressed.

Nice build quality, and light as a feather. Overall a nice set of Bluetooth headphones, but you will need to use an equalizer to get the best sound from them. Out of the box they are very bass heavy to the point of sounding boomy. And I like bass, but not when it bleeds into the midrange. But once Bluetooth was set to LDAC, and sound adjusted with the Wavelet equalizer (in Play Store), they sounded excellent. The noise cancelling was the best I heard! Unfortunately, since they can only be connected to one device at a time, I had to return them. I will definitely pick up the xm4s (as they can connect to multiple devices). If you can find them on sale, and don't need them for multiple devices, these are definitely worth picking up.

Excellent bluetooth headset with amazing noise cancellation! I personally love how long I can wear these for without feeling fatigue on my ears. The setup was very simple on the phone and on my PC. There are 3 different modes to go between with noise cancellation on, off, and ambient sound being pipped into the headset so you can still hear people. When noise cancelling is on it works extremely well. I'm not seeing a reason to get the MX4 over these.

These headphones sound amazing!! They are very comfortable and the noise cancelling is great on these. They are very light and the case is sturdy.

I bought these on sale a few weeks ago for work and they did not disappoint. Great sound quality and the noise canceling is incredible. Real simple to set up and use and the battery life is exceptional. My only complaint is the charging cable. You would think with the amount of money you just spent on these you would get a charging cable with some length to it. Its literally 3 inchs long and can be a pain to find a logical place to charge it. But all and all its a great product and well worth the money. Would highly recommend.

I traded in my Bose QC 35s for these and I was not disappointed. I've been a Bose fan for quite a while now and viewed them as unbeatable. When it comes to over-ear noise cancelling headphones, these Sony's are the best you can buy right now. The noise cancelling is better, the sound quality is better, the battery life is better, and it has better feature like the putting-your-hand-over-the-right-ear to turn on ambient noises. The ONLY thing I will miss from Bose is the ability of the headphones to easily pair simultaneously with my computer and my phone. But...I think I can live without that.

These headphones are fantastic. I wore them for nearly 8 hours at work the other day and I never felt uncomfortable. The sound quality is unreal and you can even tweak it to your taste with the app. Noise canceling is very solid. I find myself putting my hand on my ear from time to time to see what is going on around me and that is very handy. I have not tried a call yet, so will not speculate there (though I have heard this is an issue). Luckily I do not plan on making a lot of calls using these. Awesome product and worth every penny since they went on sale.