Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM4/S
- SKU:
- 6408357
Rating by feature
- Sound Quality
Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars
- Battery Life
Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars
- Connectivity
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers regard the WH-1000XM4 headphones highly for their exceptional sound quality, comfort, and impressive battery life. Many appreciate the solid bass, lightweight feel, and great fit of the headphones. However, some customers have experienced inconsistent connectivity, find the touch controls less than ideal, and feel the price could be more competitive, while others desire a higher maximum volume.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality, Weight
Good for lounging
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great sound, light weight. I wouldn’t recommend them for working out, however for lounging, they’re amazing.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Thesteel, . Amazing! We're glad to hear that you enjoyed the great sound quality and lightweight design of your Sony WH1000XM4. We understand that they may not be ideal for working out, but we're pleased that you find them amazing for lounging. Thanks for choosing Sony! -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Great upgrade to my old QC 15 headphones.
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I went back and forth between these and the Bose 700 headphones. I am really glad I bought the Sony Headphones. These headphones are very light and comfortable to wear over long periods of time. The noise cancelling is superb. I love the feature where the music and noise cancelling will stop and ambient noise is increased when I begin speaking. very easy to pair with various devices.
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Posted .Hi Delano, You've made an excellent choice! Glad you like the lightweight design, comfortable fit, industry-leading noise cancelation, ambient mode, and easy Bluetooth pairing of your new Sony headphones. Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thanks for choosing Sony! -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Sony Headphones review
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Easy to use. Excellent noise cancellation and sound quality.
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Posted .Hi LarryR,
It is great to hear that you are enjoying the easy-to-use features of your WH-1000XM4. We are delighted that the excellent noise cancellation and sound quality have made such a positive impact on your listening experience.
Thank you for trusting Sony.
Regards,
Dominick
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Great Headphones for the price
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Ive been dying to have these headphones and I'm glad I did. Even when I put them on without music everything is more quite. The noise cancelling is amazing I cant here anything or anyone and I don't have to turn to volume all the way up. The sound is crisp and clear and the headphone battery lasts for days which is amazing. Glad I brought them.
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Posted .Hi AnimusShift,
Perfect! We're thrilled that you are enjoying the noise canceling function, sound quality, and battery life of the headphones. Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thanks for choosing Sony!
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Best headphones for the price
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing pair of headphones for the money. Sound quality is great, but if you’re a person that likes bass then these headphones are not for you.
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Posted .Hello WinA,
Thank you for choosing Sony!
We're excited to hear that you’re enjoying the WH1000XM4 headphones and appreciate their great sound quality and value. Your honest note about the bass response is especially helpful, as it offers valuable insight into your listening preferences.
To enhance your experience, you can adjust the bass on your WH-1000XM4 headphones using the "Sony | Sound Connect" app. The app lets you choose from preset sound profiles or create a custom equalizer setting, where the "Clear Bass" slider allows you to increase or decrease the bass to your liking.
For a step-by-step guide, this video shows how to adjust the bass and equalizer settings: https://youtu.be/z9Ak6Z0qxz0?si=r4jBO5LentUDXc6j.
Best regards,
-Fred
- Pros mentioned:Bass, Comfort, Sound quality
Best
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing sound and bass! Extremely comfortable and doesn’t make my ears hot
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Nathali, That's great! We're thrilled you like the amazing sound quality, bass, and comfortable fit of your Sony WH1000XM4 headphones. Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thanks for choosing Sony. -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Truth Be Known...
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have read & seen many reviews regarding different Noise-Cancelling Headphones, and majority of them pointed to 1 exceptional product. Yep, it's this bad-boy. True to it's advertised and many reviewers raving about it's connectivity, comfortability, & quality, this is a must for every music junkie out there. Oh wait, did I mention about it's color-- it's 1 of those unique colorways. Go buy this bad boy!!!
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Posted .Hello Nivram2324,
You've made a great choice! We are truly happy to hear you are satisfied with the stylish color, exceptional quality, and superb features & performance of our WH-1000XM4.
The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music.
Thank you so much for recommending our WH-1000XM4 and for choosing Sony!
- Romeo
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Great noise cancellation and sound quality.
||Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones have excellent sound quality and the noise cancelling lives up to its reputation as best-in-class. The headphones are also very comfortable (I wear them for between 2 and 4 hours several times a week). I cannot recommend these highly enough, especially if you can catch them on sale. I'm not a big fan of the app, but I also haven't used it very much. I primarily use these while on my computer, which works well.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi CPreview, thank you so much for sharing your amazing experience with our industry-leading, Noise Canceling headphones WH-1000XM4! We are extremely thrilled to hear you are satisfied with the exceptional sound quality, fantastic noise canceling function, and comfortable design of these headphones.
The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music.
Thank you so much for recommending our WH-1000XM4 and for choosing Sony!
- Romeo
- Pros mentioned:Bass, Battery life, Sound quality
When it fails...
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have had these since 2020 and they have worked great for the most part. There are 2 things that are VERY bad about these, 1 from the start and the other just started happening. From the very start I have not been a fan of the fact that you can only pair these to 1 device. Technically 2 but since you need to use an app to control them 1 device will be your phone. The other thing is that when it fails it will deafen you in 1 ear. The incredibly loud (able to be heard from the second floor of my home while I was in the basement) will cause AT LEAST considerable short term pain in 1 ear. I had them on when the issue happened and it was easily the loudest, sharpest and most painful sound I have heard. For comparison, I was in the Navy and worked on the flight deck of a carrier (IYAOYAS) and this was much worse than anything I experienced there. Having said all that, the sound quality was very good and the noise cancelling really did eliminated things like the PC fan noise from my system and the heating/AC noise. The bass is good as well and I feel the build quality is equally decent. The battery life lasted all day with constant use and the time to charge is very short. The range was good and I was able to move through a 1200 SQFT 2 story home while remaining connected to a PC in the basement with no issues. I would have given 4 stars if they had not tried to murder 1 ear.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Best Purchase
||Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Take this from someone who doesn't ever write reviews. I’d easily pick this over any Apple product. Fits wonderfully, noise cancellation is amazing, and battery life is great. Great headphones for the gym.
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Posted .Hi Erik, awesome! We appreciate your review. We're glad you like your new headphones! Thanks for choosing Sony. ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
One of my Best Purchases!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love these headphones. The sound is fantastic and the noise canceling is top notch. I’ve gotten used to the touch controls. One of my favorite features is the connection to 2 devices. I switch between my iPhone 12 Pro and IPAD seamlessly. I created my own equalizer setup in the app and use it all the time. The case is handy and it is a quality built case. Battery life works as advertised. Just put on Shazam’s top 100 (Apple Music) sit back and enjoy.
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Posted .Hi WayneB,
You made the right choice! The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. Thanks for choosing Sony.
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
You should get these
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The XM4's fit my head and ears better than most of the other over-the-ear headphones I've tried including the XM5's. YMMV with fit but the sound quality is also superb.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Donnie, we're glad you are enjoying your new noise canceling headphones! Thanks for choosing Sony. ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Buy em do it
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.They sound awesome the battery is really good and they fit really good on the good love em
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Yuhh, That's great! We're glad to hear that they love this WH-1000XM4! Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thank you for choosing Sony! Jay
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality, Weight
Sony at one of their finest: design + quality!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent design, fit and audio quality. Especially, love the LDAC music quality. Love the lightness of it too.
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Posted .Hi JazzyHusky,
Awesome! Good to know that you're enjoying the features of the headphones like particularly the LDAC capability. The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. Thanks for choosing Sony.
~Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Comfort, Sound quality
Great Product!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Comfortable design, long lasting battery life, great noise canceling.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Kentendo, Thank you for the 5-star rating! We're glad you like the comfortable fit, long-lasting battery life, and industry-leading noise canceling feature of your WH-1000XM4 headphones. Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thanks for choosing Sony. -Sam
- Pros mentioned:Sound qualityCons mentioned:Touch controls
Buy them if you can get them for the right price
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Pros -Sounds great. This is how I want to listen to music. -Noise cancelation works great. Negates alot of sound although not as much as I thought without music playing. - Innovative app. Cons - Speak to Chat feature is gimmicky. If you sing along to songs like I do then it is practically useless you use it for podcasts. - Touch controls don't react sometimes. Toss ups - I don't feel like the Battery last the advertised 30 hours but its good enough.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Packerswin21,
We appreciate your in-depth review of the headphones. The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location.
Make sure to install the latest software version (via the Sony Headphones Connect app) for optimum performance. Sony takes all feedback seriously. Rest assured that this will help us improve our products. Thanks for sharing your review and for choosing Sony.
~Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Love Sony's Sound Quality
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love the features on thus noise cancelling headphone. It offers many of the same features as Apple and Bose. I've always been satisfied with Sony's sound quality. They're also comfy, even after hours of editing photos, and the grey color matches much of my equipment which give it aesthetic bonus points.
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Posted .Hi Derrick, Awesome! We are so glad to hear that you are enjoying your new headphones! The WH-1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality, Weight
A very good purchase
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.My first bluetooth headphone. I've used it for two months and it is a wonder. Noise cancelling is very good. It is surprising when I come to ambient....I realize how silent the noise cancelling is. I think the sound quality is excellent. A true audiophile might not think so but I have been very happy. The build quality is very good and the unit is light as a feather. This headphone is a deal when BB puts it on sale for 278.00.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Perry, Awesome! We're glad to hear that you are happy with your purchase! Intelligent and intuitive, the WH-1000XM4 headphones offer further improvements to our industry-leading noise cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and smart listening that adjusts to your behavior and your location. Using the Sony Headphones Connect app, Ambient Sound Control lets you adjust the volume of background sound and gives you the option to allow voices alone to be heard. Meanwhile, the Equalizer lets you customize sound levels to suit your music. Thank you for choosing Sony. Jay
- Pros mentioned:Battery life, Sound quality
Sony vs. Bose
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.For the price point, I am happy with my purchase. I read a lot of reviews between these Sony and the Bose, and because I am an Android user, I chose the Sony. The battery life is great, the noise cancelling is decent, and the sound is good. I don't think these are as crisp and clean as the Bose brand, but I am happy with the overall product. I would recommend the Sony headphones.
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Posted .Hello Eileen,
Thanks for choosing our Sony WH1000XM4 over Bose and we're glad that you appreciate the sound quality and noise canceling capability as well as the battery life of our XM4. The WH1000XM4 is a new design, with intelligent and intuitive Ambient Sound Control features that include improvements to Multipoint connection and our industry-leading Noise Cancelation, exceptional sound quality, and Smart Listening that adjusts to your behavior and location. If you haven't already, please check our Sony Headphones Connect app which will let you fine-tune your music to your liking! Thank you for choosing Sony and for your recommendation! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Comfort, Sound quality
Headphone
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The sound quality is excellent. I had to download the app to my phone and synch it to all my devices. Took a few hours to familiarize, charge, and synch. It works great and fits comfortably. Love the noise cancellation that is built in.
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Posted .Hi CRYdsktop, Thank you for the 5-star rating! We're glad you're enjoying the great noise cancellation and sound quality of your Sony WH1000XM4. We appreciate the positive feedback and thanks for choosing Sony! -Craig