Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WH1000XM5/P
- SKU:
- 10851841
Rating by feature
- Sound Quality
Rating 4.8 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 product's sound quality as impeccable, frequently praising its comfort, impressive battery life, and lightweight design. While many also appreciate its good bass, snug fit, and decent active noise cancellation, some concerns have been raised. These concerns primarily revolve around its portability, price, occasional connectivity issues, and a desire for louder volume and water resistance.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Superior sound
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent sound quality - well worth every penny! Better than my previous Bose!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi KathleenS, We are thrilled to know that you like the sound quality of your Sony WH1000XM5 wireless noise canceling headphones. Thank you for choosing Sony! Vincent
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Customer
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.WOW!!! outstanding performance. Cant ask for a better set of noise canceling Headphones
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi MarkA, Amazing! We're thrilled to hear that you like the noise canceling and overall performance of your headphones. Thank you for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Great headphones
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Noise reduction works great. Don’t use it for phone calls but music sounds great!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi BillS, We're glad that you're enjoying your new headphones. We appreciate your feedback and thank you for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
great headset
||Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought to wear while biking. great sound quality and easy to use functions. voice call quality is also great
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Chronic, Amazing! We're delighted to hear that you are enjoying the sound quality, voice quality, and ease of using the functions. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
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||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good headphones but if you have glasses, might be hard to get the perfect noise cancellation. other than that no complaints.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Camm,
Thank you very much for the 4-star review! We are honored to hear you find the WH-1000XM5 to be great headphones and that you have no other complaints about the overall experience.
We sincerely appreciate your detailed feedback regarding wearing the headphones with glasses. We often recommend making sure to run the Noise Cancelling Optimizer feature in the Sony | Headphones Connect app while wearing your glasses, as this can help the headphones adapt the ANC to the slight difference in fit.
We really appreciate you choosing Sony!
Best regards,
Dominick
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
10/10
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Perfect noise cancelling. I use them to study and work. Very useful for focusing.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello Atabeyra,
Nice! Thanks for the perfect 10 score for our WH1000XM5 and we're glad that you are pleased with the noise canceling capability of the headphone. With this feature, you can now focus on your activities. Thank you for choosing Sony! - Marco
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Good quality
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Looks wise they’re a little bigger than I expected but the quality is high. The plastic doesn’t feel cheap and the sound quality is very high.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Daniel, We're glad that you are enjoying your new headphones. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Sony Headphones
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love it. I've never experienced noise cancelling to such a degree. It's like nothing else exists when I have these things on.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi DanielK Great! We're pleased to hear that you are enjoying your new headphones. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Pretty good
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones wotk very well as long as you place them correctly. Overall great headphones.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi DouglasC, Great! We're glad that you are happy with your purchase. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
Great Noise Canceling Headphones
|Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.[Employee of bestbuy] These headphones are awesome. I love that you can just put your hand over the right ear and the noise canceling turns off and the sound lowers so you can hear.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hello Stasan,
Thank you for choosing Sony!
We're very glad to hear that you are enjoying your WH-1000XM5 headphones. They indeed offer some impressive features like the ability to turn off noise cancellation and lower the sound when you place your hand over the right ear. We're thrilled that you love this functionality and find the headphones awesome!
Best regards,
-Fred
- Cons mentioned:Portability
Not what I expected. XM4’s are Better!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Tried out these headphones for about 3 days and I will say they do have premium feel and look to them. From my experience with the past XM4’s, theses new headphones surprisingly lack the control of noise cancellation. A huge downgrade from the previous gen, not only that but they lack the portability of the previous gens. I will be returning the XM5’s and stick with the XM4’s. If you want a solid pair of headphones with portability and great noise cancellation, I’d say you are better off with the XM4’s. These headphones are way too expensive for what they offer.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi raymonddz, Thank you so much for your honest review. We appreciate your feedback to our WH-1000X5 headphones as this will help improving our products. These lightweight headphones are beautifully finished in newly developed soft fit leather. This material fits snugly around the head with less pressure on the ears while keeping out external sounds. Our noiseless design with stepless slider, seamless swivel and hanger, and silent joints, makes WH-1000XM5 a pleasure to wear. Thank you for choosing Sony! -Carl
Poorly designed noise cancelling feature
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These headphones have an automatically adjusting active noise cancelling. Basically, depending on the environment, how you move your head, or how you are wearing these headphones, you will HEAR the noise cancelling change completely. You will randomly hear it become less strong or more strong, etc… it does this seemingly at random. This is extremely annoying and this feature cannot be turned off, it ruins these headphones for me personally.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Lucas,
We are very sorry to hear about your frustration with the noise-canceling performance of your WH-1000XM5 headphones. What you are describing sounds like the Adaptive Sound Control or Speak-to-Chat features, which can be adjusted or disabled.
We recommend opening the "Sony | Headphones Connect" app and turning off Adaptive Sound Control on the Status tab. Additionally, please ensure Speak-to-Chat is disabled in the Sound tab, as this can also cause the audio to shift when it detects movement or speech. While the Auto NC Optimizer adjusts to your environment, disabling these specific settings usually provides the consistent experience you are looking for.
Thanks for choosing Sony.
Best regards,
Eliab
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Not really a fan
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I liked the sound quality, it was pretty good. But the build quality wasn’t great. Also I thought they were too big, as in the earcups stuck out too much. To me they looked goofy. I didn’t keep them.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Vega007, thank you for sharing your feedback on the WH-1000XM5. It's great to hear you enjoyed the sound quality, that's something we work hard to deliver. We're sorry to learn that the design and build didn't meet your expectations. We truly value your input, as it helps us improve future models to better meet the needs of our users. If you ever consider Sony again, we hope to offer a product that fits both your style and performance preferences. Thanks again for giving us a try! Regards, -Dominick
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Sounds good
||Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I loved it!! Sounds are good and the noice cancelling is also good !!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Esther,
Very nice! We're glad to hear that you love the sound quality and noise canceling of the headphones. We appreciate the 5-star rating and thank you for choosing Sony!
-David
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Sony Never Let’s Down!
|Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.[Employee of bestbuy] Honesty a good all around headphone, might be the best in the market as of right now!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Irvin, Amazing! We're pleased to hear that you are enjoying your new headphones. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Just ok
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Noise cancellation excellent but they need to be charged daily, the controls on the headphones have a mind of their own
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi ComfortN,
Thanks for sharing your review and experience with the WH1000XM5. We're glad that you like the noise canceling function of the headphones. Your feedback about the battery life and controls is greatly appreciated. For optimum performance, make sure that the software version of the headphones is up-to-date (via the Sony Headphones Connect app).
When you wear the headset, Auto NC Optimizer function always automatically optimizes the noise canceling performance by analyzing the wearing condition of the headset according to the shape of your face and your hairstyle, or the presence or absence of glasses, and the pressure change in an airplane, etc. There is no need for the wearer to press a button or use the touch sensor control panel to use this function. Because the noise canceling performance is automatically optimized by the Auto NC Optimizer function according to changes in the wearing condition and usage environment, you may notice fluctuations in the noise canceling effect.
Please note that usage hours may vary depending on the settings for the headset functions and usage conditions. You may refer to this link for more information:
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm5/v1/en/contents/TP1000534508.html
You may also find this link helpful:
https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm5/v1/en/contents/TP1000541091.html
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Sincerely,
-Ralph
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Sony audio continues to be excellent
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Replacing my original Sony xm series headphones and these are another great product from Sony. Highly recommend.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Chuck, We're happy to hear that you are satisfied with your purchase. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Best wireless headphones
||Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Best pair of wireless headphones out there the 3D audio is amazing and the noise cancellation is the best I’ve experienced.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi HaydenP, We're glad that you are enjoying your new headphones. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Very good indeed!!
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing sound and the best noise canceling ever. I always had Air pods and this one is much better!!!
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Eduardo, we're glad you like the sound quality and noise canceling feature of our product! Thanks for choosing Sony! ~Earl
- Pros mentioned:Sound quality
Awsome Sony headsphones
|Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.[Employee of bestbuy] I was going to get apple and then i tried these and they are way better at a better happy i made this choice.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from SonyListens
Posted .Hi Kamran, We're glad that you are enjoying your new headphones. The WH-1000XM5 headphones have 2 processors that control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise cancellation and exceptional call quality. With a newly developed 30mm driver, DSEE – Extreme and Hi-Res audio support they provide awe-inspiring audio quality. Our Voice Pickup Technology uses 4 microphones that are calibrated to only pick up your voice, resulting in crystal clear calls. The automatic Speak to Chat feature will stop your music once you start talking and let in the ambient sound. With up to 30 hours of battery life and a quick charge feature. The new lightweight WH-1000XM5 headphones provide all day comfort in an elegant design. Thanks for choosing Sony. Erin