SonyWF-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds, Bluetooth, In-ear Headphones, Mic, Up to 24 Hours Battery Life, Quick Charge, IPX4, iOS & Android Compatible - Black

I have had these for several months. Firstly, I also own Sony WH-1000XM5 over-the-ear headphones and I can make an honest comparison based on the use of these in-ear speakers. The package comes with a type of foam tip in three different sizes. They are easy to fit and size. You have to download Sony’s “Sound Connect” app to get the best out of these devices. I can quite easily wear them for hours at a time as they are comfortable to wear. Providing you have the right ear tip fitted they take a bit of headshaking before they come out. I found the Base reasonable, but the Treble feels a bit patchy, however, your ability to adjust the sound settings in the equaliser setting means you can get some true depth in a tiny package. The noise cancellation whilst not as good as the WH-1000XM5 over-the-ear headphones, works well enough providing there’s not too much noise surrounding you, but it is far superior to Apple Airpod Pro. You can easily lose yourself in whatever you’re listening to if you’re sitting outside a coffee shop on a normal street. I have found the battery doesn’t last as long as the battery in my Apple AirPod Pro. With the battery lasting around about 4 1/2 hours of continuous play.The charging case that it comes with will deliver just under three recharges before you have to recharge the case itself. The case only takes 40 to 50 minutes to fully charge. I’ve given a straight choice between these and my AirPods, I’m more than happy to dump the Apple product. The richness and depth of sound that. These earphones dilemma are only busted by the much more expensive ones. WH-1000XM5.The ability to make and receive a phone call using these ear buds is surprisingly good, but nowhere near as good as Air Pod Pro. The person on the other side can hear you talk in quite noisey locations.I highly recommend these, particularly if you can get them under £250.

I've tried for months for find a decent set of premium wireless earbuds that don't have issues or significant downsides... The Sony MX5s are the winners!Take them out of the case and they connect to your device straight away. Multipoint worries perfectly, both devices connect and switch without issues every time.Sound QUALITY is great, the EQ is helpful. The bass is pronounced and clear without drowning out the mids or highs. The vocals are clear and the treble is crisp. Volume is great, I have my phone set to 50% in most scenarios with ANC on and that's more than enough.The ANC is brilliant. Wore these on a few flights and you can't hear the engine noise, passengers or babies. You will hear that an announcement is happening, but you'll need to use the transparency mode to actually hear/understand it. Noise in cafes and airports is barely noticeable with ANC on.Removing a bud promptly pauses music and jumps to transparent mode in the other one. Putting it back in starts again and turns ANC back on. Works every time.App is easy to use after you work out where everything is. It connects every time, but if you are using multipoint only 1 device can connect at a time in my experience. Not really a problem.I've got android devices so use LDAC codec. Works great, no disconnecting in normal use cases (phone in pocket while walking around). Battery life using LDAC is about 6hrs (maybe a bit more) per bud, then a couple of charges from the case.Ear tips are ok, but a bit firm/uncomfortable for me. They do the ANC. I bought a set of comply tips from Amazon (£12, various sizes) and the comfort is so much better and ANC is better to. Had to tweak the EQ slightly but no degradation is sound or volume.Tap controls work great. However I would of liked more customisation. I regularly just use one ear buds and the most annoying thing is Sony has "sets" of controls that you can assign to the buds. One "set" is playing controls (play/paused skip forward/back), the other is feature controls (toggle ANC mode, start Spotify/Amazon music/ press and hold for temporary transparency/pause). It annoys me that I can't have play controls and a toggle for ANC/transparency on one bud. The volume controls are done with 4 taps on either bud to tun up/down, it's awkward so I just use the device. Not the end of the world, see what I've had on other buds to understand why...So, what did I try before these and why did I return them?1. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX - great sound quality, fit and controls, non-existant ANC but worst of all constant disconnects from any device I tried (like once a minute). Returned.2. Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra - great controls, great ANC (5% better than Sony's at most though), ok fit but comply tips would have been better. mediocre sound but they had terrible issues with going out of sync with each other and one or the other losing connection. Had to resync with the case every 30mins or so. Case is huge, no wireless charging and felt like it was going to break. Returned.3. Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 - good sound, great controls, great integration with android, great connectivity. Mediocre ANC, but had 2 pairs both with ANC weakness in one ear (ear seal ok, it's a sw problem). Fighting for a return with Google.Sonya are by far the best experience I've had. Worth the extra and if you can find a deal, go for it.