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sa9ar
August 6, 2020 at 10:20 pm
I can understand them not wanting to change design cz of comfort n all buy at least should have added some new, nice colours
Jaroslav Beliaev
August 6, 2020 at 10:27 pm
Making a video about a noise cancelling stereo headset and recording it all with such a terrible noise in the background.
Thank you for giving me migraine
Jason Fox
August 6, 2020 at 10:27 pm
Gold Trim On The Logo’s Looks Terrible
Samuel Lee
August 6, 2020 at 10:30 pm
My XM3s are still working perfectly 2 years in so I think I’ll stick with them for now. Definitely sticking with these line of headphones for future upgrades though, unless someone comes up with something markedly better, which will be hard to do.
Andrés González Rangel
August 6, 2020 at 10:51 pm
aaaand I find out of these one week after I bought the Jabra Elite 85h. Tough luck.
Prodigy4679
August 6, 2020 at 10:52 pm
This or Bose NC 700 👀
Daily Challenge
August 6, 2020 at 10:53 pm
Dave is just the best!! None of this immature reviewing…no no nonsense review…straight to the point. And very informative. Nice!
MonsterMeat Marcus
August 6, 2020 at 10:54 pm
i have a pair of QC35’s, are these an upgrade? how’s the sound quality?
AyshunPryde
August 6, 2020 at 10:56 pm
Same ANC chip. Kind of disappointing if you still have an XM3.
Cadam2019
August 6, 2020 at 11:02 pm
Happy with my PX7’s
musikman337
August 6, 2020 at 11:10 pm
Anybody wanna buy my Bose 700s??!!
Federico Melendez
August 6, 2020 at 11:11 pm
Wtf this “update” from Sony haha
Rahul Gahlawat
August 6, 2020 at 11:13 pm
if the xm3s drop in price. i might buy them over these
Hanafi Ishak
August 6, 2020 at 11:22 pm
I hate the fact that sony didn’t change the copper logo to maybe gold color to differentiate old model with new model.. They should learn with apple when midnight green is exclusively for iphone 11 pro only..
edbenzino
August 6, 2020 at 11:31 pm
If your going to do a presentation outside get special mic to filter out noise or just do it inside
EKasis
August 6, 2020 at 11:34 pm
“Is the sound as good as Bose’s? No”
Automatically lost me there, next time get someone who actually knows what they’re talking about.
Carlos Danger
August 7, 2020 at 12:15 am
Objectively speaking the Bose’s frequency response is closer to the neutral Harman Target curve whereas the Sony’s have exaggerated bass which some people (like you I imagine) prefer.
ultramet
August 6, 2020 at 11:35 pm
Did they fix the Bluetooth switching yet? The XM3 was a disappointment in that regard.
Estefano Machado
August 6, 2020 at 11:55 pm
I literally got my WH-1000XM3s two days ago, I’m loving them, but come on hehe… At least I’m relieved that “it’s not worth upgrading”, because I got my M3s here in Peru at a very sweet price, and the M4s will probably take a while in arriving, let alone be as cheap as I got the M3s.
Jeremy DeBose
August 6, 2020 at 11:57 pm
Been waiting for this. May finally upgrade my XM2s
Riot Efron
August 7, 2020 at 12:02 am
Luckily it’s not worth upgrading from XM3. Saving my money for iPhone 12.
jimijackson
August 7, 2020 at 12:03 am
What about if you like singing along to your music? Is it going to keep pausing? Lol
Rick Eman ekaf
August 7, 2020 at 12:12 am
This was fillies on an iPhone
Ty Lancaster
August 7, 2020 at 12:24 am
Are they really worth $350.00? Can they hear a dog whistle?
Apostol Marinov
August 7, 2020 at 12:46 am
do they have multi device pairing and seemless switching?
huntikis
August 7, 2020 at 1:20 am
Excellent review! Thank you!
Fcktherules Orsuckmyjewels
August 7, 2020 at 5:23 pm
So know I know what I’ll buy next year when the price has come down.
mohamedahmed1023
August 7, 2020 at 6:01 pm
The lack of simultaneous multipoint and LDAC is problematic. I’ll just stick with my B&W PX7.
We're All Thieves
August 7, 2020 at 6:06 pm
They should have improved the call quality
Khalid al hakeem
August 7, 2020 at 6:08 pm
Still the XB900N has unbeatable bass, keeping them for now
Eric Jeanneret
August 7, 2020 at 6:11 pm
Looooove my XM3’s. Don’t see the need to upgrade. But if you’re in the market, this Sony line is strong.
Good review.
Ismael Benouja
August 7, 2020 at 6:11 pm
Watching this with my mark3, and I can garantee you its not worth the upgrade. Better buy the mark 3 for cheaper. Its litteraly the same headphone. Unless you want to pair your headphone to two devices at thr same time. But I never had the need to do it. So my advice is stick to mark 3 or buy the mark 3 model
JROD
August 7, 2020 at 6:30 pm
Just goes to show that the XM3’s were so good that sony couldn’t make many upgrades.
Nathan Kim
August 7, 2020 at 6:42 pm
Do not say transparency mode that’s not a widely used or called feature. It’s a feature from airpods pro.
Red Kinsley
August 7, 2020 at 7:03 pm
so long story short if you have the M3s don’t upgrade
Richard Briggs
August 7, 2020 at 7:06 pm
DAMMIT! I just bought the XM3s a year and a half ago!!!
Johnathan Hartzell
August 7, 2020 at 7:08 pm
No one is saying what bluetooth codecs these headphones support. Does anyone know? Thank you
Speedsk8r
August 7, 2020 at 7:12 pm
I’m not getting these im stick8ng with my xm3’s basically the same 👈🏾🤔🤔🤔
Timproducer
August 7, 2020 at 7:22 pm
I wish they could improve the sound quality since it is the XM4, and now there’s no aptx support so windows 10 will use the sbc codec which is even worse now.
B R
August 7, 2020 at 7:54 pm
I’ve bought and compared two XM4s and found two major flaws sound wise, so I have to return them; the ANC does not suppress all AC/Subway/Human noises in the environment and sometimes produces an annoying white noise. Also the soundstage is very narrow and the overall sound experience is very narrow and bass focused. You cannot get it to sound decent, equalizer makes it a bit better but does not clear the muddiness of the sound. Pros; microphone quality is superior compared to the XM3. In terms of sound quality the Bose 700 is superior but they suffer from buggy software and firmware.. Source: Audio engineer and Music producer with 12 years experience.
adityaram suggula
August 7, 2020 at 8:02 pm
Maybe they should have named it WH-1000mx3 pro
William Su
August 7, 2020 at 9:02 pm
Pretty sure they said they changed the drivers to their “Hybrid drivers”
Goobfilm cast
August 7, 2020 at 9:18 pm
Love my xm3s….xm4s not a dramatic upgrade…..nice but worth another 350 USD?… I’ll wait for the xm6’s………
J MED
August 7, 2020 at 9:33 pm
The thing that pisses me off the most is that people will still buy beats. Even the xm2’s are better than beats.
Alex Salazar
August 7, 2020 at 10:15 pm
Watching this and I still like my M2s just fine. That’s the thing. They are that good. You don’t need to upgrade often like other products.
Steini
August 7, 2020 at 10:34 pm
For real? My sony xm3 arrived TODAY
Craig Woodgate
August 7, 2020 at 11:06 pm
Why are they so expensive they just think that everyone is going to able to afford them
njf
August 7, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Can you make adjustments in the app on your phone while the playing source is eg your laptop?
sereneturmoil
August 8, 2020 at 12:05 am
I almost pulled the trigger recently on the XM3 as an upgrade to my XM2 and am glad I didn’t now that these will be available tomorrow. However, at $499 CDN, when I only paid $350 CDN for the XM2, I’m just not sure I can justify the cost. Yet.
Heanly
August 8, 2020 at 12:18 am
so they didnt fix the thin plastic that gets stressed when worn by someone with a bigger head which breaks eventually even after normal use. I’m looking forward to seeing how many people would suffer from the same poor headband integrity / design in the upcoming months.
Raiken333
August 8, 2020 at 12:22 am
If the noise canceling is just an algorithm fix then Sony could easily fix the MX3’s with a firmware update. But they probably won’t because of planned obsolescence.
Vãi Hào
August 8, 2020 at 12:23 pm
When I get a call from Messenger, my Sony WH-1000XM3 always logout by itself, so I need to pair with my phone again to receive the call. Do you guys have the same issue with your Sony WH-1000XM3 ? I wonder if the Sony WH=1000XM4 have this issue fixed? Anyone knows about that?
David Bell
August 8, 2020 at 12:25 pm
it seems like most of these 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 could be soft ones that would work on the M3’s
Daniel Elzeisa
August 8, 2020 at 2:09 pm
Same cpu chip and shaved off some leather. Outside of the auto pause it looks like Sony shaved off some production dollars. I’ll stick with my XM3.
Ranga
August 8, 2020 at 2:11 pm
I can see the ear pads already have wrinkles ? so much for an expensive device !
GuStanChez Shambrez
August 8, 2020 at 2:16 pm
Do They Sound as Nice As The M3
GuStanChez Shambrez
August 8, 2020 at 2:17 pm
The M3 Was Better Than bose 700 and 35II
GuStanChez Shambrez
August 8, 2020 at 2:20 pm
It Is The Top ANC
The Science Shows This
Zackery Trahan
August 8, 2020 at 2:26 pm
If they just changed the software to make the sound better without changing the processor then the M3 should receive an update in my opinion 🤷🏽♂️
Inazarab
August 8, 2020 at 2:41 pm
Bose is going to have to do something to compete. I love my QC25s but they’re almost 8 years old now. I’ve been waiting for Bose to up there game but they haven’t, and I’m not interested in the 700’s or 35s. The 35s are the same as the 25s but wireless and the 700s are overpriced and uncomfortable. If Bose doesn’t make a true successor to the QC25/35s I may switch over to Sony.
Gokul Raj Pullagura
August 8, 2020 at 3:04 pm
Anybody missing Jim’s review room?
L3ON
August 8, 2020 at 3:34 pm
Can it do EQ with APTX/LDAC/AAC now?
David Carnoy
August 8, 2020 at 5:07 pm
No AptX with M4 for some reason.
L3ON
August 8, 2020 at 6:05 pm
@David Carnoy that’s OK since LDAC is better. The limitation the M3 had was no EQ or sound stage options with LDAC, only SBC on Android. I wonder if that’s still a thing.
David Carnoy
August 8, 2020 at 7:42 pm
L3ON I have a Walkman that can do LDAC back in the office in NYC but can’t get into the office so I’ll have to wait to test it.
Soul Qi
August 8, 2020 at 5:05 pm
is it worth to get this at 350 bucks or go with the xm3 with 230 bucks?
Lalo Salamanca
August 8, 2020 at 5:23 pm
Are these made in Japan?
Donnavon Hallgren
August 8, 2020 at 6:34 pm
Sound and NC upgrade worth upgrading from my Xm2’s?
engitect
August 8, 2020 at 7:16 pm
I’m not sure if the headphones are suitable for this, but I want to know how do they work for video conferencing/streaming on a laptop.
L L
August 8, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Are there any noise canceling headphones that sound better than the xm3/4? Thanks
Lothar Jurk
August 8, 2020 at 8:41 pm
Why is the sound of the voice in this report so terrible bad? This is really unprofessional.
Hamza Khiari
August 8, 2020 at 9:18 pm
I owned the mark 3 for more than a year now, never had problems with touch pad in sub zero environment nor had complains with catching my voice during phone calls.. Works perfectly just like the first day i bought it 💯
Shauna Silverbolt
August 8, 2020 at 10:46 pm
Would you guys recommend upgrading from the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 to this new Sony Model?
RealSteveEyes
August 8, 2020 at 11:10 pm
Sennheiser momentum 3s still sound better
SYFICO •
August 8, 2020 at 11:59 pm
Like I will literally use the cream of the crop (XM3s) to study, INDOORS. Do anyone think the XM4s will be worth the $100 bigger price tag, or should I go for a pair of XM3 for $249? I just wanna block out everything.
MK-0
August 9, 2020 at 12:06 am
These colors are wack! Gonna need some red or all gold beige
PukingPanda
August 9, 2020 at 12:17 am
I’ve never owned any Sony headphones but watched heaps of reviews of the XM3. Thought I’d wait for the XM4. MY TIME HAS COME.
Mr Off Topic
August 9, 2020 at 12:18 am
A gram less? Wow, that’s impressive
Mr Off Topic
August 9, 2020 at 12:22 am
“Remember to turn it off if you frequently have conversations with animals…”
Dr. Dolittle has left the chat
Shapthi Batcho
August 9, 2020 at 4:12 am
Does the xm4 still have that annoying audio cut out for about 1 to 2 seconds when it changes noise cancellation profiles like from transport to walking
Shahar Rosner
August 9, 2020 at 5:48 am
Very unprofessional not to mention that Sony removed aptx and aptxhd from the XM4. This is a big omissions and I would definitely pass on these.
KESHAV G
August 9, 2020 at 7:08 am
I felt No major changes. comfort could be great and little sound. 1000XM3 is still king
Bat Person
August 9, 2020 at 7:25 am
Xm3 $250 sale
Xm4 $400 brand new (here in my country at least.)
hedfonesex
August 9, 2020 at 8:40 am
If I buy Xm4 in the US Sony store it’s $530 NZD if I buy here Sony’s marked it up to $600 NZD. 🤮
Courage93
August 9, 2020 at 9:09 am
Does it have multiple Bluetooth device pairing?
4 Seasons
August 9, 2020 at 9:20 am
Audio is kinda terrible
(the video not the headphones)
also it would be cool if you recorded the audio using the microphone in the headphones
Keenan
August 9, 2020 at 9:23 am
Sony needs to make their 1000XM range headphones compatible with the PS4 (and upcoming PS5) over bluetooth🙏🏼
Mashrur dewan
August 9, 2020 at 9:44 am
I think owners of previous version will rather stick to that until 1000XM5….
Linux Tuxfriend
August 9, 2020 at 9:50 am
When the XM3 will be widely available for under 200 bucks, you can buy almost 2 of them instead of 1 XM4. So, I’ll be waiting.
Luis Rosa
August 9, 2020 at 10:26 am
This is more a Mark 3.1 than a mark 4
David Carnoy
August 9, 2020 at 2:06 pm
Similar jump from Mark 2 to Mark 3.
Pierce -Aaron
August 9, 2020 at 10:31 am
Sony: *RELEASES NEW AND IMPROVE SONY 1000XM4*
The people who bought the 1000xm3 last week: *MIKE WAZOWSKI MEME FACE*
ikevin me
August 9, 2020 at 11:17 am
What is the country of manufacture?
Ja Nein
August 9, 2020 at 12:14 pm
If they don´t talk back, why do you talk to animals ? If you´re doing a nonsensical thing like this, how can I trust your judgement on this earphone ?
David Carnoy
August 9, 2020 at 2:05 pm
Good point. Maybe you shouldn’t. Or maybe you should. I’m sure you do a few nonsensical things.
Nick the Pick
August 9, 2020 at 12:51 pm
I’ll go with surface 2 because this is expensive as
Max Weinbach
August 9, 2020 at 2:22 pm
My takeaway from this: dogs don’t talk back
Chaika Gaz
August 9, 2020 at 2:25 pm
its the same as the xm3. Only difference is multiple bluetooth pairing.
If you can find xm3 cheaper get those instead. Going to wait for xm5
Simon Dearing
August 9, 2020 at 3:24 pm
Still made from the same cheap plastic tac.
Krishna Chaitanya
August 9, 2020 at 3:29 pm
Bass for headphones is equal to banging your head with tuning fork . I just hate this stupid headphones where I can’t use them for more than 30 minutes
H K
August 9, 2020 at 5:43 pm
King of Headphones 👑
Happy
August 9, 2020 at 5:50 pm
is no one going to point out this extremely annoying hissing sound coming from the video
Mubarak Jama
August 9, 2020 at 6:35 pm
Great. Now I can buy the M3 now 😅
Guardian Leopard
August 9, 2020 at 8:56 pm
How much WH-1000XM3 cost? Maybe i can afford them now 🐸
emir koç
August 9, 2020 at 11:10 pm
mulan
The Amazing Guyulnevrb
August 10, 2020 at 1:10 am
So what if I need the music to stop, but I want to listen to an announcement rather than talk? Will I need to mumble to myself like a weirdo lol
Michael McNulty
August 10, 2020 at 1:18 am
Voice calling is unusable on the xm3. Told by multiple people the call was unacceptable.
craig middlemiss
August 10, 2020 at 3:18 am
so what the NC like any improvement
S.J.C. Mann
August 10, 2020 at 4:43 am
So, the best, unless you’re Canadian.
Richard Fortune
August 10, 2020 at 5:05 am
Is the multi point Bluetooth a software update that’ll be backwards compatible with the mk3?
VOLT GAMING
August 10, 2020 at 5:17 am
Guys we need JimReview room to come back, or else I am not buying anything new now on audio.
Даниил Кириллов
August 10, 2020 at 5:32 am
Props to Sony design department, a lot has changed. I guess thats what social distanced designers work can bring to us.
Markipasta
August 10, 2020 at 5:47 am
yeah if you have the m3 i wouldnt upgrade
protolexis
August 10, 2020 at 8:14 am
Honestly, I have the XM2’s and this doesn’t even seem like it’s worth the upgrade for some marginally better features. I’ll pass.
electrikoptik
August 10, 2020 at 9:08 am
The biggest improvement for me is that the XM4 can now sync with two bluetooth devices simultaneously.
Fedrico Anderson
August 10, 2020 at 10:14 am
does anybody have any idea about the delay in m3 or m4? maybe for playing games?
SuperPerfectMan
August 10, 2020 at 1:13 pm
The way he talks the sound of the video puts me to sleep. Zero entusiasm!!!!!
Kevin Allen
August 10, 2020 at 1:30 pm
Can I use a USB c to USB c cable and plug this into my iPad for wired listening?
Father Fintan Stack
August 10, 2020 at 2:19 pm
Holy crap, I didn’t know Chris Cuomo did reviews.
Olav3D Tutorials
August 10, 2020 at 3:38 pm
Does this one work in cold weather?
Adrian Latisnere
August 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Thanks for your review, super helpful. Have you tested them with Microsoft Teams? I see that there was an issue with M3 with Teams and the MIC… I am wondering if this has been fixed on the M4
Don't Be Stupid
August 10, 2020 at 4:03 pm
Every sony headphones I ever had completely sucked and I replaced with a cheaper more mainstream brand that blew them out of the water.
LuCifèr
August 10, 2020 at 4:04 pm
I got tired listening to him
username
August 10, 2020 at 8:54 pm
price?
William Richard
August 10, 2020 at 10:55 pm
Still too chunky, and if they are like the last pair, could be too hot on the ears especially in hot climates.
Dristan Yap
August 10, 2020 at 11:42 pm
can anyone answer if the xm3’s cuffs are prone to peeling? all the headphones I owned eventually had their cuffs peel off which is frustrating.