Why watch Sony first before choosing noise canceling headphones

In the life of a reviewer, there are not many gadgets that can be recommended "by default" to everyone: in laptops

It is necessary to clarify the size and attitude of a person to games, in smartphones - to arrange the camera, autonomy and speed in order of importance.But Sony's headphones rule so much that only two models — the full-size WH-1000XM4 and the small WF-1000XM3 — doAnd now we will explain why all the experts and buyers suddenly gaspand erect a cult of Japanese audio equipment.

Table of contents

  • I don't want to hear anything but music!
  • And for dessert?
  • Everything is fine, but I don't want to walk with big headphones
  • Where are the cons?
  • Summary of the article and conclusions

Headphones with noise reduction - the engine of progress throughoutmodern audio equipment. They began to be used back in the 1980s by airplane pilots (during the flight in the cockpit in those years it was noisy, you know), but only in the second half of the "two thousand tenths" technology went to the people.

This happened because Bluetooth in smartphonestaught to transmit sound in high quality. Finally, it made sense to listen to music not as a background "tynts-tynts-tynts", shouting over the noise of traffic, but without extraneous sounds.

Sony launches noise canceling headphonesa very long time ago, but they have become record-breaking since 2016, when the 1000X series was born. As a result, today Sony noise canceling headphones often flicker on the streets, and on the Internet they are praised by reviewers and ordinary users. Collective madness, or is it really the perfect technique? In this article we will tell you in detail and start with the newest model of this iconic series - the WH-1000XM4.

PRICE AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR FULL SIZE WH-1000XM4 HEADPHONES ON THE SONY SITE

PRICE AND FEATURES OF THE COMPACT TWS HEADPHONES WF-1000XM3 ON THE SONY WEBSITE

I don't want to hear anything but music!

In the index of these full-size headphones, the figure isfour is the generation number. Yes, the fourth in a row, and today we will not paint the historical information about the previous three - you will get tired of the details. Better just tell you what such merits are earned by the WH-1000XM series headphones of all generations.