Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones - 30 hours battery life - Over Ear style - Optimised for Alexa and Google Assistant - with built-in mic for phone calls - Midnight Blue

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But with the WH-1000XM4, you’re getting a much greater sense of noise cancellation in the mid-ranges – those sorts of areas where you get a low-level humming kind of sound that you could attribute to a fan, or air conditioning unit, or engine noise. It’s never fully silenced, but it’s remarkably quiet, and as soon as you have actual audio playing through the cans, you can’t hear the outside world at all. The Sony WH-1000XM4 were announced on August 6, 2020 and while they come from Sony's flagship line, they are no longer Sony’s top-tier go to proposition simply because they've now got a younger XM5 sibling. These over-ear cans sit above the mid-range Sony WH-CH710N and true wireless Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds. This handy feature lets you seamlessly stay in touch with two devices. You might, for example, connect to your smartphone and a HiRes music portable. As a call comes in, the headphones are smart enough to know which device needs connecting and switches to the phone automatically. At other times, you can switch between two devices at the touch of a button. Sony’s still pushing its 360 Reality Audio offering too, which is its homegrown immersive audio format, putting you in the middle of a surround-sound mix, and it’s still impressive –even if actually accessing its library is limited to just a few streaming services, and the catalogue’s growth has been slow. Intelligent and intuitive, Sony’s WH-1000XM4 over-ear wireless headphones make it just you and the music. Further improvements to the brand’s renowned QN1 noise cancelling processor bring you closer to your listening with no distractions. Next gen Adaptive Sound Control optimises the audio according to your activity and surroundings, automatically recognising your frequent locations via GPS. The powerful combination of High Resolution Audio, Bluetooth with LDAC, and DSEE Extreme upscaling tech bring you a pure sound, closer to how the artist intended. You can keep listening in noise-cancelled comfort, day and night, with 30 hour battery life. And stay in touch and in control with intelligent features like gesture control, as well as hands-free calling and interaction with your phone’s voice assistant.

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As of 1st February 2021. According to research by Sony Corporation, measured using JEITA-compliant guidelines. In headband style of wireless noise cancelling headphones' market.Sony’s excellent wireless headphones deliver a sonic masterclass.” ’What Hi-Fi?’ 2022 award-winner. Though the Sony WH-100XM4 have a slew of new components inside the headphones themselves, there’s not a major difference between them and their predecessors in terms of aesthetics. In fact, put them next to each other and you’d have a hard time telling the 1000XM3 apart from the 1000XM4. To pair a second device, it’s a similar process—except the headphones won’t automatically enter pairing mode when you turn them on since they’re already paired to another device. To pair to a second device:

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In terms of materials, you’re mostly looking at a high-quality plastic build with supple pleather padding. The result is a product that feels mostly durable while remaining extremely comfortable to wear for an extended period of time. Read on for our full Sony WH-1000XM4 review, with everything you need to know about the best noise-cancelling headphones you can buy today. While the Sony WH-1000XM4 didn’t get a boost in battery life compared to their predecessors, you're getting a substantial 30 hours with noise cancelling turned on and around 38 hours with noise cancelling turned off. Sony’s using the same 40mm drivers in the WH-1000XM4 as it had in the WH-1000XM3, so tonally and in terms of mix, there’s not much to separate the WH-1000XM4 from the WH-1000XM3 headphones that preceded them. It’s a warm and balanced sound that does well to offer a wide soundstage when required and detail that can pierce through a powerful bass performance. Phenomenal sound, quality & a decent price I bought this a couple of weeks ago & waited until now to review as I wanted to give them a test run in the city. The sound quality is incredible, using the app it’s really easy to change and personalise your settings, but I can’t fault the auto-optimiser. I honestly cannot believe how good the noise cancelling is on them, sounds of the city are practically non existent once they’re on.That’s not the end of the world, though, as the design of the 1000XM3 is refined and subtle, allowing it to blend in on subway stations, planes and offices without drawing any attention. As ever, we put the headphones through their paces with a mixture of streaming services, file formats and spoken word clips, and the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones impressed across the board.

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Just like before, hold down the power button to power on the headphones, but this time don’t let you go until you hear the pairing chime (or you see the small LED light start rapidly flashing blue.) Voice assist function compatible with Android smartphone (Google App) or iPhone (Siri). Bluetooth ® connection required. Whether you’re on the go or relaxing with a coffee, these headphones deliver premium Sony noise cancellation technology with the advanced algorithms of the QN1 processor. So you can get fully immersed in what you’re listening to, wherever. Adaptive Sound Control adjusts ambient sound settings by detecting your activity, your environment, and even recognises your frequent locations. Creation Consumer Finance Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Register no. 311518). While aptX HD support would have been welcome, the Sony’s LDAC codec, present here, does a good job with devices that support it, pushing lots of detail through wirelessly. The introduction of DSEE Extreme, an AI-driven process that looks to restore detail from lossy compressed formats, does well to bring clarity to even the lower quality formats and files you may throw at the WH-1000XM4.

Putting the bass to the test by jumping over to Bjork’s Army of Me, you can hear the can’s masterful management of bass frequencies, with the arpeggiated bass line walking through the song as the machine-like snare snaps through. Prices valid in stores (all including VAT) until close of business on 1st November 2023. (Some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online.)