Sony WI-1000XM2 Industry Leading Noise Canceling Wireless Behind-Neck in Ear Headset/Headphones with mic for phone call with Alexa Voice Control,…

Excellent headphones with high sound quality. Comes with free portable pouch.Love it!

I am not enough of an audiophile to comment on music quality. I listen to audiobooks and podcasts

I bought these to replace Bose ones

Most important is the eartips. They don’t stay in place. I tried others which require manipulation to insert.

Bose has s style with the supports over a bit of the ear. They stay in place

Attenuation is good while they are in tight, which is a matter of minutes at best. Attenuation is lost when tight. Bose are vastly better, and fit continuously

Sony do not shut off when not in use. Bose do. I hate dead batteries resulting from something so simple

Sony battery is much worse

Sony flexible neck is why I bought the Sony’s. That is a plus for Sony

The big plus for Sony is that the Bose are no longer made

Sony is very expensive and , in my view, a very poor alternative. Try something else

Want to Experience silence while travelling in a bus through traffic conundrum and enjoy melodious and mellifluous music of eras gone by.Then these earphones are the ultimate.

I must say that I’m willing to give this product 4.5 Stars, as it is what I would describe as being almost what the doctor ordered but there are a few drawbacks that I should point out. I have no hesitation in recommending purchasing this product. I have several high-end headphones which range from over the ear to earbuds. There are certain things that are very important in my life. They include working out at the gym both aerobic and strength training. I also travel by Air quite a lot. In addition to this I am an audiophile and therefore my demands were quite complex.
This was especially so since I had already had quite a collection of expensive listening devices in my possession. I was therefore not in favor of spending quite a lot of money again. I am not an Apple fan but I tried out three apple products that were owned by my children and they included the earpod pro and the ear Pod 3rd generation. My main complaints with them was that they do not fit my ear tended to fall out quite easily during exercise. The sound quality was also inferior to what I was accustomed of hearing. I have had occasions to lose my monster ear buds during flights between the seats.
I will therefore give in tabular form the pros and the cons. I hope this will be helpful to someone else
PROS
• The sound quality is quite excellent and superior to any of the apple products and other earbuds that I own excluding the Sennheiser across the whole fidelity range. Because of my location I was not able to get the Sennheiser “over the neck” Delivered to me in Canada. The sound is quite comparable however.
• Even though they do not fit my ear very well because they are over the neck ;if they do get loose the worst case scenario is that they would hang down on my chest so that I can replace them quite easily during exercise.
• The app which is an integral part of the Sony system was extremely helpful in customizing the sound to my ear without over emphasizing the low frequencies or the high frequencies. I’m still in the process of customizing this app for use in different conditions so that I can hear the surrounding noises without them being totally blocked out by noise cancellation.
• It has a connection for traditional non-Bluetooth connections which is very useful on planes that do not have access to Bluetooth at the moment on most flights. It even has one of the very old-fashioned connectors that I have not seen on a plane since 1985.
• It, therefore, has the option of using it both Bluetooth and analog.
• The over the neck configuration is very comfortable.
• The size of the case is also perfect for fitting in small bags or jacket pockets. it even has enough space for me to place one of my locator devices like “TILE” so that if I misplaced it, which I know inevitably will happen I can track it down quite easily globally.
• The range was quite good and all of my telephone calls the recipients commented as to how clear my voice was over this particular set of headphones.
CONS
• It is extraordinarily expensive and if your needs I’m not as demanding as mine, there are other options that would fit the bill if you do not need the analog component.
• They do not fit my ears properly in spite of a wide array of both silicone and foam inserts.
• On the advice of one of the reviews I am ordering separate insert for them which this reviewer said solves my problem of the earplugs popping out during exercise (which was not quite often) even though there was a sensation that will get loose at any moment.
• I was reassured because I knew that if they did dislocate they would never be lost.
• I was disappointed that they could not connect to my PC computer by Bluetooth and be functional. To be clear, you can obviously connect them by direct analogue connection but to me that defeats the purpose especially at this price point. My cheaper monster ear plugs athalf the price could easily connect to my PC and so can the Apple earPods. The connect but then are functional you cannot use them because they do not take over the function of your sound system.
• I was also disappointed that when they were on there was not a continuous light on the product to let me know they were on or that they were turned off completely. You had to rely on the connected device or have them in your ears to hear that they were disconnected
Conclusion: They are quite an excellent product with some nagging flaws but for my purposes, they were the closest to the perfection of all the earphones that I have tested for my specific purpose.