you guys it's max today we're gonna be comparing two headphones so you guys
have been asking us about both them are a premium they both have active noise
cancellation we have the Sony WH 1000 X m3s
and the new beats solo Pro we're gonna look at variety of things such as sound
quality the noise cancellation of course battery life comfort build quality and
more let's start out with the cases themselves they both come with these
nice cases the Sony's is slimmer it's not as thick but it's much wider and
it's more of a hard case whereas the be solo pros come with this very soft nice
feeling case but it's not a hard case so it's not going to give you the level of
protection and this means that if you're going to be traveling you could easily
shove this into your bag the empty space can just kind of compress like this so
it doesn't take up that much room on the inside we just have the beats solo Pro
headphones and nothing else inside of here it whereas with the Sony's they
come with a variety of accessories included we have a headphone cable here
a regular headphone cable so if you want to use these plugged into your laptop
without bluetooth and we also have this little adapter for different airlines
now they do look different you have a lot of color options with the beats but
one thing that I am really interested in is the sticker right here it says fold
to power on and off button peel this off as soon as you open it up like that that
will actually power on the headphone itself that h1 chip makes it very easy
to pair you just open these up and then you'll get a little pop up I'm already
connected I'm also on the beta version of iOS so the icon looks a little bit
different but it makes it really easy to pair it also makes there be almost no
lag as far as watching videos and playing games it really improves that it
also syncs to all of your other iCloud devices so if you use an iPhone it's
really nice to have that now the Sony's are more traditional you
do have a standard power button right here press on hold and the first time
will start Auto pairing and then after that if you want to pair you press and
hold it for longer and you also do have a companion app on your phone that you
would download and then you can actually connect them with the app instead of
going into your Bluetooth settings and then in
app itself we can change the modes that we're in we could do some optimizations
for surround sound we have access to an EQ which is nice there's a lot of
different options in here now the Sony's also have this little NFC
logo meaning if you are on a phone that supports the Android phones
you actually tap them if you have the NFC on there and then it will auto start
the process probably to download the app and to get them connected now as far as
connectivity the Sony's use USB type-c to charge and then of course we have
this input for a cable whereas the beats they have a lightning jack once again
because Apple bought them out I do wish that these use USB type-c
instead now just like what the air pods if you're using a device that doesn't
support the h1 chip for pairing you just press and hold on the button and it will
start your traditional bluetooth pairing process so now let's talk about the
build quality and then we'll get into comfort now I am pretty surprised by how
nice these feel they have some good weight to them this is the matte version
so everything is this nice soft smooth finish and then the little headband
portion over here is rubber and so also guys a little air gap in there when I
press down it does feel pretty nice and then the actual plastic on the outsides
also feels pretty premium with aluminum here now it's also interesting that this
whole little earphone portion it's connected inside but it's also suspended
by a little bit of rubber material all around so there's no gaps or anything
else like that and then the actual portion that goes over your ear these
are over ear style it has this kind of a memory foam here instead of a
traditional type of foam so that's interesting now I've been using the Sony
as a much longer these are larger they are over here so we have that difference
in the way it's built but the plastic doesn't feel as nice we don't have any
aluminum or anything else it's all plastic and it looks and feels like more
traditional and then same thing with the headband you have standard foam with
this leather fake leather type of cover with the Sony's the foam that is on the
ear cup is definitely firmer but it is around the ear so it doesn't have to be
as soft as the with the beat now both of these have
pretty good battery life the Sony's are rated at 30 hours with noise
cancellation on the beats are rated at 22 hours there's no worry eating for the
sonia's with it off but they beats if you don't have the octave noise
cancellation you'll get about 40 hours so that's more than good enough now if
your battery does run low you can fast charge both of these in 10 minutes
you'll get three hours of use with the beats in five hours of use with the
Sony's now let's go ahead and test out comfort I'm gonna start out with the
Sony's I'm quite familiar these have been using them for a while open up the
headband and the really good benefit with the Sony's is the fact that they're
over the ear so they're not pressing down on your ear right now with the
Beats I have not used these yet I guess we'll try it out right now but
these are over the ears design as far as style so definitely not as comfortable
and I don't feel a lot of pressure on my ears because the pads are pretty soft
and they're like a memory foam but it definitely has more pressure than the
Sony's where they barely touch your ears at all so now let's go ahead and do a
sound quality comparison so I'm using tidal listening to master quality tracks
and I'm gonna start out with a hip-hop song and then I'll give you guys my
opinions then go into an electronic song and then a rock song
all right well I have my personal verdict I don't think either one of
these are perfect unless you EQ them which you have the ability to but I
would lean towards the beats the bass sounds a lot more controlled it sounds
more accurate and it's complementing the other sounds instead of taking them over
of course you can't turn the bass down but especially in this this rock song
where we get into a lot of the drums it sounds a little bit loose with the
Sony's the beats if you max out the volume they definitely do get louder
especially if there's a lot of high notes now another thing that would deem
pointed out is that he can hear the music coming from the Sony's way more
even though they're quieter they leak a lot more sound and there's actually
ports here on the side so he was clearly able to hear all the different vocals
that I was Lucas from the songs I was listening to
we're from the beats at max volume he only heard of some of the high
frequencies everything else he did nearly here and he couldn't make out the
word so if you care about your privacy of what you're listening to and you're
gonna be cranking up the volume the beats keep a lot more of that sound in
so if I had to choose between these headphones as far as sound quality
surprisingly and unexpectedly I would go with the beats but of course that is not
the only reason why you choose headphones a big reason why people are
asking us between these two is the noise cancellation now we know the Saudis are
great I'm gonna put them on and try them out once again and then we'll test out
how good are the beats and do they get close can they compete so I have noise
cancellation turned on he and putting pee talk okay I hear but definitely much
quieter and a lot more of the low noise surprisingly the highs are taken out hmm
talk with him but he was definitely louder okay well I went back and forth
the many times between both of these and this is a bit unexpected
both these do a fantastic job and the Sony's are great but Elise in this
environment the beats are cutting out a little bit more for me now both of them
cut out the central air exactly the same I can't hear what
either one of these so maybe there's a chance if you're on an airplane where
you have more that low-end sound the Sony's might kick that out and kind of
remove that a little bit better than the beads but the beats do remove the high
sounds both from my voice from Adina's voice and a little bit of the air coming
in through the vents I actually hear some of that air it's a little bit lower
sounding and a little bit quieter with a beats which I would not expect yeah so I
don't think you can go wrong with either one of them but if you're thinking about
getting the beats or maybe if you're thinking about not getting them because
you think that the noise cancellation isn't as good
I would not be holding that against them the noise cancellation works very well
now another thing that you have to consider is the ambient mode or the
transparency mode both these have these features and Vadim I hear you but it is
more muffled than the air pods Pro I still have been blocking out a lot of
sound where I know where that's not a comparison between the air pods pro but
what though is you hear pretty much everything now let's put this on and now
but even go ahead and talk your voice sounds more natural I'm getting more of
the high-end sound maybe because these speakers are two more for high-end for
the ambient mode if you care about it it's sounding as natural as possible I
would say the beats are a little bit better now of course both of these
headphones have microphones built into them and if you're gonna use them for
phone calls for FaceTime or other uses you're gonna want good quality audio so
let's go ahead and compare them this is a microphone quality test using the Sony
headphones the 1000x m3s and this is the sound quality using the
beats solo Pro let me know down in the comments section which one has a better
microphone now we also have some differences in terms of controls both of
them have buttons on the left hand side so you can toggle between your noise
cancellation and then on the right hand side is where you control them now the
beats have physical buttons so if you want to adjust the volume we can press
up or press down and you get this little click sound from the physical keys and
then if you want to invoke sear you just press and hold or because of the h1 chip
you can actually just say hey Siri now with the Sony's all of our controls are
also on the right hand side but it is a touch
panel that means you don't have physical keys you just slide your finger across
this way if you want to skip a song or go back to Reverse
you can also press the pause and you can increase volume decrease volume it does
feel kind of more futuristic nicer or not to have to click but because of the
touch panel I have had some accidental presses if I'm trying to make some
adjustments or do anything else skipping songs and then sometimes if I
try to decrease volume I'll actually skip a song instead of doing that so I
think even though it's kind of cooler more futuristic it is a little bit less
convenient alright guys so now let's talk about prices the Sony's MSRP for
350 dollars compared to 299 for the beats now of course prices do vary so
we'll have the best deals linked down below if you guys buy through that link
that helps support the channel that is greatly appreciated so we don't have a
big difference in price so Sonia gives you a little more value with that cable
built in instead of having to buy it separately if you would choose so with
the beats but testing these side-by-side and comparing them I am quite surprised
I'm more impressed with a beast than I thought I would now a lot of agree is I
kind of preferred the beats even though these are not my headphones I don't want
to sound like a bias towards them these are actually my head problems so I'm
choosing the beats in certain areas but I think it comes down to a couple things
first off if you're gonna wear them for say five hours at a time
the Sony's are gonna be more comfortable whereas the beasts the fact that they're
over the ear they're less comfortable for long periods of time although they'd
actually did a pretty good job now the other thing is if you're on android or
iOS now with the Sony's it doesn't really
matter the technology the sames the app is the same but with the beads if you
already are using an iPhone everything is integrated the switching the the
ambient modes with noise cancellation that's integrated having access to that
w1 chip and hey Siri supports and even the Lightning jack that is built into
this it's really designed for iPhone users so if you're well if you have an
iPhone and you don't mind the over year design I would personally go for the
beats and if you're an Android user then I think it's a little bit more have a
harder choice but in that case I might go with the Sony's especially if you
want an over ear design overall I was not expecting for the
beats to do as good as they did I thought the Sony's would smoke em but
this kind of changed my mind a little bit
let me know down in comments section which one you would rather choose and if
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