so the Sony wf 1000XM3 wireless earbuds are arguably some of the best-looking and
most exciting wireless earbuds to be released
but how they holding up one year later let's find out
hello guys and welcome back to tech it easy so today we're going to be taking a
look at some sony wireless earphones more specifically the wf-1000x
mark 3's now i've had these earphones for the best part of a year now
so i'm gonna be able to give you a pretty good outlook of how they perform
and how durable they are sony have recently released a new pair
of truly wireless earphones but those are aimed at more sporty
people so they're completely different really
but i will leave a link down in the description if you're interested in
those just before we jump into the review
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further ado let's jump into the video so these particular wireless earbuds
were released all the way back in august 2019 and i have to say
after using them for at least three to four hours every single day since i got
them they've really really held their own
something i couldn't really say for my older bose earphones
aside from their eye-catching design their most prominent feature is of
course their noise cancelling capabilities
something that was quite difficult to find on truly wireless earphones
nearer the time of their release and this is the feature i'd like to take a
look at first now i can safely say i've tested these
out in almost any scenario most people would find themselves in
for example in the office on the train on the tube walking through the busy
streets of london you name it i've done it and now i have
to say i was not disappointed no they don't have the
same effect as larger overhead earphones but you'd be surprised just how much
background noise it does manage to blot out
it doesn't completely remove louder noises like car horns but it does a
really great job of dialing down engine noise from the
train and people talking it really helps put me into a relaxing
bubble of focus and eliminate any distractions around
you amazingly i couldn't even hear my girlfriend asking me to do the washing
up anyway back on task the active noise
cancelling is complemented by the design of the
earbuds themselves even without noise cancelling on they do
a really good job of naturally keeping out
unwanted noise and i gotta say they are surprisingly comfy
i can have them in for hours until they need charging and still be comfortable
before i talk more about battery life though i just wanted to talk more about
the noise cancelling you do actually have the power to change
how efficient the noise cancelling is through the sony app for example if
you need to be more aware of your surroundings you can slide the noise
canceling all the way down perfect if you're going
to be crossing roads or need to be aware of your colleagues in the office
or you can slide it up to blot out as much sound as possible
for when you're on the train or if your partner is whinging at you
so in terms of actual sound quality they're actually pretty good especially
considering their size they offer really rich bass and that
paired with the active noise cancelling really does give you a really immersive
experience now although these are great for
listening to music they're not the best for watching movies
i've noticed more times than one the audio is slightly behind the picture
not so much that it's annoying but it is something to bear in mind if that is
going to be your primary use for these it is something to be expected from
truly wireless earphones though or at least it was a year ago
whilst on that subject i actually have not noticed any lag
the only time it struggles and it stutters is where it's when i'm in a
really busy place such as chiron cross station lots of concrete
walls it doesn't do do too great there but when i'm walking
to work or just out and about there's never any stuttering there's never any
problems with the audio streaming i've been really
really impressed with the connectivity so i guess one of the biggest questions
you might have if you're looking to buy a pair of wireless earphones
is what's the battery life like and well it says sony say these last for six and
a half hours i personally probably get longer out of
them really because the case charges the earphones that fast
that you never really notice them running out of charge it's only very
very rarely but i notice them run completely
completely dry and even if they do i only need to put
them back in their cage for 15 minutes i can't remember the exact numbers but
you'll get a lot of play time out of that usually i can have these on
all through my commute all through the day and just when i go make
coffee i can just pop them back in the case and by the time i come back
they're good to go again so for that i've been really really impressed
also most of you are going to already have a charger for this it's just a usb
type-c which is pretty much the norm now but
there is no wireless charging with these so
unlike the airpods you can't just pop them down on a
charger or the new samsung wireless earphones or air beams i don't know what
to call them aside from being great for listening to
music these earphones can actually make and receive calls but that does bring me
back to my only drawback of these earphones and
that is they're not really great at making and
receiving calls the microphone is okay at best this is a
microphone test for the sony wf-1000xm3s
now they don't do too bad in a quiet environment but they do struggle when
you're in a noisier place such as the city
and when you're on the phone swan it sounds like you're in a tunnel or maybe
even underwater i don't really know how to describe it
but there's some really strange background noise
i don't know if that's the ambient noise cancellation trying to like
work things out but it's definitely not ideal
i know a few people i've been on the phone to have always complained that
they can't really hear me so i usually disconnect the earphones and then call
them back i guess it is circumstantial and depends
where you are but certainly when you're walking
alongside the road in london you cannot have a decent phone call so
something to bear in mind if you were looking for that feature
lastly they are not dust and water resistant these are not sports
headphones they're not meant for running and
they're not meant to get wet that being said i have been caught in the rain a
few times and i have actually been to the gym with them and i have been
running with them i probably shouldn't have done this but
from my experience i haven't had any issues with it but if you are going to
be doing this do be cautious and do bear in mind that
they are not meant for that and they are not water resistant
despite these drawbacks i have to say i'm actually really really impressed
with them they fit my lifestyle just perfectly and
because i spend so much time commuting on the train or either
walking through london they do the job just fine
the sound quality is excellent and that noise cancelling is just amazing
i appreciate they're not going to be for everyone but i would highly highly
recommend them i did love my old bose truly wireless earphones but they really
didn't hold up for too long the buttons on them got worn very
quickly even to the point that they fell apart
and bose sent me a replacement out so before we wrap things up let's take a
look at the price and some alternatives so at the moment
they're going for 220 pounds on sony's website
or you can get them for 169 pounds on amazon
which is an amazing deal if you weren't interested in the sony ones though you
could also consider the bose quiet comforter
earbuds which are coming soon or the sennheiser momentum true wireless
2. those are also a great pair of earphones but they are slightly more
expensive and then lastly my last recommendation
would be the mw07 plus for master and dynamics just on looks
alone so that's going to pretty much wrap things up for the sony wireless
earphones one year later review let me know in the comments section what
you think if you already own a pair i'd love to hear your experience with them
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