As someone with xm4s where the battery went in one a month after the warranty ended yeah don’t get them. Gotta hope I can swap it when the replacement arrives.
At least their bigger WH models (and the MDR1000X) have replaceable batteries. Sony just tends to stop manufacturing those very quickly, but there are 3rd party ones.
The biggest gripe I have with Sony is their ear pads. They are just so fucking expensive. I wear mine every day because I live in a very noisy neighborhood. The pads are no good anymore after a year or so.
New pads for the WH1000XM5 cost over hundred dollars, last I checked. And they only had black ones available which is really nice when you bought the white model…
Added to that, most of the functionality depends on an app only available for Android and iOS. Have fun trying to adjust your equalizer settings when you’re sitting at a PC.
Also…why can’t I use the most expensive and latest Sony headphone with a Sony PS5? I don’t get it. They want you to buy a different Sony headset if you want to use Bluetooth with the PS5 which is just stupid.
If it wasn’t for their excellent noise cancelling, I wouldn’t buy these things anymore.
You can’t use the expensive Sony Bluetooth headphones with the ps5 because Sony didn’t enable Bluetooth headphones support at all citing latency issues. The different Sony headset is using WiFi instead of Bluetooth and it only works with that
I’ve been wanting to replace my xm4 pads, but I usually go for big, weird 3rd party ones.
I have Dekoni earpads now, they are available on wodaudio: https://shop.wodaudio.com/produkt/dekoni-ersatz-ohrpolster-sony-wh1000xm4/
I especially like the “Choice Suede” variant, because it’s so fluffy and feels nice. The original leather ones from Sony get very sweaty on hot days and are just unbearable.
Wod Audio makes better ones that cost less :)
…and now that I looked on their website again, I noticed that they also started manufacturing gray variants. HOORAY!
OP not doing their F-Droid updates is giving me anxiety. 😄