WH-1000XM5

I own the Technics EAH-AZ100. Mainly because they offer a genuine ten hours of battery life. Without a case, that is. But my Sony Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones also meet all three criteria. Multiconnection – check Listen to music on A and then answer on B – check Recognized under Linux (Mint) – check P

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About a year ago I changed to Tidal, from Spotify, but I still use Spotify for podcasts. The primary reason as to why I switched to Tidal is the bitrate (I went for their at the time HiFi 1XXX bitrate subscribtion as a student). I had just gotten my Sony WH-1000XM5 at the time, but I often find myse

Recently bought the WH-1000XM5 and oh my God, the ANC is far worse than I expected after reading reviews online.

It's better than nothing for sure, but that's about it.

Someone talking, a child crying, a phone ringing or your own mouse clicks? Yeah, all of that will be perfectly heard even when A

On the plane or train, I remove the hearing aids and put in Sony WF-1000XM5‘s. These are some of rhe best Bluetooth noise canceling earbuds & are completely in-Ear.

I agree Apple’s AAC implementation is much better optimized than typical Android AAC, especially with AirPods and iPhones. But I still wouldn’t say AAC is >= LDAC overall, especially for people already using headphones like Sony WH-1000XM5. Sony themselves heavily market/use LDAC as their premium co

I also do this but I use a Google Pixel 10a as my main piece and iPhone 13 as side piece. Mint mobile on one and a free year of service from internet provider on the other. I use Sony Xm5's on both since they can connect to 2 devices at a time. If I want to leave the house without my main phone, I c

Get good active noise cancelling headphones/earbuds that also do noise cancelling on the microphone(s). Wife and I use Sony WH-1000XM5 and WF-1000XM5 - and even when one of us is sitting in living room with TV on and 2-3 pre-teen kids - colleagues in our conference calls say they can't hear anything

I got one of those USB-C LDAC/APTX adapters. I have the Fiio Airlink (there's other brands too) which has been nothing but great. It does cost about $50 though on aliexpress (It's more expensive via amazon etc). I use it on my PC, Mac, Switch 2 etc so I can get LDAC to my Sony XM5's on all of them.

I've connected Sony XM5's and pretty much each gen of air pods and they sounds great on M1 2020 Mini. Have you tried different pairs to test?