Sony - WH-1000XM2

The only reason I'm considering upgrading from xm2 is USB c charging. Everything else I own now is USB C

Hi there, I have the Sony WH-1000XM2, and it's a great pair of headphones. Ever since I purchased the WH-1000XM2, I've found them to be a little too warm around my ears, especially during longer sessions of usage. I figured that perhaps there are being sold earpads for the WH-1000XM2 by third-party vendors that offer greater breathability and size? The WH-1000XM2 is a good fit around my ears, but it would seem that they fit around my ears perhaps a little bit too snuggly, causing some discomfort. Do any of you happen to know of any third-party vendor who sell earpads for the WH-1000XM2 that offer greater breathability and comfort? Cheers!

I like the Sony XM5 better than the Sony XM6, the call quality sounds more real, sound a bit AI in the XM6. And the clamping force in the XM6 is very bad. The XM5 are much better on clamping force and phone calls. Has have the XM5 since they came in may 2022. The XM6 is little better on the ANC i don´t hear so much different in the music quality. and i don´t need to put it in the box, i just have it in a cotton bag never in the original hard case. I have the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 too (best call quality and very easy aware mode or transparency mode with only one buttom to hold in and the music stops and you can hear eveything around you), and the Bose QC ultra (little better music quality than the 700 but worse call quality. Have has the XM2 and the XM4 before (good music quality but poor call quality. I shall sell the Sony XM6.

I've always listened to my music in other ways, and my headphones were more for on the go, so BT and noise cancelling. My car and home audio setups have always been where I invested. Recently, my old Sony WH1000MX2 headphones I used for gaming fell and broke. So I invested in some Hifiman Ananda Nano's and a Fiio K13 R2R and have been attached to my desk every night for the last week.

Hahaha me rn wearing my xm2 🤣

My favourite hack - wear ANC earphones underneath ANC headphones for double ANC. My AirPod Pro 2 underneath my Sony XM2 is bliss.

lol even the XM2s had NFC...

I've got Sony XM2's and honestly, they're absolutely brilliant for the price I paid. The actual side folding pieces on the cups are wider than the later models to so gives me more confidence in them staying together. I used these on a 4hr flight and the 4hr flight back, plus a couple days on weekends doing odds and sods for a good number of hours and still had 50% battery left. You can get the app and fine tune your equaliser for your music preferences to. I LOVE music and these make everything I do with them better.

Despite the Sony WH1000XM6's being released, you can still find XM4's on sale for a very good price. I have used the XM2's, 4 and now 6 for my work headphones, sometimes I have them on without any music and just use them to dampen the noise, but the sound quality is also fantastic.

I straight up broke my XM2s when working in a factory wearing them under a hairnet. They turned off and never turned on again. I drowned them in my sweat. Got the xm5 now will not let that happen again

I straight up broke my XM2s when working in a factory wearing them under a hairnet. They turned off and never turned on again. I drowned them in my sweat. Got the xm5 now will not let that happen again