![]() ![]() ![]() I’m not a fan of the styling of the new 1000XM3. Sony's 1000XM3 on the left, 1000X on the right The headband, like the cans themselves, has received a healthy dose of extra cushioning, making the new headphones more comfortable and more snug to wear. The headband on the new model has been shortened and as a result it doesn’t stretch as wide as on the originals, demonstrated in the image below. The leather cups still make my ears too warm after prolonged use but I'm willing to accept this as my own shortcoming and not the Sony's. The reduced weight (23g, measured) was welcome too. I found the tighter fit much more comfortable. It’s noticeably lighter than the original but at the same time more firm and sitting tighter on the ears. With the WH-1000XM3 Sony made a big redesign of the entire headphones. They did add an estimated 10 hours of battery life, which was not enough of a motivator to switch. I’ve had a fleeting run-in with second generation WH-1000XM2 and found them to be mostly the same as the first gen. I own the first of Sony’s MDR now renamed WH line of premium noise-cancelling headphones and I can see a lot of its DNA still embedded into the XM3. Both headphones were paired with an iPhone X and music was mostly coming from Spotify with some YouTube thrown here and there. I’ll be comparing the Sony WH-1000XM3 to their patriarch - my lovely Sony MDR-1000X. I’ll preface this article by saying that it isn’t one of our typical test-filled reviews and that I’m not an audiophile but rather a regular techie that loves wireless noise-cancelling headphones. I found Sony’s latest cans outdo the Bose in terms of noise-cancelling, but whether they sound better than Sony’s own 1000X’s is a more complicated question entirely. The WH-1000XM3 build on the established formula of its predecessors and take direct aim at Bose’s ubiquitous QuietComfort 35 II. With version three of its over the ear wireless noise-cancelling headphones, Sony is making the biggest changes both outside and in. ![]()
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