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Sony WH-1000XM4 Black

9,2/10 (1200 reviews)
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These headphones reduce ambient noise more precisely thanks to the 3 extra built-in microphones. This way, you hear even less of your surroundings.
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This product is our choice for high-end noise-canceling headphones.
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Key specs

Type of ear cushions
Over-ear
Bluetooth
Yes
Noise canceling
Yes
Quality noise canceling
High-end
Sound quality according to customers
Very good
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Pros and cons

According to our headphones expert
  • The high-end noise canceling greatly reduces ambient noise, so you hear a lot less of your surroundings.
  • When you start a conversation with someone, the music pauses and ambient noise is amplified.
  • You can personalize all settings via an equalizer in the Sony Headphones Connect app, including the sound.
  • The headphones aren't water-resistant.
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Description

You can now check out the Sony WH-1000XM5! as well.

The Sony WH-1000XM4 is a good choice if you're looking for smart headphones with high-end noise canceling. The noise canceling ensures that ambient sounds and noise are reduced. Turn on this function and enjoy your favorite songs without being disturbed. When you start a conversation with someone, the music automatically pauses and ambient noise is amplified. That way, you don't have to take off the headphones. Download the Sony Headphones Connect app to adjust this smart function to your needs. To adjust the sound, select the equalizer in the app. You can determine how your favorite songs sound.

Noise canceling

Noise canceling is a technology that measures ambient noise and then reduces it with a counter-noise. This way, you hear less of your surroundings and more of your music. With the noise canceling switched on, you can listen to music for 30 hours on a fully charged battery.

Wear detection

The headphones not only detect when you start talking, but also when you take them off or put them on. There's a sensor in the left ear cup that knows when the headphones are on your ears. Did you take them off? The music pauses. Did you put them back on? The song continues.

Multipoint pairing

You can easily connect the XM4 to 2 playback devices at the same time via multipoint pairing. The headphones automatically switch between both connected devices, such as a computer and smartphone. When you play a song on your phone and then watch a video on your computer, the headphones automatically switch the connection.

Sound according to the expert

These headphones produce a powerful bass. Thanks to an accent around 125Hz, the bass is very clearly present. The mid tones are balanced, which means that instruments and vocals aren't any more or any less audible. That way, they don't deviate from how the artist intended them to sound. You can use the equalizer when you want to change the emphasis on the low, medium, and high tones. This way, you can adjust the sound to your own taste.

Note: Sony does include a charging cable, but no charger. Use your own accessories, or purchase them separately.

You can now check out the Sony WH-1000XM5! as well.

The Sony WH-1000XM4 is a good choice if you're looking for smart headphones with high-end noise canceling. The noise canceling ensures that ambient sounds and noise are reduced. Turn on this function and enjoy your favorite songs without being disturbed. When you start a conversation with someone, the music automatically pauses and ambient noise is amplified. That way, you don't have to take off the headphones. Download the Sony Headphones Connect app to adjust this smart function to your needs. To adjust the sound, select the equalizer in the app. You can determine how your favorite songs sound.

Noise canceling

Noise canceling is a technology that measures ambient noise and then reduces it with a counter-noise. This way, you hear less of your surroundings and more of your music. With the noise canceling switched on, you can listen to music for 30 hours on a fully charged battery.

Wear detection

The headphones not only detect when you start talking, but also when you take them off or put them on. There's a sensor in the left ear cup that knows when the headphones are on your ears. Did you take them off? The music pauses. Did you put them back on? The song continues.

Multipoint pairing

You can easily connect the XM4 to 2 playback devices at the same time via multipoint pairing. The headphones automatically switch between both connected devices, such as a computer and smartphone. When you play a song on your phone and then watch a video on your computer, the headphones automatically switch the connection.

Sound according to the expert

These headphones produce a powerful bass. Thanks to an accent around 125Hz, the bass is very clearly present. The mid tones are balanced, which means that instruments and vocals aren't any more or any less audible. That way, they don't deviate from how the artist intended them to sound. You can use the equalizer when you want to change the emphasis on the low, medium, and high tones. This way, you can adjust the sound to your own taste.

Note: Sony does include a charging cable, but no charger. Use your own accessories, or purchase them separately.

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Included by default

  • Manual (521.08 KB)
  • Hard case
  • USB-C to USB-A charging cable (excluding charger)
  • Audio cable
  • Airplane adapter

Included by default

  • Manual (521.08 KB)
  • Hard case
  • USB-C to USB-A charging cable (excluding charger)
  • Audio cable
  • Airplane adapter

Key specs

Type of ear cushions
Over-ear
Bluetooth
Yes
Noise canceling
Yes
Quality noise canceling
High-end
Sound quality according to customers
Very good
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Reviews

1200 reviews
9,2/10 (1200 reviews)

Rating

806 reviews with 5 stars

352 reviews with 4 stars

38 reviews with 3 stars

4 reviews with 2 stars

0 reviews with 1 star

Rating per section

Sound quality
9,4
Facilité d'utilisation
9,0
Wearing comfort
9,1
Build quality
9,4
Design
9,4

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Most helpful reviews

Our expert review

Sony WH-1000XM4: noise canceling king

  • Top class noise canceling
  • Powerful sound
  • From music to conversation sometimes works against
  • Lucas. audiospecialist.
  • 6 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Enjoy the Silence

  • noise canceling
  • Hi-Res sound
  • The WH-1000MX3 is cheaper
  • I-dj
  • 28 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Finally peace at home.

  • Noise canceling is great
  • Sit comfortably
  • Doesn't seem to be water resistant
  • Chantal ypma
  • 5 September 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,8/10

Good noise cancellation but bad microphone

  • Good noise cancellation
  • Convenient operation
  • Microphone quality
  • Reinhardt smit
  • 23 January 2021
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Huge improvement in all areas.

  • noise canceling
  • Sound quality
  • No
  • Enrico vos
  • 7 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,8/10

Leaks too much noise outside for quiet environment use

  • Design
  • Sound quality after equalizer
  • Leaks a lot of sound out
  • Alexander
  • 22 April 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,4/10

Only a topper after tackling the software problems

  • Great sound
  • Fully customizable via the app
  • Noise during long listening sessions. Firmware problem?
  • Bruno
  • 15 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Wow, wow, wow, what headphones.

  • noise canceling
  • ambient noise
  • music not always off with headphones around your neck
  • Valpar
  • 30 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

I feel music through my veins

  • has changed music
  • Very light
  • Expensive
  • Anna
  • 18 January 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Pricey but for that money you get an excellent product

  • noise canceling
  • Sound quality
  • Price
  • T. siebers
  • 8 June 2021
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
Our expert review

Sony WH-1000XM4: noise canceling king

  • Top class noise canceling
  • Powerful sound
  • Smart Features
  • From music to conversation sometimes works against

The Sony WH-1000XM4 is the successor to the Sony WH-1000XM3. The XM3 was known as the best noise canceling headphones of all time and with the XM4 Sony has continued the success formula. All the good features are still there with an improvement here and there. Only a new smart function of the headphones occasionally gets in the way.

Top class noise canceling
I test the noise canceling with sky-high expectations. The XM3 were the best noise canceling headphones in my opinion and the XM4 continues this. When I switch on the noise canceling and play music, I no longer hear anything from my surroundings. I don't understand people talking around me and all the other noises around me don't bother me.

Powerful sound
With these headphones, the emphasis is mainly on the low tones. These are firm and deep, allowing me to listen to a powerful bass sound. In combination with the details in the high and medium tones, this makes the ideal sound for me. With some songs I want the bass to be even more emphatic. I open the Sony Headphones Connect App and adjust the sound to my own taste. Every song no matter what type of genre now sounds exactly the way I want it.

Automatically on pause
For me, the biggest flaw with the XM3 is that it doesn't have multipoint pairing. The XM4 does have this, so I can connect it to 2 playback devices at the same time. Another new feature ensures that when I take off the headphones, the music immediately pauses. When I put it back on, the music continues. The feature almost always works, which makes it a good addition.

From music to conversation
The latest new feature amplifies the ambient noise when I start talking. Because of this I never have to take the headphones off when someone starts talking to me. The only downside to this is that this also happens when I sing along to my favorite songs. Fortunately, I can turn this function off in the app, so that I can unabashedly shout along with all the vocals at home.

High wearing comfort
While listening I hardly notice that I have headphones on. The ear pads are made of soft leather, as is the headband. This allows me to stream my favorite songs all day long. The size of the headphones is also not too big, which is important to me.

  • Lucas. audiospecialist.
  • 6 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Enjoy the Silence

  • noise canceling
  • Hi-Res sound
  • wearing comfort
  • The WH-1000MX3 is cheaper

What if you as Sony have already made the best noise canceling headphones on the market with the WH-1000MX3. Then you could sit back and wait for the answer from the competition. But not Sony. They recently released the Sony WH-1000MX4. Are these headphones the best invention since the sliced bread, or can the competition breathe easy? And what if that competition comes from Sony's own stable.

But first an introduction. Noise reduction is not new, there have been headphones for years that actively filter out the background noise in order to work undisturbed. So is Sony. They have already released 3 W(ireless)H(eadphones) of the 1000 series. While the WH-1000MX1 and MX2 were already good attempts, with the WH-1000MX3 they had caught up with the competition and, according to many, even surpassed it in the field of noise canceling. But the 3rd iteration of these headphones still had a number of areas for improvement. And Sony has tackled that.

Multipoint Bluetooth Pairing
The headphones are now possible with the Sony WH-1000MX to be connected to multiple devices. Listen to your favorite music or watch your videos on your laptop. But record that telephone conversation on your smartphone in 1 action. The Sony switches between 2 devices without a hitch.

wear detection
There is a sensor in the left ear cup that detects whether you take off the headphones. The music then stops immediately. When you put the headphones back on, they automatically start playing again. This works fine. But I would have liked to see the sensor in both ear cups. Sometimes I listen with one ear uncovered. If I only cover the left ear, the music continues to play. If you only cover the right ear, it will stop. This function can be turned off in the very extensive app that Sony offers with the headphones.

More comfortable wearing comfort
The headphones have larger and thicker ear pads. This makes the headphones fall better over the ears. The headband is also a bit tighter, so that the headphones sit tighter on the head.

The superior sound quality.
The sound is just a little better. The bass is clearly present. Music sounds super tight and spoken text, for example from a Podcast, is easy to understand. If you want to adjust the default sound setting, you can find all kinds of presets in the Sony App (available for iOS and Android). You can also play with the Equalizer yourself to adjust it completely to your own taste.

What has remained?
Touch Control.
The Touch controls on the right earcup are intuitive. Swipe forward to select the next track, backward to listen to the track again. Swipe up to increase the volume and down to decrease it. Tap the earcup once to start or pause the music and place your hand on the earcup to start a conversation.

Bluetooth range
You can quietly walk away from your device. The range is very good, even through 2 floors of concrete, the headphones continue to play music without disruption. Remember where your phone is!

noise canceling
What do you say? Precisely. The Sony WH-1000MX4 filters out noise so well that you can really dream away to the sounds of your favorite music. Don't dream too far away with people around. I've been shocked a few times because someone tapped me on my shoulder.

The Sony comes with a case to store the headphones, a 3.5mm audio cable (for those phones that still have a 3.5mm jack, and an airplane adapter (you'll just need it).

What I miss most of the reviews is that this headset is ideal for video calling with Microsoft teams, Zoom or Google Hangouts. The microphone sounds clear and you are in the middle of the conversation because you can hear everything without annoying noise (for example, the neighbors who are mowing the lawn). The only drawback is that you also hear yourself less, so there is a chance that you will scream.

In short, the WH-1000MX4 is the best Bluetooth Noise Canceling Headphone out right now. But as mentioned, the Sony WH-1000MX3 is its biggest competitor. Want Multipoint Bluetooth and Best Noise Canceling. Then the WH-1000MX4 is your choice. Don't mind switching with your device every now and then or have you connected the headphones to 1 device? Then you can consider the cheaper WH-1000MX4. You will have a lot of fun with both headphones.

  • I-dj
  • 28 August 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Finally peace at home.

  • Noise canceling is great
  • Sit comfortably
  • Connect two devices at once
  • Doesn't seem to be water resistant

If you don't want to hear the construction workers or the crying children of the neighbors anymore, this is your best friend! Finally peace at home.

  • Chantal ypma
  • 5 September 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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You can select one of the Backup Plans below in your shopping cart. It will protect your brand new headphones against damage and/or theft.

Sony WH-1000XM4 Black
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    2,79 per month
  • Backup Plan Complete - Cancellable monthly
    3,49 per month
  • 2-year Backup Plan Damage
    35,99 one-time payment
  • 2-year Backup Plan Complete
    49,00 one-time payment

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Specifications

Product

Product number
859866
Manufacturer code
WH1000XM4B.CE7
Brand
Sony
Warranty
2 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

Physical properties

Weight in grams
225 g
Color
Black
Material
Metal, Plastic
Built-in microphone
Yes

Sound according to expert

Tested by expert
Yes
Treble
Balanced
Mid tones
Balanced
Bass
Very present
Equalizer
Yes

Sound

Sound reproduction
Spatial audio, Stereo
Hi-Res audio
Yes
Volume limit
No
Active headphones
Yes
Noise canceling
Yes
Quality noise canceling
High-end
Adjustable noise canceling
Yes

Connection

NFC
Yes
Bluetooth
Yes
Bluetooth profiles
Hands-Free Profile (HFP), Headset Profile (HSP), Remote control (AVRCP), Standard Audio (A2DP)
Bluetooth version
5.0
Multipoint pairing
Yes
Compatible with voice assistant
Google Assistant, Siri

Cable

Detachable cable
Yes
Ribbon cable
No
Coil cable
No
Braided sleeve
No
Remote in cable
No

Quality

Hi-Res audio
Yes
Sound quality according to customers
Very good
Carrying comfort according to customers
Good

Power supply

Power supply type
Rechargeable battery
Average battery life
30 h

Resistance

Water-resistant
No

Casing

Type of ear cushions
Over-ear
Types of design
Closed
Foldable
Yes
Rotatable ear cups
Yes
Ear cushion material
Imitation leather
Physical buttons ear cups
Yes
Touchpad ear cup
Yes
Remote control on ear cups
Yes
Volume control ear cup
Yes

Accessories

Extra headphone cables included
Yes
Headphones adapter included
No
Airplane adapter included
Yes

Awards

Awards NL/BE
What Hi-Fi?
Best tested
Yes

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