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Lightweight, Great Battery Life, Everything you need in a pair of earbuds at this price range.
Aside from the week long delivery time, these came in a simple package, and came with absolutely everything you'd see in a normal box. It had the earbuds, the case, the tips (in a separate bag as to not damage them, good.), and of course, a USB-A to USB-C cable.
I seen a few tiny scratches or just inperfections on the case, but they were tiny and I was nitpicking because it was my first time buying refurbished, so I had to be sure.
The ANC is amazing, as expected. You can activate it either through the app (which also allows you to change how to), or by clicking the left earbud. If you have never tried foam ear tips before, it will be a bit strange putting these in, as it was for myself. But, you can always try to squeeze the ear tip before putting it in to try to mitigate this problem as it will then conform comfortably to your ear size. Make sure you are using the correct ear tips.
The Battery Life, my favorite part about this. I don't know how it's possible, but I used these things for like 40 minutes straight, and I kid you not, they dropped a total of 0% battery, in both earbuds. Safe to say, the battery life is nothing short of incredible. The charging speed of the earbuds, is absolutely amazing too. I believe it's 3 minutes for a hour of playback. There is also wireless charging, if you enjoy that type of thing.
Many of the features are things you need the Sony "Headphones" app for, which you can get on either IOS or Android, so make sure you get that as it will allow you to use the rest of the features on these.
The earbuds themselves, they are rather glossy and hard to get out of the case like you would normally (by pulling them up). My solution is to press from the outside of the earbud (the part that resides in the middle of the charging case, which is also very smooth), and just press inwards. They pop right out like this. The earbuds are pretty bulbous in my opinion, but they still stay in your ears, so I don't think it matters.
The Mic quality is decent, I've tested it a few times, never with much background noise, though. Reviews I've seen on these say that the background sound removal isn't the best, but that it works. I would say that calling on these is super easy and possible, though.
Features if you don't like reading:
Active noise cancellation
Ambient sound mode
Hi-Res Audio Wireless
Adaptive Sound Control
Bluetooth 5.3
Speak-to-Chat
Touch controls
Up to 8 hours of battery life (with noise cancellation on)
IPX4 water resistance
Quick charging (up to 1 hour of playback with 3 minutes of charge)
Multipoint connection support
LDAC support for high-quality wireless audio (Android Only)
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Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: secondipity
Sony XM5 vs. XM3
I have enjoyed Sony WF-1000XM3 for several years so looked forward to upgrading to the XM5 which has not been an easy process. Out of the box the XM5's provided no noise canceling at all and it took a couple of days of trying different settings and 2 hard resets to enable the feature which, at this moment, is less effective than ANC on the XM3. Consequently, I am installing new batteries in the XM3 and will use the XM5 for phone calls only. Hopefully someone has a better experience than me but I don't know how.Read full review
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Sound quality is good. Noise Cancelling on ambient sound is great. But the MIC NC is still awful.
I am a fan of Sony headphones and earbuds. The music reproduction is very good, and the NC for blocking noise on airplanes, coffee shops etc is superb. Sony finally added multi bluetooth to this version so that is a plus.
BUT..... I have purchased Sony/Jabra/Pixel etc higher-end buds and NONE of them can block noise without totally muffling and distorting voice on outbound calls. I purchased these because the reviews were good for this specific task. They work fine in my mostly-silent home office, but if you are in a somewhat noisier environment they are simply unusable to take a call. (coffee shop, airplane etc).
I get this is not an easy task as the mic is located well away from my mouth, but still surprises me that they cannot get this right...the mic in my Pixel phone does a very good job at cancelling coffee shop noise, without distorting my outgoing voice.
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Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: secondipity
Omg! This was by far the fastest item I have ever received on eBay! Thanks so much! Great communication and just what I expected. Shipped the same day
Omg! This was by far the fastest item I have ever received on eBay! Thanks so much! Great communication and just what I expected. Shipped the same day as I ordered it. From Friday to Monday. Felt like an Amazon order. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: purpletechnado
Works perfectly. I love these. If you're...
Works perfectly. I love these. If you're getting them in a light color they dirty easy if you have waxy ears but its perfect.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: secondipity
good bluetooth and great battery life
i have a pair of trueengine soundpeats earbuds,they are awesome. the sony earbuds have better bluetooth, and a little better fidelity and resolution of sound, much better battery life, though i was hoping they would be louder as i purchased them for pairing to my walkman nw-zx507 player. overall they are sufficient.wish i had something better to say about them.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: secondipity
Great item! Love everything about these. My only complaint is that sometimes while I'm listening the sound cuts off in the right earbud for about 30 s
Great item! Love everything about these. My only complaint is that sometimes while I'm listening the sound cuts off in the right earbud for about 30 seconds and then it reconnects. Not sure if it's because these were refurbished, but I was aware of that risk before buying them. Doesn't happen very often. Read full review
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Item was new as promised. However the user guide was aimed for somewhere else and in labels etc were in Cyrillic alphabet. It works fine. This de
Item was new as promised. However the user guide was aimed for somewhere else and in labels etc were in Cyrillic alphabet.
It works fine. This design is a little harder to keep in my ears at the gym. (Had a previous 3rd edition that stayed easierRead full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: outdoorgoodsoutlet
These headphones feel like brand new ite...
These headphones feel like brand new items and are in perfect state. The battery lasts as long as new ones, and the audio is flawless.
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: secondipity
Not as good as the prior model
The prior model fit my ears perfectly...this model does not. I've tried each of the plugs and none fit well. Sad, because the sound quality is nice, but when the buds don;t fit, you cannot experience it.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: pillsboy3000