Sony WHXB900N Noise Cancelling Headphones, Wireless Bluetooth Over the Ear Headset with Mic for Phone-Call and Alexa Voice Control- Black (WH-XB900N/B)

Arrived as adThe new Sony WH-XB900N wireless headphones are an outstanding option for a comfortable listening experience at home, traveling or in a noisy office. They incorporate very effective noise suppression and echo canceling systems, have easy-to-operate controls and a very long battery life. Their quality is evident in every feature and they a part of the well-regarded Sony Extra Bass family.Here are the key features:• Sony WH-XB900N noise-canceling over-the-ear Bluetooth headphones• Ergonomic, fully adjustable over-ear, closed dynamic headphone• 40 mm dome driver for maximum bass and very accurate wide frequency response• Noise-canceling/suppression technology helps block external noises, may be switched on or off• Monitor function allows ambient sound to be easily heard while wearing headphones, may be switched on or off• Bluetooth 4.2 reception range up to 50 feet, NFC pairing connection option, support aptX codec• Built-in microphone for making and receiving phone calls• Touch control on side of right earphone to raise/lower volume, next/previous track selection• Power, Bluetooth pairing, Monitor and Noise Cancel buttons on left earphone• Rechargeable internal lithium ion power source: 6 hours to fully charge with included USB-C connection cable• Headphones will operate 30+ hours continuously from a full charge, 16 day standby time, customizable auto-off timer• Can also operate without using any power by connecting an included 4.1 foot 3.5 mm stereo cable to left earphone• 3.5 mm (headphone) male-to-male 50” connection cable included• 20 – 20,000 Hz audio frequency range, less than 1% THD distortion• Sony Headphone Connect app provides graphic equalizer and presets• Easy to follow illustrated quick set-up guide• Foldable design for compact storage• Size: 5.5 inches by 6.6 inches by 3.5 inches• Weight: 9 ounces• Soft pouch with drawstring closure included• One year warranty on parts and laborIncluded in the box are the headphones, instructions, a short USB-C charging cable, a 50 inch long 3.5 mm direct-connect wire cable and a nice soft pouch. The quick set-up guide is comprehensive with step-by-step instructions for using the headphones, a trouble-shooting checklist, technical specifications and detailed explanations for using each feature.The headphones have a non-reflective black finish, substantial bass-producing drivers and super-soft memory-foam cushions on each headphone for superb comfort and noise isolation. They fold flat to enable compact storage and to easily fit into a purse, drawers, etc. The Sony WH-XB900N has a look of quiet quality and business elegance without flashy excess.First step is to charge the headphones. Just attach the USB-C charging cable, plug it into your computer or a USB outlet and LED lights will go out when they are fully charged (which may take 4- 6 hours when fully discharged.) A red LED light next to the charging port goes out when the unit is fully charged. The stated music playing time of thirty hours seems conservative since I found the headphones would operate for nearly forty hours before fading out. The customizable auto-off feature aids this very long battery life.Next, press the power button to turn them on – an audio prompt indicates when the power is on or off. Pair the earphones with your phone or other source via Bluetooth or NFC. An audio prompt guides you, but my phone paired them very quickly and without drama. A blue LED indicates the connection has been made. The connection remained very solid throughout my home, up to nearly 50 feet.The headphones are fully adjustable and the very soft pads completely and comfortably enclose even the largest ears. The Sony WH-XB900N are the most comfortable headphones I have ever worn. They are light (9 ounces) and have plenty of adjustment range to enable a perfect fit. The earphone pads are fairly large (about 4 inches tall and 3 inches wide) so they qualify as “over ear” and they provide excellent sound isolation. You can wear them for many hours in perfect comfort and your ears will never complain.Even without the noise-canceling function most external sounds are blocked. Pressing the Custom (automatic noise canceling) button turns on that feature and there is an audio announcement that it is active (or that it has been turned off.) The ANC technology is very effective for mid-frequency noise. I turned on both my shower and bathroom sink faucet and the noise (which would normally be very loud) was just a faint hiss which I could easily ignore while listening to the music. Even without music playing the noise canceling feature was pretty effective. Further, you can adjust the degree of noise cancellation using the Headphone Connect app. These would be great on a noisy airplane ride!The Sony WH-XB900N headphones have a very accurate reproduction of music from bass through mid-range notes and on to the highest frequencies. You can modify the sound contour/response by utilizing the Sony Headphone Connect app which features a full equalizer, a number of surround sound presets and sound positioning controls. For those who like heavy bass these are an ideal choice. If you want to cut back the bass the equalizer on the app will do that very effectively. I played every range of music, from classical, blues, hard rock, jazz and a full range of vocals (opera through folk ballads) and these fine headphones never disappointed me. The sound quality is just beautiful.Sony has positioned these headphones to deliver premium sound and features at a mid-range price. Yes, you might find slightly better headphones but only if you are willing to spend at least 50% more, and even then most users would not really appreciate any difference in sound or features.Like all good earphones these will respond to various voice commands, allow you to interact with Siri, take calls, etc. Each earphone has some controls. The right side has a nice touch pad which will raise/lower volume, skip tracks (forward and backward), pause and repeat tracks and has a microphone for use during calls. The left side turns the earphones on/off, handles Bluetooth pairing, activates the noise cancelation feature and also takes calls. One very clever feature is Quick Attention which shuts off noise cancellation and lowers music volume when you touch the right headphone, enabling you to easily hear outside sounds (such as someone speaking to you), and then resumes noise cancellation and music volume when you remove your hand.Bottom line - the Sony WH-XB900N noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones are an excellent value for discerning music fans who want a very comfortable headset, superb noise isolation and beautiful sound reproduction. They are a perfect choice for traveling and would pass boring hours in airports and on planes with gold stars for quality, sound level and range. I am happy to award this fine product a full five stars and my full, unqualified endorsement. Buy these if you love music and want sweet isolation from the nasty noises of the world!vertised and highly recommended.

Voy a comenzar describiendo este artículo como "los mejores audífonos que he tenido". Simplemente no puedo darles una calificación menor a 10/10.Voy a darte mi punto de vista muy objetivo de ellos, dejando mi amor por ellos de ladoPrimero que nada, considera que soy productor audiovisual, músico y amante de la música. La disfruto y la necesito todos los días. Esto no es para presumir, sino para avalar mi próximos comentarios:-Son unos audífonos de plástico con un aro de metal por dentro. La textura es granulosa suave y muy agradable al tacto. Por la naturaleza de la textura, el color de los audífonos es mate. Yo los tengo en negro, pero en azul también se ven increíbles.-Si no tienes un HUB inteligente, no hay problema, pero si lo tienes, la experiencia de uso es todavía mejor y mayor (lo usarás más, incluso). Para poder darle un comando a tu dispositivo Echo (que es en el que lo he probado), debes pulsar un botón en tu auricular izquierdo, lo cual puede bajar un poco la experiencia, pero te protege de no estar encendiendo accidentalmente tu asistente cada vez que dices una palabra similar a "Alexa" o "Echo" (pasa seguido).-Son muy cómodos, pero no los más cómodos si tu cabeza es grande, pues van haciendo un poco de presión. Yo siento un mínimo de presión (lo cual impide que se me caigan), pero no lo siento hasta las 4 o 5 horas de uso. Basta con retirarlos un par de minutos y puedo volver a usarlos otras 4 o 5 horas más. Mis orejas no se cansan a pesar de tenerlos puestos todo el día.-Aíslan el sonido bastante bien aún apagados, pues las almohadillas no sólo son cómodas y agradables al tacto (son de vinipiel suave), también hacen una función bloqueo excelente.-Su cable es bastante corto, ideal para conectarlo a tu teléfono, pero muy corto para usar al trabajar en la computadora escuchando música. Sin embargo, para monitorear un micrófono en tiempo real, son perfectos (a menor distancia de cable, mejor y más rápida respuesta del audio). Si pretendes conectarlos con cable a la computadora, puedes comprar un cable auxiliar de 3.5mm aparte.-Considero que estos audífonos son para usarlos conectados vía Bluetooth. Conectarlos para monitorear audio te da una muy buena respuesta, pero sigues teniendo un muy buen rendimiento conectados inalámbricamente (otros audífonos generan mucha latencia, pero estos generan tan poca que hasta lo vas a gozar). Cuando los conectas vía bluetooth, recibes el verdadero potencial de estos audífonos: Cancelación de ruido activa, boost de bajos, y esa "patadita" que te hace sentir más potencia y la sensación de estar en un estudio o en un concierto.-Puedes configurar tu audio en la App móvil para sentirte literalmente en un concierto en vivo, afuera de un club (escuchando la música que viene de adentro), como si tuvieras al cantante frente a ti, etc Yo uso mucho la forma clásica, pero se disfruta mucho "jugar" con los posicionamientos de origen del audio. También puedes configurar tus audífonos para que detecten cuando estás parado, sentado, caminando, corriendo, en interiores o en la calle. Yo recomiendo dedicarle un día a experimentar para que pruebes la mejor configuración para tu gusto.-Al entrar en una llamada te dan una leve transparencia de lo que ocurre en el entorno (ideal cuando tienes que estar al pendiente de tu familia o del repartidor de comida). Yo odio no escuchar mi voz al hablar, por lo que esta función me encanta y me ayuda mucho.-Los audífonos me incomodan mucho al dejarlos reposar sobre mi cuello, me tapan un poco las carótidas. Eso es malo para mí, por mi anatomía, por lo que si a ti te gusta tener audífonos de accesorio, considéralo. Sin embargo, puedes comprarte audífonos más vistosos si son para presumir. A mí no me molesta este punto, ya que yo tiendo (de toda la vida) a quitármelos cuando no los uso.-La respuesta táctil a los gestos (de su panel derecho) me parece perfecta. Hay quienes quieren que respondan a la velocidad de la luz al pasar la mano muy rápido. Tienen que entender que si los programaran así, existirían muchos problemas con toques involuntarios con cualquier cosa que genere un campo electromagnético al nivel de los dedos humanos.-Puedo conectarlos a la corriente usando mi "cajita" del teléfono y no tardan mucho en llegar al 100%.-Estos audífonos presumen de tener un boost de bajos (lo cual es cierto, incluso conectados con cable (apagados)), pero no pierden las demás frecuencias. Dan un sonido muy claro, hasta cuando reproduces audios grabados con el teléfono y enviados por un servicio de mensajería instantánea color verde. En otras palabras: Aún con audios con mucha compresión, hacen un gran trabajo. Si escuchas música en HI-FI, sobre todo cuando los usas encendidos, lo gozarás como haber quitarte los zapatos al haber llegado a casa después de caminar mucho todo el día.Este último punto es el que vence a todos los demás y es la razón por la cual me enamoré de ellos. Los conecte a mi consola y pude escuchar cada mínimo detalle como si de verdad fuera Michael de Santa por Los Santos, o un latente intentando enlazar el horno de la primera llama.¿Te los recomiendo? Yes, pero sólo si de verdad amas escuchar. Si no eres fan del sonido, tal vez unos más baratos te den lo que estás buscando. O ¿Quién sabe?. Tal vez terminas amando escuchar cada mínimo detalle de una canción/grabación.Son caros, pero a un nivel aceptable. Al final terminas sintiendo que hasta pagaste de menos.

My XB950BT headphones just broke on me so I decided to buy these first day as an upgrade.First off, the sound quality is very clear. I'm hearing details that I wasn't getting in the xb950bt headphones, especially in the mid to low frequencies. The XB950bt already have great quality audio so I was surprised by how noticeable of an upgrade these were. They managed to get a LOT of bass out of these without it effecting the mid at all. On the XB950bt, if you turned up the bass with the headphones app, the song would start to distort because the entire headphone would shake. Now the bass is much more solid and controllable while still sounding big. I listen to mostly EDM so the amount of bass is perfect. I did listen to some non EDM music and I can see why people who don't listen to bass music wouldn't like these. It's just a bit too in-your-face. You can turn the bass down in the app though. So if you're wanting a cheaper version of the Sony 1000xm3 but are afraid the bass will be too much, turning down the bass on the headphones app will make them sound more natural. Instruments sound as if they are really there in your head.The noise cancelling is nothing special. I don't have anything to compare to but it was only able to cancel the low frequencies while mowing the lawn. you can change how much cancellation there is and at one end it actually increases the noise around you. I like this feature because I want to be aware of my surroundings while in the house.I really like how you can cover the right ear to turn down the volume and it amplifies the sound around you so you can hear people talking to you. It's very fast and consistent but will look funny and rude to strangers if you try talking to them like this.The Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa button make these headphones feel modern. You hold it for the Assistant or you can fast click it to have your notifications read to you. Only problem is if you want to use it, you can't toggle noise cancelling because it uses the same button. You have to choose which one you want in the headphones app. I don't see why they couldn't add an extra button so there are no compromises; there's plenty of space for another. Or there could be a double click to toggle noise cancelling.There's an option called adaptive sound control that changes the noise cancelling intensity based on if you're sitting, walking, running, or in a moving vehicle. -This would be a very useful feature but every time you get up and move or sit down, it plays a bell notification and stops the music. You can't use adaptive sound control without it playing the sound and it makes it too annoying to use. Pretty unfortunate and hopefully they get rid of the notification with a software update or make it an option.- EDIT: there's a setting to turn off the bell notification and guides.You can change the spacial position of the sound with the headphones app. If that's useful to you, now you know.I've already accidently skipped the track a few times with the touch pad. You have to be careful touching the headphones on the right side since it doesn't use physical buttons, just swipe gestures. Hopefully I can get used to it and it not be a problem. The touch gestures seem to be pretty responsive so far, but it can be a little hard not to skip a track when you mean to turn the volume up. It also takes forever to adjust the volume any significant amount cause of how much motion each volume tick takes. If you need to quickly lower the volume, you'll have to use your phone. The main advantage to having swipe gestures is that it won't break. The volume up button stopped working on my xb950bt less than a year after I bought them and the track switch button was pretty finicky after two years. I'm only assuming these headphones will last longer because the touch screens on our phones don't just stop working out of nowhere. Also, I do like how easy it is to pause the music with a double tap on the right speaker. Just wish it was a little faster. EDIT: It's getting really frustrating how difficult it is to change the volume without skipping the track. Sometimes, even if I swipe directly up (which is for volume up) it STILL skips the track I'm playing. There's nothing more frustrating than getting into a song and wanting to turn it up only for it to skip the song you're jamming to. They really need to fix this in a software update and make it much more difficult to skip the track. At this point I only use my phone for volume changes which is annoying because the main reason I like the touch controls is because the volume button won't break like my last headphones.I've had some problems with the Bluetooth connection. It stopped working on me one time during a call and another time trying to play music. The call was on a Snapchat game with my music in the background. The other time it disconnected, there were two apps with audio playing at the same time. So I'm guessing it disconnects whenever there's an overload of input. My girlfriend told me the call quality was really good without me telling her I was using my new headphones so that's a plus. I'll update if it continues to disconnect. EDIT: I haven't had any more problems with this. I think it might have just been Snapchat calling that messed it up.They're not very comfortable for long periods of time. I've been wearing them all day today and honestly they're starting to hurt my head. I just put on the XB950BT and my head already feels better with them on. The xb900n presses around your ears a bit more and the cups aren't as big so the speaker touches my ears a little. They really just need bigger pads, even though it would ruin the thin look.Honestly, the best thing about these headphones are USB-C. I can finally charge my headphones with the same charger as my phone. This is a deal breaking feature and the biggest reason Id rather have these than the XB-950N1 despite its issues.These headphones feel very modern and stylish compared to the bulky and outdated XB950BT. The biggest problems can be fixed with software updates like the touch controls and double tapping Google Assistant to toggle noise cancelling. Hardware wise, these headphones are almost perfect with the biggest issues being the small ear pads and cheap plastic. I'm afraid these won't last longer than two years without cracking so I bought a 3 year protection plan with it.

I’ve had these things for over a year and they are absolutely GREAT. You can adujst literally every setting, hold your hand to the right ear cup to hear the outside world, they sound amazing, last forever with battery life and i’ve dropped them many times and they never ever even cracked. If you want headphones that do literally everything including making it feel like your listening to your music in a concert, these are for you. the bass on these things are amazing to! The only two downsides which isn’t a huge problem is the fact that you can’t listen to it while it’s charging, and the only battery percentage it ever has is fully charged, 70%, 50% and low battery. Other than that, i’ll never buy headphones ever again, and nothing can top these. The noise canceling is amazing as well.

Got these ear pads for my Sony WH-XB900 because I managed to rip one of the old ones. It was pretty easy to install although I would recommend finding a video on how to install them