Hi Steve
This has been my first experience with noise cancelling so it has fascinated me
a little to be honest. I didn't hear anything between tracks, not the bird
clock ticking or even my fingers on the keyboard looking for music in my
library. Talk about being locked in?
What I did notice though was that there was definitely more oomph when I had
the headphones powered. I listened with the headphone cable plugged into my
Denon amplifier and a 3.5mm cable going from my laptop into a socket on the amp.
What I have to work out next is how to receive a call using the headphones.
Ian and I tried this last week where he rang my phone while I was wearing the
headphones, but his ringtone came through my phone and I couldn't work out how
to answer it apart from double-tapping on the phone itself in the usual way.
You would probably like these for the challenge of figuring out what they can
do. As I say, they are very gimmicky in some ways but nice though.
I like AKG headphones so am curious about them too. Oh heck the choice is
bewildering! (smile.)
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Email: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
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Hi Ian,
My only issue with noise cancelling headphones, is that when you turn it on, if
you listen very carefully, you get white noise. You only hear that though in
silent passages. The Bose do it, but I haven't tried the Sony.
All the best
Steve
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sony WH1000XM3 Bluetooth wireless noise cancelling
headphones
Hi Jackie
It sounds like these headphones have similarities in what they provide to my
Bose Quiet Comfort headphones. These are my current headphones of choice.
Indeed I would say these are the best headphones I have ever had. like the Sony
headphones, the noise reduction is amazing, as my wife will testify. Unlike
with other noise reduction systems I have used in the past, the music is not
affected when the noise reduction is switched on. One advantage they currently
have over yours is that since I received them at christmas of last year, the
Bose Connect app has been made fully accessible. When it comes to good
headphones, I think we are spoilt for choice. I noticeed on my last visit to PC
World that you can have a listen to some of these more expensive headphones.
Iain
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For all the gadget lovers among you, I thought I would share my
initial experience of using a pair of Sony WH1000XM3 wireless
headphones which were gifted to me last week.
Probably the first thing to say is that the full RRP is £330, but
Amazon and other outlets are currently selling them for around £265,
approximately, so a considered purchase for a pair of headphones.
This product comes in a nice case and good quality packaging. In the
box, you receive the WH1000XM3 headphones, 3.5 to 3.5mm cable, and USB
charging cable. The headphones are well made and extremely
comfortable to wear with padded leather headband and ear cushions.
The cable is inserted at the bottom of the left headphone where two tactile
buttons can also be found.
The button nearest to your shoulder is the power/battery button. The
one above it cycles through different modes when using them wired, and
for the voice assistant when using Bluetooth. You can choose to use
them on either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. In order to do so,
however, you need both the Alexa and Google Assistant apps. You also
need to download the Headphone Connect app which lets you customise
these headphones, or update the firmware. The Headphone Connect app
is not overly accessible, and this is proving to be a bit of a
challenge in some ways. Some of the buttons could be labelled more
intuitively, but I did get my son to sit with me last week to go
through the app so I could mess around a bit. You can adjust all
kinds of things on these babies including ambiance, equaliser etc.
Setting up the Alexa or Google Assistant is also a bit fiddly, and Ian had to
turn VoiceOver off in order to activate one button in that process.
There is voice feedback through the headphones when you press and hold
the power button, then a subsequent tap on it to get battery status.
You also receive speech feedback when you skip through noise
cancelling and ambiance control if you use them wired, and when you
use the same button for Alexa or Google Assistant.
Each headphone has a little touch panel where you can use gestures to
control making and receiving calls. There is also a feature where you
put your palms on each headphone to lower the volume considerably on
the music you are listening to in order to speak to someone, for
example. The noise cancelling feature on these headphones is
sensational, I've never heard any similar headphones where background
noise is shut out so well. I had a good music session with them last
night, and I felt completely locked into the experience when noise
cancelling was turned on, so much so that I couldn't hear myself
tapping away on my keyboard between tracks looking for music in my
library to play. You would not be advised to walk about with noise
cancelling on if you can't see, it's that good!
The other feature of these headphones that might appeal is battery
life. It is purported to be 30 hours, and I have to say I haven't
even charged them yet since I received them.
Sound is great for me, but this is very subjective. I have and still
love my Beyers, and while I wouldn't easily be parted from them, I
loved using the WH1000XM3 headphones.
So, in short, they are really comfortable, well made headphones with
great battery life and some nice features if you like gimmicks. The
difficulty is the app, I'm going to try and contact the developer to
see what they can do to make it better.
Sorry this is long-winded, but hope some of you find it helpful.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Email: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
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