Our review of the Sony WF-1000XM5 earbuds is in: WIRED Detailed, balanced, and upbeat sound. TIRED Not especially dynamic sound or noise cancellation. Head to the full review to learn why our reviewer gave it a 7/10 rating.
Wireless connectivity is via Bluetooth 5.3, with SBC, AAC, and high-resolution LDAC codec compatibility and multi-point connectivity. Lower-resolution content can be breathed on by Sony’s DSEE Extreme algorithm, which claims to be able to upscale lossy audio files in real time.The WF-1000XM5 are compatible with Sony’s Dolby Atmos—bothering “360 reality audio,” and features head-tracking technology that adjusts the sound-field to follow your head movement.
No matter if you’re listening to music or podcasts, playing games, or making or receiving calls, though, sound is delivered by a pair of newly designed drive units. At 8.4 mm each, these new drivers are a fair bit bigger than the 6-mm items the WF-1000XM4 had to make do with—and the name Dynamic Driver X also makes them seem pretty mysterious.
Control is available via a large, responsive capacitive touch-surface on each earbud. All the most common operations can be performed this way, and the exemplary Sony Headphones control app allows a degree of customization of their functions, too. It features a five-band EQ with nine presets and the ability to save a couple of your own. It has an on/off setting for the aforementioned DSEE Extreme , and it is keen to receive a photograph of each of your ears in order to optimize its 360 Reality Audio function.
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