Sony WI-H700 h.ear Series Wireless In-Ear High Resolution Headphones with 8 Hours Battery Life - Black

Pretty good, I really like it. Its easy to set up, comfortable to wear and the sound quality is what you might expect of Sony. I'm pleased I bought them!

Before I get into what has irked me about these headphones I'll comment about the most important thing - the sound. It's pretty spectacular. If sound quality matters to you above everything else (and it should) go buy these now, you really won't regret it. Nothing I tested came close to them. I do have some issues with the design though (such as the plastic neckband) so read on if you want the complete picture... REVIEW I tested numerous headphones before settling on these. The highly acclaimed Sony MDR-XB950B1s, AKG Y50BTs, Jaybird X3's and BeatsX; they all have followings and fans but the h.700's easily beat all of them in terms of sound quality. I think this is in no insignificant part thanks to the DSP technology Sony have packed into these earphones, and which you unlock via the Sony 'Headphones Connect' app - we finally get Sony's renowned Clearbass and EQ tech on our iPhones, whoo hoo! Being able to customise sound to your taste is a huge deal. Don't bother buying headphones that don't allow you to because sound is very subjective and everyone has different tastes and preferences, there simply isn't a right or wrong. You like what you like and good headphones should adjust to YOU, not the other way around. Thankfully, the Sony h.700's do :-) I found the highs and mids are crisp and clear without being harsh or overpowering, and the bass, thanks to the Clearbass tech, is as prominent as you want while always being controlled and tight. It's like having a nice subwoofer in your headset (if that's what you want!). All in all the sound is amazing, and I doubt you'll find anything as good in the same £149 price range. So on sound they get full marks. However it's not all plain sailing. Sony seriously messed up on some design choices, here are my gripes: - The neck-band. Why Sony WHY? Why didn't you go for a softer rubber-type neckband like the BeatsX? You can easily fit those into your backback, pocket, or even fall asleep with them on - but the h.700's may well end up snapping in the same situation. One of the great benefits of having earbuds is that they are much more portable, yet you gave us a solid frame that is similar to more traditional bulky headphones. Why!? I hate the neckband, but I'll (begrudgingly) live with it because of the sound - it just needn't have been an issue. - The flashing light. Why not just have a very dim 'on' light? Like the BeatsX! I find the flashing light too bright at night time, it's very distracting. I much prefer what Apple did with the BeatsX - it's just much nicer. - No quick charge. Again (and sorry to keep referring to them) but the BeatsX have a quick 5 minute charge that gives you two hours of use. They also only take 45 minutes for a full charge. This is incredibly handy because how many of us forget to charge things? Quick 5 minute charge and you're ready for the gym! The Sony's take two and a half hours to fully charge (with no quick charge facility). - Lifting the lid to charge. This is just an inconvenience that becomes irritating after a while. Again the BeatsX's simple plug in wins here (although it could be improved with a rubber/weather seal). - Water resistance. The plastic 'buttons' don't seem very good for protection from rain/water/accidents. - No magnetic backs on the ear buds. The small ones on the wires are not as good as those on the BeatsX. CONCLUSION These are the best sounding headphones that I tested in this price range - and that's why I'm keeping them. If that's what matters to you (and it should!) then get these. You won't regret it. Sony are lucky that the BeatsX don't have an app that lets you customise sound (because via an EQ app they actually sound pretty good). If they had such an app, I think manu people might save the extra £50 and opt for those because the product design is so much better; they have none of the negatives above. So the Sony h.700's are king... but this could have very easily not been the case. Sony, I hope you're listening. Start working with customers and start making products that will sell themselves. ==Additional notes== I'm having some minor issues with sound at high volumes. It appears that some kind of normalisation is taking place, so when some songs are being listened to at high levels some parts are louder than others in different sections (the quiet sections). However most people won't listen to sound at this level and it only happens on some tracks.

As others said, they sound great. Perfect balance of bass, mids and highs. Design is also good, they look much better than in the picture. ONE BIG ISSUE. As other reviewer said the call quality is horrendous. I'm returning my purchase and the replacement because of this. The microphone input is really scambled and distorted even when recording to the device. I have tried all codecs and settings, must be a compatibility issue with galaxy s 9 plus or android oreo. A damn shame as they sond better than my sennheisers....

UPDATE2: The second pair have now failed *identically* to the first. The power button (least used) becomes unresponsive and/or triggers itself. Now, after a full charge and an attempt to reset to factory defaults they ill not come on at all - but the LED still shows power when plugged in to charge. Downgraded review to 2 stars as when they work, they work well, but they can't cope with just a few months general use. UPDATE: One month in and the headphones have failed. The buttons stopped responding properly and the unit would not power off until disconnected from BT. Further factory resets and fiddling showed the buttons to be OK but the "logic" of how they worked when paired to a device was going wrong. Returning to Amazon (who make this difficult after one month, but if you know how to contact Customer Service they will take them back) and have re-ordered the same model (now cheaper) in the hope they work better and this is a one off fault. I've had these headphones for a week and used them for maybe 5 hours so I can't fairly comment on battery life beyond noting that the indicator in Android seems to go from 100% to 50% without any in-between levels. The sound is however something else for these "sports" earbuds. These Sonys sound *clean*, *clear* and have comfortable and realistic bass. I regularly use their over-ear MDR-1ABT model and there is definitely a family resemblance within the constraints of basic physics and driver size. I also have Westone 4r earbuds - but can't use those wirelessly very well and Nuraphones - both "better" in their own way but not so much so that I feel left out or that I'm downgrading when using these. I've been through a whole slew of them recently having bought the now discontinued Leophile Eels which stopped charging after a year but were otherwise OK to some cheap Skullcandy ones where the Bluetooth range was about 30cm and they stopped charging after a week to the truly terrible sounding TaoTronics ones. Pay more, get more.

I use this to hear music in bed before going to sleep.The first problem is charging the battery. You are told you need to use a computer USB port. If that was the case it would be useless. In my house the computer is downstairs the headphones are in the bedroom. Luckily the cable fits into an apple charger. But it is fiddly to attach the supplied cable to the headphones. Sound quality is great. At least as good as the non-wireless Bose. Much better than the apple phones. Using the controls to turn off the headphones is a fiddle so the 7 hours of battery life isn’t particularly useful. I recharge every two days, but the battery doesn’t do a whole night so I have to turn it off before I sleep rather than being able to disconnect automatically after say an hour or at the end of a cd. This doesn’t quite live up to my expectations and is thus a bit pricey.

Produit de bonne qualité, audio top, finition excellente

Sin lugar a dudas El Hi-Fi de Sony es un espectáculo. Lo único que le podría reprocharle es la batería, pero también tengo que decir que los llevo todo el día puestos, lo bueno, que con su cable micro usb a jack 3.5 hace que permite que los conecte al móvil cuando no tienen batería, hacen que jamas me quede sin música. Un puntazo sin duda. Si te gusta la música tanto como a mi y no tienes miedo en gasta un poquito más de lo común en unos auriculares, esta opción es de las mejores sin lugar a dudas!

Sonido impresionante, graves bien presentes, medios y agudos en su sitio, tanto por bluetooth si eliges calidad LDAC, como si lo haces por cable, con el adaptador microusb-jack 3,5 mm., que viene incluido. Imprescindible si tienes un smartphone con DAC incluido y si tiene codec bluetooth Aptx-HD o LDAC, que ahora mismo es la mejor calidad de sonido bluetooth, a 990 kbps, que puedes escuchar. Va bien para toda la gama LG V... V10, V20, V30 y V40...

Indubbiamente chi si oriente verso un genere di auricolari di questa fattezza pretende qualità e sony WIH700 sono in grado di offrirla dal lato dell'audio trasmesso. Contrariamente a quando indicato da amazon non è presente la cancellazione del rumore (tuttavia detta indicazione è presente solo come sommaria descrizione del prodotto, mentre nelle specifiche sony non è menzionata). Nella confezione si trovano, oltre agli auricolari, un filo usb type c - jack da 2.5 della lunghezza di un metro, un cavo per la ricarica usb - usb type c e degli adattatori per i diversi padiglioni auricolari. Presente il collegamento nfc e la possibilità del multipont (quando è collegato al player sony A35 l'audio bluetooth del telefono funziona solo in modalità chiamata). Attraverso l'app dedicata specificatamente a questi auricolari e ai nuovi modelli (ad es. wh 1000xm2 wf 1000 x wi 1000x) si può settare l'audio in diverse modalità: arena, club, palco all'aperto, sala concerti, l'effetto sarà tarato e varierà a seconda della qualità della registrazione. L'equalizzatore con diverse modalità (entusiasta, calmo, rilassato, vocale, amplificazione alti, amplificazione bassi, discorso, e manuale) può essere settato andando su "Modo della qualità del suono" e selezionando "priorità sul collegamento stabile". Se, al contrario, si seleziona "priorità sulla qualità del suono" l'equalizzatore viene disattivato ma si ha trasmissione del suono con il protocollo LDAC. E presente la funzione DSEE HX (attivabile e disattivabile), in buona sostanza migliora la qualità dei brani compressi. Ultima selezione sull'app è la vibrazione del collarino, disattivabile o attivabile. Sul collarino sono presenti un pulsante di accensione, un led per verificare il collegamento, un piccolo bilanciere per alzare o abbassare il volume, un tasto per rispondere / play e pausa per i brani musicali. Il dramma comincia quando si parla al nostro interlocutore. L'antenna bluethoot è posizionata sulla parte del collarino ove stanno i pulsanti. Sarà sufficiente che telefono (il mio è un sony xz premium) e l'antenna del collarino non siano collegati in linea retta che il segnale di trasmissione del microfono decade mostruosamente (salti di voce, voce ovattata e lontana). Ma anche quando telefono e collarino sono in linea retta la qualità di trasmissione della voce ricevuta dal nostro interlocutore non migliora tanto, rimarrà sempre ovattata e distante. Stupito da ciò ho consultato la risoluzione dei problemi del WIH700 ove viene spiegato che occorre stare lontano da router che trasmettono a 2.4 ghz o da altri apparecchi che potrebbero interferire con la trasmissione del segnale per migliorarlo. Anche a router spento la qualità della voce ricevuta dai nostri interlocutori rimane scarsa/pessima. Fatto un reset di fabbrica delle cuffie ho riprovato, stessa identica situazione. L'unica soluzione per ovviare al problema è collegarlo a telefono con il jack da 2.5, ma a questo punto viene meno il senso del collarino. Onde confutare le mie perplessità sulla scarsezza della parte microfonica ho provato xz premium con un auricolare cinese bluetooth da quattro soldi (il mio interlocutore sentiva benissimo). La qualità dei brani hd riprodotti è eccellente sia con cavo che senza, i bassi sono profondi e il suono avvolgente. I materiali sono plastici di prima qualità. Due stelle date dalla media di 5 stelle per l'audio ma 0 stelle per la parte microfonica. Con rammarico ho dovuto restituirle.

Ich besitze bereits den NC Kophörer Sony WH 1000xm2 und von dem bin ich schon enorm begeistert. Da dieser aber nichts für Sport ist, habe ich gesucht und mich für diesen Sony WI-H700 entschieden. NC spielt dabei keine Rolle, mit geht es um den Sound sowie den Tragekomfort. Was mir gut gefällt, ist der Nackenbügel, denn so sind beide Kabelseiten identisch schwer, anders bei Modellen wo die Steuerung auf einer Seite ist. Es werden zwei Größen an Stöpsel mitgeliefert, ich konnte locker beide Größen tragen, wobei die größeren etwas besser sitzen. Der Kopfhörer ist wirklich leicht und den Bügel empfinde ich nicht als unangenehm. Die Bedienung ist wirklich klasse, auf der linken Seite, also für Rechtshänder optimal, befinden sich die Steuerungeinheiten. Prima ist, dass Lautstärke vom Rest getrennt ist, so kann man sich eigentlich nicht verdrücken. Den Akustand bekommt man auch angesagt, wenn man kurz den On/Off Knopf drückt. Der Sound ist wie erwartet gut, insbesondere die Sony Connect App ist klasse, da ich hier noch mal über einen Equalizer eingreifen kann, für mich ein klarer Vorteil, insbesondere wenn ich zwischen Musik und Hörbüchern wechseln möchte. Der Bass ist satt und auch die Mitten und Höhen kommen sauber und klar durch, für mich zumindest sehr angenehm. Leider fehlt mir hier eine Tasche, ich finde es von Sony frech, diese bei diesem Preis nicht beizulegen. Ich ziehe dennoch keinen Stern ab, da der Kopfhörer in Summe eine Runde Sache ist und für mich eine klare Kaufempfehlung darstellt. Zuhause Sony WH 1000xm2 und unterwegs Sony WI-H700, für mich ein tolles Team. Update: Ich wollte die Kopfhörer beim Sport tragen, leider sitzen hier die Einsätze im Ohr nicht optimal, ich muss diese immer wieder etwas reindrücken. Dies ist auch der einzige Grund warum ich nicht 100% zufrieden für meinen Einsatzzweck bin.