Sony WH-1000XM4 – now just $198 at Amazon TechRadar rating: 5/5 "You may ask yourself why a TechRadar editor is recommending headphones from 2020 still. We are mere weeks from the Sony WH-1000XM4 reaching their fourth birthday, and toddling off to kindergarten, and the new Sony WH-1000XM5 have been out for a couple of years themselves. "As you probably noticed, prices of things have gone a bit wild in the last [checks notes], ah, four years.
Most of the new headphones that have come out since then have crept steadily up in price, and haven't always brought a drastic improvement in sound or noise cancellation quality. "That was the case with the Sony XM4 and the XM5 when that arrived. The XM4 is still 90% as good as the newer model, but during sales events can be found for that magic sub-$200 price, whereas the XM5 is only just now creeping under $300.
And bear in mind, the XM4 were five-star, best-in-class headphones when they started! So now they're amazing headphones that are just a little bit older. "So under the current circumstances, I still really rate the older model as delivering the best bang for buck, as I noted in an update to our Sony WH-1000XM4 review ." Sony WH-1000XM4: was $348 now $198 at Amazon Recommended by: Matt Bolton , Managing Editor, Entertainment I've been testing and reporting on cutting-edge audio products since 2012, stretching back to iPod dock speakers and early neckband wireless earbuds.
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