I bought these about a year back now and the headphones truly have been a workhorse for me. I primarily use these for work calls and listening to music, watching movies, etc. Really appreciate the long battery life, the no frills function that doesn't get in the way and just about everything about these really. The headphones are comfortable even for long hours of use and I have had no issues with connections, etc. Have come to appreciate these even more with the current WFH situation. Sony XM4 was the other pair I briefly tried out when they launched but while YMMV, I really disliked some of the interface of how you'd interact with the Sony headphones. They sound nice and are comfortable but just the button layout and some of the choices that Sony has made in terms of assigning commands to buttons, overly complicated app controls, etc. turned me off. You cannot go wrong with either of them but the Bose 700 just works for me. Hope this helps with your purchase decision.

I use the jeadphones for business amd personal use. I read several bose vs sony reviews anf many bose and sony reviews on Amazon and tried both at best buy. Bose has mucj better voice quality on a call. Sony has better bass but bose has better tonal clarity.Noise cancelling is about the same Sony is $50 cheaper but $50 didnt factor into the equation on somethibg i expect to have for 3-5 years.I dont want my voice to be anything less than crystal clear when on the phone no matter what so the the decision was easy. - boseThe headphones have a sophisticated micriohone array and circuitry thst filter out wind / other noise so the person in the other end hears you like you were in a quiet room.Swiping in the side of the headphone for volume up / down. Forward / backward etc. Wirk good.As many have said the app is klunky but you really only use it whwn settibg up the headpho es first time or when you change the power down timer valie.I love the headphones.calls and to block out noise so i can concentrate better.

Great price and work as well as my old Sony headphones

I couldn't decide between the Sony WH1000XM3 and Bose ANC 700 headphones so I got a pair of each and tested each for a month before deciding which I liked best. I also briefly tested a pair of Skullcandy Crushers and while those were fun for a short while, they're not in the same category as these two.BackgroundI was coming off using a pair of Beats Wireless Studio 3 for a few years and was tired of constantly replacing parts to keep those working. I had to replace the headband twice and the ear muffs once within three years.My testing was mostly conducted while paired to a Galaxy S9 with additional testing from a Macbook and a Fire TV. I listen to a wide-range of music from hip-hop, R&B, rock, indie electro/pop, blues, and jazz. I also occasionally listen to podcasts and tested with Netflix/YouTube content.Summary (Winner: Bose...by a hair)Can these two headphones make a baby? I don't consider myself indecisive but choosing between these two was very difficult. My heart wanted the Sony's but my brain wanted the Bose. I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Both do things very well and have some room for improvement.I found the Sony's to be more comfortable and have better audio quality. I love that they can fold and how lightweight they are. Their case is great and I love that they stayed with the 3.5 mm jack for when you need it. But I just couldn't overlook the fact that they cannot pair multiple devices at the same time. It's a feature that I use almost every day and in the end, I chose the convenience that the Bose headphones provide.The Bose are just simpler to use. They're faster to turn on. They're faster to pair new devices. And they seamlessly connect to and switch between multiple devices. Overall, their design is top-notch. The other factors were so close that the ability to pair multiple devices was the deciding factor for me. I considered waiting to see if Sony would release another pair soon but it seems like headphone models are released once every three years or so and we're only one year into the XM3s.Sound Quality (Winner: Sony)Out of the box, I had a difficult time picking a clear-cut winner in terms of audio quality. I'm not an audiophile but I tried my hardest to distinguish the differences between the two and ultimately felt it was a wash. If I would have tried these blindfolded, I don't think I could have told which was which judging solely by the audio quality.That being said, Sony is better for one important reason: they let you customize the sound profile through the equalizer in their app. Again, I'm not an expert but I played around with the EQ sliders to optimize the sound to my liking and from that point on, I had a hard time putting the Sony's down. A knock I had on both of these headphones was the lack of bass (especially since I listen to hip-hop). However, the Sony's have the bass...they're just not configured for it out of the box.Noise Canceling (Winner: Tie)Just like the sound quality, I found both of these devices to have equally superior noise canceling. I tested them back and forth under the same situations and couldn't decipher a significant difference. I even looked up some frequency test videos on YouTube and while Sony performed slightly better, it was negligible.I noticed that the Bose tended to perform better in windy conditions while I was out walking though. The Sony's have a separate mode for wind reduction that performed well but you have to go into the app and change your noise-cancelling profile while the Bose just worked in all conditions.Overall, I think both do a fantastic job of noise-canceling. Especially since I'm coming from using Beats which had no active noise-canceling. Both of these knock it out of the park.Call Quality (Winner: Bose)I tested call quality over several phone calls to different people and the consensus was clear: Bose is superior. I tested while walking in busy downtown streets and in the quiet of my home and under all circumstances, I was always told I sounded better while using the Bose. Callers on the other end sounded fine to me on both headsets and both give you the option to control how much of your voice you hear and how much ambient noise you hear.Comfort (Winner: Sony)This will be subjective but I found the Sony's to be more comfortable. The earmuffs are a traditional foam-based earmuff wrapped in a premium leather and there wasn't a lot of pressure put on my ear. They felt very good to put on and wear. I wore these for 4-5 hours consecutively on several occasions and they were mostly fine. One or two times I started getting ear-fatigue and soreness and had to take them off but it wasn't too bad.I was excited to try the Bose because I found their old QC35 to be very comfortable. Unfortunately, they made some changes that compromised the comfort. The earmuffs feel more firm and almost rubbery. Maybe this will translate to better durability and a longer lifetime but time will tell. As for now, they're just not as comfortable as the Sony's are. They create a good seal but it grips to my skin behind my ear and creates an uncomfortable friction. I find myself needing to take more breaks with these headphones in comparison to the Sony's.Design (Winner: Tie)Both of these have pros/cons in terms of their build quality. The Bose feel more premium while the Sony's feel more plasticky. The Sony's aesthetic design, however, is great with their microphone appearance and use of gold accent colors. The Sony's can also fold for portability/storage while the Bose can't. The Bose adjust by moving the ear cup along the headband instead of extending the ear cup like Sony and most other headphones do. I'm not sure if that's the reason Bose decided against the folding design but I value the ability the fold/store the headphones more than how you adjust them.Each headphone also rotates their ear cups in opposite directions. When you have the headphones around your neck, the Sony's ear cups rotate towards your body while the Bose rotate outwards. As a result, if you take your headphones off and place them around your neck while audio is still playing, the Bose will leak more sound out towards someone in front of you whereas the Sony's would direct that sound towards your neck/chest area. However, when you're taking the Sony headphones off and placing down on a table in front of you, you have to turn them upside down whereas you can grab the Bose headphones and place them down directly in front of you with the ear cups facing down towards the table. It's hard to explain but it was somewhat annoying on the Sony's. I'd call it a wash though because, in my opinion, Sony does a better job when it's around your neck but the Bose is easier to put down or pick up.The Sony's have two buttons: one for power/Bluetooth and another for noise-canceling/voice assistant. The Bose have three buttons: power/Bluetooth, and then they dedicate a button to noise-canceling and another to the voice assistance of your choice. I thought I'd appreciate the simplicity of Sony's button design but quickly found Bose had done a much better job.Not only is it nice to have separate buttons for noise-canceling and your voice assistant, but the feel of the buttons and how you interact with them is much better on Bose. It may seem like a nitpick but on the Sony's, you have to hold the power button down for several seconds to turn it on and off whereas on the Bose, you just tap the button and you're up and running right away. Additionally, if you want to pair a new device to the Sony's, you have to hold that power/Bluetooth button for long time (maybe 7-8 seconds). In comparison, the Bose takes about one second to go into pairing mode. In fact, I'm pretty sure you can get the Bose in pairing mode before you can even turn on the Sony's.This may not seem important but it ended making a significant difference for me, especially when you consider that the Sony cannot pair with more than one device at a time but I'll discuss that in more depth in the Functionality section. One final thing I'll add about the buttons is that the Bose button placement isn't ideal. Naturally, I'd find myself accidentally placing my fingers over the buttons and clicking them when I grabbed the headphones to put them on or take them off. It's ironic because if Bose had better button placement or if you had to hold them down like you do on the Sony's, this wouldn't be a problem. Nonetheless, I prefer the Bose design and will probably learn to grab them differently with time.One final thing I want to call out in the design is Bose's use of a 2.5 mm jack. Sure this is visually appealing by occupying a smaller space but who wants to carry around a 2.5 mm adapter or look for one when they're traveling? Sony gets the points in this department by being normal and using a 3.5 mm jack.Functionality (Winner: Bose)Functionality definitely goes to Bose. Bose lets you simultaneously pair two devices while Sony can only connect to one device. I listen to music on my phone on my way to work and then switch to listening from my laptop. And when I leave work, I switch back to my phone. When I get home, I'll occasionally pair the headphones with my Fire TV.This functionality is absolutely seamless with Bose. It'll automatically connect to my laptop when I get to work. I can then pause music on my phone and start playing music from my laptop and I'm good to go. That's it. Just pause your audio on one device and you can immediately play audio from another device.On the Sony's? Forget about it. You can only connect one device at a time for audio (you can connect a second device but only for phone calls). Remember when I talked about having to hold down the Bluetooth button for 7-8 seconds on the Sony's? That got annoying very fast. When I would get to work, I would have to go into my phone settings and turn the Bluetooth off and then go into my laptop and manually connect it to the Sony's. Alternatively, I could leave the Sony's paired to my phone and then hold the pairing button down for 7-8 seconds and then manually connect my laptop.This was so annoying. What annoys me most about this is that Bose has had this same functionality on the QC35 that was released in 2016!!! Sony didn't release these headphones until Dec 2018/Jan 2019. Why they overlooked this is beyond me.I also enjoy that Bose announces the name of the device it pairs to so I could easily tell when I'm paired to my phone, laptop, or Fire TV. The Sony's just announce that they paired to a device but you don't have context about which device.Another thing that Bose did better is the touch control on the ear cup. I thought Sony would have the edge because they have a bigger surface area to work with but in practice, it didn't help. They both function very similarly but the biggest difference is how you control the volume. On the Sony's, you have to swipe up/down once to get the volume to increment by +/- 1. That means if the volume is all the way down and you want to turn it all the way up, you have to swipe up however many times it takes to get there (maybe 10 times).By contrast, the volume control on the Bose headphones operate as a slider so one swipe can take me as far as I want to go. The Bose headphones have a smaller surface area for touch control because the headband comes down the middle and you only get to use the front half of the ear cup. However, I found that the headband acted as a good tactile reference point and my swipes were more accurate. I'm not sure if that's because I was more accurate or if it's because Bose recognized my swipes better but regardless, I had a better experience with touch controls on the Bose.One final thing I want to call out is how you temporarily stop noise-cancellation. On the Sony's, as long as you place your hand over the ear cup, it'll pause your audio and turn the noise-canceling down to allow you to carry a conversation without removing the headphones. I thought this was really cool until I learned how Bose accomplishes this. On the Bose headphones, you can hold down the dedicated noise-canceling button for about a second and it'll do the same thing. The benefit of the Bose is you don't have to keep your hand held to the ear cup so you effectively have both hands to use as you wish. When you're finished and ready to resume your audio and full noise-canceling, just tap the noise-canceling button again.Bose really nailed the convenience/practicality features. Kudos.App (Winner: Sony)This one is a no-brainer. Bose has a clean and simple to use app but that simplicity comes at a cost. Sony on the other hand features a ton of customization options without compromising simplicity and usability. Like I mentioned before, the Sony app lets you customize the EQ and even save multiple custom profiles in addition to the pre-set profiles they provide. Sony's app also let you control the sound stage and can even dynamically control the noise-canceling and ambient noise by detecting your activity (walking, sitting, etc). I found myself rarely ever using the Bose app but I would spend time exploring the Sony features and configuring it just how I liked it.Sony takes this one easily.Accessories (Winner: Sony)I'm actually not someone who uses the provided cases all that much but I must say that Sony's case is gorgeous. The fabric looks and feels fantastic and it made me want to use it. On the other hand, the Bose case is black leather and looked like a case you'd find with a pair of $10 wired headphones. I do appreciate the storage compartment inside the Bose case and the use of magnets to keep that compartment closed but the overall look and feel of the case is not something I liked all that much. Not a big deal either way for me but just my two cents...

This review is my personal experience using both headphones. I recently lost my Sony Headphones and decided to buy Bose Headphones. Here are some differences I have found between all three, and how I feel currently using Bose Headphones.Make sure you update any headphones firmware, some issues you may experience could be fixed (with any electronic). Understand that headphones in a warehouse are likely from the year they were manufactured, and first versions of anything tend to be buggy.PERSONAL USAGEI use these headphones primarily for work. I’ve been full time remote for over two years doing software development. I have ADHD and having noise cancelling headphones is a must to keep my attention on work. We use mostly Slack and Zoom as our means of communication. Otherwise, I’m listening to music or the occasional YouTube TV.PERSONAL PREFERENCESI really don’t like using in the ear headphones. They hurt my ears after an hour or so and never were a long-term solution. Over the ear headphones was what I liked the best since that’s what works for me. This has been throughout my life, and they tend to fall out.BEATS – NOT FOR ME OR MY HEADMy first pair of headphones were Beats Solo. I was really impressed with wireless headphones in general. Eventually after the Solos started to fall apart, I decided to get Beats Studio 3. These worked much better for my head, as these were truly over my year, which I prefer.The functionality is about the same between the two. With a lot of usage, the earpieces came worn out and unglued and I had to buy replacements. Compatible quality replacements are about $30 from different manufacturers.• Pros – Lots of colors. Foldable, and buttons are more clicks than touch sensitivity. Useful when sweating or outdoor use.• Cons – Quality. Wore down quickly and were not a long-term solution. Paying more for royalties to Dr. Dre than quality assurance in general. Feel cheap.FIRST DECISION – Sony WH-1000MX3I was fortunate to try out both headphones from a family member. I was skeptical about Sony since it wasn’t the name brand Bose was for what I wanted. I really like how they felt on my head, and they didn’t hurt after wearing them for hours.There wasn’t a noticeable difference in sound quality. Features needed matched what I needed at the time and figured there was no point in spending more. My work-at-home situation was different, and I was at home around 40% of the time. The case was useful when transporting in my backpack back and forth to work.Once I transitioned to full time work-at-home, some of the features that I found useful weren’t available on the Sony’s. One big thing I would like to see is app integration. Mute / Unmute for Slack and Zoom would really be a great feature. Understandably, these are headphones, and are limited to what Bluetooth has to offer.The app is useful, and more powerful with customization than the other two. I found I used it a couple of times.Over the three years I’ve used these, the product quality and sound we’re just like day 1. These headphones seem to be built better than the other two.• Pros –Very durable and well built. Sound quality is great and felt good after a day’s work. Slept with these on a bus trip. That was my last memory. Cheaper than the Bose. Foldable, smaller case.• Cons – Less features than the Bose. Misses on some sweet spots. Harder to see which is left and right when putting them on, but not really a big deal.SECOND DECISION – Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700Once I realized I may never see my beloved Sony Headphones again, I needed something right away since work call quality was terrible. Before I pulled the trigger on the same Sony’s, I wanted to look at to what Bose offered that Sony didn’t. The biggest was a feature to mute / unmute. When pouring over reviews like this one, that feature was worth paying up. Since these are new headphones, I am still getting used to the controls.I’ve only had these for a month. Was it worth paying up for it? Honestly, I don’t know yet. There are more controls on the headphones which I’m figuring out.So based on a month, here’s what I found• Pros – Seems like better sound quality. More features and possible mute integration.• Cons – Price and unproven personal durability experience.TLDR / OVERALL REVIEWI won’t even compare the Beats headphones. Sony and Bose are a step way above Beats.METRICS• Sound Quality – Bose slightly. My ears are bad, I’m not an audiophobia as others may be. Spotify is what I listen to primarily. The slight edge goes to Bose, only because it’s a small enough difference.• Mute / Unmute – Bose. The main reason for choosing Bose instead of Sony for my current headphones.• Noise Cancelling – Leaning towards Bose. There is customization of three different settings within the Bose app to set up preferences from 0-10. Sony sort of has the same thing, but not directly.• Microphone – Sony. Never had any issues of cutting out or “robo voice”. Initially I am “cutting out” and “in a wind tunnel” from peers.• Bose - Multiple Device Connectivity (multiple Bluetooth Connections) was a feature I didn’t even think about. Bose allows for multiple connections which comes in handy. I found myself unpairing and pairing devices with Sony. It was sort of a hassle that seemed unnecessary. If the Bluetooth source device is off, it should default to another.• Headset Features, Bose wins. Although I haven’t had the time to get into what the buttons do, there are more of them. The buttons themselves seem a little better than the Sony’s.• Headset Quality – Sony. I really don’t care for the artsy plastic that goes over the top of your head. Sony also folds up where Bose doesn’t. An argument can be made that the Bose are lighter than the Sony’s, but that didn’t matter to me.• In the box – Sony slightly. Sony included an airplane adapter where Bose did not. I prefer the case from Sony than I do from Bose.• Daily Use – Too Early to determine, likely Sony. Sony’s headphones were excellent, as of now I haven’t used the Bose headphones.• Bluetooth Range – Bose decisively. Bluetooth location hasn’t changed. Dead spots where I wore my Sony’s didn’t exist with the Bose. There is a little bit of breakup in the headphones in dead spots, but nearly not as much as the Sony’s.• Companion Application – Bose. Much more customization of buttons versus Sony.WINNER – SonyI’m going to put a disclaimer on this, so take this for what it is.With my new set of Bose Headphones, there is a problem with the microphone. Assuming that this was just a fluke, I returned them since they were defective. So, my review is irrelevant of that from that aspect.Both are great, I lean Sony just because of the price difference.I wanted to give the Bose Headphones a little more time before getting a refund and getting the Sony’s again. Right now, they’re cutting out where Sony rarely did that. Even in that case, my computer was slow, or the application used went haywire. That’s something that’s a no-go for me. I ended up contacting Bose support, went through the normal stuff, is your battery charged, are you far away to a point they created a return ticket for a replacement. Once sent in, they would give me a new pair within 5 business days.Fortunately, after writing this review, I ended up finding my missing Sony headphones, which would be what I would have bought instead of a Bose replacement.As with any review, only you can decide if the extra money for Bose is worth it. I can see it both ways. For me, these headphones are for basic usage. The extra money wasn’t worth the upgrade. Defective products happen. I just hoped that their flagship headphones would have worked better. Regardless, spending hundreds of dollars to replace something missing is an instant return anyway.I hope this helped someone. Sorry for too much text.

This is a fairly good headset with decent sound that does an adequate job at music reproduction. They are fairly inexpensive, so going with the old accepted 'wisdom' that you get what you pay for, I really hadn't expected much from them when I made the purchase, so they've pretty much lived up to that lofty expectation. Anyway, I've used them pretty much on a daily basis for months now without really given them much thought, so I've been happy enough. After all, they were affordable. They aren't particularly uncomfortable. They didn't sound horrible and they seem to be all I need for the use to which I put them. I unplugged the old set, put 'em away, plugged in these and that was that. Because I wasn't expecting much, I never considered doing any sort of quality testing or comparison listening when they arrived. That was a mistake. With clear hindsight, I'd now say I'd already pretty much convinced myself they would do when I ordered them, so I never bothered to check if they actually were. Naturally they sound okay, since I wasn't expecting much, but they're being used almost exclusively for non-critical, background listening to music on my tablet while I'm doing other things (almost anything instead of watching the idiot box while my wife is in the same room, online and talking with her coworkers and clients and trying to concentrate on her new full-time, off-site job). So, since I haven't really been thinking about anything more than whether or not they reproduce music, they're okay. Not awful, not great, but okay. That's what I expected so that's pretty much what I got. I should have been more careful.A couple of days ago my wife was out exercising before starting her work shift, so I took advantage of the opportunity to test-drive some new music I was thinking about purchasing. I needed to be more discerning in my listening and I needed to be online, so I moved over to my desk so I could use my souped-up PC and Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speaker system, a combination that reproduces music pretty well for me. I realized from the outset I couldn't expect to favorably compare my inexpensive Sony 'phones to that, but I was completely surprised even so. I'd never checked, so I never realized just how much of the music I'd been missing with the new headphones.Now I started thinking about my headphones a bit more critically, the old and new. Yes, the old set was a bit long in the tooth; after all, it was quite a few years old and had seen a lot of use. Even so, I'd replaced it not because of a problem with the sound reproduction, but because the connector cable was wearing out and getting a bit ratty. Worse, it had developed a somewhat quirky connector that often required reseating in the jack to work. A pain in the butt, but when they worked, they still sounded quite good. I then remembered listening to music and thinking about just how great it sounded on a brand new laptop I used recently (with the old headset). At the time, I attributed the great sound pretty much entirely to the new sound chip in the costly new Dell, but maybe it had been more than just the laptop.Time and past time for action! I pulled open the junk drawer in my desk and started digging around, movin' aside all the old serial cables, card readers, cabled mouses (mice?) and such until I found the cloth bag I'd stored my old headphones in when I got the new set. I disconnected the Sony's, set 'em aside and plugged in the old ones. Rats: same old problem. I reach up and jiggle the connector around this way and that, push it in a bit further and pull it out a skosh until it's just right and finally, sound! Wow. I noticed immediately that the music was much more detailed than it had been with the new headphones. I was clearly hearing vocals and instruments as distinct individual elements, instead of, or rather, in addition to the one musical whole produced by the entire band I heard with the Sony headphones. A very noticeable difference. So I listened carefully for awhile, unplugged the old set and tried the newer Sony set again for a couple of songs, then unplugged them again and reconnected the old headphones. There was absolutely no doubt about it -- the old no-name headset (only about $20 more expensive than the new Sony's) absolutely reproduced the music with more clarity and even a deeper low end.Now what to do? Well, when I'm not paying close attention to the music, the Sony headphones and my Samsung tablet are fine, so I have those in the living room beside my easy chair (to use while my wife is working). If I want better sound while she's at work, now I have the option to move over to my desk and use my old headphones on my desktop. Not ideal maybe, but it works for me. I still have the problem with the connector on the old set every now and again, but unless and until it breaks down completely, it works.Bottom line? These inexpensive Sony headphones work, they're not uncomfortable, they're not even close to being awful, so they may be perfect for listening to music in the background or other such offhand use where not too much attention will be paid to the details. Folks that aren't too picky about music or really don't care about all the subtle little nuances that better, more expensive headphones reproduce accurately should be happy with this inexpensive choice. Again, they're not awful, they're not great, but they are okay. On the other hand, for some being merely okay really might not be all that okay, so if that's you, or music in all its multifaceted, heavily nuanced glory is more your thing, it might be better to think about something better.

Both head phones I rated 5 stars because, for the price, they are both excellent. I am writing a review just to help someone like me in the future figure out what is the best option for what they want to accomplish. First off, I am an audiophile musician that has much more expensive headphones. I just wanted a pair to use that I was not worried about losing or damaging. I bought both sets and will keep both sets because they are both great, they just have different uses.Sony MDRZX110: If you just want to listen to music, get this set hands down. It is more comfortable and had better bass response. You might get a little better bass with the overpriced Beats headphones, but I was pleasantly surprised when I tested my headphones and they are orders of magnitude cheaper. They are not top notch as far as durability and do not provide a balanced audio response. Also, I don't know if it is in the description but the 1/8" plug is at a 90' angle. This would have made them worthless for what I bought them for because it would have not fit. That being said, I will keep these to listen on my computer and for the price they can not be beat.TASCAM TH-20: If you are looking for studio headphones or headphones to practice your instrument quietly, get these hands down. They provide a more balanced tonal quality needed for studio mixing or playing instruments. They are more durable than the Sony's by a good margin. They are not as comfortable, but for my average sized head, they are good enough. They are over the ear and have closed backs making them better for noise isolation. They didn't quite provide the balanced response against my top of the line audio headphones, but they were not bad and are quite a value for $20. Also, one other thing to note; the Sony's have wires to both ears, these only have one to the left ear, if that is important to you.

These where my first pair of over the ear headphones and honestly I'm in love with them. Well OK, That's a lie my first pair where some Sony brand headphones that I bought from Walmart, but after like three minutes of trying out the Sony headphones I immediately grabbed my jacket and returned them. And really the ATH-M40x are far better then the Sony ones. Hell, they are even more comfortable and I wear glasses all day so comfortably is a major thing for me. I've been taking then everywhere with me even to work and the leather bag the headphones come with are really helpful when taking them about with me. I've used them to listen to music off my Nexus 6, anything from Ken Ashcorp to Hazzy and they just come out sounding beautiful. I'm also using them to play some PC games like TF2, Dota 2, CS:GO, and a few MMORPGs. Honestly, I can say that if the ATH-M40x ever brake on me or I just need a new pair of over the ear headphones first place I'm shopping is going to be from Audio-Technica.