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4.4 based on 2,127 customer reviews

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Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Good

Ease of Use

Good

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Most Helpful Positive
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Perfect gift

WH-1000XM5 28 December 2025 by Ragg (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Highly recommended The sound is great and ANC is really good

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Good

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Most Helpful Critical
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Failed after 18 months

WH-1000XM5 10 April 2024 by b00541 (United Kingdom)

I love these headphones, they are fantastic but they died after only 18 months. For a premium product that is terrible. The right speaker has stopped working and from looking online it seems to be a common problem with this model.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Greatt features

WH1000XM5/PME 25 August 2026 by Piejaa (Malaysia) Verified Purchaser Verified

I bought this a month a go , and i am very happy to have this headband mx5

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Excellent sound and noise cancellation

WH-1000XM5 24 August 2026 by YSD 836 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Excellent sound and noise cancellation I’m very pleased with the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones. The sound quality is excellent, the noise cancellation works extremely well, and they are comfortable to wear for long periods. The battery life is also very good, and calls come through clearly. The carrying case is slightly bulky, but overall these are excellent-quality headphones and I would happily recommend them.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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XM5 bettered way more than my previous buys

WH-1000XM5 20 August 2026 by therealedwin (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

The headphones are really comfortable. It's cushions are super comfy and is very lightweight. The sound quality is very good but still can better on deep sound and those feeble notes. The noice cancellation is really good compared to the other headphones I used such as Bose QuietComfort 2 and Sennheiser HD450 BT. But I sometimes hate the app firmware issue where the settings get adjusted back to default for some reason. Although the Adaptive Sound Control feature is good, in my situation, the mode switched from noice cancellation to adaptive mode unnecessarily. And the packaging of the product is super premium. I loved the way the headphone reached me in a supergood case. I loved the colour also, the matte navy blue. Overall, it's a really good buy.

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Sounds great

WH-1000XM5 18 August 2026 by Mighty mac (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Received as a gift but Sony is my goto headphones normally inner ear headphones but these are as good Comfortable for all day use.. can't go wi

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Worth your money ❤️

WH-1000XM5 15 August 2026 by Aimy19 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I love mine, what a sound and personalised experience through app!!!! The colour OMG!!!! Smoky pink is the sexiest colour headphones could have❤️❤️❤️

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Perfect

WH-1000XM5 15 August 2026 by Elvic35 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Absolute perfection in every way great sound great quality

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Amazing

WH-1000XM5 14 August 2026 by Harry25_ (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Absolutely love them, great sound quality and battery life. Would totally recommend, the noise cancelling and ambient noise settings work great.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Designed horribly, breaks from natural use

WH1000XM5/L 14 August 2026 by Vin64 (USA)

I bought the headphones 9 months ago liked them but they didn't feel much better from the wh-1000xm4, until 3 months ago they started breaking. The speaker cup broke off where the headphones twist from just normal use, I fixed it with hot glue then recently the other side broke. I am very careful with my headphones I dont even put them in bags, only on my head or case/stand so there is no reason for them to break easily. Even my wh-1000xm4 have lasted over 3 years of constant use with no physical issues. The cherry on top I contact Sony since i have a warranty and they denied it admitting it broke from natural use and still wouldn't be covered. Would not recommend this gen of the wh, find a refurbished xm4 or better another company.

Sound Quality

Average

Performance

Average

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Fair

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Great experience

WH1000XM5/BME 10 August 2026 by Karyn Yap (Malaysia) Verified Purchaser Verified

It is so niceeeeeee, and I like it sooooooo much.🫰🏻

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Awful out of the box

WH-1000XM5 07 August 2026 by Pops53 (USA) Verified Purchaser Verified

No user manual, no set up guide, just 3 pictures on the packaging with no details

Features

Excellent

Ease of Use

Average

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Good product, with some drawbacks

WH1000XM5/BME 06 August 2026 by zc01 (Singapore) Verified Purchaser Verified

The good: excellent sound and ANC, comfortable earpads, overall solid product. The in between: the sound is quite bassy out of the box, but I managed to get a more neutral yet full sound with the EQ settings. The bad: my main grievances are that the touch controls and ear detection are way too sensitive. It's hard to adjust the earcups without triggering a control. I've also had things brush the cups and trigger a control. Similarly, the detection for when I've taken them off will trigger when I have one of the cups half on/half off my ear. I'd rather it didn't stop playing until I completely remove the headphones from my head.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Good

Ease of Use

Average

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Dissapointed

WH-1000XM5 30 July 2026 by Flat Sound (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I'm very disappointed with this product, I bought a Sony TV a Sony Soundbar and these headphones, I have downloaded the Connect App and it appears that I cannot change the sound quality via the equaliser to suit my needs to watch TV, that is to have a different volume to the soundbar and a clear sound. It has been suggested to me that the only way I can achieve this is to buy a Bluetooth Transmitter really!

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Definitely one of my favourite gadgets

WH1000XM5/BME 28 July 2026 by cmcw (Malaysia) Verified Purchaser Verified

The sound quality is amazing gooooood and makes my favourite songs even more enjoyable. Every song feels better with these on.

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Poor easy instructions

WH-1000XM5 25 July 2026 by Tomw1 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I and very disappointed with the customer support with this product. I still have not been able to get the headphones working properly because of the lack of instructions. I cannot answer my phone when it rings. Where is your instruction manual?

Sound Quality

Good

Design

Good

Ease of Use

Poor

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Great Headphones

WH-1000XM5 24 July 2026 by Opsgoon (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Amazing 🎧 cant find a fault. Guaranteed excellent purchase.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Average

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great Headphone

WH1000XM5/BME 20 July 2026 by damoeskimo (Malaysia) Verified Purchaser Verified

So.. I have been using this headphone for more than 1 month now. Great and excellent headphones so far. I love how you can stop/ play/ next the music with just a simple touch. And I also love to experiment with the equalizer. Why only 4 star? Maybe because I use hijab/ snowcap, sometime the bluetooth will auto disconnect, and the music stop. And I have to manually press the on button back to continue using the headphone again. This is MAJOR turn off for me because previously I used cheap heaphone (only RM30), but never encounter this problem. So that's why you loose 1 star.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Good

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Defective unit and painful replacement process

WH1000XM5/B 18 July 2026 by john2196 (USA)

Sound quality and noise cancellation are excellent, but my unit developed a strange issue, faint background audio bleeding through even when nothing was playing, with no clear cause after multiple troubleshooting steps and a firmware update. Sony support confirmed it needed a replacement, but the process was a hassle: I had to purchase a shipping label myself, print it out, and drop the package off in person. Now I'm looking at roughly two more weeks without headphones before a replacement arrives. For a premium-priced product, I expected either better quality control or a smoother, more customer-friendly replacement process.

Sound Quality

Good

Performance

Poor

Design

Good

Ease of Use

Fair

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Secound set

WH-1000XM5 11 July 2026 by Devo21 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

This is my second set gave 1st set to my wife great to use on flights stops all the any back ground noise

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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App control, EQ, noise canceling, speak-to-chat

WH1000XM5/BME 09 July 2026  (Malaysia) Verified Purchaser Verified

I really happy it the sony wh-1000xm5 is really comfortable to wear and I like the features, app control, EQ, and speak-to-chat, The sound quality also really great and the bass.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Posh headphones, designed for big blokes

WH-1000XM5 09 July 2026 by Brenda88 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I really wanted to love these, in fact I ordered, reordered, and returned two different colourways. In the end I returned them because a) they are far to large for my head, even on the smallest setting and b) aesthetically the colourways are very ''cold" and don't suit my warm colouring, and c) the touch controls are on the right hand side only, making it awkward to use whilst doing right handed activites. The shape of the earphones meant that the lowest point would sit right on my jawline. I consider myself to have a fairly big round head (!) but it feels like these were really designed for men, without much thought for smaller women's bodies. The aesthetic point isn't something I would normally worry about too much, however for the price and prestige of these headphones I think you really have to love them to justify the cost. In the end I've opted for a pair of Anker noise cancelling headphones which share a lot of the same features, have a much warmer tone that suits my colouring, and most importantly - fit my head. They're nowhere near as well designed or high quality as these Sony ones but having them not sit on my jaw is more important than the sound quality at this stage for me. Sony - make a smaller pair, with round ear pads, in warm colours, and maybe I'll reconsider.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Fair

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noise cancelation good

WH1000XM5/BME 09 July 2026  (Singapore) Verified Purchaser Verified

Good Headphone to use for hearing music & google command

Design

Excellent

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Great value at 2026 prices

WH-1000XM5 05 July 2026 by Lewie58 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Excellent on the three most important issues: sound quality, noise cancellation and comfort. Slightly cumbersome in having to carry around in the hard case as they have limited 'folding'. They are 'last years model' compared to the XM6, but paying almost £200 less if you shop around is a no-brainer.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Good

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Do Not Buy Sony

WH1000XM5/S 30 June 2026 by Customer3 (USA)

I received these headphones about 6 months ago as a gift. I absolutely loved everything about them until the hinge broke and I was then told to go pay money to fix it. It seems everywhere I look this is considered a known issue and that Sony is deciding to just ignore everyone it is happening to. This has been about the worst possible product experience I have ever had and I plan to continually tell people to avoid Sony products because of it. Quite the wild move to ruin your reputation as a company over not owning up to poorly made plastic.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Performance

Poor

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great design and value for money

WH1000XM5/LME 30 June 2026 by Bocare76 (Singapore) Verified Purchaser Verified

Built is great, noise cancelling and sound quality are great

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Excellent headphones

WH-1000XM5 23 June 2026 by Arshdeep (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

These headphones are perfect with excellent Noise cancellation and its sound i recommend this product

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Poor build breaks super easy.

WH1000XM5/S 21 June 2026 by Nav12 (USA)

I bought this and as ANC headphones they are great. What's not great is the same hinge issue that has plagued this series. Hinge broke within a couple of months of purchase. Not even do to poor handling or over filding. These headphones sat on my head or desk untill they just snapped. Terrible build quality for the price. Made me not ever want to buy the product line again.

Sound Quality

Good

Performance

Good

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Poor

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Poor quality and no customer support

WH1000XM5/L 19 June 2026 by LarryC827 (USA)

I bought a second pair in less than a year because the original pair broke. Thought my 18 year old daughter may have been rough with them. Second pair broke within 6 months even with extended warranty no assistance. Although the sound and noise canceling is awesome I do not recommend buying Sony headphones they are expensive for the quality and no help other than charging for repairs on a common issue from what I see online.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Performance

Average

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Good

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Same good features

WH-1000XM5 16 June 2026 by Jayceee (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Replaced one that had been broken buy someone sitting on it and already knew it to be a great product! Would have loved the XX but my budget can’t stretch to it so happy to remain with an updated one of the same model.

Sound Quality

Good

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Amazing ANC

WH-1000XM5 10 June 2026 by AllFather (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Bought this pair just before a work trip. Noise cancellation very effective so far!

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Great product

WH-1000XM5 08 June 2026 by Greg1981 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I bought new Sony headphones because my old ones were 12 years old, they still work but not as great as Graham wh1000xm5, I can see a lot of progress

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Fantastic

WH-1000XM5 07 June 2026 by Isobelbob (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I received these as a birthday present and am absolutely delighted with them 🤩

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great product

WH-1000XM5 06 June 2026 by Albi90 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I really love them and the noise cancelling is perfect

Sound Quality

Good

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great headphones

WH1000XM5/BME 04 June 2026 by Aydenn (Malaysia) Verified Purchaser Verified

I bought this last month and I’m so happy with it even though it is not the latest one but still sounds perfect to me

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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ANC

WH-1000XM5 29 May 2026 by Ssaif (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Just worth it...and bit expensive... so anyways....money buys everything..also needs to improve the sony connect app very bad graphics ....looks like using java application...please update the app..thanks

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Another failed hinge point

WH1000XM5/L 28 May 2026 by Tommy1957 (USA)

I had great hope in this redesigned headset. Every high-end Siny headset I have purchased failed at the hinge point. My experience with this redesigned hinge point was very sad, as this hinge also broke. When they break they become unwearable. I really don't want to continue buying high-end products from Sony only to have them keep failing. I an done with Sony. Grrrrrrr.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Performance

Excellent

Design

Poor

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Good device

WH-1000XM5 26 May 2026 by go6ooooo (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I received as a gift. Very good materials and sound quality

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Excellent upgrade

WH-1000XM5 26 May 2026 by RAM999 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Purchased to replace my partners XM3 as I inadvertently spilled a cup of water into the ear piece that the charger goes into. Needless to say, they now fail to charge. However, these are well worth the upgrade as these XM5 have so many more features. Knowing how good these are, I would have upgraded sooner.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Fantastic for Adhders

WH-1000XM5 23 May 2026 by Charlie2908 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

These are incredible for my Adhd and have completely made my work so much easy to do. The noise cancelling function is fantastic. Definitely recommend for any Adhder. Only issue was the manual was pretty poor, had to google how to use it, but to be fair that wasn't exactly difficult to do!!

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Good

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great features

WH-1000XM5 21 May 2026 by armi97 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

percect design , sound fabulous , really enjoyed , I recommend it to whom want to get rid of outside noises really good at noise canceling

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great features

WH-1000XM5 17 May 2026 by Janedoe2000 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

They're amazing! I got the white ones to match my pc set up. They're also good when plugged into the pc

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Good

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Brittle materials used

WH-1000XM5 16 May 2026 by Matt N (United Kingdom)

I love the headphones, the sound and the noise cancelling. Unfortunately it seems the arms that the headphones are mounted on are quite brittle and broke easily. I have had to send the headphones in for repair at a cost of almost half the price of the headphones.

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A Definite Buy

WH-1000XM5 16 May 2026 by UrbanMerc (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Bought the Pink version for my adorable wife. This is her first set of ANC, over ear headphones and she loves them. I have been buying these headphones for a few years now and wear them constantly. My first were the three's, then the four's and I presently own the five's. I converted from Samsung phones since the first Xperia 1 and presently still using the Mark V. Looking to get the VIII which is when I will hopefully get my XM6's. I have alot of Sony products in my house, so yes, I would recommend this product whole heartedly if you want a well rounded set of headphones. They do everything you would expect if a flagship product.

Sound Quality

Good

Design

Average

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Brilliant sound quality and great comfort

WH-1000XM5 16 May 2026 by jill07 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

I bought these headphones because I couldn’t get on with EarPods and I am so pleased I did.

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great

WH-1000XM5 15 May 2026 by Sachin_1337 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Good nice excellent audio quality, Anc works too good

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Great sound

WH1000XM5/BME 12 May 2026 by arkteo2 (Singapore) Verified Purchaser Verified

I like this product with the noise cancellation and sound quality.

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Very good quality and practicality

WH-1000XM5 11 May 2026 by Vikaa (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Very good quality, quite comfortable and very easy practical, especially when working and you want minimum contact with your headphones

Sound Quality

Excellent

Design

Excellent

Ease of Use

Excellent

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Cant hear my neighbours now

WH-1000XM5 09 May 2026 by Gal339 (United Kingdom) Verified Purchaser Verified

Hinges creak, and I get sweaty ears. Sound isnt great but not bad. ANC is ok but does block out everything that I wanted it to.

Sound Quality

Average

Design

Average

Ease of Use

Good

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