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Sony 1000XM2 One Year Later - Is Upgrading To Sony 1000XM3 Necessary?

2018-09-14
there is a lot of hype behind the new Sony WH 1000 X and 3 a and C headphones and it's with a good reason the m3s got all of the great technology found in the m2 s and improved on them and pack them inside a much better body but I know some people just can't afford to drop 350 dollars on a pair of anc headphones or there might just be hesitant to upgrade from there and twos so here's how the new sony 1000 X and 3's compared to the older Sony 1000x m2 s how my 1000 X and twos have held up after a year of heavy usage and do you really need to upgrade to the 1000 X and threes the new Sony 1000 XM - are currently or year old now cuz they came out in September of 2017 initially they used to retail for $350 like the current 1000 x m3 is do now but now the 1000 XM tubes are currently retailing for $298 if you want to pick either these headphones up I'll have a little description below and if you use the links it really helps out to channel I suggest you check them out because so many cell phones routinely go on sale so you might get lucky and if you want to watch the full review on the sony WH 1000 XM 3 click on the eye icon above and also sharpen your shelf down below everything on the 1000 x m3 has been changed from the 1000 x m2 even the accessories the hard shell carrying case of the m3s is slightly larger than the m2 s case it has a color matching fabric front and there's even a compartment on the inside for storing your cables I like both cases just fine but I will admit having that little storage compartment is pretty convenient with the 1000 X in the twos case I have to store my audio cable in the back pocket so it doesn't look as clean as the 1000 x m3 and speaking of the audio cable one of the things that peeves me about the m3 is its included audio cable it's much cheaper and shorter than the audio cable that comes included with the M choose the m3s audio cable is the same as the watch 700 ends audio cable and those headphones cost half as much as a content creator this is a big deal cuz with the m3s cable I don't have as much slack and I'm afraid is going to wear out much faster but the new USBC 2 USB a charging cable of the m3s feels much nicer than the enthused microUSB charging cable I just wish it wasn't so short now we can actually start talking about the headphones the first-generation MDR 1000x got a bad reputation because a lot of people suffer from cracking on the plastic body panels of the headband from seemingly normal wear even though I didn't experience crack body panels when I had the og 1000x one of my friends did but after your heavy usage on my 1000 xm2 I still don't see any evidence of cracking on my headband plus my headphones have to stretch a good amount because I do have a big head but that's one of the biggest upgrades on the 1000 X and 3 from the 1000 XM to build quality across the board has been improved tolerance is a much tighter on the m3 is that there's a lot less creaking when you flex the headband and the ear cups pivot and swivel much smoother than the m2 the headband on the m3s is also a little thinner than the headband on the m2 but one of the most underrated changes on the m3s from the m2 s is the exterior of the ear cups the whole ear cup is now covered in soft touch material which feels very nice when you hold these headphones and be awful looking texture faux leather covering the ear cups and the m2 s is finally gone and finally the only two physical buttons found on these two headphones have also been improved but perhaps the most important difference between the 1000x m2 and the new 1000 X + 3 is the fit the entries have significantly more padding underneath its headband and em2 's I would say it's a little more than doubled but more importantly the ear cups on the m3s are significantly more spacious than the ear cups at the m2 I know that after a while you get used to the m2 scrams ear cups but the m3 is New York of design and just spoil you any time I was at the airport EMTs and I saw someone wearing the bose qc25 I would think I know I have the better tech but I know your ears are more comfortable but not anymore with the M trees since the ear cups on the m3s are bigger and since there's less padding in contact with your skin the m3 suffer from significantly less overheating than the m2 s and even after a year of heavy usage wearing terror on the faux leather on the M twos is still pretty close to new but even though the ear cups on the entries are much more spacious than the ear cups on the M twos the m3 is are much low profile in your head which is us make them look all around better now even though the 1000 xm3 have better build quality improve comfort or 20 grams lighter and just look better I know that for some people that still won't constitute a reason for upgrading when it comes to tax packs the new 1000 X + 3 is now charged via a USB C port instead of a micro USB port like on the m2 and you can only use this port for charging both the 1000 X + 3 + 1000 x m2 are still rocking a 30 hour battery life and that's with ANC turned on he can squeeze a little bit more battery life out of them if you use them with ANC turned off for me the m2 is usually will ask me about 2 weeks in between charges but battery life on both of these headphones is still way above average compared to other and C headphones out there the only battery difference between the m2 s and the M threes is fast charging if you plug the m3s in for 10 minutes from a dead battery you're gonna get 5 hours of playback time versus the M twos which are only gonna get you one hour playback time even though the 1000 X and 3s have been upgraded to Bluetooth 4.2 from Bluetooth 4.1 they still perform the same as DM twos the connection is stable but there's still a little bit of latency when watching YouTube videos you still have so many dsee and other technologies and you can still only connect to one device at a time which honestly is one of the biggest bummer is on both of these headphones over the past year the sony 1000 XM to have been my gold standard when it came to active noise cancellation they managed to block out the most men annoys with very little to no cabin pressure and that's why I would always compare other ANC headphones to the M twos and believe it or not the 1000 x m3 is actually managed to block out a little more noise than the 1000 X and choose across-the-board both of these headphones have atmospheric pressure sensors built in but the m3s have Sony's new Q and one processor which analyzes the ambient sound and it also has a built in amplifier for your music noise canceling most agency headphones have no problem blocking out constant low-frequency sounds like road noise but will meet the 1000 XM to stand out for me was that they were also able to block out significantly more chatter than other headphones all while still having very little cabin pressure and I don't know how Sony did it but the 1000x m3 is do manage to block out a little more noise than the m2 z-- it's not a game-changing difference but a difference nonetheless but another thing I've always liked about the m2 over other anc headphones is that they pick up with very little wind noise and this is thanks to the recessed ANC microphones since they aren't as exposed on either of these headphones you get very little whooshing in the background of your music when you're using these headphones outdoors when it comes to sound quality the sodium 1000 xm3 still sounds very similar to the 1000x m2 and that's not a bad thing and thanks to so nice headphones yep you can adjust a eq on either of these headphones so you can make them sound however you like depending on what type of music you listen to but the biggest difference between the sound of the M 3 and M 2 is that the bass on the m3 manages to get deeper and stays cleaner you're not going to get bass head levels a bass where your head is rattling but since it takes much more for the bass on the m3 Sebata mouth it does provide an overall better listening experience and to control your music playback on the 1000x and threes you still have the same touch controls on the right ear cup like another one does an accent 2 and the touchpad on the m3s performs exactly the same as the m2 and after using the touch controls on the enthuse for almost a year now this becomes second nature to me I'm indifferent when it comes to choosing between physical control buttons like on the Bose QC 35 or using the touchpad on the enthuse buttons the touchpad is one of the more pure ones out there I'm fine with either or but still my favorite feature of the touchpad on both of these headphones is quick attention this feature is super handy when you are traveling you can talk to people without having to take your headphones off it's a very very elegant solution but one of the biggest upgrades the 1000 xm2 got over the summer was Google assisted integration and the Empress also have this but in order to use this feature you have to sacrifice your NC ambient sound by you know which does suck but if you're a Google system power user then this feature comes in is very handy it's much more faster and efficient than pressing and holding on touchpad you just press and talk like this is chick-fil-a open chick-fil-a sponsor me please chick-fil-a is normally open at this time on Mondays and closes at 10:00 p.m. but these hours may be affected by Labor Day and finally the microphone on the 1000x and three has also been approved from the microphone on the 1000 XM - there's no static and echo way cuz for comparison whenever I took a phone call with the 1000 X and two people would always complain about the audio so overall the news sony WH 1000 XM 3 have a whole bunch of new small upgrades that really do add up the sony 1000 xm3 have better build quality they fit better they look better their bass sounds better and they block out a little more noise but like I said in the full review you don't really need to upgrade but you'll be really happy if you did mostly because of the fit and bass but still if you decide to stick with or pick up the sony 1000 XM 2 then you still be getting what I think or the number 2 best agency headphones right now because unless bows or Sennheiser put something out the title of number-one best agency headphones currently belongs to the Sony WH 1000 X and 3 now remember this isn't a full review on the sony 1000 x + 3 for that please watch the full review because even though I really like the 1000 X and threes they're still not perfect if you made it this far I guess you enjoyed the video so hit that like button and get subscribed it helps out more than you realize support the channel by clicking on the links down below and I'll catch you next time
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