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just finished reviewing the boast QC 35 twos they're great pair of headphones but they were very similar practically identical to the previous generation that it wasn't much of an upgrade but hey if it's not broken why fix it right now could it be the same with the sony MDR 1000x from last year and ewh 1000x that was just recently released i personally paid for both of these the new model retails for 349 dollars at the time this video however I'll place my Amazon affiliate links in the video description below click on those links and they'll give you the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go on sale so without further adieu I'm Jimmy with jims review room and I'm here to help you to make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review jumping through the physical features they look nearly identical to the MDRS there's the same great leather headliner up top durable metal frame the arms are cliquey and it holds its shape now what is different though I love my MDR ear-cups as it has this faux leather backing or so it's smooth and soft like a nice pair of leather shoes but on the new WH they went with a harder more plastic feel with less of that leather or rubberized material either or it's a very matter difference and maybe the only difference that I could really tell doing my stress test and I'm aware it's over the top here but I'll look for any weak spots so that way you guys don't have to now I haven't had a pair of headphones break on my channel but what I am looking for though or any seams popping cracks or creaks anything that may be of a concern that we can find immediately now with my assessment there's no concerning noises the headband up top looks and feels to hold up fine and the issue around the arm didn't seem to pose an issue with the MDRS many on reddit's and viras forums shown the left ear cup near the joint were a little bit brittle here or breaking within several days to even only just several months the MDRS I own are the same ones that I've had since my review from many months ago and thankfully I don't see that issue now with the new WH the new model feels to use slightly different plastics that it feels smoother but construction wise they look identical to the original ones now keep an eye out for this if you're watching this video a month or two after the release comment down below and tell us if the WH 1000x are still holding up fine now regarding comfort and weights I've placed these on my scale and both the old model and new ones are practically identical although not the lightest pair of headphones you've had but the weight distribution is very much even and honestly they felt comfortable for long-term wearing and there's no pinning or pinching at the crown of the head and my jaw line there's no fatigue there as well while wearing these for extended periods of time overall they are comfortable to wear now speaking of long-term work the ear pads do feel good however I do notice my ears heating up a bit after 30 minutes of wearing they're not as airy or spacious feeling as well inside the ear cup as some of the other flagship anc headphones out there but the 1000x were still within reason of being comfortable and aside yes the earpads are removable and replaceable now moving on and taking a closer look on the Left Sony removed and then combined the noise cancelling button with ambient aware I believe I mentioned this in my original 1000 X video the buns are somewhat hard to find on day one since the raised nubs here or subtle but on day two they're slightly easier to fun directly below the on/off and pairing button is an input for a three and a half millimeter chord for physical connections on the right ear cup you simply have Micro USB 2.0 and oddly again here another flagship postponing the newest USB type-c and honestly we have to wait until 2018 now since we're touching base on this sony has increased and claimed up to 30 hours of use on the new model and up to 40 hours if you use the wired cable with active noise-cancelling on this is class-leading and ties with the sennheiser PXE 550 s as they offer the same up to 30 hours of use when going wireless and with my test at 50% Vaman from a full battery to dead I achieved 27 hours and 23 minutes to be exact now another feature that many overlooked here if you need feel right away plug this in for about 10 minutes and they'll give you 70 minutes worth of playback time essentially about an hour now touching based on what features this has Sony and Sennheiser shined last year with a barrage of smart and practical functions now these things are really high-tech here's a quick rundown and my thoughts so first up ambient aware the built-in microphone turns on while active noise-cancelling turns off and the experiences as though there's no passive noise isolation from the physical ear cups themselves you basically can hear your surroundings as if you were wearing nothing second we have the very easy to use physical touch controls on the right ear cup do you swipe up and down to increase and decrease volume so Iping forward or back to skip or go back on songs DoubleTap to pause and play and if you hold it down this does bring up the cool assistance and Siri on your phone now all you need to do is a very subtle gentle swipe and it will activate the action and I love this feature here third let's say someone walks up to you at the office or on the streets instead of taking the headphones off just palm the right ear cup and cover it this drastically lowers the volume of your music turns off ANC but turns on ambient to where can hear your environment as soon as you let go everything reverts back immediately and you can continue with your music no need to take off your headphones is a very very convenient feature that I personally used before now fourth the app isn't pretty by any means here but it's one of the most robust that I've used info and more importantly adjustments to active noise-cancelling performance are done automatically and visually represented here or you can optimize the anc performance to your environment by calibrating it now Sound position is self-explanatory the Nexus surround sound profiles that simulate different environments which I felt had to take it away from the great audio experience right out of the box but more on that a little bit later but below there is an equalizer to tune your audio manually unless you can switch between el deck and apdex versus the standard lower quality SBC and as a side note el deck was only once available on Sony phones but moving forward phones with Android or EO who have L deck available so that's really cool combine a device and in this case a pair of headphones with the L deck support and you're getting much higher audio resolution than the current commonplace apt X so alright enough of that getting out of this technical jargon here and touching base on wireless performance range Sony is offering Bluetooth 4.1 wireless range wise I was able to get 64 linear feet before the audio started to crackle now regarding phone call performance it was very good with my voice coming across very clear inaudible however it does pick up background noises quite easily now this is quite common on headphones that I've tested such an based on active noise-cancelling in my previous review of the MDR 1000x I said Sony had outperformed Bose by a small fractional measure this time around and after recently reviewing the bose QC 35 twos the new WH 1000 X distinctly over Bose can black out more noises this time at least for me it's much more noticeable assessing this in these same areas as all of my ANSI headphones that's walking through the city and taking in all the noises here she's sitting at the coffee shop at 2:00 p.m. when most people need that fourth cup of coffee it's loud and busy there now Sony simply does a better job than cutting out voice chatter to the airiness when walking outside cars driving by items moving around etc but enough of me talking here's a quick sample please put on your head founder earphones and have a listen I do speak in the video clip assuming that my voice would have been audible so I do apologize for that but my voice is muffled so please keep that in mind either way you can still hear the background noise and experience this for yourself power on bluetooth connected power on hopefully you guys can hear the difference all right folks now jumping into audio quality getting this out the way both the old and the new 1000x sounds the same or nearly identical at most again I'll play a few samples for you guys once again put on your headphones and earphones if you haven't already done so and listen to this experience and there you have it folks hopefully you guys enjoyed that audio experience this is probably the most accurate test that we can perform here on YouTube for you guys hopefully you guys did use the headphones and earphones to get the most accurate representation of how these head forms perform without actually owning or having one of them right in front of you please show you support by liking and subscribing if you haven't already but getting it to base I would not consider these as bassy headphones but more the level of bass boosted you get this lovely thump and punchiness for EDM pop and hip-hop genres begging those genres specifically shine now this isn't a comparison video but considering I just recently reviewed the boast QC 35 twos those are brand new these do have ever so slightly more bass and although more and not sounding flats the Saudis in general still provides a clean and accurate audio representation of your music jumping into the mid-range frequencies we're talking about vocal performance where most instruments are heard by the human ear and also the area where if the audio sounds crappy most people can distinguish it here it's very clear it's articulate full of resolution and detail not overly brent afford to stand up against those lower frequencies I personally absolutely love this audio characteristic now the soundstage feels airy and open with audio direction being very distinct and I didn't turn on any additional surround sound features or adjusted the equaliser within the app getting into high frequencies this is where you hear Tom's the upper end of kick drums snare cymbal crashes it is sharper than they both qc25 twos and thankfully that is sharp as the v-moda crossfade twos that I just recently reviewed in the channel the 1000x gets up there right before it blows out and causes that ear ringing in that you might get when it's too strong so overall the audio experience is immersive and has a lot of color and personality it has a lot of attacks you can say and gets me moving it makes me bomb my head to the beat so folks be ready for my head-to-head comparison video coming soon I love my post QC 35s and they do have their own pros and definitely some cons as well but for now these sony's are amazing at the moment coming down below are you guys team sony or team boats be really interesting to see what you guys think thanks for watching like sub and share do you support my work I'll catch you guys on the next one take care bye