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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room I just be Sony 650s a little while ago and although they're only $99 at the time they sounded nearly identical to the $300 beats solo2 wireless but the sony MDR 1000x was featured in my top 5 active noise-cancelling headphone video making it one of the best ANC headphones that you can get and as of late soon has been killing it with your Bluetooth speakers now it would be totally badass if I can afford one of their TVs to but focusing in today's review I'm checking out the XV 950 and ones they're very similar to the XP 950 B ones but instead this model offers active noise-cancelling slightly better battery life and comparing to last year's model we're going from bluetooth 3.0 to bluetooth 4.1 for improved range and performance but before I get really deep into this let's look at the price these retail for 250 dollars at the time this video as always I'll place my affiliate links in the video description below click on those links and they will give you the most updated prices in real time so sit back relax and hopefully my videos can help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review go over the physical features the 950 n ones are simple yet very much functional the headband up top has reinforced and supported with a metal band that extends to the arms each side features textured plastics that Elm it does feel quite hollow especially when you tap on it however it does make the headphones feel lightweight not more my comfort test quite shortly here moving down the headband does graciously fold in which is always a plus and they're able to collapse into a smaller profile for traveling oddly with my review unit the carrying pouch was not in the retail packaging moving on I would have preferred a metal hinge for peace of mind it's plastic but performing my stress test which Alma is over the top here at least I can confirm there's no creaks that I've noticed there's nothing flexing I would say that is of a concern also the metal band does retain its shape jumping into comfort there's very minor wear fatigue at the crown of the head after two hours of straight wearing and I didn't have any issues with the clamping force along the jaw line either making these headphones quite comfortable the air comes in for do extend a bit more than my liking making the headphones look a bit bulky here being mindful to retract the arms every time you wear these do help them doesn't affect comfort too much the removable ear pads are gargantuan as well but as stated earlier everything is indeed functional with these ear pads the 950 enones offers commendable passive noise isolation and with my ears they fit perfectly inside they're wearing these at the studio with temperatures around 70 to 73 degrees after 30 minutes of wearing my ears do warm up but I never had nasty ear sweat another benefit with these thick air pad they do help with sound leaking if you were using this in a quiet environment say in a library your neighbor will hear faint music and it's noticeable if only they paid attention if you were on a train bus ride public transportation it's barely if audible at all especially when other background noise is present now going over the features and buttons the right ear cup has the typical pause play forward and backward controls which are very easy to reach volume buttons are nearby which would have benefited if they were further raised or offered some sort of texture it takes a little bit of muscle memory over time to I need left ear cup there's power and bass affected turn on Sony's extra bass features directly below that is the microUSB port no USB type-c just yet a three-and-a-half millimeter port for physical connections and very last is active noise-cancelling to be toggled on or off now some things I would have liked though it would have been very helpful here to have some sort of base adjustment on the headphone themselves now you do have an option to control the amount of bass in the app but without your phone it's either blasting bass or it's not now with the microUSB port you're able to charge the headphones when connected to your PC but I've experienced headphones that aren't able to play through a USB connection and charge the headphones all at the same time with the XP 950 and ones they charge but they don't turn on at all for use seconds if you intend on using the three half millimeter chord for a physical connection the volume level is dramatically reduced I noticed I was able to listen at 80 to 85 percent vibe with the wire a test for me to achieve the same loudness via bluetooth I needed only 50% of volume or lower basically on the positive side if you are using the wire extra bass and noise cancelling still works unless if you have no better life left or you want to conserve battery the 950 s will still work would be wire while the headphones are completely off of course you'll lose extra bass and noise cancelling but you're still able to enjoy your music now since we touch based on battery life Sony's claiming up to 22 hours of use which is very good now let these things on a 50% vine with extra bass on let it play for an entire day straight here I was able to get 32 hours and 12 minutes to be precise here which is insane we're talking over an entire day of playing before it dies again crazy how wireless range has been improved here I was able to walk 50 linear feet away from my phone until these signals start to skip and that's what a wall in between so all right here enough about the physical stuff here let's talk about active noise-cancelling I tested this walking through the city I wore this in a local coffee shop here and were these randomly in various environments sadly active noise-cancelling was really a big letdown I've definitely both QC 35 these sony 1000x sennheiser PXE 5 50s and stuff for more antsy headphones over the past several years here no thing blocks out 100% of the noise I'll admit that with these with the nine 50s I can hear car horns clearly going off here I can still hear construction going on behind me environmental noise is still very apparent the competitors and muscles down the sound quite substantially probably nine 50s do struggle now jumping into the audio test when you're using this wirelessly these things are loud and 40 percent it's good at 50 percent it's equivalent to most other headphones that are playing at 70 to 75 percent volume loudness will not be an issue going into the audio experience basis the biggest reason why you would get these the first time you put these on I was thinking god these things perform like these skull candy crushers I had reviewed a few expect those were so basic they were literally vibrating and shaking my ears and that's no exaggeration that was on day one now I'm day two that's when I started appreciating the bass characteristics that's Sony offered and I'm not sure if the headphones had to break in or if my ears acclimated to the sound signature I recommend give it at least two days minimum before you decide to keep or return these now for reference on bass the nineteen-fifties falls right in between those Skullcandy crossers i just mentioned and these new headphones I'm trying to test on the channel here which is the Beats Studio wireless Sony hits deep in sub bass frequencies with tons of thumb fullness and warmth for hip-hop where bass has always been abundant it's very much emphasized pop music is thumping and EDM kids are moving basically as for the mid-range there is some inherent spillover of base into vocals there is some droning that is noticing singers voices at the very low end there nothing for bass heads to be deterred by yet this characteristic might turn off some audio files out there now to alleviate these headphones from being tuned it's I guess you can say those who only want the bass heavy feature occasionally and not permanently Sony allows the ability to adjust base levels with their headphone app available on Apple and Android now regardless with extra bass on or whichever setting that you have it at the mid-range still comes off as being pronounced having vocals stand out and recessed the high notes do have a good bit of roll off so cymbal crashes and those snare drums wasn't as sharp and pronounced as much as I would have liked the answer audio separation the Sony does good with left and right audio channels but soundstage is lacking I would have loved more of an open soundstage to round these out a bit more and although Sony does offer different some profiles once again in that app such as concert hall or being at the club or arena from my experience it's not earth-shattering enhancements I didn't find my sound stage performing much better so in the end here if you're looking for bass focus headphones beats by dre doesn't even come close to these if you're looking for bass focus headphones Skullcandy crushers have you feeling the bass literally with these sony MDR XB 950 n ones here today they provide that perfect medium for bass lovers out there they're not perfect but with everything accounted for if you like bass I would highly recommend these hands down so that's it for this review any comments section below let me know are you team Sony team beats team spend Heiser JB on the list goes on I want to know who's on fire right now in the headphone game let me know in the comment section below I'm Jimmy with James review room and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision you guys take care and I'll see you on the next one bye