Buy only if you value sound quality and noise cancellation — what owners repeat most
57% of 1347 weighted mentions recommend it, across 123 ownership threads.
sound quality and noise cancellation — what owners repeat most
microphone above all else, where the Bose is the thread favourite
The ~57% who'd still buy it point to sound_quality and noise_cancellation, and take the microphone failures as the trade-off.
~1 in 4 long-term owner reports mention a failure, most often the microphone, typically inside the [1,49) month window. Reports that mention warranty mostly say it landed outside coverage.
24% report a serious failure. Typical for audio: ~24%. About average for its category.
Most common concern: The single most cited complaint (80 mentions).
Based on observed owner reports, not a sampled failure rate. ~1 in 4 of the long-term owner reports we analysed mention a failure — not the same as ~1 in 4 of units failing.
Early ownership runs 47% positive.
It grows on owners — long-term sentiment climbs to 84%, above the early 47%.
Discontinued — out of production; anything still on sale is remaining stock. Successor: Sony WH-1000XM4
No new-condition offers to track — the model is out of production. Figures are the street price and MSRP we have on record.Bose — the threads point 11 times at the Bose for people on the fence
Verdicts re-weigh with every crawl — if this one moves tiers, watchers hear first.
Sony WH-1000XM4 is the generation that replaced this one.
Reddit's verdict is Risky Buy. Buy only if you value sound quality and noise cancellation — what owners repeat most. 57% of 1347 weighted mentions recommend it, across 123 ownership threads.
The single most cited complaint (80 mentions). The recurring failure shows up in about 1 in 4 long-term owners: ~1 in 4 long-term owner reports mention a failure, most often the microphone, typically inside the [1,49) month window. Reports that mention warranty mostly say it landed outside coverage.
Reddit's usual alternative is the Bose — if the threads point 11 times at the Bose for people on the fence