Sony WH-1000XM5 problems

“Sony has kind of been going under heat for hinge durability for a while now is the hinge durability. I've never had problems with my hinges, but it's worth noting other people have had problems with previous generations on the hinges…”

“If you look at the hinge design here, this has been a notorious issue online and I have seen examples of this hinge breaking. To get down to this lightweight, Sony did use quite a lot of plastic, but the hinge here is really the weak point.”

“These feel really plasticky and really cheap and the design of it is absolutely beautiful. But once you actually hold them in your hands, they feel extremely cheap, they're extremely flexible.”

“Ultimately, I wish Sony would have just continued to refine their 1000XM4s instead of putting out this new body found on the 1000XM5s, which is just an overall downgrade.”

“when you wear these headphones, they just stick out of your head a bit more than some other pairs of headphones out on the market and to me they just kind of look ugly.”

“The XM5s have a feeling of being extremely refined, but strangely fragile. That comes from the ear cup mechanism that makes it feel like it's floating.”

“And the second thing that I noticed is that with the travel case being like this thin flat thing that uh Sony gives you with the headphones, instead of folding these up, um I guess into like a ball almost, you twist these cups down and…”

“the XM5s had a really big chunky box. Not only was it big, it had a weird shape. Not only that, it also had this really weird zipper that went all around and that was very inconvenient.”

“with the Mark 5s over here, these couldn't fold at all, which made taking it around a little bit more difficult, caused the case of these headphones to be a lot bigger”

“The XM5 case is bigger and U-shaped. The XM4 clearly more compact. The reason the XM5 case is bigger is actually a big one. They don't collapse down”

“the case is probably the worst aspect of the Sony XM5s, which is a massive fall from grace, bearing in mind just how good the XM4 case is.”

“If you're talking about the Sony XM5s, you have this big bag. Like this just takes up a lot of space.”

“Add some Sony headphones back in the day that I didn't realize for a long time why I didn't use them that often... my head one is getting super hot because of these just clamp down so hard and then second thing they clamp down super hard…”

“the Sonys, you know, even when I tighten it down, it kind of feels like it's going to fall off. I have to always tilt it so that if I'm lying down on a bench, I'm kind of wearing my headphones like this...”

“And now these don't fold flat against your collar. So if you're hanging them around your neck, now the cushions point upwards. So they feel a little more restrictive than the XM4.”

“The shape of the headband because it's rounded, it's very uncomfortable, so after two hours of wearing, you'll start to feel pain on your head.”

“because the problem was the head the uh the head cups inside always hit my head hit my ears so I couldn't wear the thing for a very long time”

“although yes, it looks a little dirty... you just drop the years putting them on... yeah they're going to get dirty”

“the XM5s, the XM4s as well as the XM3s are always some of the worst sounding ANC headphones that I have ever used. This is some generational genetic trash.”

“if you want a headphones for loudness, the Sony 1000XM5 is not the one. You can go for the Skullcandy Crusher headphones that have built in fourth base.”

“the XM5 delivers a more V-shaped sound with emphasized bass and brighter treble, which can lead to listening fatigue over time.”

“the mark 5s started to feel a little spiky in the mid-range where the vocals are and were a little bit weaker in the low end.”

“but frankly they just don't sound very good and I end up actually giving them away.”

“The XM6 is noticeably more detailed than the XM5.”

“one last thing that I'm a little disappointed they took away from these headphones that's the sexy Sony lady voice”

“Oh, I like the audio feedback. It gives you little titting if I go too fast it just doesn't want to do it”

“The power button is got this weird half squishy half clicky feeling going on... I just don't like it”

“Now let's take a look at the X6s. Now the X5s I was perfectly content with... with the X5s they have two narrow buttons going on here and it was very much easy to get confused when you don't see it which one's which...”

“I'm not a big fan of Sony's because turning up a few volume notches would require you to slide up multiple times and pray that you didn't swipe slightly to the left or right side or you'll skip your music instead”

“Just don't have one thing. If that's the case then don't even show that three button option until you have another option to put underneath there.”

“we cannot EQ the Sony to sound more like the Bowers & Wilkins. We can't add or we can't remove some of the the Sony's opaqueness with its EQ.”

“I find the Sony app to give far less comprehensive control over the sound than what you get from the Spirit S5 app.”

“At $400 for the retail price, the Sony WH-1000XM5 costs double the ULT wear”

“while you're probably not going to like their higher $400 price tag”

“The one potential sticky point was that launch price of £380 pounds”

“since I've had multiple connection issues to the point where I've had to forget device and repair it multiple times in a day and this is something I just haven't had to deal with with the XM5s”

“You try hooking up Sonys to your computer, all it's going to do is charge. You're not going to get any music from the Type-C port. You got to use the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack.”

“On the other hand, the XM5 sticks with Bluetooth 5.2 and lacks these forward-looking upgrades.”

“So should you go for headphones like the Sony WH-1000XM5s instead? I'm not so sure, they don't offer lossless over Bluetooth like the Sonos Ace and they don't look as nice either...”

“I'd highly recommend checking out the Sonos Ace because those headphones come with features that you won't find on Sony's headphones”

“There is also an adaptive sound control feature that can be turned on allowing the headphones and the app to detect your actions and automatically switch how ambient sound is filtered. Theoretically this could be good when traveling by bus…”

“Sony's ambient mode is good, but it still has that slight digital hiss and robotic tint to voices that reminds you you're listening through microphones.”

“my voice is actually really quiet. I feel like I need to raise the volume of my voice to be able to hear it more clearly”

“The XM-5 sounded fine, but needed a charger way too often.”

“Well one review did mention it wasn't perfect during a plane taking off unless they manually tweaked something”