As much as I've enjoyed seeing this civil discussion, I think it's evolved beyond purposes of this thread, which is supposed to be about impressions about the headphones, not trying to prove a point about how someone does or doesn't understand someone else's opinion. So, maybe keep it civil and...

Same usage scenario and similar drain prior to last week on mine too, although in my case the right one was always the one that drains faster. It's been like that for well over an year and a half at this point and just now out of nowhere this happens.

Okay, this is kinda weird but since about a week ago I started having some of those battery drain issues. The left one stopped fully charging, it only goes to 95% now and it also drains much faster than the right one. By the time the right one reaches about 50%, left is already dead. Haven't...

This is interesting. This morning I got a notification about a firmware update to 1.4.2, it downloaded and seemed to install too, even though I'm mostly sure that I was already on 1.4.2 before. App says it's the latest version.

I'm not an expert at the field but I can speak from what little experience I have with LDAC. So, assuming you want to use an Android phone as the source and that you have some flacs locally, instead of using a streaming service, the short answer is - yes, kind of. The more nuanced answer is...

Glad to see this thread is not archived yet. I've got a question for the fellow XM4 owners - do you know where to get some tips for these, specifically like the OEM ones? I've been using mine for the better part of an year now and they're trashed, more or less. Sony original parts suppliers have...

Hi there, So, I'm looking to have some ear impressions made for maybe custom IEM tips or whatnot, but the problem is that there are no profecional shops where I can have impressions made in my near vicinity so I'm pretty much left with DIYing it. To get to the point, does anyone know where I...

I can't really comment on the sound of the XM3 as I don't own those, so this comment might not be that useful. That being said, if you can find the XM4 for a good discount I'd go with those (for various reasons like design, comfort, battery life, updates for longer, LDAC, etc.). As for the...

I can see how this is super frustrating, having to go through multiple RMA requests. But it's also interesting how this has happened to you three times now. I wonder if Sony with come with some kind of a statement acknowledging the problem, but I don't think I've seen many people with the same...

It would still try to use a higher bitrate on the priority on sound setting. If you're getting lots of dropouts or are in an environment where there is a lot of radio interference, maybe go for priority on stable connection. Likely you wouldn't be able to tell a lot of differences if you're...

Priority on sound quality sets them up to use LDAC,basically trying to use the highest quality transmission possible, priority on stable connection will use lesser codec (I think it defaults to SBC) and you won't be able to switch to LDAC even from settings, i think. First option also enables...

As the comment above says, if you're on Android, you can try disabling Bluetooth absolute volume control, the setting should be under developer options if I remember correctly. Then you can set the IEM volume from the app and adjust the output volume on your player separately. The feature...

How do you check the manufacturing date again? is it on the box or on the headphones themselves? Just curious.

Can definitely confirm that routers and other such things working on 2.4Ghz mess with the connection quality. I get constant dropping out if my phone is connected to 2.4Ghz at home (there are a lot of 2.4Ghz routers in my building, maybe more than 100) but it's okay if I'm on 5Ghz

If your question is related to the previous one about downgrading the firmware, Headphone Connect backup will not be of use. It only restores settings on the headphones. The firmware update is irreversible, even if you factory reset. Edit: manual extract