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I've owned it for almost a year, and it's definitely better than the Bose series in terms of the quality of the sound.
I did not quite understand your comment. Does it mean ANC is good for sound quality? If yes, I strongly disagree as any ANC technology alters the sound.ANC (isolation) is always quite affecting the sound quality you get tho, especially on part of detail as it won't be masked by the noise that is the buzz of real world.
Relatively yes, but XM2 I tested sounded completely wrong on the records I know well, compared to Beyerdynamic Amiron Wireless or any good wired headphones. They have their own signature I did not like at all. That is I why I hope that XM3 improves/changes.I've owned it for almost a year, and it's definitely better than the Bose series in terms of the quality of the sound.
I just saw that review, and what I thought was interesting is the driver in the M3. He states the same driver as the Sony MDR 1AM2 for the M3. So, does this create much better SQ compared to M2? Also the new NC processor for this one for improved performance of NC. This maybe the best NC headphone beating QC 35 II.
Better first impression with list of updates from the older ver
I am still waiting for good sounding headphones that CAN have ANC enabled if required.
I think it's a little bit of both; mistakes and progress.How many revisions does this one headphone need for Sony to get them right? I understand ANC headphones are evolving very rapidly, but this pace just signals mistakes made in the past to me.
How many revisions does this one headphone need for Sony to get them right? I understand ANC headphones are evolving very rapidly, but this pace just signals mistakes made in the past to me.
Yeah, the companies are trying to make money, so they will come up with newer models touting improvements. It's up to the consumer to do the research to see if there is value in the product itself and if the improvements are real and enough to be a worthy purchase , that's what we are here for (by sharing our honest impressions and experiences), and hopefully we try to refrain from too much hype without the critical information initially (I usually wait until the hype fest dies down here as the real critical information comes out at some point, and I think it's due to people owning a product long enough to find the negatives).Often new versions have nothing/very little to do with the underlaying technology but very much to do with marketing. Who would speak about a 3-4-5 year old unchanged product in the deluge of product releases - even if the product still beats everyone else around? Nobody. Every time there is a mk2, MKII, v2, etc there's a lot of buzz (paid and free) go around.
Take etymotic's ER4 - everybody (?) knew they are the best around, but nobody spoke about them, because they were the same for decades. Now they released the ER3 family, hardly any change in the underlying technology, but there were quite some buzz.
This is not only in head-fi, but everywhere - most of all in the electronics gadget universe.