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Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Business
- Gizmodo
Sony Drops Its Popular Noise-Canceling Headphones by Nearly 50% for Back-to-School Clearance
If you agree with us that over 60,000 Amazon reviewers can't be wrong, you'll also agree that this new deal taking 43% off the price of the Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Headphones is definitely one to take a look at. Those Amazon reviewers give these over-ear headphones an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, and over 10,000 of them have sold at Amazon in just the past month, mostly at prices above the current $200. Sony has come out with two iterations of the 1000MX series since the XM4s were released in 2020, and yet they keep selling like crazy. It's the combination of industry-best noise cancellation technology combined with stellar battery life, comfort, ease of use, and most definitely price — especially when it takes a big drop like this. See at Amazon If you have a favorite pair of wireless headphones or earbuds that follow you around all day, from desk to gym to couch, you know that the pairing/unpairing/pairing dance as you move from laptop to smartphone to gaming console can be a serious pain. The 1000XM4s don't require you to unpair from one device in order to add another. The multipoint Bluetooth connection allows you to instantly move from one device to another. Sony threw in a pile of cool features like that when they made the 1000XM4 wireless headphones. If you need to remove them, whatever you're listening to will automatically pause so you don't miss anything. The Touch Sensor controls put all of the 1000XM4 features a fingertip away, with pause/play/skip track, volume, voice assistant, and phone controls all on the same ear cup. There's also the Speak to Chat feature that will automatically take you out of Noise Cancellation mode as you listen to music when you start to speak — the music pauses and you go into transparency mode for your in-person conversation, with no button to push. In the end, the single biggest factor that has made the Sony 1000XM4s one of the world's best-selling wireless headphones for the past 5 years is simple — the sound quality and noise cancellation are really good. Sony's Dual Noise Sensor technology is among the very best on the market, adjusting on the fly in response to the background noise of your environment. It's easy to just disappear into your music, and when you do, it comes through with clear, beautiful detail. You may love the Sony 1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Headphones so much that you put their battery to the test, but unless you're able to stay awake for more than 30 hours, the 1000XM4s will win that contest every time. But you're definitely the winner when you grab a pair for just $200 while this 43% off deal is still live at Amazon. See at Amazon
Gizmodo
7 days ago
- Business
- Gizmodo
AirPods Pro 2 Might Be Apple's Quiet Clearance Before the AirPods Pro 3 Drop, Still Steady at a Low Price
You might be one of the many, many people clinging to your older-gen AirPods and holding out on upgrading to the AirPods Pro 2, waiting for the next gen to drop so the Pro 2s plummet in price. Bad news — there haven't been any signals from Cupertino that there's an AirPods Pro 3 on the way anytime soon. Take our word on this one — the AirPods Pro 2 are well worth upgrading to right now, especially while they're just $199 at Amazon. Normally priced at $249, the $50 Amazon discount is currently the best path to discovering just how good the active noise cancellation, transparency mode, personalized spatial audio, and other high-level features on the AirPods Pro 2 are. See at Amazon There might be a little pushback from the over-ear headphone enthusiasts who worship at the altar of the AirPods Max, but the general consensus from users and reviewers alike is that the AirPods Pro 2 are Apple's best AirPods yet. From the day the AirPods Pro 2 hit the market in April 2024, they've earned rave reviews for the great many upgrades Apple packed into them. Over 32,000 Amazon reviewers agree, giving the AirPods Pro 2 an average 4.6 out of 5 star review. What's so great? The Active Noise Cancellation got a huge upgrade from the original AirPods Pro, removing up to twice as much noise. The Transparency Mode that lets you still stay in touch with your surroundings is a great enhancement and also a big safety feature. Then there is the clinical-grade hearing protection and scientifically validated Hearing Test, both groundbreaking industry-first innovations. The mothership upgrade that made all the other great new AirPods Pro 2 enhancements possible is Apple's H2 processor chip, which really makes its presence felt with the custom-built drivers that bring incredible bass and high notes when you're listening to music, along with personalized Spatial Audio that will blow your mind. The H2 chip is also the driver behind the incredible sound quality the AirPods Pro 2 give you when you're using them for calls or video conferences. We get the temptation to keep holding out for a new AirPods release to drop so you can snag the AirPods Pro 2 for some obscenely low bargain-bin price, but that's no reason to stick with older-gen buds from Apple or any other manufacturer. Amazon's current 20% off deal that carves $50 from the price of the AirPods Pro 2 makes them a stellar buy at just $199, especially with no new releases on the way that would usurp their standing as Apple's best AirPods ever. See at Amazon
