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The Sony WH-1000XM4C bring back a beloved headphone design
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They’re based on six-year-old technology, but the XM4C still deliver respectable performance, and I love using them.
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When Sony announced the WH-1000XM4C headphones, I was perplexed. A product revamp usually includes at least one or two significant improvements. Or if it’s a nostalgia play, it’s from a decades-old product and not one that came out in 2020. Beyond a few minor tweaks, though, the XM4C are remarkably similar to their six-year-old namesake, the beloved WH-1000XM4. They even use the same processor for active noise cancellation (ANC).
And while I went into this review questioning the XM4C’s existence, after spending some time with them, I get it. The Sony XM4C aren’t the cutting edge of headphone technology, but they are great headphones that I love using. They still sound great, the design is classic, and they get you pretty close to the performance of Sony’s current-gen flagship, the WH-1000XM6, for a lot less money.