There are two possible reactions upon eyeing our star rating for the WF-1000Xs: either you may see it as Sony having simply designed a pair of great-sounding headphones, or you may be experiencing mild shock at the fact we regard a pair of true wireless, noise-cancelling in-ears worthy of being awarded five stars.

And when we say true wireless, this time we mean it. Our affections so far in this market have been mainly directed toward the Bose SoundSport Wireless and Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear Wireless, which both received five-star reviews earlier this year.

But whereas the earpieces for those headphones are tethered to one another by a cable running around the listener’s neck, the WF-1000X are connected only by a Bluetooth signal floating imperceptibly in the ether.
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