Sony XB950N1 Reviews – Sony Headphones

Sony has just now launched the brand new Sony XB950N1 headphones. The base sound is the identical feature and the added features are noise cancellation, carrying bag, collapsing design, and better battery life. The biggest new extra is that you will be able to customize the bass level and you can try the surround sound modes.

Sony XB950N1 – Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones

Now, we looked at the outstanding feature’s Sony XB950N1

Features/Extras

Once the preset is saved on the app, then these are saved locally on the headphones and you will be able to enjoy the customized sound on any of the Bluetooth and a wired device.

Virtual Sound

This is the first option, which contains numerous surround modes. All of this is designed for mimicking live concert environments. There is an option like the outdoor stage, club, arena, and concert hall. These all are suited for different genres.

Outdoor Stage option is the best. The surround sound is very convincing and it is fun to have it. The concert hall option is best suited with the jazz/classical and the rest all are for pop.

If you are the person who likes the loud volume then these headphones contain surround sound, which will lower the output level.

Bass Boost

Next, you might be having the electro bass/clear bass function. Now you will be able to set the bass level. It center it sounds to be the default tuning of the headphones when they are power off. You will not find much distortion in the middle.

The boost is more natural and listenable than the boost present in previous models. When you are turning boost to the negative area then you can EQ the bass to more neutral levels. This will sound like other standard headphones. However, this is the extra layer of flexibility, as not always you want to use bass.

Bass effect button

All the changes that you have made in these settings will be saved inside the headphones and this can be a turn on and off by pressing the new Bass Effect button. This will be working on the entire Bluetooth device and one of the wired connections as well.

Pressing the button will turn on both the surround sound and bass boost options, which you have set in the app. You can manually turn one-off.

Noise cancellation

Sony has included the proprietary AI-driven Digital NC active noise canceling system in Sony XB950N1. This is available only in this version of headphones. It is based on the older system from MDR-100ABN headphones.

It has not to reach still to the heights of Bose QC35 but 90%, it is good. I do not have any complaints about the noise cancellation here. You are able to toggle the noise cancellation on and off with the button which is a very handy feature. It will allow you to hear quickly which is canceled out and it will save the battery when it is turned off.

Bags/Wires

You will get a decent sturdy carrying bag, which will have the 3.5 mm cable in the box as well. In wired mode when the power is turned off these are not sounding at its best. So you might want them to turn on while you are using them on the cable. This is the only way to get the fun bass boost.

There is also the USB cable provided for charging but it is required to power it by computer or brick.

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Sony XB950N1 Review – Pros & Cons

Final Thoughts of Sony XB950N1

Sony XB950N1 is a feature-packed, fun-sounding headphones and it is priced reasonably well when compared with other similar models in the market. They are the successor of the B series and thankfully, the prices were not inflated to match the new features.

 

The 1000X will not require any separate app to use all its features and it is offering slightly better ANC performance and sound. But you have to pay more than 100 extra bucks for this sleek design.

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