Sony WF-1000XM3 Review

The bakchods demand a review of my new purchase, and a review I must write. I like to think I’m a purist, but not the kind to stack Atloids case after case, of DACs and amplifiers, a battery pack for each of them. I like my music, my podcasts, and I can’t stand the noise of my workplace, people mindlessly blabbering on, endless Teams calls and worse.

I’ve hated the idea of Bluetooth and truly wireless earphones, but since my wife nudged me to get one, I did. I bought a pair of cheap Ankers on the recommendation of an artsy chad over at the Bakchodi lair. I switched over from wired earphones to a pair of Anker Sound Note that cost me about Rs. 2,000. I’ve used them for about two years, I’ve dropped them several times, once under a passing vehicle, so now you know where I’m coming from.

The Sony WF-1000XM3 aren’t nearly as great as the sound-cancelling headphones but they’re pretty good. They’ll make things quieter, and when you’re surrounded by an unruly, marketplace of an office, they’re great. Sound quality is very good, a little excess treble in some bands, but nothing that can’t be tamed with an EQ. The one Sony built into its app is pretty great. Everything sounds good, and you can up the mids a bit if you want a little more vocal and gritty guitar in your music. The mic is decent, the battery is alright, if you turn on all the bass boost, noise cancellation and the fancy shenanigans. You can go 3 to 3 1/2 hours on a charge.

Buy noise-cancellation TWS earphones only if they are priced under Rs. 10,000 and if you’re told they sound balanced. Your other option are Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro, but they are supposedly brighter and you might need to use that shitty Samsung ecosystem cancer app. So, that’s all I can be bothered to write at 1:14am.

Good night.