WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120 the sony wh-1000xm3s are one of the most popular 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:09.519 active noise cancelling headphones on the market and have been for quite some 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:13.840 time but why did it take so long for this technology to make its way to 00:00:11.840 --> 00:00:18.160 earphones while sony reached out to us to sponsor this showcase of their 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:23.119 wf-1000xm3 wireless noise canceling in-ears and 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:28.080 tell us all about the challenges of getting great sounding iems with noise 00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:31.920 cancelling into a form factor that is easier than ever to take on to an 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.360 airplane now obviously the biggest challenge for sony to bring their 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:38.879 flagship sense engine noise cancelling technology to iems is 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:45.440 size but not necessarily for the reason you might think the 00:00:42.120 --> 00:00:47.600 wh-1000xm3s are only 14 grams each but 00:00:45.440 --> 00:00:52.719 they both need to contain a sufficiently large battery they're advertised at six 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:56.960 continuous hours of music with anc or eight hours with it off while also 00:00:54.800 --> 00:01:01.840 accommodating an hd noise cancelling processor in each year to handle the 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:06.240 data stream from two ambient noise microphones in each year 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:10.560 the biggest task to bring these puppies into existence then was to take their 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:15.840 existing qn1 processor from their over-ear models and create a new version 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:20.320 that's not just smaller but critically much more energy efficient so it doesn't 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:25.680 strain the earphone's small battery hence the name of the new chip the qn1 e 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:29.840 for energy efficient so at this point i could pretend that i'm like 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:34.880 trying them right now but realistically i i already did that um the noise 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:38.960 cancellation is surprisingly good i would say compared to other in-ears that 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:43.119 i've tried it is very competitive in terms of how much noise it blocks out 00:01:41.119 --> 00:01:46.479 and how uncomfortable it is a lot of people find that active noise 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:52.479 cancellation has this kind of pressure effect it's not bad at all now the 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:56.479 wf-1000xm3s use the same design language as their over-ear cousins matte black or 00:01:54.799 --> 00:02:00.479 silver with copper highlights they come with a 700 milliamp hour charging case 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:04.000 that weighs 80 grams and holds three full additional charges before you'll 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.439 need to juice it back up using the usb type-c port and quick charging is 00:02:05.759 --> 00:02:11.599 supported between the case and the earphones so snapping the headphones 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:17.280 into their magnetized slots is as simple as find the little handy color code plop 00:02:14.239 --> 00:02:19.120 it in there and boom you get 90 minutes 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:22.319 of playback after just 10 minutes of charging one of my biggest pet peeves 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:26.000 with the airpods pro after using them for a while was actually the lack of 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:30.000 obvious labels causing me to oh no it wasn't that one now there are 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:34.160 zero buttons on the earphones just like there are zero buttons on this hoodie 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:37.519 ltdstore.com uh instead each earphone is equipped with a tiny touchpad whose 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:42.000 controls you can customize to your liking options range from assigning 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:47.280 nothing at all to playback controls volume control hailing amazon alexa or 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:51.760 the google assistant and cycling through your noise cancelling options where 00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:53.680 you've got your fully on fully off and 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:57.120 ambient sound control that one uses the earphones microphones 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:00.480 to pick up the sound around you so you can avoid getting you know hit by a bus 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:04.640 for example when you're out in the real world i've been there 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:08.239 it's nice you can adjust how aggressive this feature is in sony's connect 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:13.200 companion app and this is actually context specific thanks to what sony 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:16.800 calls adaptive sound control basically the headphones use the accelerometers 00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:21.120 inside your smartphone to tell if you're sitting at your desk walking down the 00:03:18.480 --> 00:03:25.200 street going for a run or ripping around in a vehicle and then adjust the ambient 00:03:23.200 --> 00:03:28.879 sound level accordingly they even let you specify how long it takes for the 00:03:26.959 --> 00:03:32.640 system to automatically switch modes that way it won't keep switching between 00:03:30.959 --> 00:03:35.040 transport mode and desk mode every time your car stops at a red light for 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:39.920 example and there's even more stuff that they crammed into these there's proximity 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:43.360 sensors so that playback pauses when you take one earphone out yet another 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:47.120 setting that you can toggle in with the app and if you prefer to just leave them 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:51.360 in your ears quick attention mode lets you temporarily turn down the volume and 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:54.560 deactivate noise cancelling simply by placing your hand over the left earbud 00:03:53.200 --> 00:03:58.720 so that you can listen to the in-flight safety demonstration or to whatever your 00:03:56.799 --> 00:04:01.840 boss has to say or nah i'm just kidding no one cares about 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:08.480 either of those things another piece of built-in software is dse hx sony's 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:10.640 proprietary audio upscaler yes audio can 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:14.560 be upscaled too which takes low to medium resolution audio sources that 00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:19.359 typically lose a bunch of detail in the high frequencies and interpolates the 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:23.280 missing sound to create a fuller near high res experience under some 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:27.919 conditions now i didn't actually have a ton of low quality tracks to listen to 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:31.520 unfortunately but on everything that was on google play music as well as any 00:04:29.520 --> 00:04:36.080 downloaded music that i had on my phone these things actually sound 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:40.320 really really good for fully wireless in-ears and i was really happy with them 00:04:38.320 --> 00:04:44.960 in the box you get a 20 centimeter usb type-a a type-c charging cable as well 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:49.040 as seven pairs of silicone ear sleeves in four sizes and two styles this is 00:04:47.280 --> 00:04:53.199 really key guys because combining the correct ear tips with the earphones 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:58.080 ergonomic tri-hole structure here and the grippy rubberized finish helps 00:04:55.280 --> 00:05:02.800 achieve and keep a good seal with your ear increasing bass response and 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:06.639 providing passive noise blocking even before you turn on the active noise 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:09.600 cancellation so thanks to sony for sponsoring this showcase if you guys are 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:14.800 interested in a pair you can learn more about the wf-1000xm2 noise-cancelling earphones at 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:18.080 the link below if you're more interested in the over-ear version you can check 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:21.280 out our video where we actually put it head-to-head against some of its 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:24.479 toughest competitors and we're going to have that linked below as well so thanks 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:27.360 for watching guys see you next time