Sony
Sony WH-1000XM5 Premium Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones, Black
Best for: long flights and open-plan offices — ANC-on battery is what gets you through a long-haul day, and every gram matters when the headphones stay on for hours.
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Score breakdown
Where the 4.0 comes from
Each bar is this model's min-max normalized position across the 7 noise-canceling headphones we track. Missing specs are excluded and the remaining weights rescaled — never treated as zero.
Official spec sheet
Every number, cited
| Brand | Sony |
|---|---|
| Battery life (ANC on) | 30 h |
| Weight | 250 g |
| Driver size | 30 mm |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 |
| Hi-res codec (LDAC / aptX) | Yes |
| Key feature | 30 h ANC-on, LDAC hi-res wireless, 30 mm carbon-fiber driver |
| Spec source | View spec source ↗ |
Strengths in the data
- Top-4 weight in the category
- Top-4 driver size in the category
- Top-4 hi-res codec support in the category
Flaws but not dealbreakers
- Bottom-4 battery life in the category
- Bottom-4 Bluetooth version in the category
Both lists are derived mechanically: a metric makes the list when this model finishes in the top or bottom four of the 7 noise-canceling headphones we track.
Who shouldn't get it: Skip it if you prefer earbuds — over-ear ANC earns its keep on long flights and in noisy offices, not in a pocket.
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All data above is publicly available spec data from the official brand page linked in the table — we don't lab-test. Prices and availability are shown on Amazon. Compare with all 7 noise-canceling headphones ↗