Update 4/15: While Amazon’s listing has now sold out, Target still has this particularly notable deal live at $179.99 right now.
Rumors of the new XM6 sets have been bouncing around for a months, but as of right now the Sony XM5 Wireless Bluetooth Noise Canceling Earbuds remain both the brand’s flagship set and one of the industry’s best. These beloved in-ears aren’t cheap with a $300 list price, but they just dropped back down to the $179.99 shipped Amazon low to deliver a solid 40% in savings.
You’re looking at one of the lowest prices we have ever tracked on some of the best wireless ANC in-ear headphones on the market. Now $120 off the going rate, this is the best we can find and well below the $300 they are fetching at Best Buy right now. Outside of some refurbished mentions and a couple YMMV deals, it really doesn’t get much better than $180 for these buds
They fell to $224 just after Prime Day last year and landed at $228 for Black Friday 2024. Today’s deal is only the second time we have seen them down this low at Amazon, and that deal only lasted for about 24 hours last time.
For me, when it comes to ANC earbuds, there’s really three main contenders for my cash: Apple’s AirPods Pro 2, Bose QuietComfort Ultra, and these Sony XM5s. As of right now, a pair of AirPods Pro 2 will run you $190 on sale and the flagship Bose QuietComfort Ultra are currently fetching $279 at Amazon. If I was going to recommend a great pair of buds to you or my closets friends, it would be one of these three options and the XM5s are now the most affordable of the bunch.
They deliver some of the best active noise cancellation out there in my experience, going toe-to-toe with just about anything in the price range, while also delivering a totally platform agnostic setup for both iOS and Android users. Powered by the V2 processor with the brand’s “best ever call quality” by way of an “AI based noise reduction algorithm and bone conduction sensor,” they also sport Sony’s speak-to-chat tech that automatically pauses your audio when you start talking as well as 24 hours of battery life with the charging case.
The new XM6 lineup is widely expected to surface at some point this year, and perhaps even as early as this summer, but you almost certainly won’t be getting a pair of those anywhere near the Amazon low we have here today.
Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones feature:
The WH-1000XM5 headphones rewrite the rules for distraction-free listening. Two processors control 8 microphones for unprecedented noise canceling and exceptional call quality. From airplane noise to people’s voices, our WH-1000XM5 wireless headphones with multiple microphone noise canceling keep out more high and mid frequency sounds than ever. The light and rigid precision-engineered driver unit improves high frequency sensitivity for more natural sound quality. With Precise Voice Pickup Technology and advanced audio signal processing, the person on the other end of the call will hear your voice clearly, even when you are in noisy situations.
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