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Sony should take note

The H8000E are noise canceling headphones, featuring a ‘hybrid adaptive ANC’.

That ANC is powered by four mics, and then there’s an extra two AI mics for calls.

Philips H800E

Sony XM5 headphones in ecru

40mm graphene-coated drivers bring the noise, and it should sound pretty good thanks to LDAC support.

Turn ANC off and it goes up to 70 hours.

Inside there are some environmental bonuses though the batteries are user-replaceable.

Sony XM5 headphones in ecru (off white) placed outdoors on a garden table

Sony XM5 headphones in ecru

Inside there are some environmental bonuses though the batteries are user-replaceable, and earpads are detachable.

That’s a big plus over the Sonys.

They’re coming this September, and we’re hoping for a great price.

Sony Headphones

That mid-range proclamation should bring them around the $150-200 price range, but we’ll have to see.

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