Here at MajorHiFi, we have been long awaiting the arrival of the Sony WH-1000xM2. The first time around, the original WH-1000x blew us away with its noise cancelling technology, impressive functionality features, and great sound quality.

The flagship Sony WH-1000XM2 sounds incredible, offers intuitive features and great battery life. It is a great pair of headphones, excusing a few minor drawbacks.

Excellent audio clarity; Warm; rich audio timbre; Great punch in bass delivery; Much improved soundstaging; Seamless gesture-based playback controls; Good battery life

High frequencies lack the same definition as the rest; Exterior noise filters through while on call; The battery is not replaceable

The wireless, noise cancelling Sony WH-1000XM2 delivers strong audio performance that can be sculpted to taste using the free app.

Powerful audio performance with fine-tunable EQ (in app); Solid noise cancellation with adjustable parameters (in app); Comfortable

Expensive; Noise cancellation has subtle effect on audio

Without question the WH-1000XM2 are an exceptional pair of headphones are great for travel thanks to its noise cancelling and ambient aware feature. They have a clean design mostly relying on touch controls which work great but may not be a cup of tea for everyone.

Sony WH-1000XM2 noise cancelling wireless headphones are attractive, comfy, and sound great.

These headphones are amazing! I've been looking for a good pair of headphones for sometime and after much research decided to go with these and I'm so glad I did. The sound quality that pumps out of these are nothing short of mind blowing.

Sony WH-1000XM2 is an update over last year's 1000X. The sound is impressive, and noise cancellation is amongst the best. Although the battery life is not at par with the QC35, it's a more feature-rich and well-balanced headphone.

Splendid noise-canceling; Great-sounding audio; 30-hour battery life

Hinges are fragile; Ambient sound feature fails at times

Sony's WH-1000XM2 are its premium noise cancelling headphones packed with just about every feature you could imagine. Ray Shaw [email protected] has a passion for IT ever since building his first computer in 1980.

One ofthe best ANC headphones

No USB digital playback

The Sony WH-1000XM2 wireless noise cancelling headphones are in a class of their own and combine brilliant audio quality with superior noise cancellation with wireless convenience.

It's fair to say that by now most people who have an interest in wireless headphones know that the top 3 headphones for noise cancelling are Bose, Sony and Sennheiser.

Excellent wireless sound quality and signal; Touch controls; Excellent battery life; Good passive noise cancellation; Goes nice and loud; Pairs fast to your phone

Expensive; Not as comfortable as Sennheiser 598 for example; Potentially fragile (previous model suffered with cracking headband so far so good with this model though)