That’s important because truly wireless is perfect when you’re working out. On the other hand, the headphones have IPX4 rating, which means they’re sweat and water resistant.
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and there’s no excuse for not putting such controls here. The WF-XB700 is expensive when you compare to companies like Boat, Xiaomi, Realme etc. The cheapest of truly wireless headphones have gesture controls today, and though they are often wobbly, it’s clearly possible. This would have been acceptable on very cheap earphones, but not at this price. They just don’t feel intuitive and I’d much rather tap to control music than press a button once, twice and so on. But I didn’t use them any more than I absolutely had to to ensure that they work. The WF700 have tiny buttons on them, to play/pause, control volume etc. You can’t touch or swipe the buds to control audio and music won’t pause automatically when you take them off the ear.
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The bigger miss is not adding gesture controls on the XB700. Ultimately though, lack of ANC in this range isn’t something you can really fault Sony for, yet. Many complained about environmental noise from my end, though the microphones do pick up my voice well when outside noise is kept to a minimum. Without ANC, the XB-700N isn’t well suited for video calls or even phone calls for that matter. Adding the circuitry for ANC surely adds to the cost, and though there aren’t ANC offerings at this price point for truly wireless buds yet, there definitely should be. The more expensive SP-800N also has ANC built in. In fact, even Sony does ANC on the WH-CH710N at exactly the same price. Companies like JBL have delivered ANC at such prices, though not in truly wireless headphones. This would ideally allow you to tune the audio to your own tastes or for the content you’re playing.Īnother big miss here is the lack of gesture controls and active noise cancellation (ANC). The Headphones Connect app, which the company pairs with the WF-SP800N (also launched today) and more expensive headphones, has an equalizer built in. It just thinks that it can’t offer that at this price. Interestingly, Sony does have a solution to this. isn’t enough to really complain, but if we were to nitpick, the low mid-range does affect audio quality there. The impact on movies, YouTube videos etc. This may not matter to most, but at ₹9990, there are many buyers who do know their audio. That said, the emphasis on bass does affect the mid-range. Despite emphasis on bass, a song like Jenny of Oldstones from Game of Thrones still sounds good. The audio quality is noticeably better than the Jabra Elite E75t, which costs about ₹5000 more.
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SONY WF XB700 REVIEW SERIES
The WF-XB700 doesn’t have the range Sony’s 1000XM3 series does, but its range is admittedly wider than most headphones in its competition. Most importantly, you hear the bassline from the bass guitar very clearly, something a whole host of headphones out there fail to handle. The drums in that song flow along in the background, letting the other instruments take centrestage. The XB700 is great for bass-driven Bollywood tracks, but at the same time, it works for songs like Drops of Jupiter by Train. The audio is also tuned well enough to suit an eclectic music taste, a weakness many headphones suffer from, cheap and expensive.