Sony Drops Its Popular Noise-Canceling Headphones by Nearly 50% for Back-to-School Clearance

Gizmodo

28-07-2025

If you agree with us that over 60,000 Amazon reviewers can't be wrong, you'll also agree that this new deal taking 43% off the price of the Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Headphones is definitely one to take a look at. Those Amazon reviewers give these over-ear headphones an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, and over 10,000 of them have sold at Amazon in just the past month, mostly at prices above the current $200.
Sony has come out with two iterations of the 1000MX series since the XM4s were released in 2020, and yet they keep selling like crazy. It's the combination of industry-best noise cancellation technology combined with stellar battery life, comfort, ease of use, and most definitely price — especially when it takes a big drop like this.
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If you have a favorite pair of wireless headphones or earbuds that follow you around all day, from desk to gym to couch, you know that the pairing/unpairing/pairing dance as you move from laptop to smartphone to gaming console can be a serious pain. The 1000XM4s don't require you to unpair from one device in order to add another. The multipoint Bluetooth connection allows you to instantly move from one device to another.
Sony threw in a pile of cool features like that when they made the 1000XM4 wireless headphones. If you need to remove them, whatever you're listening to will automatically pause so you don't miss anything. The Touch Sensor controls put all of the 1000XM4 features a fingertip away, with pause/play/skip track, volume, voice assistant, and phone controls all on the same ear cup. There's also the Speak to Chat feature that will automatically take you out of Noise Cancellation mode as you listen to music when you start to speak — the music pauses and you go into transparency mode for your in-person conversation, with no button to push.
In the end, the single biggest factor that has made the Sony 1000XM4s one of the world's best-selling wireless headphones for the past 5 years is simple — the sound quality and noise cancellation are really good. Sony's Dual Noise Sensor technology is among the very best on the market, adjusting on the fly in response to the background noise of your environment. It's easy to just disappear into your music, and when you do, it comes through with clear, beautiful detail.
You may love the Sony 1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Headphones so much that you put their battery to the test, but unless you're able to stay awake for more than 30 hours, the 1000XM4s will win that contest every time. But you're definitely the winner when you grab a pair for just $200 while this 43% off deal is still live at Amazon.
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