Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “SHOWDOWN: AirPods Pro 2 VS SONY WF1000XM5!”.
What’S going on guys, it’s your average consumer and it’s time for a good old-fashioned showdown between the brand new Sony, wf-1000x Mark 5s versus the second generation airpods Pro. These are some of the best earbuds you can get on the market right now. So, let’s compare them so, first and foremost, we’re gon na start with the most obvious category, the design. So this year Sony dropped a new design for their Flagship earbuds.
The mark fives actually are quite a bit smaller than their predecessor. It’S actually 25. Smaller they’ve got like this new design and they’ve come in two different colors. We have this like beige over here and they also come in Black, really really low key. Overall, I do kind of, like the design, Sony kind of stepped away from that really round. Look that they had with the previous version now they’ve got like this interesting round, but triangular almost look to them.
I, like the overall change that Sony made with these and making them more compact uh, but in comparison to the air pods which have been around since like late 2019.. Now these don’t feel as big when they’re in your ear, but because they’ve got like even this short stem, they are a bit more pronounced when you’re outside compared to the Sony’s. People will definitely see these a lot easier because they’re white they got the stem overall. We know looks are subjective, but when it comes to looks just like the overall design, if I had to choose between the two cool yeah, I’d probably give it to the Sony’s. Now, while we’re on the subject of the design, we got to consider the cases as well, because that’s a big part of it right when it comes to these cases. One thing that the airpods really do have going for it, this material – it’s it’s pretty it’s glossy, but it’s pretty easy to like grip. Where there’s a big difference here. Uh, it’s got this. I get cardboard box vibes from the outside. Just it’s just a feel in the hand it doesn’t feel like it’s cheap or anything guy like don’t get, don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t feel cheap. I actually had this in the same pocket as my keys by my steak, for just like a little bit of time, and I did have a bunch of like these.
What looks like blue scratches? I used like an alcohol wipe on it and I got them all out. I got it cleaned up, uh, that’s one thing: you’ll have to keep in mind, I’d say for this particular case or this particular color with the Sony’s uh. You just might be able to scratch it up, or maybe even do some color transfers like if you’re wearing blue jeans, like with crazy dye in them. I can imagine that having an impact on these so something to keep in mind for the for the build, and while that might be the case for the case, that won’t be the case for the earbuds, because you can see it’s got that glossy feel over here.
On the sides, so now that we’ve talked about the design and the build, I want to talk about Comfort. Now, when it comes to the air pods, they use your standard, silicone tips for the earbuds, and you guys, if you know me, you know these are the only kind of earbuds I can wear, because I got those weird ears, but the in-ear earbuds are the only Kinds that I can wear they’re, the only ones that stay in my my ears – I can throw these airpods in my ears – use them for long periods of time with no problem, occasionally they’ll slip out or they’ll start to slip a little bit, and then I can You know kind of just push them back in very lightly, not a big deal, something I’ve gotten pretty used to now with the Sony’s. They got a different kind of ear tip.
These are not the regular silicone tips. They’Ve got these like foam material that you can squeeze and squish up, and this is actually really cool because you can squish it squish. It squish it throw it into your ears and then it’ll expand within your ears. So it can make sure you get the right fit. I think these in particular, are the most comfortable earbuds I’ve ever ever used. I definitely give Comfort to these over the air pods, considering the airpods would slip every now and then stay in my ears, but slips these stain my ears, don’t slip, Got ta Give it to these. Now we got to talk about the features and when it comes to Sony, there’s just there’s always so many issues with their earbuds, and this is why I always call them the most advanced, earbuds or headphones out, because they just do so much. But let’s just take a look at a quick list of all of the features between the two of them and we’ll talk about some of my favorites and what makes a big difference between the two so clearly a very long list.
But for the airpods. Some of my standout features are absolutely going to be like the find my if you lose your earbuds you’ll be able to track down the case with Precision. They have Precision tracking being able to track down the earbuds through the case or maybe even the earbuds themselves or having the earbuds case make a sound. So I can find them, I think, is extremely useful and something that’s pretty unique compared to any earbuds that are out right now.
I also like being able to have Siri read out my notifications, so if I’ve got my earbuds on – and I don’t really have access to my phone she’ll of course read out like text messages and emails. That kind of thing, so I also think that’s pretty useful. As well, I also like how wide spread the spatial audio experience is for the air pods.
You can use them in a multitude of apps, whereas compared to the mark fives. These have very specific apps that you can use that like 360 audio experience, so I like how widespread it is now when it comes to the mark, fives there’s a lot of special features here I have one that I just recently discovered is being able to answer A call by just nodding or rejecting it by shaking your head, don’t even have to press a button. You just do the motion. They’Ve got head gestures now.
I think that’s absolutely insane and really really smart. I also like to speak the chat feature where the headphones will detect if you’re speaking to someone and automatically pause your music get thrown into that transparency mode, and you got to have a dialogue, you can also change the time for how long that pause. After you finish, talking is so that your music comes back on five seconds. That’S it like five seconds is: all you need anything longer is just too much.
I also kind of want to call out the Multi-Device connection. You can connect more than one device to these. At a time which I think is dope with the air pods, you kind of get that with Apple devices, so, depending on what you want to connect, what might be better suited to you than the other amongst a bunch of Apple devices, airpods for sure, amongst different Kinds of devices: at the same time, then it’s going to be Sony. So if you want to do iPhone and like I don’t know an Android tablet or something stop, then this is the way to go so really quickly.
Let’S talk about the features that they both share, of course biggest one being active noise cancellation. Now the active noise cancellation on these earbuds are impeccable, like both of them are so good is one better than the other. Maybe the slight Edge might go to the Sony’s. I’M not sure I tested it enough to know that they are like you have to nitpick to find the difference, but for the average everyday person you wanted to have really good active noise cancellation, you can’t lose with either one they both work really really well. So that’s the case when it comes to active noise cancellation uh, but when it comes to transparency mode, I don’t know what Apple’s got going on over there. But they’ve got the best transparency Mode, still they’re the kings of making.
It feel like there’s nothing between your ears and the world. They do a really really good job at that these airpods they’re the best, even though I do think these are better in that sense, uh. These sound really really good. I do think where these fall behind.
In the transparency mode, conversation is actually the stained ear tips. There still feels like there’s like you’re something’s in your ears, because of the way you know these expand and they’re like actually really up in there uh. So you feel them. That’S where I feel like these lack a bit now.
Another feature that these have are, of course, the stem that you can use to control your music play pause. You know you give it a squeeze, go back a track, all that good stuff um. You also have volume controls by swiping up and down on the stem, so you can control your music like that uh, whereas with the Sony’s, your audio controls are pretty similar. You know the same tapping you can do right on the surface.
One thing they did add, though, is you can tap four times and then that’ll increase your volume to decrease your volume. Now one feature that these both have, that I want to call out, is the proximity sensor. They can both auto play and pause your music when you take them out your ears, but yeah. There are just a lot of features.
If you want like pretty unique features, then I think the sonys are definitely going to be the better option. So now, of course, we’ve got to talk about sound quality, so these are two pair of earbuds that I genuinely enjoy listening to. Uh air pods have been great since they dropped. The second generation has upped the sound quality compared to the first, and I was happy with the first, so definitely really good on Apple for making the audio experience even better.
On these guys, I haven’t had any issues throw whatever kind of music I want at them. They sound really good. They just feel really light when you’re listening to them, whereas with these when you’ve got them in your ear man, the sound experience is next level. It’S just really rich.
It feels like you’re getting hit with everything at once in a good way, whereas with these everything sounded really good, but it’s like you know you just kind of chilling in a background, you got your music playing behind you, that’s what this is versus these. It’S like that, music’s all around you not playing behind just all around you just really in your face. I listen to a lot of hip-hop a lot of anime music. I listen to all kinds of stuff, but this did a really good job with everything compared to the airpods, a nine versus a 10.
to put it in perspective. Both are really really good. These are better so right now you guys are hearing the mic quality directly from the Sony wf-1000x Mark 5s, and this is the my quality from the second generation airpods Pro, which do you guys think is better now really quick. We got to talk about battery life with the airpods you’re, getting six hours of playback on the earbuds, with a total of 30 hours, using the case to charge them now, with the mark, fives you’re getting eight hours of playback and when you add the case, you Get a total of 24. and they both also have fast charge features. I think five minutes with this gives you like an hour and three minutes with this, gives you an hour so two minutes faster charging here now battery life is one thing, but charging them uh.
They both use wireless charging, so you can charge them wirelessly. I do like the fact that the airpods, if you’re in the Apple ecosystem, they also use mag safe charging. If you happen to have an Apple Watch, you can use the Apple watch charger to charge these as well now these charge with USB type c. That is just like pretty standard these days and they also use Qi wireless charging. So you have those two options to charge this as well. Now, let’s talk about price you guys over here with the airpods, we’re looking at 249.99 or 249 Apple, doesn’t do 99. uh 249 over here versus 299.99 over here, so 250 bucks versus 300 bucks um. It’S fifty dollars more.
I personally think you get better audio quality. You get way more features. Uh you get Comfort, that’s like legit! That’S a make or break honestly Comfort.
Is it worth the extra 50 I’d say so and even using this with other devices, uh you’ll? Probably have a better overall experience if you’re investing in a pair of earbuds, you want it to be. You know the best possible experience across multiple devices. I think this does warrant that, if you’re not just trying to get those apple features, I do think these are the better earbuds.
But if you really want to lock in – and just you know be all in with the Apple ecosystem, I still think these are probably going to offer you some features that these might not be able to. You know kind of match. Up with what would I choose personally man, that’s hard from an everyday perspective like really quick running to the store. I’D probably want to have these, because I know I’d misplace them.
I need to find them and able to go to be able to go to the store with them. If I wanted to like really sit down and listen to my music, I’m going on a plane, I’m traveling, I’m traveling with these. Instead, I think longer listening sessions where I really want to enjoy what I’m listening to I’m gon na go with the Sony’s, but I think for everyday use. This has features that I can’t give up sorry, I can’t give you like a hard decision. I they just both play the different strengths, but I’ll catch you guys in the next one uh.
If you guys want to see a full-blown review on this stay tuned to the channel, we’re going to have a full review coming soon I’ll catch. You guys in the next one till then it’s your average consumer peace. What would you guys choose? Okay, you guys are not helping .