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Okay so that's the windy conditions... hey
guys!
Welcome back to another mic quality test with
some of the premium active noise canceling
headphones so this time we've got the Sony
WH 1000 XM4 the XM3s the PXC 550ii, the Sennheiser
Momentum twos the Surface headphones two and
the Bose 700 so let's go and for those of
you subscribe to the channel you'll have noticed
that we dropped a very similar video quite
recently but that was a comparison between
the Sony XM4s the XM3s the Bose 700s and the
Microsoft Surface headphones too and the reason
why we're doing this video is uh threefold
actually we have the Sennheiser PXC 550 and
the Momentums in-house so we thought we needed
to include them but second and most importantly
the first video we did a test with voice memos
and while that is fine we really wanted to
simulate a phone call because that's the most
realistic use case people have and everybody's
talking into voice memos so we did a real
phone call with me switching between the headphones
across three different conditions it was a
lot of work if you appreciate the effort we
put in do give a thumbs up it really helps
the video out to be more consistent we did
our wi-fi and we used facetime audio you know
apple is a gold standard for phone calls and
the third reason was we wanted to really use
uh consistent wind conditions on our head
so the headphones were constantly in wind
this time and the wind was turned up a bit
more so you could really see the differences
and of course viewer feedback is very important
for us so one of you mentioned that maybe
we should have used a longer phrase so we
did it's not pop-pop popsicle ice ice icicle
test test testing this time so let's jump
straight into the test but before you do the
conclusions are going to be up here in this
time stamp so if you want to just skip the
test and go directly to the conclusions feel
free to do that the conclusions are really
interesting so even if you do go through all
the tests make sure you go stick around for
the conclusions because you may discover something
you didn't in the test themselves for now
here are the tests happy listening yeah go
for it I have four American friends I have
three Dutch friends I have two Indian friends
and a Czech one two a check one two.
This is the Sony WH 1000 XM4 is in quiet conditions
I have four American friends I have three
Dutch friends I have two Indian friends and
a check one two a check one two this is the
Sony WH1000XM3 in quiet conditions I have
four American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and they check one
two I check one two oh this is the Microsoft
Surface two in quiet conditions I have four
American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two a check one two this is the Sennheiser
PXC 550ii's in quiet conditions so I have
four American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two I check one two this is the Sennheiser
PXC 550 twos in quiet conditions I have four
American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two I check one two this is the Sennheiser
Momentum three in quiet conditions I have
four American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two a check one two this is the Bose NC 700s
in quiet conditions I have four American friends
I have three Dutch friends I have two Indian
friends and a check one two object one two
this is the Sony WH 1000XM4 in windy condition
117 this is the Microsoft Surface headphones
tools I have four American friends I have
three Dutch friends I have two Indian friends
and a check one two a check one two this is
the Sennheiser PXC 550ii's in windy conditions
the call announcement turned on so I have
four American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two a check one two this is the Sennheiser
PXC 550ii in windy conditions without clear
voice turned on I have four American friends
I have seen Dutch friends I have two Indian
friends and expect one too I set one too because
the sun is a Momentum screen in windy conditions
I have four American friends of the Dutch
friends I have two Indian friends and effect
one two a check one two this is the boat night
cancelling 700 in windy conditions I have
four American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two a check one two this is the Sony WH1000
XM4 in slightly noisy background conditions
I have four American friends I have three
Dutch friends I have two Indian friends and
a check one two a check one two this is the
Sony WH1000 XM3 with slightly noisy background
condition I have four American friends I have
three Dutch friends I have two Indian friends
and a check one two a check one two this is
the Microsoft Surface headphones too in slightly
noisy background condition I have four American
friends I have three Dutch friends I have
two Indian friends and a check one two a check
one two this is the Sennheiser PXC 550ii's
in uh slightly noisy background conditions
with call enhancement turned on I have four
American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two a check one two this is the Sennheiser
PXC 550 in slightly noisy background conditions
without clear voice turned on I have four
American friends I have three Dutch friends
I have two Indian friends and a check one
two I check one two this is the scenario Momentum
three and slightly noisy background conditions
I have four American friends I have three
Dutch friends I have two Indian friends and
a check one two a check one two this is the
Bose nc 700s with slightly noisy background
conditions
now in quiet conditions all of these headphones
work right I think the real standout performers
for me were the Surface uh because they were
clear the PXC with and without call announcement
I think they were crystal clear both were
loud and clear that is important although
these headphones did sound a bit sibilant
I would say that the Bose was pretty good
only reason I�m not saying Bose is excellent
because it wasn't the loudest but in terms
of clarity it was spot on the XM3 was average
and the XM4 was also average but for different
reasons the XM4 was louder than the XM3 but
it did seem that the XM3 was clearer than
the XM4 um unfortunately the Momentum three
for me comes out at bottom I can't say poor
because you could kind of understand what's
going on but it wasn't the best for sure so
that's one two three four five six seven yeah
that's what we have for the quiet conditions
let's move on to the windy conditions hey
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conditions um the surprise uh candidate in
the windy conditions for me was the Sony XM4
it performed average it is it has been kind
of average throughout and in this very difficult
specific condition it performed pretty well
so that's an average the XM3 on the other
hand is just hot garbage it's not it's not
understandable it's not clear and I think
I would put the Momentum in the same category
maybe it's slightly better than the XM3 but
you know these are not headphones you want
to use in windy conditions as we just checked
the Surface I would have actually called it
excellent I wanted to really call it excellent
till you hear the last check one two and those
words are completely missing so it does really
good at background noise but it does take
away some of your voice at times it cancels
out your voice that's not what you want in
phone calls it's important that every word
you say is heard at least most of the times
you heard so that was the reason I bumped
it down to average had that not happened it
was a clear winner for us the Bose 700 surprisingly
didn't perform as well I would put it in the
same category as the XM4 for windy conditions
go back and listen to it they sound very similar
the PXC is interesting we turned call enhancement
on and that did a really good job I think
in making the voice a bit clearer it's not
at the Surface level in terms of cutting out
background noise but you could understand
what's going on and that's what you really
want in phone calls the PXC2 without call
enhancement I would even put it below average
it wasn't the best so that's a conclusion
for windy conditions I think the PXC with
call enhancement is on top uh the Surface
was really good at cancelling out background
noise but sometimes your words got cut out
and the Bose and the XM4 were all kind of
in the same ballpark and XM3 and Momentum
three nope all right let's go to noisy conditions
so we simulated a cafe to start with I think
the worst of the bunch unfortunately again
was the Momentum three you know the volume
was average the clarity was below average
I would put the XM3 in the same bracket as
well
what is interesting to see is that the Surface
performed well with the volume again but the
clarity was a touch below the best and the
best in this case would be I think the PXC
with or without call enhancement and I i think
the Bose is even better than the PXC but both
are excellent because the volume is good and
you can understand them the reason I say the
Bose is better is because the background noise
was almost not there so yeah you can see why
Bose is considered the best in the business
at this have I missed anything yes of course
I missed the XM4 I will have to say this average
just because of the whole voice clarity thing
they are doing something to boost the volume
they're doing some processing it really really
shows so this is the overall rating for just
calls in a slightly noisy condition with voices
and this is an important test I think more
so than the others because we always tend
to take calls in slightly noisy conditions
nowadays I guess everyone's working at home
so quiet conditions are more prevalent but
I think it's an important test if you really
want to use your headphones in an office environment
or just in a public place
so what's the conclusion guys if you really
want ANC headphones for phone calls you cannot
go wrong with the Bose or the Surface or the
PXC 550iis these are really the top of the
line for phone calls as far as we are concerned
I think the Bose is a bit more consistent
in the most common conditions that is a quiet
and a background noisy environment like an
office or a public space the PXC is pretty
good as well and I think the Surface does
equally well but the PXC and the Surface are
a bit straighter sounding than the Bose so
do with that information what you will and
you should not buy the Momentum threes or
the XM3s if you want to make phone calls just
nope so this video is about comparing these
six premium active noise cancelling headphones
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