Sure enough, they embrace the beat underpinning Ben Pearce’s re-edit of Maribou State’s Midas. With the XB700 being part of Sony’s Extra Bass family, we have an idea as to what to expect from their sonic balance. In our test, we don’t encounter any issues with operation during exercise. The left earbud’s button can be pressed to increase volume and held to decrease it, while the right button is pressed once to play/pause tracks and answer/end calls, twice to skip forward and three times to skip backwards a track. Speaking of buttons, the XB700 have an easy-to-locate one on the underside of each earbuds to control music playback, rather than a more runner-friendly touch sensor.
It takes a few twists to get them securely into place, but once they're in you can almost forget about them, safe in the knowledge that it would take some knocking, or a rather rigorous button press, to dislodge them. It helps that the buds are lightweight, at 8g each, too. At just under 3cm deep from eartip to housing edge, they are rather on the large side, but they look more burdensome than they feel. It's an interesting and quite convenient way to adjust your music's volume, without having to take your phone out of a pocket.Īnd when you're getting a phone call, pressing either button will answer it, while during a phone call, pressing either button will end it.To help ensure the buds stay in your ears, the XB700 have oval-shaped contours that sit between the silicone ear tips (of which there are four sizes to choose from) and outer housings. Pressing and holding it for about two seconds will trigger Google Assistant or Siri, which you can also command directly from the headphones, thanks to their aforementioned microphones.Ĭlicking the left headphone's button raises the volume, while pressing and holding it lowers it. Pressing the right headphone's button once would either play or pause your music, pressing it twice will skip to the next song, while three clicks go back a song, or restart the current one.
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But if you're not into super strong bass, you'll likely be happy with the amount here.Įach headphone also has a built-in microphone, and your voice sounds clear when using them for taking phone calls or interacting with voice assistants.Īs we previously mentioned, each headphone has a tiny button on its bottom back side for controls and enabling Bluetooth pairing. The bass here is clean and very good, though not as hard or punchy as you may like if you're a fan of hip-hop or modern electronic dance music.
So if you want a fuller sound and features such as active noise canceling, you may be interested in checking our review of those, before buying the WF-XB700.Īnd as for that "Extra Bass" branding, it's far from "extra" if you're used to bass-heavy headphones. Previously I used Sony's more expensive WF-SP800N headphones, which I mentioned earlier, and they're definitely significantly better, in terms of both sound quality and features. At high volumes, the sound can truly get loud, or at least the highs, but the mids essentially disappear, as they're already quite weak even at lower volumes.
Their stereo separation is quite effective also. Of course, you can also pair them to either a laptop or a tablet via Bluetooth, as opposed to a phone.Īt low-to-mid volume levels, the headphones sound very clear, and with solid punch and bass. Holding both of the headphones' buttons for a few seconds puts them in Bluetooth pairing mode, which will show them up on your phone's available Bluetooth devices. Unlike the slightly more expensive Sony WF-SP800N headphones, these don't come with a companion app, so there's no native way to change their controls or how they sound, although you can use external equalizer apps like with any headphones.
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