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Excellent sound, with caveats
By chris b on Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021
TL;DR: Excellent sound for one user with a television that has HDMI ARC. The ear pads should be replaceable or swappable with cloth pads as the Sennheiser RS series are. I've tried a few different options for listening to my TV content, this setup is the best-sounding currently available unit I've tried. I've compared this Sony to a few Sennheiser units - RS 120 (now discontinued), RS 185, and RS 195. I've also tried out a few low-latency Bluetooth headphones (Apt-X LL), which all pretty much suck. My two TV sets are an LCD Bravia (2018) and an OLED LG (2019), both connected via Ethernet and with mini-jack/optical/ARC outputs. I used both mini-jack and optical with the Sennheiser units and this headset. My goal was decent sound and no sound clipping, not too interested in range, I'm the only person watching the TV. The RS 185/195 are both sensitive to sound clipping around wifi and cellular devices. The RS 120 utilizes KLEER for a wireless connection - if you can find this headset, just go buy it as the sound is great and sonically satisfying; I have no idea why Sennheiser gave up on KLEER with the current RS headsets - my RS 195 is back in the box. This Sony's sound is IMHO comparable to the RS 120 but with better sound profiles and no clipping. For single-person usage, both the RS 120 and this unit are IMHO the best wireless headsets available. For multi-person usage, either of the two Sennheiser headsets are your only option - be sure to place the base far away from any wifi and Bluetooth sources. Yes, I'd buy this Sony headset again.
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WARNING - does not play simultaneous with audio receiver
By Rique on Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
I am rating these headphones at 3 stars, because the sound quality is decent and they are quite comfortable. The audio quality would be rated more highly if they could output at a higher volume, however they do fall a bit short in the volume department. We would have kept these, however they are not compatible with our configuration, which is television audio output from a Sony Bravia to a Denon receiver. The headphones cannot work with such a setup, audio can play through headphones and TV speakers, but cannot play in our configuration (TV audio via an AV receiver, along with audio via the headphones). As mentioned, we would have kept the headphones, even with the less than perfect audio, but if we can’t play through the receiver when using the headphones, it defeats our purpose. My wife prefers audio at a lower volume, but with the benefit of surround sound provided by the AV receiver. I prefer audio at a higher volume, and the intent of the headphones was to meet both of our needs. Unfortunately, there was no apparent way to do that. So, three stars - but they are goin back - and we’re disappointed they couldn’t meet the requirements for our use case.
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