The Sony WH-CH720N Over-Ear Wireless Headphones are probably the best headphones you can buy in the market now without breaking the bank.
If you have caught the Y2k bug to indulge in headphones — undoubtedly the “it” accessory of the past two years — here’s a recent Sony release that matches the noise-cancelling powers of the beloved WH-1000XM5 with a record lightness in weight, ease of use, and a welcome price tag that doesn’t break the bank.
The model in question — the over-ear WH-CH720N — is equipped with pairs one feed-forward with one feed-back microphone on the surface of the headphones to make sure ambient sounds are captured while it produces sound for you. This, known as the Dual Noise Sensor technology, is coupled with Sony’s Integrated Processor V1 to further eliminate external sound with a minimal processing delay — amplifying what you are listening to in a pretty dramatic way.
All this then makes way for the WH-CH720N to produce sounds that fit more closely to the original intentions of your favourite music artistes. Thanks to the all-clarifying Digital Sound Enhancement engine, all the high-frequency elements musicians and songwriters work hard to include in their tracks will be faithfully restored with minimal distortion, the well-balanced sound tuning designed to express both low and high frequencies with significant clarity — working well with anything from bass-heavy rap to the latest dance hits.
As for communication, the WH-CH720N is equipped with strategically-positioned beamforming microphones to pick up voices more clearly and accurately in a wide range of environments. Used in tandem with a newly developed Wind Noise Reduction Structure around the microphones, you can rest assured that conversations and music will remain clear and uninterrupted even on the noisiest, rush-hour streets.
What’s better is that you get to enjoy this mute-the-world effect for up to 35 hours, in a comfy ergonomically-designed over-ear fit paired with unfussy synthetic leather and urethane materials. All this with the entire body only amassing a record weight of 192g — cementing the WH-CH720N Sony’s lightest overhead wireless headphone offering.
The final cherry on top is the Sony Headphones app. Even with the existing sensitivity to sound range, the app allows you to further tailor what you get out of the WH-CH720N using the in-app equaliser, choosing from a variety of settings to match the sound quality to music genre or type. You can also toggle the reception of ambient sounds across 20 different levels, making sure being on the move does nothing to faze your listening experience. All that’s left to do now is to choose between black, blue or white, all versatile colours to accessorize with.
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