Black Friday – Sony WH-XB900N “4-star” nomad headset at € 99.99 – Les Numériques

Sony is capitalizing on the resounding success of WH-1000XM3 by cloning the formula in its Extra Bass range. Thus was born the WH-XB900N, a Bluetooth headset that wants to appeal to technophiles who love bass.

The WH-XB900N is a very pleasant headphone to use and relatively efficient if one takes the time to correct its furiously generous frequency response in the low frequencies. Its high-end price placement confronts it with the best helmet in its category, the WH-1000XM3, regularly offered 50 € more expensive (and even less with reductions) and undoubtedly better placed in audio and on active noise reduction. The latter is therefore a better investment, but there are also excellent alternatives like the Bose. QC 35 II where the Jabra Elite 85h.

Strong points

• Good sound performance, after correction.
• Good distortion management.
• Comfortable, pleasant and intuitive to use.
• Complete and responsive orders.
• Excellent battery life, charging via USB-C
• Capture quality of on-board microphones.

Weak points

• Use of the compulsory equalizer to obtain a good sound reproduction.
• Catastrophic sound reproduction in wired use / off.
• Inefficient active noise reduction.
• No multipoint bluetooth connection.

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