WH-1000XM5

Sony

WH-1000XM5

107 positive 3 neutral 42 negative

Based on 152 Reddit mentions

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duda sobre audifonos

Para los que cachan más. Qué tal el audio? Por que yo tengo unos sony 1000xm5, y al conectarlo en modo blutu con micrófono la calidad de audio baja exponencialmente. Por lo que si quiero que suene bien debo usarlo sin micrófono. En estos gamers pasa lo mismo?

horyan16 in r/chilegames

November 27, 2025 8:17 PM

4

WH-1000XM5 sound quality is terrible while using microphone

I got my XM5 a few days after its release, and for the most part I love these headphones. I mostly use it at home for watching videos, listening to music and playing games with friends. There is one thing, that i never see mentioned anywhere, but i feel like could be important for anyone who wants t

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megeszlekvacsira in r/sony

June 29, 2022 7:49 PM

73

Sony WH-1000XM5 work terrible on Desktop Teams and Discord apps

Hi guys,

is anyone out here a new user of these new XM5's and is struggling with using Discord or Teams on Desktop? I experience very poor sound and microphone quality using them on these apps (using IOS apps works just fine). I've read some articles that people have tried to manage this problem wi

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Flimsy_Industry7845 in r/sony

May 22, 2022 8:37 PM

33

WH-1000XM5 pauses randomly

My XM5 keeps pausing after 10-15 seconds randomly. Please help what to do i. this situation. I tried a factory reset but it is still not working

athak102 in r/sony

April 24, 2023 7:58 PM

29

Bluetooth/Sound drivers not working

Hey everyone,

I’m struggling with my Sony WH-1000XM5 on a 2017 27" iMac running Windows 10 via Boot Camp on an external SSD.

The issue:

  • Windows shows the headphones as connected (headset), but no audio works.
  • They don’t appear in playback devices.
  • Device Manager lists them, but **not under sound
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Flaky_Improvement_33 in r/bootcamp

October 15, 2025 10:15 PM

3

Problem with bluetooth codecs on Debian Trixie 13.1

I am using SONY WH-1000XM5 headphones and pipewire 1.4.2. I cannot choose other codecs than sbc or sbc-xq I heard that LDAC is a way better option but I cant figure out how to install it.

Haunting_Ad_1913 in r/debian

October 19, 2025 4:54 PM

3

WH-1000xm5 turning off randomly

I bought some sony WH-1000XM5 earlier this year, and about a month or two ago they randomly have been turning off by themselves. They dont even make the turning off sound, the audio just goes silent and then they turn off. I saw online that it could be because I have the setting where it turns off w

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Daniel_Martinez2114 in r/sony

September 26, 2025 1:48 PM

2

Sony WH-1000XM5 issues on Windows

Headphones are connected but can't select them in sound section, I remove it or uninstall device and then re-pair and sometimes it will work, but next time I connect it happens again and so on, can't reliably use heaphones

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Specyalist in r/sony

November 30, 2025 10:49 PM

1

WH-1000XM5, Audio from 2 devices at the same time

I recently bought these headphones, and i discovered via the app i could connect 2 devices at the same time, i was so happy because i could hear audio from my PC, and AT THE SAME TIME from my phone.
This worked for like, 2 days, now i turned on my pc and for some reason i can only hear from one so

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DEUS_Hylias in r/sony

October 11, 2025 1:39 AM

1

How to get noise cancelling to work properly on WH-1000XM5 Head phones?

I have an android phone. I use the app to switch back and forth between using my phone or my laptop - however, i have ambient sound control on and noise cancelling selected and yet as i sit here with sound off - i can quite clearly hear sounds from other conversations. If my player is off - shouldn'

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dynastyuserdude in r/sony

October 12, 2025 9:13 PM

1

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