![]() Whether it’s the electronic collisions of The Glitch Mob, the grungy blues of Jack White or the driving bass in Kendrick Lamar’s catalog, the lower range is both pleasant and powerful, expanding the overall soundstage. I thought the M4 was well-tuned for a range of genres, but the bass seems punchier here. New 30mm carbon fiber drivers handle the audio, including tracks in LDAC and DSEE Extreme. ![]() In fact, it’s yet another thing Sony upgraded on these headphones. Sound quality has never been an issue with the 1000X line, and it’s definitely not on the M5. If you want to use Spotify Tap, for example, you’ll need to sync it with Headphones Connect here. And last but not least, Services is where you connect various apps for easy access. You can also opt for that last control to activate Spotify Tap with either a double or triple press. System is where you can enable multipoint connectivity, change voice assistants, disable the touch control panel and add functionality to the noise canceling button. That latter uses AI to reproduce the frequency response that’s typically lost to compression. You can also configure the headphones for 360 Reality audio, in addition to switching Bluetooth connection quality and employing DSEE Extreme. In my experience, it could sometimes be fooled by coughs, but that’s not the case anymore. If you recall, Speak-to-Chat automatically pauses the audio and activates ambient sound when it detects that you’re speaking. The Sound tab gives you access to Ambient Sound Control, the ability to enable/disable Speak-to-Chat, the equalizer and audio presets. And lastly there’s a media player here, which I’ve never touched across several reviews. The Status panel will also allow you to see which devices are currently connected since the M5 allows you to link up to two simultaneously. Adaptive Sound Control can also be configured to change the EQ and enable/disable Speak-to-Chat for a particular location or activity. If you do, you can set the M5 to automatically enable ambient sound when you’re at the office, for example. Of course, if you choose to have things change based on where you are, you’ll have to give the app permission to track your whereabouts. The first, Status, gives you access to the finer details of Adaptive Sound Control or Sony’s handy automatic switching of noise canceling settings based on activity or location. When you fire up the software, a battery life percentage is prominently displayed on the right side, with tabs for Status, Sound, System and Services just below. ![]() SoftwareĪs is the case with most of Sony’s earbuds and headphones, the Headphones Connect app is where you tweak settings and enable a host features. The former can also put the headphones in pairing mode and give you a battery level update while the latter cycles through a combination of ANC, ambient sound and off. On the edge of the left ear cup, there are physical buttons for power and noise cancellation. All of those touch controls work well too, reliably accepting taps and swipes without error. Tap and hold summons your voice assistant and when you get a call, simply double tap to answer. Here you can play/pause with a double tap, skip tracks with a horizontal swipe or swipe vertically to adjust volume. For details see the README + you have to run sudo make install Īlso note that this was on re-freshed Ubuntu 18.04, I kinda screwed up some dependencies and had to fix my OS by installing it fresh on top of the old one, before that I had some other old dependencies that didn't allow me to install bluez-5.The outside panel of the right ear cup still houses the touch controls.
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