Sony WH-1000XM4
Reported in 4 tracked streamer setups.
Tracked 2026-10-19. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the Sony WH-1000XM4
The Sony WH-1000XM4 is a wireless noise-canceling headphone, a comfortable pick for monitoring and calls. At a tracked $298 it sits in the lower half of a $224.99 to $383.67 range since August 9, 2026, so a dip is possible.
The listing gives up to 30 hours of battery, a 10 minute charge for 5 hours of playback, touch controls and Bluetooth multipoint pairing. Five built-in mics handle calls. Those mics are for calls and chat, so a stream voice is better handled by a separate mic. It weighs 9 ounces. Retailer rating is 4.6 across 42,886 ratings, a very large sample.
- Up to 30 hours of battery with quick charging
- Multipoint pairing for two devices
- 4.6 across 42,886 retailer ratings
- Tracked $73 above its low
- Built-in mics are meant for calls, not stream voice
Where it fits in a build
Monitor your audio. Closed-back headphones (no mic) are the pro pick if you mic separately; a headset adds a mic for comms or casual use. See every headphones / headset pick
| Model Number | WH1000XM4/B |
| Model Name | WH-1000XM4 |
| Item Weight | 9 ounces |
| Impedance | 48 ohm |
| Frequency Response | 2.4 GHz |
| Sensitivity | 105 db |
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Sony WH-1000XM4
$298Tracked 2026-10-19
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We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.