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Ok-Change503 t1_itmh1ji wrote

They're closed back right? How's the ANC?

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hurtyewh OP t1_itmjbd7 wrote

Yeah, closed back. Didn't have time to really try anything more beyond initial sound quality. I don't much care for ANC anyway due to the SQ issues it usually causes. Passive isolation has been almost abandoned by consumer BT headphones and that's horrible design aiming to impress the buyer by making the product worse to then show how much it improves with ANC. XM5's are the worst in this way I've come across yet.

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Adrian1616 t1_itol4lx wrote

My B&W PXs seem to have pretty solid noise isolation. They are four or five years old now though.

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sycron17 t1_itpfh0t wrote

I just gave back my XM4 after replacing the QC45 for the same issue. Cant even buy something normal nowadays to go to work. Back to our audio corner it is.

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