SonosAce | Noise Cancelling Wireless Over-Ear Headphones with Bluetooth, 30-Hour Battery Life, Spatial Audio, Dolby Atmos, Dynamic Head Tracking - WhiteRecycled Content Certification for Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Wide sound stage for a closed back ANC headphone. Clarity and definition are superior to the other headphones I tested which are the Momentum 4s and the Cambridge Melomanias. The base is dynamic and full like mini thunder in your ears without sounding too warm, outstanding. The Sonos headphones are far superior to the other two headphones I tested, in fact I would add that I would not recommend the others over the Sonos at all. I know that's harsh since I'm not even going to list what makes the others inferior, but the difference will sound so clear, there's hardly much to say. I'll put it this way, I had to compare the Sonos with real audiophile headphones that have no features except quality drivers. Yes, the Sonos weren't better but I really spent the time to compare.For Gaming go with the Sonos over the other headphones because of it's wide sound stage it's much better at handling 7.1 virtual surround sound.The Sonos are way more comfortable than the other headphones because of how the earpads are designed to curve over your ear, not just sit flat on your ear like the others, while still covering all of your ear. It's an impressive design and just makes them feel great to wear. Also, these have magnetic earpads for easy removal unlike the others.The Senheisers do use touch controls if you like that. I found them useful but once you learn the controls of the Sonos it won't matter. There's a strange behavior with the ANC options with the Sonos when you disable ANC, the base drops below 50% of its power. However, I believe this is a feature when you don't want it to go on and off in certain areas where you need to external hearing. In addition, you can keep the setting at Adaptive which restores the base with a small open back effect. The third option for full ANC removes the open back effect.I also found the Sonos more stylish to the other two since hard edges is just how 99% of other headphones look. The headband also sits snug around your head without any weird parts that sticking out like you're in a studio when they simply don't perform that way. I know this part is subjective but I think some people would appreciate these design points.Overall, while probably more expensive than other wireless ANC headphones, these are just all around great and worth it over the others. Reviews have raved about the Sennheiser over these, I resoundingly disagree.Other observations are situational. For example, I found that these type of headphones did not need to replace my Airpod Pros when I would go for a walk or a quick hop to the corner store. The sounds of the airpods directly in your ear are just high quality sounding as regular headphones. However, if I had to go somewhere to work all day like at the office, the Sonos were hands down more comfortable in that situation. If you like to sleep with music headphones, these will be far more comfortable than the Airpods sitting in your ear.Last point is for gaming again. While the Sonos are far better for gaming than the other ones mentioned, they are still wireless ANC headphones meant for all kinds of scenarios. Dedicated headphones that will tether you to your gaming PC or if you want just audiophile headphones, those will probably offer more immersive experience in those situations.

Apple recently made it quite clear to me they do not care about their Airpods Max customers, and that I needed to look in earnest for a replacement. The Sonos Ace are the closest I have found, better in many ways, worse in others. I currently intend to keep these and sell my (third pair of) Airpods Max before they inevitably break.Good stuff:They're more comfortable, lighter, and better at cancelling high pitched noises. They clamp acceptably. Not quite as good at isolating low pitched noises, but I find high pitched stuff far more annoying, so it is a fair trade off. The ear cups are replaceable. They fit around my ears and are genuinely circumaural. They are smooth feeling, which I like compared to the abrasive feel of the Airpods Max fabric cups. The Ace has an app but does not force you to use it to use the headphones. They also don't have the obnoxious touch controls that so many modern manufacturers use and misuse. They did not put in a bunch of metal for no reason, so they are far lighter on the head. The lack of cold metal on the outside suggests they won't suffer from the condensation problems which will slowly destroy the Airpods Max. I am no audiophile, so I'll just say they sound fine to me.Bad stuff:The physical controls are not as good as the Airpods Max. The volume control in particular is much worse. Connecting to Mac is less convenient. I do not particularly like Sonos as a company.

The sound is pretty damn good. it pushes good sound when plugged into my dac through my PC. (I use a fiio m11.)the device switch is pretty much instant. I pause my TV, then open a tiktok on my phone and there's no latency between switching.This is the only Sonos product I own.The battery life lasts about 30 hours which means I need to charge it a couple times a week.The passthrough makes me forget I have headphones on sometimes and the noise cancelling is perfect for airplanes and being in a car with loud speakers.It fits my head really well - I have a big head and somewhat small ears. the headphones fit over my ears really well but if I had large ears it might be annoying for them to sit on. the headphones almost never fall off my head, even when I shake it all around. also, not sure if this is important but I keep my hair tied back almost always.overall definitely worth the money for headphones I can use in any situation.