Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones users thread

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#319525 3-May-2025 07:54

Sony WH-1000XM5 users thread.

Sony WH-1000XM5 SoundConnect recently added ability to connect to two devices at the same time. Mostly it is working well for me. I have the headphones connected to my W11 machine and my Pixel Android 15 at the same time. I can listen to music from my phone and when there is audio from my PC like a meeting starting it will automatically switch.

Occasionally the headphone or phone will drop the Bluetooth connection and it will be connected to PC only in a weird way. I have not figured out this problem. Maybe I've set some power idle state headphone state somewhere.

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#3370106 3-May-2025 08:02

With the ability to use two devices at the same time I'm wearing the set way longer during the day. The supplied earpads are not great for all day use.

It is well known the pads are inferior to previous model years in some respects. Hard wearing so less wear and tear warranty claims for Sony. But harder on the ears imo and not great with glasses.

Interested if anyone has found worthwhile lux better pads for wh-xm5.

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#3370155 3-May-2025 10:31

>> Occasionally the headphone or phone will drop the Bluetooth connection

I've traced this to a W11 event associated with a sound. This in turn impacts the phone bluetooth connection for some bizarre logical reason.

I will dig deeper..

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#3370533 5-May-2025 12:18

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>> Occasionally the headphone or phone will drop the Bluetooth connection

I've traced this to a W11 event associated with a sound. This in turn impacts the phone bluetooth connection for some bizarre logical reason.

I will dig deeper..

I have quite a number of earbuds and headphones connected to various devices I own and rarely have issues, so I suspect it's a system problem or environmental for you.

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#3370585 5-May-2025 13:59

Multiple connections is a brand new feature for Sony. They even have typos in the brand new UI.

Bose has a similar feature, forever, it works well last time I tried it. I should try the Bose one on W11 although I expect it will work.

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#3379641 1-Jun-2025 11:21

Latest app version. Automatic switching between sources works well if I pause the phone audio before starting a video call on the PC. After the PC call I can manually start audio on the phone again.

If I don't pause the phone first, the headphones are disconnected from the phone. When the video call ends, the phone automatically reconnects to the headphones after a short time.

There are other scenarios like trying to play before the call is finished, that will cause a permanent disconnect.

In summary, this is workable.