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by Kuinox 1133 days ago
That's a change then because the WH-1000XM3 microphone is really crap.
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mh- 1133 days ago
rtings.com describe the recording quality as pretty bad still on the XM5[0], but with markedly better mic noise suppression than the XM3[1].

(These are the most objective measurements I'm aware of.)

[0]: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/sony/wh-1000xm5-wi...

[1]: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/sony/wh-1000xm3-wi...

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manmal 1133 days ago
The XM5 have 8 microphones, that’s one of the major improvements over previous versions.
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nickserv 1133 days ago
NC headphones typically have multiple microphones, the more there are, the better the NC can be. This is because the first part of NC is detecting ambient noise, the second being generating soundwaves to cancel out what's picked up by the mics.

With more mics it's possible to get more accurate NC, especially for directional sounds.

However more mics won't necessarily mean better call quality, they may not even be used at all for voice.

For example my Jabra NC pair has really good microphone quality for calls, this is done by having a dedicated boom microphone, in this case nothing to do with the multiple NC microphones.

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