‘Clear bass’ turns out to mean ‘over-confident bass’ and encourages the low frequencies to intrude on the midrange more than a little. Unless you delve into the Headphones Connect app to disable it, the Sonys engage something called ‘Clear bass’ – which is among one of the more flagrant misnomers you’ll come across. As a result, he sounds more engaged, and is more engaging, than is usually the case through a pair of reasonably affordable true wireless earbuds.ĭown at the bottom end, things are slightly more problematic. Through the midrange, they load Beck’s vocal with information – he often sounds lazy and half-hearted when delivering a vocal, but through the Sonys the subtlety and nuance in his technique is revealed. In the wrong circumstances, it’s a trait that could possibly manifest itself as thinness, but here the WF-SP800N summon just about as much top-end attack as is acceptable. And with a hi-res file of Guess I’m Doing Fine by Beck playing, they’re an undeniably assertive and insightful listen.Īt the top of the frequency range, the Sonys are never less than crisp. Sounds have a far greater variety of origin-points than they do in a regular stereo mix, and as a consequence the sonic effect is a lot more enveloping.īut as for the way the WF-SP800N go about making music, it’s much more revealing (and applicable to most people’s real-world experience) to listen to some stereo music. There’s no denying the effectiveness of this spatial audio format compared with the stereo alternative. Sony continues to make a noise about its 360 Reality Audio format, which intends to put you in the centre of the sonic action – so a 360 Reality Audio master of A Tribe Called Quest’s Scenario via Tidal seems as good a place as any to start. It’s more than a little unhelpful.Įverything else you might conceivably want to control is available via the touch-surfaces on each earbud, as well as some stuff you might have thought was best left to Sony’s Headphones Connect control app, such as the ability to cycle through ‘noise-cancellation on/off and ambient sound’. To adjust the output level, you either have to ask your assistant to do it or fish out your phone or music player and do it manually. Which is just as well, as despite having a nice big surface available for capacitive touch controls, Sony has once again neglected to include ‘volume up/down’ in the list of functions available via touch-control. Up to a point, at least.Ĭontrol is available via Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri, and the mic array ensures your instructions are heard reliably. Any threat to the longevity of the WF-SP800N is more likely to come from owner carelessness than from the quality of their build.īecause the Sonys want to make themselves useful to the more active among us, they’re built up to IP55 standard, meaning they’re resistant to dust, sweat and water. Everything lines up flawlessly and fits together smoothly, while the magnets and hinges of the charging case feel robust. Like most Sony products, the WF-SP800N feel properly constructed and built to last.
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