Sonos Ace vs. Sony WH-1000XM5: Which noise-canceling headphones win?

[admin]

Sonos' first pair of headphones have really impressed me, but how do they compare to Sony's class-leading design?

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[Joe70]

Interesting how it's being claimed that they are so close. Sono's has been having problems of crackling and reported of being glitchy. Just like their sound bar that took a long time to get a fix this would be a big "No buy" for me. The design is very apple-esque and frankly having your name on the product in big letters is a little off-putting which its alreay bad enough on the Sony headphones. Might as well make the letters silver or gold!!! Also the S vs S comparison mentions that the earcups on the Sony are slightly bigger, more comfortable vs the Sonos tighter, hotter and heavier headphones and yet Sony loses.
It makes it really hard for a reader to base their purchases when reviews are the way that they are.
When buying $400-500 headphones the most important thing is sound quality so with that said the Sony headphones should be the choice unless you just want to be a clueless poser.