Thanks for watching! Yes, sidetone is very important when you wear headphones because with no sidetone and on a call, you won't realize how loud you're actually talking. We're also told it's very frustrating when wearing headphones without sidetone because you lose your train of thought when you can't hear yourself talking. If you have any other feedback on anyway we can improve in our future videos, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Totally agree on this point and it is often overlooked on other reviews. It is as important as noise cancellation. Teams meetings are so important in today's working life that having this ability to hear yourself speak naturally in meetings is a huge advantage. Tilde Pro, have not let me down yet.

@@peterdallyn6440 spot on! Glad the Tilde Pro has been treating you well, let us know if we can help in the future.

One thing to note is that while the XM5 doesn't have specifically a sidetone feature, it does have an outside sound mode, where it pipes the outside (including your own voice) back in, and the amount is configurable via the sony headphone app. That'd be counter-productive with a blender, but with normal office sounds, you can let in just a bit of the outside to hear yourself better (and I'm assuming it still sends a cancelled version of the mic to the computer). And even if you have the button set to let in only 10% of the outside in, you can still put your hand over the right cup to temp override that and let all outside sound in. As an aside, that is one aspect where I've found it shines for a work environment, even if it is a bit weaker on calls. It's nice to be able to switch between full noise cancelling and outside sounds with a simple toggle, without having to constantly take them on or off. Can even set it so it auto-switches to outside sounds when you start talking. Though I'm assuming the Orosound has ways of toggling that as well, so maybe that wouldn't be a factor in someone's decision.

@@ShawnFumo thanks for being part of the channel! Love the feedback.

Thanks for your feedback! 🙏

Glad it was helpful. Give this video a look kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZd5ZNKnkt61qIU.html

@@HeadsetAdvisor Super helpful, the Orosound Tilde Pro is looking like it might be what we need. Thanks!

​@@dualblader awesome! If you're ordering within the US or Canada from us, contact us anytime when the headsets arrive if you need technical support or general product questions.

Thanks for your support!

Hi Jose, you're welcome and thanks for watching! Orosound does make an app called "Link" where you can update your headset and customize certain settings, but there's no EQ adjustment at the current time. That will probably change in the future though. www.orosound.com/orosound-link/

You're welcome! Is your main use for calls and meetings? If so, the microphones on many work headsets like the Tilde Pro or others will be plenty fine. It would be a surprise if anyone commented saying your voice wasn't coming across clearly. Plus, if you ever do happen to be around noise, you'll be thankful to have a microphone with noise cancellation. That being said, if you're looking for the very best microphone quality, you could consider adding the ModMic to any pair of headphones of your choice, or you'd want to get some sort of Condenser microphone. ModMic video review with mic test here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itukZK51xsW3Y4E.html

Thank you!

Miata headphones HAHA

1. Orosound Tilde Pro 2. Opencomm 2 UC 3. Yealink BH71 Depending on your exact needs would determine which model to go with of the three.

Now you know 🙂

Did you try this after updating the firmware? I read it's a huge difference - and I'm debating upgrading from the XM2s :)

​@@joeh3910Dod you get the XM5s? How were the calls after updating firmware?

Let us have a look!

Yes, input/output was the same and is what you can expect for mic quality.

We'll take a look

You're welcome! Unfortunately there's no way we're aware of to control the microphone sensitivity.

Hi Joshua, we recorded both headsets the same way through Windows sound recorder

@@HeadsetAdvisor hey thanks for the reply. For future vids I'd recommend doing the test via an alt device and not the source, mainly because this vid is targeted for work use, it doesn't accurately represent the, changes I guess you could say, that a software like teams does to a mic.

Thanks for watching!

It's decent and works well for some personal calls.

Agreed, sidetone is important for headphones if you plan to use for work calls/meetings.

@@HeadsetAdvisor Is there a work-around to get sidetone for the Sony headphones? I just bought a pair of these and love them - only missing sidetone for work calls. I can use the computer built in "listen to device" but that has a lag that throws me off even more than not hearing my voice... I wondered about getting a USB bluetooth Dongle - is this an option to get real-time sidetone or outside sound feedback?

@@meaksam unfortunately there’s no way to add sidetone we’re aware of 🙁

The microphone noise cancellation is built in so there's no way to turn it on or off. All noise canceling microphones won't be perfect and still have limitations in certain environments.

Thanks. Although I have to say that this review didn’t helped me at all. Sure it cancels noises in the background, but don’t cancel other voices. Who the hell has a blender on the office? There’s other people talking. Tests should replicate actual scenarios. Thanks for the reply though. I’m sure this is the best headset to listen to audio. I’ve never had such a premium product, but damn, the microphone sucks so bad 😢

i have the xm5 , you can only adjust settings for noise canceling in Sony's headphone app, i have it setup and it blocks everything out fine. try to put 2 fingers oon your right ear sensor in the midle next to eachother,and hold for about 5 seconds,then it turns off auto environmental sounds activated through voices arround

@@bassax7045 thanks, but I changed for a Jabra2 Evolve 85. Couldn’t be happier 😝

I just returned them because of this. Can you explain more what holding on two fingers does? For me it was just speak to chat on/off by holding fingers and draging the outside/inside

Howdy! Sorry to hear the XM5 isn't working the same as our test. Double check a setting in your computer called "intel smart sound", go to your device manager > sound and video game controllers > if you have a setting called intel smart sound, disable this, restart your computer and see if any different result.

@@HeadsetAdvisor Thank you for the advice, but it still doesn't work :")

@@kurosaki_ichigo_jpg Hmm maybe try connecting to your cell phone and doing a test call to see if there's any difference. Headphones like XM5 connected to a computer via Bluetooth are hit and miss on if or how well it works.

I am interested, if you managed to fix it as I am to by it as well.

Have you solve this? super delabreaker!

I've found the xm5 is a lot better than the xm4 for the touch controls. Very reliable to move the volume up or down or skip forward or back. The xm4, it caused me frustration at times, but this one seems very seamless.

Thank you for sharing your viewpoint; however, we didn't have the same perspective. Through years of conducting microphone tests, we've come to understand that sound perception can be very subjective. When selecting a headset for a professional environment, there's multiple factors beyond just the microphone quality. In our experience, the Tilde Pro is superior in nearly every aspect when it comes to work-related settings.

You were fooled by our channel or a different channel of the XM5 review? I ask because we do not recommend the XM5 for those wanting to use the XM5 for business applications like Teams, and we make that very clear for the exact type of reasons you just mentioned.

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@@lifestylesketch4676 Sounds like you watch our content 😄

@@HeadsetAdvisor I am on mobile but I am looking for two old videos on the XM5 on your channel. The first video review with horrible mic test and the second one with Microsoft teams review in which you retested the mic. But for whatever reason I can't seem to find the second video anymore. Is that video still available?

@@AyOri1991 we only had two videos on the XM5. The one where we messed up the mic tests (since been deleted) and the one we currently have at the link below. We provide the pros and cons of any headsets we review and let you decide what’s best. That being said, any consumer headphones we review like XM5, XM4, AirPods Max etc.. we make it very clear we do not recommend these types of headphones for work applications because reasons like you’ve experienced and many others. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pt-eg8Sk35a8gX0.html