Design and features:This Bluetooth wireless noise canceling portable ear-insert model provides very good sound and excellent active noise reduction. Its ear plug-like design and electronic noise canceling feature reduce both outside noise and sound leaking out into your environment. The headphones work with or without the noise canceling feature being turned on. You can use the noise-canceling feature without listening to music The earphones (delete if sensitivity statement is missing) The WF-C700N has a volume control plus an integrated microphone and player function controls.?? and integrated call connect/disconnect controls. Additional features include - Additional features include either earpiece can be used alone for one ear monitoring of Bluetooth streamed audio and telephone communications but will only monitor one channel for stereo sources (left earphone monitors left channel only, right earphone monitors right channel only). Carrying case/charging cradle has built-in rechargeable battery that the manufacture claims can be used to add an additional 7.5 hours of play time for a total of 15hrs. Manufacturer claims water resistance (IPX4). Default setting of control on left earphone toggles between ANC and ambient sound monitoring. Free Sony Headphones Connect app download for Apple and Android mobile devices can be used to switch between ANC on, ANC off, and ambient sound monitoring, has adaptive sound control function to automatically switch between noise canceling and ambient sound monitoring based on the user's location and activity, and has function to adjust the level of ambient sound that is heard when the monitor function is used and that can allow the monitor function to focus only on the voice tonal region. App can also re-assign earphone control functions such that ANC/ambient monitoring control is done with left, right, both, or neither earphone control. Has default controls are for play/pause/skip forward, call connect/disconnect, and ANC/ambient sound monitoring; controls can also be set to control volume and digital voice assistant activation. Has power on/off alert tone and voice announcements, Bluetooth connect/disconnect/battery level voice announcements. Supports Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Assistant digital voice assistants when used with mobile devices that have those features. Has quick charge feature: 5 min of earphone charging will provide 1hr. of playtime. Earbuds are compatible with Sony's 360 Reality Audio virtual surround sound on several streaming services (Deezer, Tidal, Nugs.net). Bluetooth connected Apple mobile devices using iOS Version 5 and above will show the battery level. Free Sony Headphones Connect app download for Apple and Android mobile devices can act as a audio program player and can provide tonal balance presets and equalization, provide earphone control customization, optimize the Sony 360 Reality Audio feature, disable the voice announcements, and update the earphone's firmware. Supports Swift Pair for Windows 11 computers. The WF-C700N comes with 3 pairs of ear pieces in various sizes, USB-A to USB-C connector charging cable, charging cradle/recharger battery/carrying case, Warranty Booklet, Reference Guide.
Sound quality:We found the WF-C700N delivers sound quality that falls in the very good range - it reproduces music and voice very well although it does have some noticeable sonic quirks and excellent active noise reduction. With the Sony Headphones Connect app set with the Equalizer off and clear bass set to 0 with Noise Cancelling on (as received state of the earphone) the bass (as in bass drums, bass guitars, stand-up bass, etc.) has good impact and goes deep, but is a bit boomy. The midrange (voices, guitars, horns, etc.) lacks body (the lower midrange is subdued), and is a bit hazy, grainy, and congested (think sonic traffic jam). The treble (cymbals, the upper range of violins, etc.) is fairly extended, but is a bit smeared, sizzly (sounds that should have a delicate shimmer have a sound reminiscent of bacon frying) and dry. The sound also has a good sense of liveliness and is somewhat open--sound-wise it almost seems like you don't have anything plugging up your ears and does a decent job of recovering room ambience. Warmish character. The overall sound can best be summarized as a bit bassy, hazy and grainy. The Sony Headphones Connect app EQ controls had a noticeable effect on the sound. Noise Canceling: Excellent noise reduction across the entire frequency range with the low frequencies reduced the most. The noise canceling feature does not produce any background noise that can be heard when there is no audio program to drown it out.
Comfort and Fit:We found that these earphones as typical of in-ear models produce a sense of pressure in the ear canal opening might be uncomfortable for some.
Small
Users with small ear bowls might find that the earphone body feels a bit bulky in their ear bowl and that they stick out too far and feel like they may lever out of place and are mostly held in place by the section of the earphone that is inserted in the ear canal, but that they will stay in place during casual use.
Medium/large
Users with medium and large sized ear bowls will probably find that this model stays in place with no problems for casual use and, depending on your ear bowl shape, are fairly stable to stable during vigorous head movement.
Incidental contact with the controls can cause unintentional playing and pausing.
