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Sony WF-1000XM5 Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds (2 Colors, Refurb) Expired

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Secondipity has Select Sony Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones or Earbuds (Refurbished) on sale listed below after 20% off in-cart discount. Shipping is free.

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  • Sony WH-XB910N Extra Bass Wireless Bluetooth NC Headphones (Refurbished)
  • Sony WF-1000XM5 NC Truly Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds (Refurbished)
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Secondipity [secondipity.com] has Select Sony Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones or Earbuds (Refurbished) on sale below from $99.99 - 20% off automatically applied at checkout = $79.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Sony WH-XB910N Extra Bass Wireless Bluetooth NC Headphones (Refurbished)
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Whatever you do, make sure you get the warranty. Bought xm4 ear buds from here and after a year or so they were affected by a very common issue (one side discharges very quickly) and there's no way to solve. Apparently xm5 are affected as well.

Fortunately they came with the 2 year all state warranty (now it's extra) and I got my money back in a couple of weeks
These are not refurbished, as they don't replace the battery or fix any issue with function whatsoever. They don't even test the units.



I received a pair where one of the earbuds had an 8min runtime. The return process was easy and they paid for shipping both ways. The replacement works great and meets my expectation.
The Linkbuds S for $48 is such a steal. Even $60 is an amazing deal. 90% of the XM4's sound quality minus the inevitable battery issue.

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DealsNThrills
04-26-2024 at 03:12 AM.
04-26-2024 at 03:12 AM.
Bought my XM4s from Secondipity and they're amazing. I did replace the batteries after about 18 months of almost daily use. It cost me $15 and they're like new again.
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EA-NYRangers32
04-26-2024 at 12:08 PM.
04-26-2024 at 12:08 PM.
Quote from makaveddie :
Whatever you do, make sure you get the warranty. Bought xm4 ear buds from here and after a year or so they were affected by a very common issue (one side discharges very quickly) and there's no way to solve. Apparently xm5 are affected as well.

Fortunately they came with the 2 year all state warranty (now it's extra) and I got my money back in a couple of weeks

Same happened to my xm4 via secondipity via ebay. Got my money back too
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3pinephrine
04-26-2024 at 01:19 PM.
04-26-2024 at 01:19 PM.
Quote from andym90 :
I have an extra one of these, refurbished from Secondipity with the eBay 2 year Allstate warranty (totally unused and unopened by me) if anyone is interested. Will sell for $140.
You mean, the same price it was on their ebay store?
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sparticusthematrix
04-26-2024 at 01:28 PM.
04-26-2024 at 01:28 PM.
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You mean, the same price it was on their ebay store?

eBay store I believe was 150. Because of the warranty. It would cost the same with the 2 year warranty on their website. I ordered from the website early in the week. I received my two orders today. Both came in ziplock bags. I'm sure these were returns and not refurbished ( I'm aware others say these can't be refurbished)

This would be the second ordered first was the Samsung pro buds that also would not work(one would not have sound)

Might return these if I get the battery drain issue immediately
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sparticusthematrix
04-26-2024 at 01:29 PM.
04-26-2024 at 01:29 PM.
Quote from hitz_em_up :
Sony replaced mine with long expired warranty and so many others as well. I just never updated firmware and they've been perfect since

Is the firmware the issue?
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ShakyJake3
04-26-2024 at 01:47 PM.
04-26-2024 at 01:47 PM.
Quote from 3pinephrine :
Just as a data point regarding Secondipity service:

I received my order of WF XM4 (open box) and the box was empty - buds and case missing, only tips and cable in box. I emailed Secondipity right away and they refunded me within the hour.

The funny thing is, the box was for XM5s! So I almost got lucky with getting XM5s for $51 ($64 - 20%)!!! But the box was empty Frown
That's what happened to me. I ordered the XM4s but got the XM5s. I am not complaining—they are great buds!
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04-26-2024 at 02:07 PM.
04-26-2024 at 02:07 PM.
I got them today. They are connected to someone else find my device account. How to reset them?
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andym90
04-26-2024 at 04:03 PM.
04-26-2024 at 04:03 PM.
Quote from sparticusthematrix :
eBay store I believe was 150. Because of the warranty. It would cost the same with the 2 year warranty on their website. I ordered from the website early in the week. I received my two orders today. Both came in ziplock bags. I'm sure these were returns and not refurbished ( I'm aware others say these can't be refurbished)

This would be the second ordered first was the Samsung pro buds that also would not work(one would not have sound)

Might return these if I get the battery drain issue immediately

It was $150 after tax
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NervousCatfish221
04-26-2024 at 05:40 PM.
04-26-2024 at 05:40 PM.
I got these on the ebay page a month or two ago for 140, i like them a lot but the tips that came with them were clearly used as one of the sizes had obvious earwax caked on it some how from some dirty kid's uncleaned ears. The device itself was spotless and clean, it was just one set of the tips. And you're supposed to get 4 sizes, i got 3 with doubles of one size. When they connected to the app too they had some other name from whoever had them.

Also i'm shocked that sony ships these 300 dollar ear buds with the foam tips they do. I couldn't get any of the sizes to fit right in my ear and the first impression of them was absolutely horrible, they were not comfortable and noise canceling was not even better than the samsung buds 2 that i came from. And the sound was just fine, not a real improvement. That said, i purchased the AZLA SednaEarfit MAX Standard 3 Pairs (Size M/ML/L)), silicone tips from amazon and quite literally everything improved drastically on these things. Much better on all fronts than the samsung buds2. Battery life on these is stellar, they easily last an 8 hour work day which is nice when my buds were not even lasting 3 hours at the end. Only thing buds2 has on these is size and therefore a slightly better fit in the ear due to being smaller (and that would even be subjective to the individual). Bass and bass control is awesome on these sonys. They make a slight noise in your ear when you run with silicone tips but you can adjust around a bit to limit that. I've heard that before on other earbuds so it must not be easy to engineer out but it is more prevalent on these than buds2.

I just don't understand why you'd ship tips like that that only half the people actually like on your premium $300 earbud product. It's a terrible first impression and i'd feel jipped if i didn't read about that ahead of time and i purchased them near launch at a store. probably why secondipity has had these things on the cheap for months with all the people pissed and returning them to sony.

So if you get these, it is a very good price and they are great, but keep in mind you might have to invest in some nice tips afterwards if the foam ones they come with don't work out. You'd have to do that anyways if you bought for 300 new somewhere. You can get cheap tips but if you're going to rock expensive earbuds, might as well put 30 into the tips to make them the best they can be.
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04-26-2024 at 06:29 PM.
04-26-2024 at 06:29 PM.
Quote from viveksabbani :
I got them today. They are connected to someone else find my device account. How to reset them?

I'm not sure about find my device. But you can just rename them under your Bluetooth menu. Find the device name. And then acog for settings finally pencil icon to edit/rename. I use something like "WIFI" so people at work don't see my buds are on
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04-26-2024 at 10:10 PM.
04-26-2024 at 10:10 PM.
Quote from DealsNThrills :
Bought my XM4s from Secondipity and they're amazing. I did replace the batteries after about 18 months of almost daily use. It cost me $15 and they're like new again.
Could you, please, share how to replace battery for $15?
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3pinephrine
04-27-2024 at 02:30 AM.
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Quote from phantasy. :
Could you, please, share how to replace battery for $15?
The batteries are about $15-30 on Amazon, and if you check YouTube there are tons of video's showing how to open the buds up to replace the batteries
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04-27-2024 at 07:24 AM.
04-27-2024 at 07:24 AM.
These better than airpod pros?
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04-27-2024 at 08:47 AM.
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Quote from OliveTank571 :
These better than airpod pros?

For me, yes. I personally did not find the AirPods comfortable, and I feel that the Sony noise cancellation is substantially better than the AirPod pros.

I bough the pros on a Friday, returned them on a Monday, and ordered these on a Wednesday.

That being said, there are areas where the AirPods shine, thanks to apples intentionally-walled garden. Bluetooth is more stable with the pros. You get battery life stats on the case in real-time, not so with the Sony. Being able to "find my" with each bud and the case in the find my app is nice. These don't support Spatial Audio "natively" like you do with the AirPods.

If you're heavily in the Apple ecosystem, I see the appeal of AirPod pros. But if you can get past some of Apples stumbling blocks they've placed in front of third party headphones, and you're in a mixed device environment, it is my opinion that these are superior. I get great multi-device simultaneous pairing with my windows work laptop and personal iPhone.

This is a good price, in my opinion.
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04-27-2024 at 01:05 PM.
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These better than airpod pros?
The only thing Airpod Pros or even any Beats headphones win is for Apple ecosystem compatibility. I bought a pair of Beats Fit Pros to compare when I was trying the XM4, XM5, and Linkbuds S but all 3 of those sounded SIGNIFICANTLY better than the Beats (which are supposed to sound better than the Airpods Pro). The tradeoff in sound quality was not worth all the Apple features to me.
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