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Sony WF-1000XM5 Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds (Black, Refurbished)

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Secondipity has Sony WF-1000XM5 Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds (Black, Refurbished) on sale for $183.19 (price in cart). Shipping is free.

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  • About the product:
    • The WF-1000XM5 features cutting-edge technology to deliver premium sound quality and the best truly wireless noise-cancelling performance on the market1. With a specially designed driver unit, for wide frequency production, deep bass and clear vocals, these headphones are designed to immerse you in a sound so good, it feels like you're in the studio with your favorite artists.
    • Backed by our 90-day warranty, this item has been refurbished by the manufacturer or an approved refurbisher. The product functions like new and show minimal, if any, signs of wear. Units may be shipped in non-retail packaging.
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    • Secondipity Return Policy can be found here.

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Secondipity has Sony WF-1000XM5 Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds (Black, Refurbished) on sale for $183.19 (price in cart). Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member abhro1987 for finding this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About the product:
    • The WF-1000XM5 features cutting-edge technology to deliver premium sound quality and the best truly wireless noise-cancelling performance on the market1. With a specially designed driver unit, for wide frequency production, deep bass and clear vocals, these headphones are designed to immerse you in a sound so good, it feels like you're in the studio with your favorite artists.
    • Backed by our 90-day warranty, this item has been refurbished by the manufacturer or an approved refurbisher. The product functions like new and show minimal, if any, signs of wear. Units may be shipped in non-retail packaging.
  • About this store:
    • Secondipity Return Policy can be found here.

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I've had these since day 1. The price is great. For anyone wondering how these compare to the XM4s, here are some pros & cons:

PRO:
- Smaller earbuds and case
- Claimed to have better battery durability (XM4s battery capacity significantly dropped within a year of heavy use)
- Sound on par with XM5 despite smaller size
- Replaced the spoken status with chimes (end result, quicker to resume playing)
- Senses touch more regularly than the XM4, which was pretty finicky

CON:
- New charging case can't fit large ear gels, resulting in poor connection/failed charging/accidental connection to phone
- This is the biggest annoyance as it requires me to remove the gels to charge them every day.
- Prefer the matte finish of the XM4 (as do many others)
- A little too sensitive to touch - I wear them to bed and on rare occasions, they are triggered by the pillow when by rolling over
Great deal but after the XM4 firmware debacle, I am not very sure about 90days warranty. I will personally wait for it to be on eBay with the 2 years warranty. Or buy the extended warranty if you really cannot wait.

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I've had these since day 1. The price is great. For anyone wondering how these compare to the XM4s, here are some pros & cons:

PRO:
- Smaller earbuds and case
- Claimed to have better battery durability (XM4s battery capacity significantly dropped within a year of heavy use)
- Sound on par with XM5 despite smaller size
- Replaced the spoken status with chimes (end result, quicker to resume playing)
- Senses touch more regularly than the XM4, which was pretty finicky

CON:
- New charging case can't fit large ear gels, resulting in poor connection/failed charging/accidental connection to phone
- This is the biggest annoyance as it requires me to remove the gels to charge them every day.
- Prefer the matte finish of the XM4 (as do many others)
- A little too sensitive to touch - I wear them to bed and on rare occasions, they are triggered by the pillow when by rolling over
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Sep 25, 2023
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HaiB
Sep 25, 2023
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I bought from this vendor on ebay with 2 years warranty in Mar 2022. The batteries drained in 1 hour now. I will send it in for repair.
Sep 25, 2023
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DavidH1706
Sep 25, 2023
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I bought the xm4 on secondipity deal, they had the common tone issue where the speaker shield would sound like a bell every time it played. Had to return, waste of time
Sep 25, 2023
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DVDIT
Sep 25, 2023
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Quote from HaiB :
I bought from this vendor on ebay with 2 years warranty in Mar 2022. The batteries drained in 1 hour now. I will send it in for repair.
Is a defective battery covered under the extended warranty? Thinking about getting a two year warranty from Consumer Priority Service.
Sep 25, 2023
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frewtbag
Sep 25, 2023
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Quote from PetiePal :
Is Secondipity reputable?
Every pair of Sony XM ANC headphones I've bought for myself or my friends have come from them. I've had good experiences.

As to why these headphones keep showing up in their store, massively discounted, I have no idea...
Sep 25, 2023
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justdog72
Sep 25, 2023
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Quote from shrilzer :
They've been posted many times in the past on slickdeals. I would say so unless something changed recently
I purchased wf100xm4 in Jan. From them. Batteries wouldn't hold charge ay beginning of Sept.. So filed a claim with included warranty. Sent check for full purchase amount back. I bought the same pair again cheaper!!
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seotaji
Sep 25, 2023
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Quote from ibuyufo :
Phone call quality and noise cancellation during phone call seems to be pretty bad from reviews I've seen. The Linkbuds seems to cancel noise a whole lot better. I'm not sure why these top tier earbuds are performing so badly?
It's not a priority for them. Has been an issue since the beginning of the XM series.

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Quote from HaiB :
I bought from this vendor on ebay with 2 years warranty in Mar 2022. The batteries drained in 1 hour now. I will send it in for repair.
Check out Louis Rossam YouTube video on well know battery issue of XM4. Very bad of Sony and it happened to me on my XM4s

Will be avoiding Sony in the foreseeable future.
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TonmoyG
Sep 26, 2023
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Quote from leecewest :
Are these worth an upgrade over the WF-1000XM5? I just sent my XM4s in for warranty service because of the batteries. Before I sent them in I purchased some cheap XM4s and new batteries off Aliexpress to keep me going. So I will probably have two perfectly good pairs of XM4s for a while.
One review I read stated the XM5s aren't as good at canceling low frequency noise as the XM4's - I use these on a bike trail that is parallel to train tracks. My main problem with the XM4s is that calls break up after a short duration but I don't know if that is a problem with XM4s or a problem with my iPhone.
I have XM4 in need of battery replacement. But I was heading out on a trip and grabbed a pair of the wf1000XM5 before my trip. I just returned them. No matter how much eq settings I did in the app, I couldn't get them to sound as good as the Xm4. I also done like the way the xm5 fit in my ear
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gypsyman
Sep 26, 2023
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No price in title. Why?
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TonmoyG
Sep 26, 2023
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Quote from HaiB :
I bought from this vendor on ebay with 2 years warranty in Mar 2022. The batteries drained in 1 hour now. I will send it in for repair.
Thanks for reminding me about the 2 year warranty. I bought my XM4 from this vendor on ebay in Dec 2021. The batteries are shot so I'm making a warranty claim