SonySony WF-C700N Noise Cancellation Bluetooth Earbuds with Mic, TWS, Up to 20Hrs Battery, Adaptive Sound Control- Black

I stepped into tws experience with my good old boult 3 years ago. They served me well and still going. Next natural level was sonys like these c700n. When I first put them, their size amazed me. Where the boults felt like boulders in comparison and used to start to cause pain after a few hours, these I was able to just keep plugging in. I had to use biggest eartips that came packaged, but once inserted, they felt quite well.Now as obvious, this is my first experience with anc, and yea..not too bad. Transparency mode definitely let's you hear your surroundings so you can talk easily while listening a low volume music. When you switch on anc mode, you can barely listen someone talking next to you. Here's how I'll best describe. Imagine a fan running in the room and some mild noise from the outside. Just putting in the buds takes away 50% of the noise (maybe more). ANC on will additonally take away 10-20% more. That remaining 10-20% will usually stay. Again numbers depend on how much the ambient noise is. But given the price, no compaint. ANC definitely does it's job. I keep everything off for most part, because the passive nc is itself really great once you choose your tips properly. Plus the battery life is definitely reduced with any of anc or transparency on.The sound quality is definitely a step up from all the buds in the 2-4k category. You gotta hand it to sony..they know how to spread their magic in their DACs (In retrospective, I used to have a sony disc walkman. The purity with which it used to throw that CD quality sound!). Instrument placement and low/mid/high separation is good, and significantly richer sound in these compared to my 2k boult earbuds when heard back 2 back, where the boult sounded muffled and hesistant in spreading the wings. I can say that coz now I have something better to compare my boults with (no offense my old friend:))I absolutely love the tactile buttons on these buds, as much as I hate the touch. These buttons I can comfortable press even lightly with my palm (yeah I am weird that way), or while I am wearing a muffler, or a woolen cap, none of which is possible with those fiddly touch controls.The app. Its just wonderful. Tons of options and full control over the buds and their controls. I didn't have a to tweak the eq much. I am more of a flat response kinda guy with some audiophile qualities owning a good collection of high quality soundtracks, that's why I usually prefer listening through wired sets through good quality dacs (will get the high-end LDAC buds in due time..treading slowly for now). The earphones seemed a bit lacking in highs, so just pumped it up a notch in the eq, and got the sound of my liking. These have just DSEE (unlike higher DSEE HX, extreme etc. in higher end models). It'll depend on the kind of encoding the song has (I mean more/less compression of dynamic range etc). It definitely does create a clearer sound picture in some songs, not so much in others. Good to have feature though. But takes additional battery power to run owing to some expensive processing. Laptop usually gave out SBC, but as usual, always aac on iphone which sounded better most of the time. Again, expected.Coming to battery power, I think that's where I'll miss the boults. They had crazy power in their charging bank. Single charge was just 4-5 hours but you could charge them like 5-6 times before the bank ran out of power. These sonys definitely last more in a single charge (haven't calculated exact number for now, they say ~8-9 hrs with anc off), but with just one more charge in the bank. But, the good side is that the case is light and easy to carry. The boult case was relatively heavier and lot bigger.I got these for 5.6k in a deal, so overall great one given the crazy prices of everything in 2025, and given that these usually retail for $80-100 in US (with msrp of $120). So if you can get these under 6k INR, a sweet deal. You definitely get the sound and features that you pay for, maybe more.C710N are also expected soon, which you can wait for, with some expected improvements, but whatever.

It's a Sony and it works just like that.Pros:1. Everything is packaged well. The earbuds fits snuggly into the grooves within the charger, no dramas there.2. Noise cancellation is very good. It is not pin drop but it is really good. It is comparable to silicon earplugs if one has used it. I used both and hence could compare. Used it in real noisy places, outdoors, airplane etc. Does it's job.3. Call quality. No complains.4. Sound quality. Does not hurt your ears.5. Battery last really long esp if you are a mild user like me. I have been mostly using it for noise cancellation.Cons:1. Abruptly switches from noise cancellation to ambience, may be there is a setting that does it. Need to check.2. Sound quality, Decent. Not the best, but good enough for me and with the product quality of Sony I will take it any day.All in all a value for money product. I previously had a Sony headset and lasts ages.. expect this to last as well.. let's see.

Read good reviews on Cnet and Techradar and paid 7990/- for it. Delivery ok, product worked okUsing it for 3 weeks now.The Good1. Decent sound. My previous one was Jabra Elite 3 and this was better sound2. Multipoint meant it connected to both laptop and mobile so switching between the two was a big plus.THE BAD1. THE FIT IS COMPLETE CRAP!! Used all 3 sizes of earbuds and nothing works. It feels super unsteady. Has fallen off several times. Forget running. Just doing weights or even just walking about sometimes, the bud falls off. It is beyond irritating. I don't ever use it in the loo after it fell off thrice. Thankfully on the floor. The head is so big and heavy that its always sticking out of the ear. Seems like poor design. I dont know how none of the reviews mentioned this. Am I a freak?2. The touch controls are total bullshit. You never get the tactile feel of pause or resume. I never know how many times I need to press or touch the damn buttons. You cant easily feel the buttons, you have to keep feeling around like a blind man.COMPLETELY REGRET PAYING 9K FOR THIS NONSENSE. I have used a variety from Bose Soundsport (good but only lasted 18 months after paying 17K), JBL, Jabra Elite 3, Mivi, Sony wired bluetooth and Sennheiser.This one has marginally better sound than all except Bose. But fit and controls are so bad that I would gladly go back to Jabra any day! Have paid so much so I have to stick with it till I lose it or it dies. WILL NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL.POST SCRIPT - 22ND OCTOBERBack here to report that the left ear bud died in the 1st week of October (3 months after purchase). When I went over some reviews many had mentioned this sudden death of the left one. Kicking myself for not having seen it. Anyway, visited their service center, they have done a reset and update (on the spot, took 1 hour). And it seems to be working now. Fingers crossed. I am half expecting the damn thing to die again just one day after the warranty. Wish me luckPPS - 7th NovemberSo, I have a working pair now for the last 14 days. But a few things that are still a problem:My wife went and did the exchange and just checked that it was working. But she hadnt heard the phones before. When I tried it, there seemed to be a significant drop in max volume. At the gym, where I have it turned up full, I could barely hear it with all the noise around (earlier I could).One more thing - it keeps getting disconnected from my phone (One Plus), something that didnt happen before.I have a feeling they have handed out some reconditioned piece instead of new. Will be going again this weekend.WOULD I BUY THIS AGAIN AT 7999/-? >>>> NO WAY!! NOT EVEN FOR 4K WHICH IS WHAT I SPENT ON MY PREVIOUS JABRA ELITE 3