Sony ULT Wear
One of the most straightforwardly strange products I’ve tested in a long time, the Sony ULT Wear seem to have everything going for them – and then they start to make a sound… Pros (Very) assertive sound Good specification and feature-set Predictably well-made and -finished Cons Horribly ill-balanced sound (at best) Short of subtlety, insight and poise Can be bettered by more affordable Sony alternatives Key Features Bluetooth support Bluetooth 5.2 with SBC, AAC and LDAC codec support Battery 30 to 50 hours of battery, usage-dependant ANC Adaptive ANC to cancel out sounds Introduction Sony knows exactly what’s what when it comes to wireless headphones of all types – that much has been made obvious over the last decade or so. With the ULT Wear, though, it intends to kill two birds with one stone: create a pair of wireless over-ears to fill the gap between its premium WH-1000XM5 model and its bargain-tastic WH-CH720N , and to appeal to The Youn...