Yes, they have gone lower in price before, but this is the lowest I’ve personally seen in recent months — they tend to regularly hover around the AU$329 to AU$349 mark, so for them to now dip just below AU$300 is worth shouting about. Delivering everything you could realistically need from a pair of headphones, the Sony XM4s are still worth their weight in gold.
What happened
Yes, they have gone lower in price before, but this is the lowest I’ve personally seen in recent months — they tend to regularly hover around the AU$329 to AU$349 mark, so for them to now dip just below AU$300 is worth shouting about.
Where the sources line up
Delivering everything you could realistically need from a pair of headphones, the Sony XM4s are still worth their weight in gold. They deliver excellent noise cancellation, sound fantastic and are extremely comfortable to wear. For the money, there aren’t many better audio upgrades you can make.
Practical impact for readers
The Sony XM4s were, for a long time, sitting pretty atop my guide to the best headphones in Australia . They did eventually have to succumb to the sonic talents of their newer sibling, the Sony WH-1000XM6 but, make no mistake, the older XM4s still offer an awful lot to impress.
Who should pay attention now
For starters, they’re much, much more affordable. While price drops on the XM6s are becoming more common, they’re still very much a premium set of cans that still cost north of AU$550. In fact, if you consider the XM6’s launch price of AU$699, you could get two pairs of the discounted XM4s with change instead.
What is still unclear
With regard to all other aspects you’d want to consider when buying a pair of headphones, the Sony XM4s tick multiple boxes. Their active noise cancellation system still holds up, and is capable of blocking out all but the highest of frequencies.
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