Sony WH-1000XM5 vs Anker soundcore Space One Pro

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WH-1000XM5 compared with Space One Pro

	SonyWH-1000XM5	Anker soundcoreSpace One Pro
Overview
Released
Released	May 2022	September 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Over-ear	Over-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	30 mm	40 mm
Back
Back	–	Closed
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC, AAC and LDAC	SBC, AAC and LDAC
Lossless over USB-C
Lossless over USB-C	No	No
Chip
Chip	QN1	–
Drivers
Drivers	30 mm driver unit with a carbon fibre composite dome, soft edge and neodymium magnet; 4 Hz to 40,000 Hz (JEITA, wired, switched on); sensitivity 102 dB/mW switched on, 100 dB/mW switched off; impedance 48 Ω switched on, 16 Ω switched off (1 kHz)	Triple-composite diaphragms; 40 mm dynamic drivers according to TechRadar
Chip
Chip	HD Noise Canceling Processor QN1 and Integrated Processor V1	–
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Eight microphones for noise cancelling (four on each ear cup); Auto NC Optimizer adjusts noise cancelling to the fit and surroundings, including air pressure; Ambient Sound Mode; Quick Attention Mode; Speak-to-Chat	Adaptive ANC 3.0, a four-stage cancellation system and six microphones for noise sensing; adaptive operation must be enabled in the app. Adjustable Transparency mode and Sidetone for hearing your own voice during calls
Audio features
Audio features	LDAC up to 990 kbps (Hi-Res Audio Wireless); Hi-Res Audio over the headphone cable; DSEE Extreme upscaling; 360 Reality Audio	HearID 2.0, presets and custom EQ; Dolby Audio and LDAC are mutually exclusive. Bluetooth 5.3, SBC and AAC are specified by SoundGuys; USB-C does not carry audio (SoundGuys)
Hearing health
Hearing health	–	Safe Volume monitoring and an optional volume limit in the soundcore app (TechRadar)
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 30 hours	Up to 40 hours
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 40 hours with noise cancelling off (AAC); with LDAC, 26 hours with noise cancelling on or 36 hours off; with SBC, 28 hours on or 38 hours off; talk time up to 24 hours (32 hours with noise cancelling off); up to 28 hours on the headphone cable with noise cancelling on (38 hours off); can't be used while charging	Up to 40 hours with ANC or 60 hours without it; LDAC reduces endurance (TechRadar). SoundGuys lists September 2024 as the release month
Charging case
Charging case	–	USB-C charging; soft carrying bag supplied, with a separate hard case available (SoundGuys and TechRadar)
Fast charging
Fast charging	3 minutes gives about 3 hours of playback with a USB PD adaptor (9 V/2.3 A or more), or about 1 hour with a standard 1.5 A adaptor; 10 minutes gives about 5 hours; full charge in about 3.5 hours	Maker specifies up to eight hours from five minutes of charging; SoundGuys' prose instead reports five hours
Design
Weight
Weight	250 g (better)	286.2 g
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.2	5.3
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	Yes
Headphone cable
Headphone cable	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	Touch sensor control panel on the right ear cup (double-tap to play, pause or answer calls; swipe forwards or backwards to skip; swipe up or down for volume; cover with your hand for Quick Attention Mode); power and NC/AMB buttons on the left ear cup; a proximity sensor in the left unit pauses music when the headphones are taken off and switches them off after 15 minutes	Physical power, playback, volume and NC buttons; configurable actions in the app. Easy Chat is off by default and lowers playback when speech is detected, with selectable 5, 10 or 15 second return time
Microphones
Microphones	Eight microphones for noise cancelling; four beamforming microphones with AI-based noise reduction for calls; MEMS, omnidirectional	Four microphones with AI processing for calls, separate from the maker's six-microphone noise-sensing description
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Closed, over-ear; Soft fit leather headband and earpads; stepless slider; ear cups swivel flat for the carrying case	FlexiCurve folding structure with five headband segments and three joints; ear cups rotate up to 180 degrees. Current maker weight is 286.2 g, while SoundGuys' review table gives 283 g
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	No water resistance rating; Sony says the headphones are not waterproof	No published IP rating; TechRadar distinguishes the optional waterproof case from the unprotected headphones
Works with
Works with	Sony | Headphones Connect app (now Sony | Sound Connect) for iOS and Android; multipoint connection to two devices; the headphone cable also works with the headphones switched off, without noise cancelling	Multipoint switches to the device that starts playback last and is unavailable with LDAC. 3.5 mm input retains ANC and Transparency while powered, but disables other playback buttons (SoundGuys)
Colours
Colours	Black, Platinum Silver, Midnight Blue, Smoky Pink (Sony Australia; colours vary by region)	Jet Black and Cream White
In the box
In the box	Headphones, USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C, about 20 cm), headphone cable (about 1.2 m, gold-plated L-shaped stereo mini plug), carrying case, documents	Headphones, soft carrying bag, USB-C charging cable and 3.5 mm cable (SoundGuys)