When Sony announced the WH-1000 XM 4 C headphones, I was perplexed. A product revamp usually includes at least one or two significant improvements. Or if it's a nostalgia play, it's from a decades-old product and not one that came out in 2020. Beyond a few minor tweaks, though, the XM 4 C are remarkably similar to their six-year-old namesake, the beloved WH-1000 XM 4 . They even use the same processor for active noise cancellation (ANC).
And while I went into this review questioning the XM 4 C's existence, after spending some time with them, I get it. The Sony XM 4 C aren't the cutting edge of headphone technology, but they are great headphones that I …
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