KEF Mu7 user experience?

[davide256]

Thinking about buying a pair of these, the Sony WH-1000XM4's I have are nice but not that resolving or good at low bass. Anyone tried them yet?

 

https://us.kef.com/blogs/news/mu7-noise-cancelling-wireless-headphones

 

[firedog]

Hi-

How many NC headphones have you listened to?

They aren't going to sound as good as comparable non-NC phones.

Darko reviewed the XM5 and directly compared it to the new B&W PX7 V2. His impression of the Sony was much like yours. 

 

https://darko.audio/2022/10/a-long-film-about-the-sony-wh-1000xm5-vs-bowers-wilkins-px7-s2/

 

He found the B&W sounded slightly better, but found it wasn't as good in other areas: comfort, noise reduction, etc. Neither probably sounds as good as non NC headphones.

With NC headphones - even with more than other types - I'd say you have to evaluate the whole package and decide what's most important to you. If SQ is your most important criteria, they will probably be lacking in that area. 

[davide256]

2 hours ago, firedog said:

Hi-

How many NC headphones have you listened to?

They aren't going to sound as good as comparable non-NC phones.

Darko reviewed the XM5 and directly compared it to the new B&W PX7 V2. His impression of the Sony was much like yours. 

 

https://darko.audio/2022/10/a-long-film-about-the-sony-wh-1000xm5-vs-bowers-wilkins-px7-s2/

 

He found the B&W sounded slightly better, but found it wasn't as good in other areas: comfort, noise reduction, etc. Neither probably sounds as good as non NC headphones.

With NC headphones - even with more than other types - I'd say you have to evaluate the whole package and decide what's most important to you. If SQ is your most important criteria, they will probably be lacking in that area. 

With the Sony, NC is nice at low levels, kind of a Maxwell Smart cone of silence that improves enjoyment. But compensation for louder noise really deteriorates enjoyment, increased sound irritation/listening fatigue. While it has a wired option it’s analog, no NC when used… if going wired I much prefer the Meze Classic 99, it’s high efficiency and pretty decent isolation. But the short coming of wired is high drain on cell phone battery life vs using Bluetooth. So for daily work/ on the go use Bluetooth wins out

[davide256]

@firedog thanks for the PX7 suggestion, was ignoring them as a "fashion" statement but reviews say otherwise. WIll hopefully get a chance to

audition the KEF Mu7's at Capital Audiofest and the PX7's should be available at a local Crutchfield to try.

 

[davide256]

seeing some chatter in Headfi reviews where a few people have had plastic breakage/returns within first 90 days. Hopefully just an initial quality control

miss but after having had short lived headphones before, something to  keep an eye out for further problems.

 

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/kef-mu7-noise-cancelling-wireless-headphones.965194/