Bought Sony WH-1000XM4, simply happy. But there’s a little problem. Maybe someone can suggest how to properly solve it.
The headphones can maintain a connection with both the phone and the computer. On the computer, Tidal is running and paused – I started a meeting in Webex. During this, a call comes in on the phone. I decline the call (since I’m in a meeting). And — Tidal resumes playing! It’s okay if it’s conveniently open on my second monitor, but if it’s lost somewhere among the tabs, I have to quickly find it to close the tab.
Okay Tidal. Previously, I had the imprudence to run iTunes on some audio file. There, there is no STOP button, only Pause. And in the situation described above, the Mac could easily start iTunes to resume the audio there. I had to Google how to make it shut up and install the noitunes utility.
Additionally, I must say that these headphones have a very poor microphone. They can only be used as a headset for a couple of minutes worth of calls. I have to use a configuration where “speaker – headphones, microphone – built-in.” But then another problem starts. If, in Zoom, there is a switch to break-out rooms, the microphone and speaker switch to whatever is selected as the default system setting. That is, either both on Sony, or both on the laptop. I somewhat solved this problem using the built-in Mac app Audio MIDI Setup, where you can create a virtual device with the microphone and speakers on different devices.
But how to solve the pause issue is unclear. Only by disabling that function altogether.
P.S. Then why “simply happy”? Because their main function — playing music — they perform better than my AKG 550 and Sennheiser HD-518 by roughly a hundred times 🙂
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 