Review: Master & Dynamic's MW65 wants to be the upmarket choice when it comes to noise cancelling over-ear headphones. But high-end materials only go so far when you're asking $850 | TimBiggs
With a clean sound, a premium look and feel and some great tech inside, Master & Dynamic's MW65 wants to be the upmarket choice when it comes to noise cancelling over-ear headphones. But high-end materials only go so far when you're asking $850.
Adding to the overall premium sense of the package, the MW65 comes with a lovely soft canvas travel bag and braided cables for 3.5mm connections and USB-C to USB-C charging. There's also unusually solid-feeling adapters for charging using a standard USB-A port and for plugging into a two prong flight socket.
The noise cancelling is probably the weakest aspect of the headphones overall, and would more accurately be called noise quietening. It can dull the roar of an aeroplane or city train, but it doesn't silence it so you can still catch every word of a podcast at low volume like the Sony does. It's not at all bad, but it's far from the best.
I found calls sounded great using the headphones, but those on the other end complained that the mics weren't doing a very good job at simmering down background noise.
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