Sony WH-1000XM5 Premium Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones
No new unit to judge today.
Today’s lowest price, $216.60, is for a used unit, sold by Amazon Resale. Our record and its verdicts are of new units: the last new-unit price we recorded was $228.00, on October 20, 2026.
Price history since September 8, 2026 (53 days)
One line: the best price any tracked retailer charged, per day.
NewUsedThe verdict and the figures below are measured on new units only.
Lightning or limited-time deal
Shaded stretches are sales, from our calendar.
| Price | Now | Lowest | Highest | Usual | Average | Days recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | — | $198.00 on Sep 8 | $299.99 on Sep 8 | $298.00 | $255.32 | 53 |
| Used | — | $174.99 on Oct 22 | $216.60 on Oct 26 | — | $195.04 | 23 |
- 30 days
- $198.00 on Oct 5
- All time
- $198.00 on Sep 8
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Sales events
Prime Big Deal Days 2026 (Oct 6–7): the lowest price during it was $198.00, 33% under the $298.00 it usually cost in the 14 days ending two weeks before. A real cut.
Next on the calendar: Black Friday, likely November 19–30. We keep checking this price through it and report here what it did.
Waiting for a sale? How often prices for headphones move, and how far they swing, beside every other category we track.
Has Sony WH-1000XM5 Premium Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones dropped in price?
- No: $41.61 more than the $174.99 it cost on October 22, 2026: this price went up, not down.
- Below its usual $188.10 on 7 of the 23 days we have watched it here, in 3 separate stretches; the lowest, $179.00, held on October 15, 2026.
- Cheaper than this on 78% of the 23 days we have watched it here.
Computed from our own checks at Amazon as of October 30, 2026. No line here uses a price a retailer told us about.
Where to buy
- Held for
- 4d
- Their 53-day low
- $198.00
- Checked
- 7h ago
Prices checked at least every 20 hours; “held for” is how long that retailer has been charging this price. How we check prices.
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What it is
6 attributes, in the retailer’s own words. We record the prices; these we only pass on.
- Color
- Midnight Blue
- Weight
- 0.55 pounds
- Dimensions
- 10.36 × 8.85 × 3.03 inches
- Model
- WH1000XM5/L
- Released
- April 2023
- Warranty
- 1 year
Cheaper in Headphones, and what changes
Things we track on the same shelf for at least 10% less than $216.60, with the attributes the retailers describe differently. Their words, not our judgement: we record prices, we do not test products.
SonyINZONE Buds Wireless Noise Cancelling Gaming Earbuds$158.00 at Amazon $58.60 lessReleased: April 2026 instead of April 2023
SonyWF-C710N Truly Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbud$129.99 at Amazon $86.61 lessReleased: March 2025 instead of April 2023
SonyMDR-CD900ST Studio Monitor Stereo Headphones$181.00 at Amazon $35.60 lessWeight: 0.64 pounds instead of 0.55 poundsDimensions: 7.87 × 5.91 × 3.94 inches instead of 10.36 × 8.85 × 3.03 inches
Every change we recorded
Every row is a price we saw change. We write one only when a price actually moves, so a gap here means the price held.
| When | Retailer | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| · 4d ago | Amazonused | $216.60 | +$2.17 |
| · 4d ago | Amazonused | $214.43 | +$34.44 |
| · 5d ago | Amazonused | $179.99 | −$34.44 |
| · 5d ago | Amazonused | $214.43 | +$34.44 |
| · 8d ago | Amazonused | $179.99 | +$5.00 |
| · 8d ago | Amazonused | $174.99 | −$5.00 |
6 older changes
| When | Retailer | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| · 9d ago | Amazonused | $179.99 | −$32.58 |
| · 9d ago | Amazonused | $212.57 | +$4.14 |
| · 10d ago | Amazonused | $208.43 | +$6.20 |
| · 10d ago | Amazon | $228.00 | +$30.00 |
| · 11d ago | Amazonused | $202.23 | −$2.07 |
| · 11d ago | Amazonused | $204.30 | +$4.14 |
Others we track in Headphones
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BoseQuietComfort Ultra Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones with Spatial Audio, Over-The-Ear Headphones with Mic, Up to 24 Hours of Battery Life, Black (Renewed)$218.88 · low $214.741 offer · 68 recorded prices
SonyWH-1000XM5/B Wireless Industry Leading Noise Canceling Bluetooth Headphones (Renewed)$179.00 · low $135.991 offer · 16 recorded prices
BeatsStudio Pro Premium Wireless Over-Ear Headphones$199.95 · low $119.001 offer · 17 recorded prices
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