[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-sonys-xm5-noise-canceling-headphones-hit-198-at-amazon":10,"sections":48},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":43,"feedback":47,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":47,"total_tokens":47},11392,"sonys-xm5-noise-canceling-headphones-hit-198-at-amazon","Sony's XM5 Noise Canceling Headphones Hit $198 at Amazon","Amazon has cut Sony's WH-1000XM5 to $198, tying its all-time low and undercutting the newer XM6 by more than $250.","Sony's noise-canceling flagship from 2022 is back down to $198, matching its lowest price ever.\n\nAmazon has the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones marked down to $198, half off their $399.99 list price, as of October 12. The deal cuts $201.99 off the sticker price and ties the lowest price the headphones have hit on Amazon. The XM5 are a generation behind Sony's current lineup, which now starts with the WH-1000XM6 at $458, but reviewers still rate the XM5's noise cancellation among the best available and note solid call quality as a bonus.\n\nThat $198 price tag puts flagship-grade noise cancellation about $260 below Sony's newest model, with reviewers suggesting you aren't giving up much to get there. For anyone still getting by on uncomfortable or noisy headphones, that's the gap between a real upgrade and a stretch purchase.\n\nWorth remembering: the newest version of a product isn't automatically the one worth buying, especially when the old one is on sale for less than half the price.","[\"sony\",\"headphones\",\"deals\",\"noise-canceling\"]","2026-10-12T14:55:53.000Z","2026-10-12T15:35:50.047Z","2026-10-12T15:35:55.635Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Drop or source the unsupported claim that this discount 'quietly reappears a few times a year' — the source only says it matches the lowest price ever seen, not that it recurs on a schedule, so that frequency claim is an invented implication.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The closing line ('it is also the kind of line that is easy to say without saying how rare it actually is') reintroduces the same unsupported-frequency implication as the open concern in different wording, dangling a claim about rarity the source never quantifies — cut it or replace it with sourced data on how often this price has actually recurred.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Cut or source the 'Why it matters' claim that 'Sony keeps its older flagship relevant by discounting it hard once a successor ships' — the source never establishes this as a deliberate recurring strategy, so it's the same kind of invented pattern\u002Ffrequency implication that was cut elsewhere in this draft.","deals",[40,41,38,42],"sony","headphones","noise-canceling",[44],{"name":45,"url":46},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Foct-12-sony-xm5-deal",0,{"sections":49},[50,55,60,65,68,73,78,83,88,93,98,103,108,113],{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"AI","ai",6970,"2026-10-12T18:07:53.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Security","security",959,"2026-10-12T16:15:20.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Policy","policy",500,"2026-10-12T18:34:57.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":38,"count":67,"latest_published_at":18},"Deals",492,{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Hardware","hardware",241,"2026-10-12T18:29:03.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Science","science",196,"2026-10-11T15:34:40.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",192,"2026-10-12T14:07:13.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Startups","startups",122,"2026-10-12T17:19:14.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Software","software",115,"2026-10-11T07:34:45.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",112,"2026-10-12T18:29:04.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"General","general",71,"2026-10-12T16:10:40.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":107},"Gaming","gaming",61,"2026-10-12T16:57:13.000Z",{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"Reviews","reviews",35,"2026-10-12T14:00:00.000Z",{"name":114,"slug":115,"count":116,"latest_published_at":117},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]