Sony WH-CH720N

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve had the chance to review a pair of headphones from Sony’s WH-CH lineup. While all the fervour usually surrounds the launches of the wildly-popular WH-1000X series, I feel like the WH-CH series is often criminally overlooked by Sony fans and general audio enthusiasts. The Sony WH-CH lineup boasts of mid-range headphones that come equipped with the essentials – stripping them off features that make the WH-1000X series ‘flagship’. These are still reliable headphones, nonetheless. They’re not as bass-boosted as the XB lineup, which makes them more suitable for a wide array of consumers – even some purists and audiophiles. Priced at ₹9,990, Sony recently launched the Sony WH-CH720N noise-cancelling headphones and it looks undeniably promising, on paper. However, does it deliver the promise of flagship-grade ANC on a budget mixed with balanced sound?