One of the companies that is most committed to sound is Sony. It makes all the sense in the world considering the company’s history and they have just presented their new model of over-ear headphones.
These are the Sony 1000X The Collexion, headphones apart from the WH-1000XM6 For a few months now, they have been betting on sound quality, comfort and something as palpable as it is, at the same time, intangible: luxury.
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Hand finished with noble materials
It seems unbelievable, but ten years have passed since the Japanese company launched the MDR-1000X. They were the first generation of what would later be renamed the WH-1000 that have given the company so much success (especially the XM3 and XM4) and, to celebrate the event, Sony wanted to look back to create your 1000X The Collexion.
In terms of design, they are very similar to the WH-1000XM6, but with finishes that are reminiscent of those MDR-1000X with synthetic leather wrapping the headphones (and not just the pads). Speaking of the pads, Sony assures that they have redesigned both the part that covers the ears and the headband with a highly padded material designed so that we can wear them for hours and hours without them bothering us.
But where the Japanese want to show that luxury is in the finishes. To start, the materials. All we see is faux fur and metal. Plastic is far from the rest of the family to opt for this metal that has brushed parts and others polished with a mirror effect.
Furthermore, it is not just any polish, since something that they wanted to make clear during the presentation is that they are all hand finished and with several layers so that the Sony logo and the connectors between the headband and the headphones themselves have a shiny finish.
At a design level, it is evident that this attempt to call for luxury that the Japanese are looking for is fulfilled, with a telescopic system to adapt the headphones to more head sizes that does not reveal their moving parts or rails. Apart from this, there is also a redesign inside the capsules to eliminate dead spaces.
With this, they have managed to pass from a width of 45.4 mm on the XM6 to 40.1 mm on these The Collexion. The main idea in the design of this model is that they “resonate” with you, that they are a functional accessory, but an almost fashionable accessory with that exterior of synthetic leather, metal and with a much more premium finish.
Regarding the weight, it remains at 320 grams.
Sound with old acquaintances and new technologies
Headphones do not live on design alone and you need a sound to accompany them. During the presentation, Sony wanted to clarify something: the XM6 series continues to be the spearhead in terms of noise cancellation. The 1000X The Collexion has 12 earcups to capture ambient sound, and the Japanese company is aiming for active cancellation comparable to its main line of headphones.
In the sound part, things change. The interior redesign has also been used for a new custom diaphragm unit with which they aim to achieve greater separation between instruments and voices, as well as richer high frequencies to, in general, offer a richer sound.
It supports Hi-Res Audio Wireless LDAC, a 10-band equalizer and is the first headphones with DSEE Ultimate technology that uses AI to “decompress” digital music signals. It’s something they do in real time to, according to Sony, restore the lost details and dynamic range of the songs.
To round out the software section, the 360 Upmix function has three modes (game, music and cinema) to create spatial audio. And regarding autonomy, Sony says up to 24 hours on a charge.
Launch and price of the Sony 1000X The Collexion
Given the features, it’s time to talk about the price. As we say, Sony aims at a different segment than the one they already have covered with the WH-1000XM6 that move around 350 euros and these 1000X The Collexion will arrive for 630 euros.
They will be available this May and, in addition to the redesign of the headphones, the box now looks like a bag with a magnetic closure that accompanies that premium “package”.
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