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TL;DR Sony has turned its WH-1000XM5 into a limited-edition NFL lineup, starting with a Detroit Lions-themed model in a silver finish.
The Lions Edition is available now for an early price of $330 (regularly $400).
Meanwhile, the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans versions are set to arrive on December 8 and 11, respectively.
What happens when your favorite noise-canceling headphones meet NFL fandom? Sony just showed us by reworking its flagship WH-1000XM5 into a limited-edition NFL collection. The first to drop is a Detroit Lions model that slaps the team’s logo on an all-silver chassis, according to Sony’s post on Instagram.
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Underneath the new exterior, nothing critical has changed. You still get the same adaptive sound control, which tweaks audio based on your surroundings. The soft-touch build that helped cement the XM5’s reputation also remains.
You might have expected Sony to roll out these team-specific designs on its newest model, but the company has opted to use the WH-1000XM5 rather than the newer WH-1000XM6. That isn’t a dealbreaker by any stretch. The XM5’s advanced noise canceling relies on two processors handling eight microphones.
You also get top features like LDAC high-resolution wireless audio, DSEE Extreme upscaling for compressed music, multipoint Bluetooth, a built-in voice assistant, and speak-to-chat.
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