GoKawiilTL;DR After weeks of leaks, the Sony 1000X The Collexion headphones are official.
They feature a bespoke driver unit, upgraded faux leather material all around, and DSEE Ultimate for AI upscaling.
You can buy them starting today for $649.
After a few weeks of teasers, leaks, and more leaks, Sony has officially launched its premium headphones. The 1000X The Collexion headphones are a special launch celebrating the 10th anniversary of Sony’s 1000X headphone line.
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The headphones come with a slightly different design than what we’ve seen on its flagship WH-1000XM6 headphones. The earcups are faux leather with softer edges as compared to the 1000XM6. Sony has used the same faux leather on the headband and earpads to give the headphones a more refined, premium feel.
Also new are the drivers, which Sony says are bespoke units built from the ground up specifically for these new headphones. They feature a new “high-rigidity dome made from unidirectional carbon composite material,” says Sony. The company also partnered with Grammy Award-winning sound engineers to tune the headphones for smooth vocals, balanced instruments, and better dynamics that can truly recreate the emotion of the artist’s recording.
Sony has opted not to offer audio input via the USB-C port, but the headphones do have a 3.5mm headphone jack for connecting to analog sources. This means that devices that don’t support the LDAC codec can’t deliver high-res sound through the headphones.
However, the headphones are the first to feature DSEE Ultimate, which uses Edge AI to upscale digital music. That effectively implies that sound over Bluetooth can be upscaled to a near-high-res quality. But we don’t know for sure how big a difference DSEE Ultimate will make when listening to music over Bluetooth.
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