Sony is all set up to launch its next couplet of flagship noise - cancelling headphones , theWH-1000XM6 , next week . With a few days leading up to the announcement , leaks about the upcoming pair have n’t exactly been gushing in — unlike the case with phones , but one hearty leak let on the new headphones in its complete aureole .
Just days afterAmazon Spain circumstantially discharge up a intersection pagefor the Sony WH-1000XM6 , another leak shows the headphones ’ in nifty item , revealing a elusive redesign and focusing on improving comfort . In its escape , The Walkman Blogalso showcases three colour options for the XM6s , including a white , smutty , and “ midnight ” blue variant .
As explicitly seeable from the image , the WH-1000XM6s bring one major visible discriminator over the previous generation XM5s , i.e. , the flexible joint . With this looping , Sony has choose for a more nuanced hinge design , also enabling a fold mechanism . This should , we desire , address a major pain point from the users ’ perspective , with widespread reports of the fragile hinge in XM5s flow apart too easily . The new mechanism incorporates a three - part design , with the center element made of alloy , likely to make it sturdy . Whether the young flexible joint also meliorate comfortableness in terms of wearing is for us to test when the headphones .
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The new design also brings a debauchee major power button , along with intensity up and down controls now potentially being moved to either side of this new button — though consecrated loudness release are n’t visible , suggest these could be capacitive .
Additionally , the mesh cover up the curtain raising for microphones indicates in effect water resistor , though we do n’t expect to see a proper water - resistivity rating for the XM6s . The 3.5 mm earpiece jack is still present , which means Sony might skip USB - C playback for yet another generation , though we would n’t be so trusted just yet . The cushions , as previouslypointed out by an FCC listing , should be easily obliterable , though we do n’t see that in action in the latest set of leaked images .
Sony WH-1000XM6 launch confirmed
As for the launch , Sony Australiahas confirmed the launch to be scheduled for May 16th , 2 a.m. Melbourne time , which would be high noon of May 15th in New York . The earphone are rumor to be price around $ 449 , up from the previous generation ’s $ 399 pricing in the U.S.
Internally , the headphones bring some substantial change , including a unexampled QN3 HD chip for ANC , a Mediatek MT2833 processor , and six microphones on each ear cup ( 12 in total ) for dissonance - invalidate .
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