The wait is over! Forget rumors, the Sony WH-1000XM6 wireless headphones are HERE. Tasked with eclipsing the near-perfect WH-1000XM5, Sony didn’t really so much tweak; it rebuilt. Expect a sonic revolution, noise cancellation re-defining silence, and calls so good you might rethink what “connected” really means.
If WH-1000XM6 would not very loudly brand itself as “new,” it will rather whisper refinement. The familiar profile holds subtle but significant improvements. The carrying case shrinks now and snaps with a pleasant magnetic click. In putting them on, you will feel a new headband design: wider, asymmetric, and cloud-like in comfort. Even the power and mute buttons have been gently rethought to enhance usability in day-to-day life.
Sony’s XM6 headphones are not a mere upgrade, but an instance of noise cancellation evolution. Forget about the XM5’s QN1 chip-the XM6 has the brand-new QN3 hardware processor; one that, on paper, is seven times faster. This speed allows for engaging 12 mics (six arrays), which is an increase from eight, to chase every stray noise. While previously noise cancellation would merely react to noises, the new XM6 psychoacoustically predicts them with adaptive optimization over a wider frequency range from being canceled, making silence an even more pure experience.
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Sony’s audio engineers joined forces with mastering gurus to enhance realities and bass. Liberated from a stiffer dome, the redesigned drivers will yield more details, crystal-clear vocals, and a balanced soundscape. Expect highs that fly high as well as frequencies that glide on air, all provided by the new voice coil. Ready to immerse? Any stereo track will be turned by Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound into a swirling surround sound.
That’s the synthesis you got on pure call clarity from Sony! Gone are the days of muffled communication thanks to the revamped noise cancellation mechanism, which interestingly uses AI beamforming with a six-mier array versus a four-mic setup. Achieving 30 hours of battery with ANC is also in the bag (40 without cancelling). Even better, a fast charge of three minutes will serve an effortlessly luminous three hours of listening.
Is this the cost of progress? Sony’s WH-1000XM6 debuted at $450, a $50 increase from XM5. But when Sony fulfills its promises, just like history needs to repeat itself, then these headphones are not just competing; they are set to rule among wireless ANC whatever the cost.
Read our full review of the WH-1000M6.
Sony WH-1000XM6
$450 at Amazon
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