All items tagged with high resolution audio and Sony Electronics (9)

Sony Takes the ANC Pole Position with WF-1000XM5 Truly Wireless Earbuds

July 24, 2023 by Joao Martins

Sony Takes the ANC Pole Position with WF-1000XM5 Truly Wireless Earbuds

Off-season, Sony Electronics jumped to the lead, and announced the WF-1000XM5 earbuds – the latest truly wireless model in its best-selling 1000X series. According to Sony's own internal research, using JEITA-compliant measurement guidelines, the new design offers the "Best Noise Canceling" by reducing external noise over a wide bandwidth, so users can focus on the music. While at it, Sony updated all other specs in this new flagship product, now ready for Bluetooth LE Audio.

Sony Electronics Launches MDR-MV1 Open Back Monitor Headphones for Spatial Sound Creation

April 12, 2023 by Joao Martins

Sony Electronics Launches MDR-MV1 Open Back Monitor Headphones for Spatial Sound Creation

Sony Electronics announced the MDR-MV1 Reference Monitor Headphones, designed for sound engineers and music creators looking for accurate spatial sound field reproduction. The new Sony headphones combine sound quality with long-lasting wear, comfort, and reliability. The open-back design enables a wide sound field, making the MDR-MV1 a suitable option for mixing and mastering immersive spatial sound, such as 360 Reality Audio, as well as high-resolution audio stereo material.

Sony Improves Leading Noise Canceling Experience with New WH-1000XM5 Headphones

May 13, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sony Improves Leading Noise Canceling Experience with New WH-1000XM5 Headphones

It's the active noise cancelling headphones that the consumer electronics industry learned to see as a market reference. And Sony knows this, and works to improve the standard for its best-selling product regularly. The new WH-1000XM5 wireless headphones improve adaptive noise cancellation even further, introduce new and improved 30mm drivers, while allowing for industry-leading call quality, and offering a subtle and yet more elegant design, using new materials for greater comfort.

Sony Raises the Bar for Immersive Sound with New HT-A9 Wireless Home Theater System and Flagship HT-A7000 Soundbar

July 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Raises the Bar for Immersive Sound with New HT-A9 Wireless Home Theater System and Flagship HT-A7000 Soundbar

Sony Electronics introduced its new premium HT-A9 home theater system and flagship HT-A7000 soundbar, introducing new more convincing immersive audio sound experiences to the home. With a soundbar equipped with up-firing drivers and wireless surround speakers and subwoofers, the new Sony systems for the living room make it easier for households to enjoy all types of content with an incredibly immersive home theater and soundscape experience. Support for High-Resolution Audio and 360 Reality Audio, and other "spatial audio" formats included.

Sony Elevates Car Audio with New Mobile ES Speaker Range

May 13, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Elevates Car Audio with New Mobile ES Speaker Range

Sony introduced the Mobile ES car speaker and subwoofer range, including five new drivers, which the company believes will set a new standard for in-car entertainment. Developed with various technical updates, the Sony Mobile ES range includes four coaxial designs and one new subwoofer driver, all featuring newly optimized speaker diaphragm materials and ready to support High-Resolution Audio source material.

Fresh From the Bench: GeerFab Audio D.BOB Digital Breakout Box

November 3, 2020 by Gary Galo

Fresh From the Bench: GeerFab Audio D.BOB Digital Breakout Box

Gary Galo reviews GeerFab Audio’s D.BOB Digital Breakout Box, a valuable new solution for all the music enthusiasts who would like to listen to their Super-Audio CD (SACD) music collection by feeding the DSD datastream via HDMI from the player to an outboard digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in high-resolution audio. And GeerFab Audio created the first device that delivers! This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2020.

Sony Launches New WH-1000XM4 Headphones with Next Generation Adaptive Noise Canceling

August 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Launches New WH-1000XM4 Headphones with Next Generation Adaptive Noise Canceling

Sony Electronics announced the WH-1000XM4 – the fourth-generation noise-canceling headphones from Sony's 1000X family. The popular wireless over-ear model shows a similar design to the previous WH-1000XM3, with subtle but effective changes in materials providing longer comfort and lighter weight. But the main improvement relies on Sony's latest processing, sensors and a new Bluetooth 5 SoC, providing the WH-1000XM4 with additional smart features that personalize music, improve noise cancelation and adjust ambient sound automatically.

New MDR-Z7M2 Premium Headphones from Sony Arriving October 2018

September 7, 2018 by Joao Martins

New MDR-Z7M2 Premium Headphones from Sony Arriving October 2018

When Sony introduced its new flagship Signature Series MDR-Z1R headphones, it received mixed reviews from precisely the user communities that it targeted, considering its hefty price tag that placed it in direct competition with Audeze, MRSpeakers, HiFiMan or Stax. Already announced in Asia and more recently at IFA in Europe, the new Sony MDR-Z7M2 premium headphones inherited core technology from the MDR-Z1R, uses new 70mm drivers, keeps the comfortable design, and retails at a much more affordable price.

Sony Expands Hi-Res Audio Options with New Products on its Signature Series

September 6, 2018 by Joao Martins

Sony Expands Hi-Res Audio Options with New Products on its Signature Series

During IFA 2018, Sony expanded its audio catalog with several new top of the range products in its Signature Series. Deserving all the possible attention are the new IER-Z1R in-ear headphones and DMP-Z1 digital music player. These products harness decades of audio expertise, proudly showcasing Sony’s relentless lifetime pursuit for excellence, which they often miss. These new Signature Series products are ambitious, expensive and will certainly please a very specific crowd devoted to Hi-Res Audio and DSD file collecting.