10 reviews

Sony

Wireless ANC & studio audio

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Sony is a Japanese electronics and entertainment corporation founded in Tokyo in 1946, with a deep audio history; its WH-1000X wireless noise-cancelling headphones, Walkman players, and long-serving studio monitors are widely used references.

Founded: 1946
Based in: Tokyo, Japan

IEM$550

Sony IER-M7

Sony's quiet all-BA monitor: a warm, natural midrange and vault-like isolation — with the bass, the seal and the price still argued over.

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IEM$1,700

Sony IER-Z1R

The bass and the stage are legend. The shell is a lottery — and the treble, the tuning and the price are all argued about by the same people.

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Headphone$350

Sony WH-1000XM4

Near-unanimous praise for its quiet and a split over its sound: mainstream reviewers hear rich and fun, while measurers and many enthusiasts hear bloated bass that wants EQ.

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Headphone$230

Sony MDR-M1

Sony's warmer, comfier answer to the 7506 — a smooth all-rounder to most, too soft (or oddly bright) to a vocal few.

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Headphone$449

Sony WH-1000XM6

Class-leading silence and Sony's best-sounding flagship yet — with comfort, build and value all up for debate.

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Headphone$400

Sony MDR-MV1

A featherweight open-back with more bass than the type is supposed to have — praised for comfort and low end, argued over for its bright, deliberately un-neutral tuning.

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Headphone$180

Sony WH-1000XM3

The headphone that dethroned Bose on noise cancelling — beloved for its quiet and its comfort, and argued over for a warm, bass-heavy sound that a lot of owners reach into the app to tame.

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