Sony unleashes a barrage of new headphones
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Nice, Sony. Five new snazzy sets of headphones? We’ll take ’em!
Details after the jump.
MDR-XB700
- Sealed headphone format
- 50mm voice coil
- 3,000 mW maximum input
- 24Ω
- 3Hz ~ 28kHz
- .6 lbs
- 12,390 yen or $120 U.S.
MDR-XB500
- Sealed headphone format
- 40mm voice coil
- 1,500 mW maximum input
- 40Ω
- 4Hz ~ 24kHz
- .4 lbs
- 8,715 yen or $83 U.S.
MDR-XB300
- Open headphone format
- 30mm voice coil
- 1,000 mW maximum input
- 24Ω
- 5Hz ~ 222kHz
- .26 lbs
- 4,935 yen or $47 U.S.
MDR-XB40EX
- Sealed in-ear
- 13.5mm voice coil
- 100 mw maximum input
- 16Ω
- 4Hz ~ 24kHz
- 6,195 yen or $60
MDR-XB20EX
- In-ear
- 9mm voice coil
- 100 mw maximum input
- 16Ω
- 5Hz ~ 23kHz
- 6,195 yen or $60
- 3,675 yen or $35
Note: so far these releases look like Japanese only, but with the holiday season quickly approaching, Sony might ship ’em across the Pacific to us.
via Impress
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