Sony unleashes a barrage of new headphones

Matt Burns @mjburnsy / 16 years

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.