Sony launched  WH-1000XM6 headphones

Sony’s WH-1000XM6 noise-canceling headphones have arrived three years after their popular predecessors.

That’s a longer gap than usual for the lineup, but don’t expect any earth-shattering changes. Whereas the 1000XM4 to 1000XM5 upgrade brought a significant design

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The 1000XM6 are an amalgamation of the best traits from Sony’s past models and should be the best of the series.

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Sony has raised the price to $449, a $50 jump compared to the prior model and $20 more than Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Headphones.

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The 1000XM6 borrow most of their DNA from the 1000XM5 with one extremely welcome change:

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the headphones collapse down and take up less room in their carrying case; similar joints were found on earlier models but were absent on the 1000XM5 click here

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