On May 19, Sony (China) Co., Ltd. released two blockbusters, the comfortable in-ear noise-canceling true wireless headphones LinkBuds S and the twin-core drive flagship noise-cancelling headphones WH-1000XM5, which meet the diverse needs of users working and living, and provide more choices for listening to life.
As the lightest *1 ying, the smallest and most comfortable in-ear noise-canceling headphones in Sony's history, linkBuds S's headphone body weighs only about 4.8g, under the blessing of Sony's industry-renowned noise reduction technology and transparent ambient sound mode, combined with excellent high-resolution sound quality performance, the new product fully interprets the LinkBuds series to meet the user's product development concept of always online, allowing users to realize the free switching between self-world immersion and external interaction and communication under the comfortable experience of wearing it for a long time without burden.
Sony's new flagship WH-1000XM5, which debuted at the same time, is equipped with an integrated processor V1, HD noise reduction processor QN1 dual-core drive and 8 microphones, which is powerful and pushes the noise reduction level to a new level. At the same time, expressive high-resolution sound quality, high-quality call effects, combined with comfortable integrated design and convenient intelligent control experience, people can be free from noise interference*2, wandering in a beautiful sound world.
Sony Comfort In-Ear True Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones LinkBuds S (left)
And dual-core drive headset headset WH-1000XM5 (right)
With the rapid development of mobile intelligent life, users' needs for wearable devices such as headphones are becoming more and more personalized and diversified. Not only do you need to wear it comfortably for a long time, but you also want to be able to listen attentively to avoid noisy environmental interferences, and you need to respond to the outside world at all times and quickly. With years of hard work and technical accumulation in the audio field, Sony has concentrated on tapping the unlimited potential of headphones, continuously meeting the personalized and diversified needs of users, so that the headphones that accompany you at all times can better understand your heart and make the listening experience better and more comfortable.
Sony brings more options to listen to life
Comfortable in-ear noise-cancelling true wireless headphones, the Linkbuds S keeps the beauty coming out
Understand your long-lasting wear needs, so noise reduction should also be comfortable enough
From commuting to work, to listening to music after work, doing sports or playing games, wearing headphones for a long time has gradually become a kind of "just need" for everyone. However, it is difficult to put on and take off, and wearing it for a long time will increase the pressure of the ear canal, and the headphones often make modern people love and hate.
Sony's lightest*1 true wireless noise-cancelling headphones, the LinkBuds S single ear weighs only about 4.8 grams, making it lightweight and compact. By analyzing a large amount of research data, the designers finally deduced the shape of the ear cavity that can be adapted to most users. The skin-friendly high-friction material and the design of the center of gravity on the structure make the wearing more stable. For heavy users of headphones, it is also comfortable and lightweight to wear for a long time, and it is easy to enjoy a variety of application scenarios.
LinkBuds S is lightweight, compact and comfortable to wear
The industry's famous noise reduction technology empowers LinkBuds S to reduce noise and make a new experience transparent
In order to better enhance the user's listening experience in public or outdoor environments, the mini LinkBuds S body is also equipped with the same new integrated processor V1 chip as the flagship noise-cancelling true wireless headphone WF-1000XM4, and adopts the SiP system-in-package process to greatly reduce the circuit board size. It absorbs and improves the excellent noise reduction performance of the HD noise reduction processor QN1e, generating inverting sound waves on the noise in the environment, with more powerful noise processing capabilities and higher noise reduction accuracy, and saves energy and lower power consumption. At the same time, LinkBuds S wraps the internal microphone through a grid design, effectively reducing the impact of wind noise on listening.
The V1 chip, a new integrated processor with the same noise-cancelling flagship
The grid design wraps around the microphone and reduces wind noise
At the same time, LinkBuds S adopts AI adaptive sound control function, which can automatically detect the user's activity status and activity location after opening, identify frequent offices, gyms or stores, automatically switch preset ambient sound and noise reduction schemes, and manually switch 20 levels of ambient sound, easily realize multi-scene intelligent switching. Whether it is in a solitary occasion or a public space, Sony empowers the LinkBuds S headset with black technology, allowing you to easily cope with various scenes with the industry's well-known noise reduction strength, freely shuttle between the inner and outer worlds, and stay online at all times.
LinkBuds S supports AI adaptive sound control and can also manually switch 20 levels of ambient sound
The new product follows the transparent ambient sound concept of the LinkBuds series. Turn on the ambient sound mode, when you listen to music or make a phone call, open an online meeting or play a game, you can also synchronously pay attention to external sounds, feel and respond to changes in the surrounding environment in time, without wearing it off, you can also freely travel between the inner and outer worlds.
The much-touted LinkBuds uses a ring design to deliver transparent ambient sound. The newly released LinkBuds S ambient sound mode, with the help of a powerful microphone, increases the amount of ambient sound collected, makes the surrounding sound clear and audible, bringing an ambient sound experience like an open headset, meeting the needs of users online at all times.
Wearing headphones also makes it easy to communicate with the surroundings
Hi-res Wireless's high-resolution sound quality for great music
In pursuit of better sound quality, Sony never stopped. The LinkBuds S features a 5mm drive unit with a highly flexible diaphragm with powerful low frequencies. The new product is equipped with an integrated processor V1 chip, equipped with a better amplifier, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with a higher signal-to-noise ratio, which presents more sound detail and makes the sound quality more delicate. Despite its mini-size, with Sony's advanced audio hardware technology and LDAC Bluetooth transmission technology*3*4, LinkBuds S has won the Hi-Res Audio Wireless Wireless Small Gold Label certification with excellent tri-band play. DSEE Extreme TM*5 (Advanced Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) improves digital audio quality in real time to create a richer and fuller listening experience.
In addition, through the Headphones Connect App*6 freely adjustable equalizer, users can set the preferred style when listening to music, and they can also choose the Clear Bass bass enhancement function to improve the sense of sound ambience and low-frequency elasticity, which is quite playable in the listening experience. Small in stature, big energy, sony never compromises in the exploration of sound quality, gives LinkBuds S excellent high-frequency, mid-frequency and low-frequency performance, so that users who need to be online all the time can feel the charm of high sound quality.
Hi-Res Audio Wireless Gold Label Certified LinkBuds S Internal Composition Diagram
DNN technology escort, the call sound quality is clearer
In the call scenario, LinkBuds S is equipped with deep neural network technology (DNN), which adapts to different call scenarios through the learning of massive samples. By judging the different sounds during the call, you can filter out the ambient noise and preserve the human voice, so as to obtain high-definition call sound quality. At the same time, the new product adopts a dual microphone design, the inner microphone is used to improve the clarity of the human voice, and the outer microphone adopts a special anti-wind noise design. When talking or reducing noise, it can effectively weaken the harsh wind noise, and if you are walking on the phone on a windy day, you can easily cope with it and get clear call quality.
LinkBuds S calls sound sharper
Intelligent control, fusion interaction, unlock more listening experience
The intelligent off-hook*7 dialogue function is one of the black technologies developed by Sony. When the "Smart Pick-free" *7 function is turned on on the APP, when the user speaks, the LinkBuds S headset will automatically pause playback; by default, after 15 seconds after the end of the conversation, the music will resume playing, which is quite convenient when both hands are too busy to find the playback interface. At the same time, the headphones' built-in sensors monitor the wearing status of the headphones. When the headphones are removed, the music is automatically paused to save power. The newly upgraded microphone system also intelligently adjusts the amount of sound grabbed, allowing users to hear their voices more clearly when they speak, and conversations are more natural.
Sony attaches great importance to and cares for the hearing health of users. A New "Safe Listening" feature is now added to the Headphones Connect APP*6. After the user turns on this function in the APP, the headset records the sound pressure (volume level) when using the headset, and checks the safety of the listening volume by comparing it with the data of the World Health Organization guidelines. When approaching or exceeding the WHO recommended listening limit, a notification will be received from the APP reminding the user to pay attention to the volume adjustment.
LinkBuds S intelligent control, better understand you
LinkBuds S, as a member of the LinkBuds family, continues to support the one-click evoking Tencent Micro *8 voice assistant function. After the user turns on the "Quick Access" function, he can automatically call the QQ Music APP to play the pre-set content. Users of bravia XR TM TM TVs and wireless transmitters WLA-NS7 (available separately) can also use the LinkBuds S to enjoy Dolby Atmos and experience the high quality of audio and picture synchronization.
Long battery life*9 IPX4 waterproof*10, always online
Heavy users of headphones generally have high requirements for battery life. When the LinkBuds S is fully charged, it can be used for about 6 hours at a time, and the battery life can be supplemented with the charging case for about 20 hours, which can basically meet the daily needs of the day. LinkBuds S supports fast charging, when the use of temporary discovery of insufficient power, charging 5 minutes, can use for about 1 hour; charging 10 minutes, can be used for about 90 minutes. At the same time, it supports IPX4 waterproof *10, the future will also support Bluetooth low energy audio LE Audio*11 work, sports to games, LinkBuds S support a variety of rich daily needs, to help you easily shuttle through various scenes.
In addition to white and black, LinkBuds S has launched a new light brown color, bringing more wear options to fashion trendsetters.
LinkBuds S supports IPX4 waterproof*10 rhythmic sports more with feeling
LinkBuds S comes in three colours and wears as you like
Dual-core drive noise reduction new flagship WH-1000XM5 listening to mellow sound enjoy the quiet boundary
Dual-core drive, 8 microphone assists, feel the flagship potential energy in the noise-canceling flagship
To create Sony's new flagship in noise reduction, Sony equipped the WH-1000XM5 with dual chips and eight microphones. The external six microphones first transmit the ambient noise to the high-performance integrated processor V1 for processing, and the processed data is sent to the HD noise reduction processor QN1 to accurately generate the inverting curve to cancel the noise. The two internal feedback microphones are responsible for detecting residual noise near the ear canal, and the noise reduction process is carried out again by the integrated processor V1. Through the dual-core cooperation, it actively reduces low-frequency noise, improves the noise reduction performance of medium and high frequencies such as conversational sounds, and makes the noise reduction performance of headphones particularly outstanding. At the same time, the new product supports 20 levels of controllable ambient sound mode and AI noise reduction, which can automatically switch the ambient sound level according to the user's behavior, and can also automatically optimize the noise reduction effect according to the user's wearing situation and environmental pressure, so as to reduce the interference of a variety of noises during the trip, on the way to work or in the public space, and immerse people in the wonderful music world*2.
The WH-1000XM5 features a high-performance integrated processor V1, HD and QN1 dual-chip with eight microphones
Uncompromising sound quality Experience the charm of the 1000X series high-resolution sound quality
Sony has developed a new 30mm diaphragm for the WH-1000XM5, which uses a high-rigidity, low-weight carbon fiber material, presenting a low-frequency dynamic and powerful, high frequency up to 40kHz, bringing users fine details and rich expression of tri-frequency performance. Even the audio circuitry has been meticulously upgraded. The circuit of the WH-1000XM5 adopts the technology of the new generation OfWalkman NW-WM1ZM2, and the circuit layout is reasonably optimized for the excellent DACs and amplifiers of the two chips, so that the sound quality details can be fully displayed. The WH-1000XM5, wearing noise-cancelling headphones, inherits Sony's advanced audio hardware technology and LDAC Bluetooth transmission technology*3*4, presenting Hi-Res sound quality comparable to wired connections, bringing a pleasant experience of wireless transmission of high sound quality. DSEE ExtremeTM*5 (Advanced Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) improves digital audio quality in real time to create a richer and fuller listening experience. Combine Sony's industry-leading noise reduction technology with superior sound quality to create an immersive, high-resolution listening experience with a new design language.
The WH-1000XM5 brings Hi-Res high-resolution sound quality expression to users
Equipped with DNN technology and beamforming technology, it makes the call more worry-free
The WH-1000XM5 noise-cancelling headphones not only feature deep neural network learning (DNN), but also beamforming. Thanks to the deep neural network learning technology, the headset accurately eliminates the surrounding noise during the call with a high-quality algorithm to retain the call vocals; the beamforming technology collects the sound through 4 microphones, accurately synthesizes the human voices, filters out the ambient noise, and weakens the harsh wind noise. The combination of DNN technology and beamforming technology brings call quality one step closer
DNN and other technologies escort, the call is clearer
New all-in-one design that optimizes quality details from the inside out
The WH-1000XM5 adopts a new design language, the overall body of the headphones is more concise, and the leather at the ear cups and head beam is selected from the newly designed "soft and stress-reducing leather" material to make it more comfortable to wear. The design of the silent hinge and the stepless slider not only takes into account the sense of design, but also reduces the sound interference caused by manual adjustment. From the core technology to the design concept, Sony organically combines from the inside to the outside, optimizing the quality details, so that users can feel the mellow sound and enjoy the wonderful experience of the quiet world. In addition to this, the storage box is foldable and very portable for users who need to travel frequently.
New head beam design, new ear cup material, only for a better experience
Intelligent and convenient control, more and more understand you
The WH-1000XM5 retains the acclaimed intelligent controls of the previous generation, making the product understand you better. After the headset turns on the Smart Pick-Free*7 function, when the user is detected talking, the WH-1000XM5 will automatically pause the playback content, making the dialogue easier. In addition, the WH-1000XM5 is also equipped with AI adaptive sound control function, which can easily switch the ambient sound level or open different noise reduction modes, and the newly launched "Safe Listening" will escort the user's listening volume. WH-1000XM5 also supports one-click evoking Tencent Micro*8 voice assistant, and supports the "Quick Access" function. In terms of endurance, it brings users a new fast charge compatibility, just buy another PD fast charge head, charge for 3 minutes, you can use about 3 hours * 12 * 13. The total time to turn on noise reduction reaches about 30 hours * 12 * 13, and the off noise reduction endurance can be up to about 40 hours * 12 * 13, which is more convenient and safe to use.
Intelligent control, convenient and safe
Adopt environmentally friendly materials and practice the concept of sustainable development
Sony has always been environmentally friendly and advocates sustainable development. The outer packaging of these two new products is made of materials without plastic, of which LinkBuds S uses green environmental protection raw mixed materials, and the packaging material of WH-1000XM5 does not contain plastic materials, mainly by bamboo, sugar cane, recycled paper and other green packaging. While listening to beautiful music, you can also continue to contribute to environmental protection.
Eco-friendly packaging to protect the green earth
Deep insight into the personalized and diversified needs of consumers, continuous innovation and breakthroughs, and bringing new listening experiences are Sony's consistent insistence. Sony uses the power of technology to make headphones evolve into the necessities of intelligent mobile life, freely shuttle in a variety of scenes, so that the ears are more comfortable to wear, listen more comfortable, and make the listening experience better.