IFA 2016 Preview

It is the end of August and IFA is just around the corner.  As with previous years it appears Sony will have some new Walkmans to unveil and hopefully this year will bring a more substantial updates to the A-Series.  Along with the new Walkmans, Sony will undoubtedly bring new headphones to IFA.  some of those headphones can be found in the posts from the past few days.  While I normally do not write about non-Walkman news, this year at IFA, Sony could be bringing something exciting to the Xperia line.  It it rumoured that Sony may be finally adding full manual controls to their camera app, with optical image stabilization finally arriving to a Sony phone near you.  For all the news related to the Xperia brand, head on over to the Xperia Blog for all the updates from IFA.

Sony Signature Series Leaked (UPDATE)

left to right: MDR-Z1R, NW-WM1Z, TA-ZH1ES

A little birdie dropped some gifts off tonight, a little preview of things to come...

 And a little bonus, the new high end walkman, NW-WM1Z.

Small Update, click on the photos for larger size

Preview of new Sony headphones for IFA 2016

In early June I posted some news of upcoming Sony headphones likely to debut this fall at IFA, but it seems 2 more models appeared on the FCC in the next 2 weeks following my post.  To remedy this, I will outline a quick preview of the 5 models of consumer headphones due at IFA this upcoming week.  Here is the list of the 5 pairs of headphones:

Is this the Sony WM1-Series Walkman? (UPDATE)

Sony will be launching two new Walkman models at IFA 2016 this year,  one being the updated the A-Series and the second the WM1 series.  This above image was sent to me by an anonymous user (thank you), it appears to be from a Sony China mini website or teaser site for IFA.  Rumours has it that we should expect a high end pair of headphones, possibly replacing the MDR-Z7 or perhaps positioned above the Z7, a new high end Walkman and a new high end DAC to replace to PHA-3.  If this turns out to be correct, I feel this might be a niche product for devoted audiophiles because a setup like this could easily cost anywhere from 1500-2000 dollars.