Tuesday 31 December 2019

Sony WI-1000XM2 Teardown by 52Audio.com

Sony WI-1000XM2 Teardown

52Audio.com has posted up their WI-1000XM2 teardown, check it out here. Thanks to the WI-1000XM2 certification earlier this year, most of the internals were already known, like the Mediatek MT2811 and the QN1. But it is always great to see the internal photos in higher resolution and quality. So time to dive in.

Thursday 26 December 2019

Sony WH-CH710N, Sony's Affordable Noise Cancellation option Coming soon

Sony WH-CH710N

Sony will have one more updated wireless headset coming next year, the WH-CH710N, an update to the affordable WH-CH700N. The FCC documents this time do not reveal too much, but the label pdf does have an outline photo of the design. The design appears more chunkier and upscale versus the current model and looks to borrow design elements from the WH-XB900N and WH-1000XM3.

Saturday 21 December 2019

New Sony Walkmans Show up on Sony US and Sony Canada (update)

Sony NW-A100 NW-ZX500

In the words of Dr. Farnsworth, Good News, Everyone! All three new Walkmans have appeared on Sony.ca and Sony.com. There is no information about when these will be released and the price is only known for Canada at this moment. Unfortunately, the A100TPS anniversary model is no where to be found, but hopefully this will also be released in North America.

Monday 16 December 2019

Sony WH-1000XM4 shows up on the FCC, CES 2020 debut?

Sony WH-1000XM4

The Sony WH-1000XM4 has finally appeared on the FCC. In my previous posts about the recent FCC filings, I said that perhaps the Mark 4 might soon appear on the FCC, and it looks like that predication came true. Very little information is provided in the documents apart from the testing, so what can we expect from the new wireless headset? And when will it debut?

Wednesday 11 December 2019

Sony WF-XB700, EXTRA BASS meets truly wireless

Sony WF-XB700


Another day, and another FCC filing from Sony, almost feels like Christmas came early. Along with the WI-SP510 and WF-SP800N, a new filing for a WF-XB700 has appeared on the FCC. The filing does not reveal much, so I can only speculate for the moment.

Tuesday 10 December 2019

Sony WF-SP800N, new Bluetooth Noise Cancelling headset coming soon

Sony WF-SP800N

Set to debut sometime next year, the WF-SP800N is Sony's new sports oriented truly wireless noise cancelling headset. The WF-SP800N looks to be a successor the the WF-SP700N, and could potentially debut at CES 2020, but then again it might not even be sold in North America, the WF-H800 was on the FCC but there has been no announcement of availability for the US or Europe.

Monday 9 December 2019

Software Update version 1.01.00 for Sony NW-ZX500 / NW-A100 Walkmans

Firmware Update version Sony NW-ZX500 NW-A100

I missed this update last month, apologies, so posting it now. Sony has released a firmware update for the ZX500 and A100 Walkmans. The update should appear automatically on the Walkman as a notification, so WiFi will need to be turned on in order to get the notification update.

Sunday 8 December 2019

Sony WI-SP510, Wireless In-Ear Sports Headphones Coming next year

Sony WI-SP510

Sony is slowly updating their wireless headphone lineup to Bluetooth 5.0 and next up is the WI-SP500 sports model. There is little information in the FCC filing, but like with all x10 change in model number, we should have Bluetooth 5.0 and a new design.