Sony will soon release new mid-range wireless headphones that can deliver bass at the same level as high-end models. At least, that’s where this latest leak comes from industry insider Roland Quandt would have us believe. He recently highlighted what could possibly be the Sony WH-ULT900N headphones, which Quandt claims are the successors to the WH-XB910N.
This information comes from the German tech news site WinFuture, but we’re going to use a translation from NotebookCheck. According to the report, the pair will feature a feature called ‘Ultra Power Sound’, which will give the pair a frequency range spanning from 5Hz to 20kHz.
Having a bottom as low as 5Hz is especially notable because it’s a range close to what you see on high-end headphones like Sony’s WH-1000XM4. NotebookCheck points out that this could allow the WH-ULT900N to produce “more bassy sound than many of its competitors.”
Images in the leak also give us our first look at what the headphones could look like. At a glance, they look similar to the high-end WH-1000XM4, albeit with a few design tweaks. The USB-C ports on the outside of the cups are no longer there, replaced by what appears to be a speaker grille. And the company logo is in a different position.
Specifications
Quandt’s leak then mentions some of the WH-ULT900N’s specs. The cups contain 40 mm drivers and the battery lasts up to “50 hours of music playback”. That number drops to 30 hours when ANC (active noise cancellation) is enabled. It will use the company’s LDAC (Lossless Digital Audio Codec) connectivity standard to ensure high-resolution audio over wireless connections.
With Bluetooth 5.2, the WH-ULT900N supports Bluetooth Multipoint. This will allow future owners to jump between simultaneously connected audio sources.
There’s no word on when the Sony WH-ULT900N will release, but if they do the pair should cost around $215/£170 and be available in three different colours: black, white and forest grey.
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