New cheap Sony headphones and Bluetooth speakers appear in Twitter leak

Date:
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:41:10 +0000

Description:
A new leak suggests several more affordable Sony audio products are on the way.

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Sonys premium-grade audio products feature prominently on our lists of the best headphones and best wireless earbuds , but the companys grip on the more affordable end of the market isnt quite as tight.

By the looks of things, though, Sony is gearing up to release a new range of cheaper headphones and wireless speakers to compliment its high-end offering.

The news comes by way of serial leaker Kuba Wojciechowski, whose recent
thread of tweets highlights several supposedly unreleased Sony audio
products, including Sony WH-CH520 wireless headphones and an SRS-XB100 wireless speaker to take on the best Bluetooth speakers .

Wojciechowski makes mention of a so-called MagicBucket" speaker, too, which looks like it could feature a central control panel flanked by two rounded speakers (imagine a piece of Lego that plays music). "MagicBucket" speaker (HT-AX7) pic.twitter.com/Ru45WuF0SS February 9, 2023 See more

Logic suggests that the WH-CH520 headphones if indeed they are on the way will be a direct update to the already excellent Sony WH-CH510 headphones. To our eyes from the leaks, the two products look identical, save for the slightly more rounded way the headband attaches on the newer WH-CH520. Sony WH-CH520 (YY2958) pic.twitter.com/7c0WwDBUd2 February 9, 2023 See more

The Sony SRS-XB100 speaker is a little harder to place, but it looks an awful lot like the decidedly unremarkable Sony SRS-XB13 Bluetooth speaker , which
is in desperate need of a superior successor. The larger number in the SRS-XB100s name and the very similar design suggests it could indeed be new version of the SRS-XB13 (with improved sound quality, we hope). Sony
SRS-XB100 pic.twitter.com/FJIpa0Jhpl February 9, 2023 See more

Applying similar naming logic, the Sony SRS-XV500 could be a miniature
version of the pricey Sony SRS-XV900 party speaker. Its hard to gauge the devices size from the image Wojciechowski includes in his tweet, but the obvious lighting cutouts suggest the SRS-XV500 will be another large (if not quite as expensive) events speaker. Sony SRS-XV500 pic.twitter.com/fQZkqPY7Sd February 9, 2023 See more

Sony hasnt yet confirmed the existence of any of the products Wojciechowski has seemingly revealed prematurely, but were hoping that at least a few if not all of the devices featured will be officially announced in the coming months.

We'll share further details as and when we get them, so for more on the best cheap headphones and best wireless speakers , stay tuned to TechRadar.



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