/ Aswen News/May 19, 2022 Guangzhou -- As the lightest * compact, most comfortable in-ear noise cancelling headphones in SONY's history, LinkBuds S headphones only weigh about 4.8g, combined with SONY's industry-renowned noise cancelling technology and transparent ambient sound mode, combined with excellent high resolution sound quality performance, The new product fully interprets the product development concept of LinkBuds series, which can satisfy users' always online, so that users can freely switch between self-world immersion and external interaction and communication under the comfortable experience of wearing for a long time without burden.
The WH-1000XM5, SONY's new flagship head-mounted noise reduction device, is equipped with an integrated processor V1, an HD noise reduction processor QN1 dual-core drive, and eight microphones. At the same time, expressive high resolution sound quality, high quality call effect, combined with comfortable integrated design and convenient intelligent control experience, you can immerse yourself in the beautiful sound world without noise interference *2.
With the rapid development of mobile intelligent life, users' demands for wearable devices such as headphones are becoming more personalized and diversified. It not only needs to be worn comfortably for a long time, but also hopes to be free from noisy environmental interference when listening intently. More importantly, it needs to respond to the outside world quickly and constantly. With years of hard work and technical accumulation in the audio field, SONY has devoted itself to tapping the infinite potential of earphones, constantly meeting the personalized and diversified needs of users, making the earphones that accompany you better understand your heart, and making the listening experience more outstanding and comfortable.
Comfortable in-ear noise cancelling true wireless headphones Linkbuds S make beautiful sound all the time
Understand your lasting wear needs so noise reduction should be comfortable enough
From commuting to work, to listening to music or playing sports or games after work, wearing headphones for long periods of time has become a necessity. However, it is difficult to put on and take off, and wearing for a long time will increase the sense of pressure on the ear canal. Earphones often make modern people love and hate them.
As SONY's lightest *1 true wireless noise cancelling headphones, LinkBuds S weighs only about 4.8g per ear and is light and compact. By analyzing a large amount of research data, the designer finally derived the shape design of the ear cavity that can be adapted to most users. Skin friendly high friction material and structure of the center of gravity in the design, make wearing more stable. For heavy users, it is also comfortable and light to wear for a long time, easily enjoying a variety of application scenarios.
Industry famous noise reduction technology enabling LinkBuds S Noise reduction, transparent new experience
In order to better improve users' listening experience in public or outdoor environment, mini LinkBuds S is also equipped with a new integrated processor V1 chip of the same type as flagship noise reduction true wireless earphone WF-1000XM4, and adopts SiP system-level packaging technology to greatly reduce the size of the circuit board. It absorbs and improves the excellent noise reduction performance of HD noise reduction processor QN1e, generates anti-crossed-talk wave for ambient noise, has more powerful noise processing ability and higher noise reduction accuracy, and saves energy and lower power consumption. Meanwhile, LinkBuds S wraps the internal microphone through grid design, thus effectively reducing the influence of wind noise on listening. Meanwhile, LinkBuds S adopts AI adaptive sound control function. After opening, it can automatically detect user's activity status and activity location, identify frequented places such as office, gym or store, automatically switch preset environmental sound and noise reduction scheme, and can also manually switch 20-level environmental sound to realize multi-scene intelligent switching easily. No matter in solitude or public space, SONY uses its black technology enabled LinkBuds S earphones to make you easily deal with various scenes, freely shuttle through the inside and outside world, and always stay online with the industry's famous noise reduction strength. LinkBuds S supports AI adaptive sound control and can also manually switch 20-level ambient sound
New product follows LinkBuds series transparent environmental sound concept. Open the environmental sound mode, when you listen to music or make phone calls, hold online meetings or play games, you can also synchronously pay attention to external sounds, timely feel and respond to the changes of the surrounding environment, no need to wear or take off, also can freely shuttle between the inside and outside world.
LinkBuds, which is widely talked about, uses ring design to transmit transparent ambient sound. The newly released LinkBuds S environmental sound mode makes ambient sounds clear and audible by increasing the collection amount of ambient sound with the help of powerful microphone, and brings environmental sound experience like open headphones to meet users' online needs. Wearing headphones can also easily communicate with the surrounding
Hi-res Wireless High resolution sound quality, enjoy the beautiful music
In its quest for better sound quality, SONY has never stopped. LinkBuds S adopts 5mm drive unit with high flexible diaphragm and strong low frequency. The new product is equipped with an integrated processor V1 chip, a better amplifier, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with a higher signal-to-noise ratio, presenting more sound details and making the sound quality more exquisite. 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 gold standard certification with excellent three-frequency play. DSEE Extreme TM*5(Digital Sound Enhancement Engine Advanced) improves digital audio quality in real time, creating a richer and richer listening experience.
In addition, with Headphones Connect App*6 to adjust the equalizer freely, you can set your preferred music style, and you can choose Clear Bass Bass enhancement to improve sound ambience and low frequency elasticity, making it a playable listening experience. SONY has endowed LinkBuds S with excellent high frequency, medium frequency and low frequency performance, which makes users who need to be on line all the time feel the charm of high quality. DNN technology escort, more clear voice quality
In call scenario, LinkBuds S is equipped with deep neural network technology (DNN). Through learning massive samples, it can adapt to different call scenarios. By judging the different sounds during the call, to filter out the environmental noise and retain the human voice, so as to obtain high-definition voice quality. At the same time, the new product has a dual microphone design, the inner microphone is used to improve the clarity of the voice, the outer microphone is specially designed to resist wind noise. Call or noise reduction, can effectively weaken the harsh wind noise, if in the wind horizon walking phone, can also easily cope with, get clear call quality.
Intelligent control, integrated interaction, unlock more listening experience
The Smart No-pick *7 dialogue function is one of the black technologies developed by SONY. When the "Smart No-pick" *7 function is enabled in APP, the LinkBuds S headset will automatically pause playing when the user speaks. By default, the music resumes 15 seconds after the conversation ends, which is handy when you're too busy to figure it out. At the same time, the headset built-in sensor can monitor the wearing state of the headset. When the headphones are removed, the music automatically stops to save energy. The newly upgraded microphone system also intelligently adjusts the amount of voice capture, allowing users to hear themselves more clearly when speaking and communicate more naturally.
SONY attaches great importance to and cares for users' hearing health. Now Headphones Connect APP*6 has a new "safe listening" feature. After users enable this function in the APP, the earphone records the sound pressure (volume level) when using the earphone, and compares it with the data in the guidelines of the World Health Organization to check the safe level of listening volume. Users will receive notifications from the APP alerting them to volume adjustments when they approach or exceed the WHO recommended listening limits.
LinkBuds S Intelligent control, understand you better
As a member of LinkBuds family, LinkBuds S continues to support Tencent Micro *8 voice assistant function with one click. After users turn on the "Quick Access" function, they can automatically call the QQ music APP to play the preset content. LinkBuds S is also available for BRAVIA XR TM TV and wireless transmitter WLA-NS7(purchase separately) to enjoy Dolby Panoramic sound and experience high-quality audio and picture synchronization.
Long endurance *9 IPX4 waterproof *10, power always online
Heavy users of headphones generally have high battery life requirements. LinkBuds S can be used for about 6 hours with full charge, and its battery life can reach about 20 hours with charging case, which can basically meet daily needs of a day. LinkBuds S supports fast charge. When the battery is found to be short temporarily, it can be charged for 5 minutes and used for about 1 hour. It takes 10 minutes to charge and can be used for about 90 minutes. At the same time, it supports IPX4 waterproof *10, and will also support low power Bluetooth Audio LE Audio*11 for work, sports and games in the future. LinkBuds S supports diverse and rich daily needs, helping you easily navigate through various scenes.
In addition to white and black, LinkBuds S has launched a new hazel brown to bring more options for fashion users. Dual-core drive noise reduction new flagship WH-1000XM5 Leaf alcohol sound to enjoy static boundaries
Double core drive, 8 microphones assist, feel the flagship potential energy in the noise reduction flagship
To create SONY's new flagship in noise reduction, the WH-1000XM5 is equipped with two chips and eight microphones. Six external microphones will first transmit ambient noise to high-performance integrated processor V1 for processing, and the processed data will be sent to HD noise reduction processor QN1 to accurately generate an inverse curve to offset noise. The two internal feedback microphones are responsible for detecting the residual noise near the ear canal. Through the integrated processor V1, noise reduction is carried out again. Through the dual-core coordination, the low frequency noise is actively reduced, and the noise reduction performance of the middle and high frequency, such as the conversation sound, is improved, so that the noise reduction performance of the headset is particularly outstanding. At the same time, the new product supports 20-level controllable ambient sound mode and AI noise reduction, which can automatically switch the ambient sound level according to the user's behavior mode. It can also automatically optimize the noise reduction effect according to the user's wearing condition and environmental pressure condition. During the travel, on the way to work or in the public space, it can reduce the interference of various noises and make you fully immersed in the beautiful music world. WH-1000XM5 uses high-performance integrated processor V1, HD and noise reduction processor QN1 dual chip and carries 8 microphones
Uncompromising sound quality Experience 1000X series high resolution sound quality charm
SONY has developed a new 30mm diaphragm for WH-1000XM5. It adopts high-rigidity and low-weight carbon fiber material, presenting dynamic and powerful low frequency and up to 40kHz high frequency, bringing users a three-frequency performance with fine details and rich expression. Even the audio circuitry has been elegantly upgraded. The circuit of WH-1000XM5 adopts the technology of the new generation Walkman NW-WM1ZM2. Reasonable layout optimization is made for the excellent DAC and amplifier of the two chips in the circuit layout, so that the sound quality details can be fully displayed. Wearing noise reduction headset WH-1000XM5 inherited SONY's advanced audio hardware technology and LDAC Bluetooth transmission technology *3*4, presenting Hi-Res sound quality comparable to wired connection, bringing wireless transmission high tone quality pleasure experience. DSEE ExtremeTM*5(Advanced Version of Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) improves digital audio quality in real time to create a richer and fuller listening experience. SONY's industry-leading noise reduction technology is combined with excellent sound quality, and a new design language is used to create an immersive, high-resolution listening experience.
WH-1000XM5 brings Hi-Res high resolution sound quality and expressiveness to users
Equipped with DNN technology and beamforming technology, make the call more carefree
The WH-1000XM5 noise-cancelling headset is equipped with deep neural network learning (DNN) and beamforming technology. Thanks to the deep neural network learning technology, the earphone uses high-quality algorithms to accurately eliminate the surrounding noise during the call and retain the voice of the speaker. The beamforming technology collects sound through four microphones, accurately synthesizes human voices, filters out ambient noise, and weakens harsh wind noise. DNN technology and beamforming technology are perfectly combined to make the call quality a step closer. DNN and other technologies escort the call more clearly
The new integrated design optimizes the quality details from the inside out
WH-1000XM5 adopts a new design language, and the overall body of the earphone is more concise. The leather at the earmuffs and headbeam is made of newly designed "soft and decompression leather", which makes wearing more comfortable. The design of silent rotating shaft and polar sliding block not only gives consideration to the sense of design, but also reduces the sound interference caused by manual adjustment. Core technology to design concept, SONY organic combination from inside to outside, optimize the quality details, so that users can feel the alcohol sound, enjoy the static world of wonderful experience. In addition, the storage box can be folded, which is very portable for users who need to travel frequently. New head beam design, new earmuffs material, intentions for better experience
Intelligent and convenient control, more and more understand you
The WH-1000XM5 retains the well-regarded smart controls of its predecessor, making the product more aware of you. When the smart no-pick *7 function is enabled on the headset, the WH-1000XM5 will automatically pause the playback content when the user speaks, making the conversation easier. In addition, the WH-1000XM5 is equipped with AI adaptive sound control function, which can easily switch ambient sound level or open different noise reduction modes. The newly launched "Safe Listen" will protect the listening volume of users. WH-1000XM5 also supports the one-click evoke Tencent Micro *8 voice assistant, and supports "Quick Access" function. In terms of battery life, it brings a new fast charger compatibility for users. Just buy another PD fast charger and charge it for 3 minutes, then it can be used for about 3 hours *12*13. The total time of noise reduction on can reach about 30 hours *12*13, and the battery life of noise reduction off can reach about 40 hours *12*13, which is more convenient and secure to use.
Intelligent control, convenient and secure
Adopt environmentally friendly materials and practice the concept of sustainable development
SONY has always focused on environmental protection and sustainable development. The outer packaging of these two new products adopts plasticless material, among which LinkBuds S uses mixed materials of green and environmentally friendly raw materials, WH-1000XM5 packaging materials also do not contain plastic materials, and are mainly packed by bamboo, sugarcane, recycled paper and other green and environmentally friendly materials. While listening to the beautiful music, you can also continue to contribute to the environmental protection. Environmental protection packaging to protect the green earth
Deep insight into consumers' personalized and diversified needs, continuous innovation and breakthrough, bring new listening experience is SONY's consistent insistence. SONY uses the power of technology to make earphones evolve into the necessities of intelligent mobile life. They can freely shuttle in a variety of scenes, making ears more comfortable to wear, listening more comfortable, and listening experience better. LinkBuds S and WH-1000XM5 will be available soon. For more information, please visit Sony China Online Store, SONY China official Weibo account, official wechat account and Sony Store.
*1. Data up to May 2022, according to SONY's internal testing results.
*2. Noise reduction is effective in low frequency ranges, such as airplanes, trains or offices (near air conditioning, etc.), but less effective in higher frequencies, such as human voice.
*3. Common Bluetooth® refers to Bluetooth®A2DP SBC (328 KBPS,44.1kHz). LDAC can select different transmission speeds depending on your wireless environment. The LDAC transmission function can be implemented only when both devices connected by Bluetooth® have the LDAC technology function.
*4. Due to the characteristics of Bluetooth earphones, electromagnetic waves in the area may cause connection interruption. Because of the nature of wireless technology, when a device is simultaneously displaying and transmitting Bluetooth sound, there can be a "lag" in the audio and video signals, meaning that the sound is out of sync with the picture.
* 5. By Sony | Headphones Connect App * 4 activation DSEE Extreme TM
*6. Please update to the new App version.
*7. By default, music will resume 15 seconds after the end of the Smart no-pick session. Use Sony | Headphones Connect App * 6 can custom this time to ask.
*8. Please update Tencent Micro App to the latest version. Android 1.10.0.79 or ios 1.10.0 or later.
*9. The query may be shortened in use, depending on the codec and usage status; Charging times and usage times may vary depending on usage.
*10. Prevent water from splashing into the device from all aspects, excluding the sound catheter (sound output tube), ventilation hole and microphone hole (2 positions) of the headset. The charging case does not support IPX4 grade water resistance.
*11. Bluetooth Low Power Audio (LE Audio) of this product has not been implemented for the time being. Users can only experience LE Audio after the above functions are realized through subsequent headset software upgrade in the future.
*12. Be sure to use the included USB Type-C cable, and the charging time and use time may vary depending on your usage.
*13. A USB PD power adapter is required. WH-1000XM5 does not come with a power adapter.
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