1000X THE COLLEXION

Headphones

Ultimate listening experience

Sound to transport you

Rich, wide-range sound elevates every listening experience. A bespoke driver unit, paired with co-creation with renowned mastering engineers, delivers balanced lows, natural vocals and clear highs with precise separation. 360 Upmix modes further expands music, cinema and gaming contents into an immersive spatial audio.

Engineered to perfection

New, bespoke driver unit reveals delicate highs and a spacious soundstage. From acoustic structure to circuit layout, careful details ensure faithful reproduction.

A black 1000X THE COLLEXION headphone ear cup alongside each of its internal components laid out in a line

Bespoke driver unit

The soft edge and uniquely designed high-rigidity dome used unidirectional carbon composite material enhance delicate high-frequency expression and a wider sound stage.

The interior speaker from inside the ear cup of a 1000X THE COLLEXION headphone

Power behind performance

The HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN3 advances D/A conversion, while the Integrated Processor V3 allows 360 Upmix to support three modes and DSEE Ultimate.

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Crafted with sound masters

Tuned with award-winning mastering engineers to deliver premium sound. Listen to every nuance and detail, bringing each song to life as truly intended.

Sterling Sound

Coast Mastering

Battery Studios

Music as the artist intended

Through collaboration with top mastering engineers, 1000X THE COLLEXION reproduces music with smooth vocals, clear instrument balance, and nuanced dynamics, faithfully conveying the creator’s intent.

3 people in a studio environment, 2 of them are wearing a pair of 1000X THE COLLEXION headphones

2 people in a studio environment looking at a laptop, one person is holding a pair of 1000X THE COLLEXION headphones

2 people in a studio, one person is wearing a pair of 1000X THE COLLEXION headphones with another pair on the desk

2 people in a studio looking at each other and talking, one person is holding a pair of 1000X THE COLLEXION headphones

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Randy Merill / Sterling Sound

_{^{Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Adele, John Mayer, James Blake, Olivia Rodrigo and Gracie Abrams}}

Immersive sound and artistic vision

With 1000X THE COLLEXION , the listener gets an accurate representation of the sound the artists, producers, and engineers intended them to hear, experience, and feel. When I aim for a highly immersive sound, I want the listener to forget they’re listening through headphones and just hear the music — the emotion and intention of the song. These headphones achieve that because they’re very transparent and accurately represent the sound we were trying to create in the studio.

Chris Gehringer / Sterling Sound

^{_{Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Glass Animals, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, BLACKPINK, BTS and LE SSERAFIM}}

Emotional connections with music and audio fans

1000X THE COLLEXION brings together music fans and audio fans. It bridges that gap by delivering a listening experience both groups immediately recognise as something special. These headphones are immersive, powerful, and designed for people who truly care about how music sounds. In one word, the experience is immersive. You’re not just hearing the music—you’re in it.

Mike Piacentini / Battery Studios

_{^{Bob Dylan, Depeche Mode, Johnny Mathis, James Brown}}

Elevated experience

1000X THE COLLEXION adds a layer of luxury to an experience people already expect to sound great. It's like a high-end watch. It was the same team that worked on the WH-1000XM6, and this project was about elavating that work into a more premium package. When I put on 1000X THE COLLEXION, it felt like we took everything that made the WH-1000XM6 great and elevated it.

Michael Romanowski / Coast Mastering

_{^{Alicia Keys, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kane Brown, and the soundtracks of Star Wars Episodes IV, V and VI.}}

Honest representation

1000X THE COLLEXION presents music honestly. It delivers what the artist intended, without exaggeration, and invites listeners to experience the music fully. They sound premium. They make me want to sit down and focus.
1000X THE COLLEXION is for listeners who care deeply about the fine details in music — the nuances, overtones, space, and texture that add up to the full emotional and artistic intent of a recording.

Elevate stereo into spatial audio with 360 Upmix

With 360 Reality Audio Upmix (360 Upmix), elevate everyday stereo sound into a spacious, immersive experience. Choose from 360 Upmix for Music, Cinema, or Game, controlled using the Listening Mode button.⁰

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360 Upmix for Music

Feel the air itself come alive with the joy of music. Performances come from in front of you creating a realistic sense of distance, with sound naturally filling the space all around, just like listening live in a studio.

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360 Upmix for Cinema

Dialogue, sound effects, and music from stereo movie content are transformed into a deeply immersive, cinematic sound field—like being inside a theater. Enhanced dynamic bass and powerful sound expand the audio beyond your headphones, delivering a true theater-like experience.

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360 Upmix for Game

Find yourself in the game. Level up your gaming experience by enhancing SFX with vivid impact, expanding BGM into a 3D soundscape, and voices with improved clarity.

One button to quickly switch Listening Mode

From pure 2ch stereo to 360 Upmix for Music or Cinema, the Listening Mode button offers instant access to spatial immersion. Customise to assign 360 Upmix for Game and BGM mode as you prefer⁰.

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DSEE Ultimate

Using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence), DSEE Ultimate™ (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital music files in real time. And the evolving algorithm now delivers even greater benefits for CD-quality (16 bit 44.1/48kHz) lossless codec audio. Restoring acoustic subtleties and dynamic range, it provides a richer, more complete listening experience.⁰

A line graph showing the difference between upscaling for quieter sounds, and then for more realistic acoustics and vocals

Logos for Hi-Res AUDIO and Hi-Res AUDIO WIRELESS

Enjoy High-Resolution Audio with and without wires

1000X THE COLLEXION supports High-Resolution Audio and High-Resolution Audio Wireless, thanks to LDAC, our industry-adopted audio coding technology. LDAC transmits approximately three times more⁰ data than conventional Bluetooth® audio for exceptional High-Resolution Audio quality.¹

Learn more about LDAC (English only)

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Fine-tune your entertainment experience

With the Sony | Sound Connect app, it's easy to personalise your sound. Compare settings, tweak the details, and find the perfect balance for every song, scene, and gaming session.

Head tracking function

Head tracking ensures a realistic and compelling listening experience by automatically adjusting sound fields to compensate for your head movement. Sounds are precisely aligned with your headphones, even as you move, to completely involve you in your listening, when paired with compatible devices and services.⁰

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Conventional use

A figure watches footage while wearing headphones, when the figure turns their head, the sound field stays in place

With head-tracking capability

Experience head tracking for yourself

Experience the immersive power of head tracking for yourself with this simulation. Pop on some headphones and watch the video to learn more and hear how head tracking makes your listening more realistic.

A new sound experience for AR gaming

If you’re looking for new entertainment options beyond music and movies, 1000X THE COLLEXION uses new sensors and spatial audio technology to deliver immersive sound for Augmented Reality games like Ingress from Niantic Spatial.⁰ When playing Ingress with 1000X THE COLLEXION, sensor and spatial audio technologies deliver a new experience: using head tracking, the sound is conveyed from different directions to line up perfectly with the action on the screen.

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Certified headphones for a personalised experience

With 360 Reality Audio Certified earbuds and our Sony | Sound Connect app you can optimise your experience by analysing your individual ear shapes, and enjoy the ultimate immersive music experience. An advanced personal optimisation algorithm gives an even greater sense of sound space, distance and height, allowing you to become even more immersed in the music.⁰

More about 360 Reality Audio