Sony’s new gaming headset borrows a key ingredient from the model’s high-end MDR-MV1 studio headphones

Sony has introduced the newest additions to its InZone gaming audio lineup, and it features a new pair of over-ear headphones that borrow some key elements from one other pair of audiophile-focused headphones from the model.

The InZone H6, in contrast to many gaming headphones available on the market at present, function an open again design with perforations within the housing to “minimise internal reflections”. This ought to accommodate a wider and extra correct soundfield that higher represents the creator’s intent, with an general enhance to immersion and authenticity to your recreation’s audio.

This headset options an aluminium design weighing 199g, and the headscarf incorporates a spring hinge design which permits for a compact measurement with out compromising consolation.

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However, it is what’s inside this headset that excites us most, because the drivers are derived from one other pair of open-back headphones from Sony’s roster. Inside the earcups of the H6 Air, you may discover the identical driver expertise from the MDR-MV1 studio reference headphones, which have been barely tailored to higher accommodate gaming use.

We complimented these headphones in our four-star evaluate, highlighting the “crisp, clear and detailed” nature and “spacious presentation” as causes to contemplate these cans for wired listening. Those attributes are ideally suited to gaming, too, as keen-eared players depend on readability and spatial precision for high-intensity aggressive matches.

While these gaming-focused cans have been primarily positioned in the direction of PC players, the H6 Air can be suitable with the PS5 and other consoles with 3.5mm headphone jacks.

Sony says that it has also worked closely with PlayStation Studios at Sony Interactive Entertainment to create an “RPG/Adventure” equaliser profile, which applies audio processing to reflect those titles and recreate the “acoustic experience of a sound studio” to deliver “an overwhelmingly immersive listening experience”.

This can be accessed via the included USB-C Audio Box accessory, which also unlocks a virtual 7.1 channel surround sound mode with 360 Spatial Sound for Gaming.

The Sony InZone H6 Air certainly has the credentials to woo audiophiles and serious gamers alike, and at £179 / $200 / €200, it sits in the more affordable sector of premium gaming headsets too. It’s joined by a new transparent purple edition of the InZone buds, which will launch later this month alongside the InZone H6 Air.

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