Sony's WH-1000XM4C bring back a beloved headphone design

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSony has announced the WH-1000XM4C, a headphone it describes as back by popular demand, and it's based on a model that came out in twenty twenty.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSix years. The Verge reviewer said he was perplexed, because a nostalgia play usually comes from a decades-old product, not one from twenty twenty.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo it's a revival of something that never left.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSony calls the original a fan favourite, and the new one has retuned sound and a ten-band equaliser, which it presents as a main update.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the new colour is lavender.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt comes in black, platinum silver and lavender, so the reviewer's beyond a few minor tweaks is, as far as I can tell, a pastel.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSony's own line is that this reflects continued consumer interest. That's a company saying people still like the thing it sold them.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe price is about two hundred nineteen pounds in the UK and two hundred seventy-nine euros in Europe. That's the catch.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou pay new money for the old headphone.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSix years is vintage now. I own a tie older than that, and nobody's reissued it in lavender.