Once they first launched in Might 2025, Sony’s WH-1000XM6 solely got here in two colour choices: black and a silver platinum that seemed extra like an off-white. However as is the case lately with widespread premium headphones, corporations like Sony, Bose, Beats and others are usually releasing new colour choices to perk up curiosity in flagship fashions as they mature.
I normally don’t get too enthusiastic about new headphone colours, however I do discover the brand new olive grey possibility for the WH-1000XM6 interesting. Whereas I like greens and blues, I desire a extra understated search for my headphones, so a greenish-gray hits a little bit of a candy spot. (I wouldn’t thoughts a blue-gray, both.)
Becoming a member of sand pink and sandstone, Sony says olive grey is a part of a rising assortment of premium, nature-inspired finishes.
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“Whereas knowledgeable by in the present day’s design panorama, olive grey wasn’t created to comply with a development,” the corporate says. “The timeless earth tone enhances any model, making it really feel simply as related years from now because it does in the present day.”
I’m unsure I imagine that half about it not being created to comply with a development (earth tones are fairly in lately), however a minimum of it isn’t one of many shades of brown you will get with the Beats x Kim Studio Professional headphones that have been designed in collaboration with Kim Kardashian.
Beauty features apart, the WH-1000XM6 are wonderful headphones and earned a CNET Editors’ Alternative award. And whereas the brand new olive-gray colour lists for $460, it’s already discounted to $400. I’ve posted full evaluations of each the WH-1000XM6 and the even higher-end 1000X The Collexion, which got here out this 12 months to mark the tenth anniversary of Sony’s 1000X headphones line.
