Sony Enlists Grammy Studios to Tune $649 Headphones

Sony has enlisted three Grammy-winning mastering studios—Battery, Coast, and Sterling Sound—to tune its new $649 1000X 'The ColleXion' Edition headphones. The move applies credibility tactics usually reserved for professional gear to a consumer product. Whether the result favors studio accuracy or keeps the friendlier sound of the standard 1000X remains to be heard when the headphones launch May 19.