Sony MDR-1AM2 review
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Sony aims to give you premium headphones with 'classic style' with the Sony MDR-1AM2, while updating them with modern features. They support High Resolution Audio, which is slowly hitting the mainstream, and means the headphones can play higher than CD-quality audio files. But this all means nothing if they don't have the sound quality to do these recordings justice. Find out whether they deliver in our expert review.
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