These three share the same external design, but offer different capabilities to match your needs and budget. The first two are wireless, the H3 is a wired headset. When you heard “wireless” you may have winced and while the H9 and H7 do support Bluetooth, they are best used with the included USB dongle that enables low-latency connection over 2.4GHz. The headphones can be connected to both the dongle and your smartphone (over Bluetooth), so you can easily answer an incoming call.
The boom mic offers great audio quality
for voice chats in game and is easy to control – flip it down to talk, flip it
up to mute. There is a hardware button that changes the audio balance between
game audio and voice chat. All three headphones support 360 Spatial Sound. This
can be activated by the Inzone Hub PC software, which also includes algorithms
to turn 2 channel stereo into 7.1 channel surround sound. There is a 360
Spatial Sound Personalizer app for smartphones.
The Sony Inzone H9 supports Active Noise
Cancellation and have a dedicated button to toggle Ambient sound mode
(100Hz-8,000Hz). With ANC off, the headphones can last for 32 hours of play
time. The Inzone H7 do not have ANC. On the plus side, they have longer battery
life of 40 hours. Both the H9 and H7 feature 40mm drivers (EDCCA Voice coil
with neodymium magnets) and 5Hz-20,000Hz frequency response.
The Inzone H3 don’t have to worry about
batteries. These headphones also have 40mm drivers (CCAW Voice coil with neodymium
magnets, 35Ohm impedance) with 10Hz-20,000Hz frequency response. All three
headsets are available for pre-order now, you can find them on Sony’s official
site, Amazon and Best Buy. The Inzone H9 cost US$ 300/€ 300/£ 270, the H7 are US$ 230/€ 230/£ 200 and the H3 are US$ 100/€ 100/£ 90.
