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Matt Bolton

Sony's 1000X The Collexion look remarkably like the Sonos Ace — can you tell the premium headphones apart in our picture quiz?

Sony and Sonos headphones next to each other, but they've been pixellated so you can't make out their details.

When I first saw the Sony 1000X The Collexion headphones — the company's new higher-end cans designed to offer a more spacious and natural sound with better comfort compared to the Sony WH-1000XM6 — I had an immediate thought, and I wasn't alone among the audio journalists I was with: these look a lot like the Sonos Ace.

Both headphones go for a super-clean look, internal mechanisms for the headband arms, slim-profile earcups, chrome-finish detailing, and a mottled faux leather material.

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