Designed to complement each other, the Signature Series comprises of pure audio headphones, Walkman® and amplifier. Celebrating its 70 anniversary year, Sony has taken a look back at its audio heritage, like the world famous Walkman®. Using the very latest technology, the design and engineering teams have created this series to give ‘the highest quality, pure audio sound; this is Sony’s signature for sound quality.’

The MDR-Z1R headphones have a wide frequency range with up to 120kHz playback in High Resolution Audio and feature a 70mm HD driver unit. Sony have used luxury materials such as genuine leather ergonomic ear pads, lightweight beta titanium headband, and a stainless steel wire mesh housing protector.

MDR-Z1R is priced at £1,700 / €2,249

The iconic Walkman® has been revamped with the flagship WM1 series, including NW-WM1Z and NW-WM1A. These digital music players that can handle any music file from the High Resolution Audio end of the scale to low quality mp3. They feature new DSEE HX™ technology which gives five modes that you can select based on the type of music you are listening to; Standard, Female Vocal, Male Vocal, Percussion or Strings. A newly developed FT CAP（High polymer capacitor）has been built into the power supply of the amp section plus they feature Bluetooth®, LDAC™ so you can play your audio files from multiple sources. The WM1Z has a gold plated oxygen free copper chassis. The cable used inside the WM1Z is four wire braided cable engineered with KIMBER KABLE® used as the wiring material from the amp to the headphone jack. For those who prefer an aluminium finish on the chassis there is also the NW-WM1A..

NW-WM1Z is priced at £2,500 / €3,299

NW-WM1A is priced at £1,000 / €1,299

The TA-ZH1ES headphone amplifier will deliver the sound of High Resolution Audio (Up to DSD 22.4MHz/PCM 768kHz/32bit) The D.A. Hybrid Amplifier Circuit gives the combination of Sony’s full digital amplifier S-Master HX™ together with analogue amplifier. The newly developed Frame/Beam/Wall (FBW) chassis combines Wall structure with the familiar FB chassis that has been cultivated in the ES series. The Wall is created by shaving extruded aluminium and realises a ridged body that can suppress unnecessary vibration. The TA-ZH1ES also has new DSEE HX and DSD Remastering Engine which converts PCM source to DSD 11.2MHz..Sony say ‘Compatibility is key with the ZH1ES and although this product is best enjoyed with a combination of the new Z1R headphones and WM1Z/WM1A, it is compatible with other models. With various inputs and a wide range of balanced outputs, plus unbalanced connections, you can enjoy music in very high quality with variety of headphones, without any compromise’.

TA-ZH1ES is priced at £1,600 / €2,099

The Signature Series headphones and Walkman®’s will be available in store from October 2016. With the amplifier joining them from end of November.