Sony’s latest gaming headset offers great open-back audio

April 14, 2026 Cameron Faulkner

Sony's PC-focused InZone brand is covering a lot of ground, now adding open-back headsets to its growing catalog of gaming accessories. The $199.99 H6 Air borrows the comfortable, easy-to-adjust design of the flagship $350 H9 II wireless headset, makes it wired, and pokes a bunch of holes in the ear cups, resulting in an open-back design that sounds more natural and fits more comfortably than most other headsets.

Like other open-back headphones, the H6 Air isn't built to reduce outside noise. Instead, sounds coming from the headset's drivers are mixed with outside sounds. Open-back headsets or headphones are a bad choice if you're easily di …

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