The Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones launched a couple of weeks ago, and have already attracted plenty of praise – see our Sony WH-1000XM6 review, for example. Now we have another reason for investing in a pair: they're easier to repair than previous models.

According to the experts at iFixit, "Sony appears to have made a deliberate effort to design the WH-1000XM6 with repair in mind", and there have been tweaks to how these headphones have been put together that show that.

Crucially, iFixit says, the battery inside the headphones is now fixed in place with two screws – rather than being stuck in with the double-sided adhesive that was used for the Sony WH-1000XM5, which launched back in 2022.

The modular driver mid-plate is straightforward to replace as well, iFixit says – there's no glue to deal with, and the component can be got at without the risk of damaging other parts of the interior of the headphones.

De tilgængelige komponenter i disse hovedtelefoner, såsom USB-C-porten, lydstikket og knapbrættet, gør reparationer lettere. Hvis en del går i stykker, kan du ofte erstatte netop den komponent i stedet for hele enheden. Dog er hovedbåndet mindre egnet til reparation, så skader på denne del kan stadig kræve, at hele hovedtelefonen udskiftes. Selvom reparationer nu er mere enkle, kræver det stadig visse tekniske færdigheder og specialværktøj—uanset om du vælger selv at reparere dem eller tager dem med til et værksted. For praktiske reparationstips og vejledning i at fikse disse hovedtelefoner og andre gadgets, kan du tjekke ressourcer fra reparationsspecialister. Derudover kan letheden ved at reparere være en nyttig faktor at overveje, når du beslutter, om du vil købe disse hovedtelefoner. iFixit.