Sennheiser Momentum Wireless review

Sennheiser Momentum

For years now, the Sennheiser Momentum line has been a common option for headphones. It started for the first time in 2012 and wireless for the next year. Although the Momentum Wireless is still a good option, it stumbles out of the door with some connectivity problems. The third generation of headphones was launched at IFA 2019 And while this fresh $399.95 over-ear system has been enhanced, some headaches can still be prevented.

On the third generation wireless momentum, Sennheiser has done a bunch of stuff. The hot and transparent noise of the company remains a treat and even after hours of use the headphones are convenient. Battery life, however, is about half that offered by Sony and others and noise abolition is not the greatest that ANC headphones show. In addition, they are $50 more than Sony's WH-1000XM3, the best you can buy at the moment.

The fresh wireless Momentum has the same layout as former series submissions. It still has the steel headband, which enables the ear cups to bend to change their fit. The headband has a little more padding below and now a soft surface is the textured look upward. Earpads are still dense and cobbling, comfortable for a lengthy journey across the Atlantic and constant operation for several hours. There are still visible wires from the earcups to the headband and the headphones still fit in for simple storage.

Sennheiser Momentum

Actually, this movement is like turning them on and off. No real click. There is no real one. To switch on your headphones, unfold them and just fold them up and they are turned off when you've finished it. It sounds easy, but it's a bit familiar.

However, on-board controls aren't gone. The physical volume buttons, "music," and a special speech assistant key are still available (Siri, Google Assistant, etc.). This is a multifunction key (click one), passes to the next track (click twice) and returns the earlier track (pressing three times). These days touch checks are all rage, but they can be confusing and useless if not tagged by a business. Clearly this isn't an issue here. There is also an active noice cancellation (ANC) physical control where you can disable it or select Transparent hearing mode.

Sennheiser Momentum

The Sennheiser Smart Control app can make additional changes. You can change between peak ANC, anti-windor anti-pressure configuration. The software also enables you to tweak the Equality of a bass wave from left to right by swiping. Basically, when you are swiping the curve up or down, the adaptation is done, and the remainder of it responds automatically, whether you like it or not. It's not an exact science, and it can be hard to make subtle modifications as you can not separately change the three parameters.

But it certainly makes a significant distinction to change stuff here, which is not always the case with these headphone accompanying applications. Honestly, I have discovered my favourite default tuning no matter where I have the app's EQ curve.

Sennheiser Momentum

These ANC methods are of assistance, but I do not think the noise cancellation on the fresh wireless Momentum is as great as Sony and Bose give. Actually, on a plane the anti-pressure environment was much greater than that of ANC "max," but some background sound could still be heard. This is not the case with the Bose QC35 II and the Bose 700 or with the WH-1000XM3. What Sennheiser provides here is sufficiently great for many settings, but not all will be blocked. You expect the Wireless Momentum to be at minimum equal in terms of ANC performance for $50 more than those incredible Sony headphones. This was unfortunately not the situation.

While Sennheiser sometimes finds it difficult to put a full set together, the firm almost always dents its headphones ' sound performance. Here, I am glad to say the streak goes on. The Momentum Wireless has a pleasant, hot sound and great clarity that is obviously even the most subtle notes and sounds. A variety of styles are punchy, rather than loud and silent, snare and kick drum and, generally, sound has an immersive value— it's not simply plain, compressed noise that blows your ears.

This can be seen in the Inoculum of Tool Fear. The grungy pron-metal riffs on "Pneuma" especially surround you. But the drums keep their touch just below you and a bass line is full of depth. On The Appleseed Cast's The Fleeting Light of Impermanence, the spatial performance is also evident. Songs such as "Time-The Destroyer" generate a sound environment with the feeling of room and dimension that is handled very well by Droning Synths and Keyboards. The headphones admire the complex Indian-rock atmosphere when the strings enter over the edge for another layer and the drums, instruments and vocals are gathering steam for a few minutes. No, here's no Ambeo immersion, but it's still pretty nice.

If your style is more in bass heavy styles, Momentum Wireless works well with them. In the bass line there are tons of thumps that don't overpower or be muddy to "Mister Impossible" of Phantogram. Even this kick drum has some dimension to it and completely compliments the bass guitar.

With headphones that cancel noise in 2019, the limit for battery lives is about 30 hours. Some people tend to eat more and others give less. Only a little over a quarter of the WH-1000XM3 offered by Sennheiser promise 17 hours. Again, this is a big deception for a number of headphones that cost 50 dollars more. I could have been living 25 hours, but only 17 is a hint of a skipper. I used them on the IFA plane back to Berlin (about 9 hours) and a few days later (one to two hours a moment), before I had to connect. A fast-charge function provides 1,5 battery times in 10 minutes, if you can't wait for a complete tank for three hours.

Tile item monitoring is also available in the Momentum Wireless. You can chase for your remaining headphones with the Tile app if you think about it. We saw it before from other firms and I am sure some individuals are going to find it helpful. I nevertheless believe items that are simpler to lose would be much better served, like real wireless earbuds.

While I like a bunch here, my top two noise canceling headphones are now picked by the Sony WH-1000XM3 and The Bose 700. The $50 lighter ($348) is $1000XM3 compared to the Momentum Wireless and exceeds it at all turns. The ANC chops of 700 are larger for the same cost ($399) than Sennheiser. Despite the excellent sound and the super comfort, it's difficult to advise them over Sony's present finest, particularly with the price distinction.