The Sennheiser Momentum Wireless: A Review of the High-End Headphones

As I held the Sennheiser Momentum Wireless in my hands, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. With its sleek design and promise of up to 22 hours of battery life, this wireless headphone seemed like the perfect companion for travel and music lovers alike.

The first thing that struck me was the build quality of the headphones. The ear cups are made of memory foam-like leather, which provides exceptional comfort and fit. The hinges are sturdy and well-engineered, allowing for smooth folding and unfolding of the headphones when not in use. But what truly sets the Momentum Wireless apart is its compact design. At just 200 grams, these headphones are incredibly light, making them easy to slip into a backpack or purse.

But enough about aesthetics – let's talk about sound quality. The Momentum Wireless uses Sennheiser's proprietary Bluetooth codec, which delivers detailed and signature sound with impressive definition and strong bass. In my tests, I found that the headphones performed flawlessly, with clear and crisp highs and deep, rumbling bass that made music come alive. But what really impressed me was how well the headphones sounded when paired with my BlackBerry Z10, delivering a wired-like experience without the need for an adapter.

One feature that I found particularly interesting was the inclusion of four microphones on each side of the headphone. When powered on, these microphones automatically activate active noise cancellation, which works wonderfully to tune out airplane engines and other distracting sounds. However, I did find that this feature wasn't entirely consistent – when moving my head around, the sound quality would drop off slightly due to the varying frequency pickup by each microphone. This was a minor annoyance, but it's worth noting for potential users.

In terms of functionality, the Momentum Wireless is incredibly versatile. With an included micro-USB cable and NFC capabilities, pairing the headphones with devices has never been easier. And when in wired mode, the headphones can still be used to adjust volume and switch tracks using a joystick – although this feature was somewhat lacking due to the absence of inline controls.

But perhaps the biggest disappointment I had with the Momentum Wireless was its limited aptX support. As an Android user, I was excited to see that my Nexus 4 would support the codec, but unfortunately, it did not work as expected. The same issue applied to my iPhone 5S and Dell Venue 8 7000 series tablet – a shame, given the otherwise excellent sound quality.

One feature that I genuinely wish had been included in the Momentum Wireless is vocal pass-through when using the headphones for calls. With two microphones on each side of the headphone, it would have been fantastic to be able to hear my own voice clearly while speaking into the phone. As it stands, this feature was not available – a significant omission, given the price tag.

In conclusion, the Sennheiser Momentum Wireless is an excellent wireless headphone for travel and music enthusiasts alike. With its impressive battery life, comfortable design, and excellent sound quality, these headphones are well worth considering for those in the market for high-end wireless audio gear. However, there are a few areas where the Momentum Wireless falls short – particularly when it comes to aptX support and vocal pass-through. Despite this, I would still highly recommend these headphones to anyone looking for a reliable and enjoyable listening experience on-the-go.

But if you're in the market for a truly premium wireless headphone with exceptional features, you may want to consider a few things before purchasing. Firstly, if active noise cancellation is a non-negotiable feature for you, then I'm afraid the Momentum Wireless falls short. And secondly, while aptX support would be welcome on these headphones, it's clear that Sennheiser is prioritizing sound quality over codec flexibility.

In terms of the price tag – $500 is certainly steep for a wireless headphone, but considering the build quality and sound quality, I can see why some might justify the cost. For those who value a high-end listening experience on-the-go, these headphones are well worth considering. But for others, there may be more affordable options available that offer similar features at a lower price point.

Ultimately, it's up to each individual to decide whether or not the Sennheiser Momentum Wireless is right for them. With its excellent sound quality, comfortable design, and impressive battery life, these headphones are sure to impress even the most discerning audio enthusiasts. But with a few notable limitations, they fall short of true greatness – at least until the next iteration arrives.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis video is brought to you by nc.com great technology selection and service hey hello everyone I'm Dimitri with honu and we've come a long way for wireless audio Solutions and who better lead this trend than siser and so today we're taking a look at their latest momentum series of headphones the momentum 2.0 or the momentum Wireless they took their widely popular momentum line and made it even better with outstanding Bluetooth quality added active noise cancellation and made some changes to the frame for extra portability now compared to the original momentum the wireless model adds a $150 premium making this one of the most expensive bluetooth audio Solutions on the market and also that we've reviewed so your experience starts with this awesome felt headphone pack that's pretty compact with color match thread outline the same color found on the headband and internal lining of each ear cup inside the headphones are folded this is the first awesome upgrade over the non Wireless iteration the hinges feel robust the slide mechanism for the ear cups is smooth with the slight play on the ear cups for a perfect fit every time so overall build quality is what you would expect from such a high price headphone although still an extremely expensive pair for 500 bucks the headband has a split in the center and the thin leather padding that works surprisingly well something that was commonly reported to be uncomfortable on the original momentum headphone but this pair is extremely lightweight and the ear cushions are thick enough to support the entire weight of the headphone being lightweight helps in that department and also the air cushions are sort of memory foam so they Contour to the the side of your face just perfectly and for me offer the perfect amount of clamping Force as well not too tight not too loose I sat through a 5 and 1/2 hour flight with these on no problem whatsoever something I cannot say about any other pair of headphones aside from the much larger hd650s and also a positive note an airplane ad adapter is included along with the light cable as the momentum Wireless can also be turned into a wired headphone giving users that convenience of traveling with just one pair and I found myself watching a few onboard movies during my flight while later listening to music wirelessly with my iPhone stashed away in my travel bag via Bluetooth there's a single button for on and off along with a blinking indicator above it uh on the right side and the multi-use joystick like button below it that can be used to control volume switch and play pause tracks answer calls and call back the most recent number and when disconnected from the device to check battery off the headphone that's spoken in form of playback hours that I found particularly useful instead of your standard sort of percentage between 5 and 11 hours play time between 5 and 11 hours play time youd get up to 22 hours of listening on a single charge that you use use the micro USB at the bottom to replenish that 600 Mah hour charge and beside it is where you plug in an included cable for wir listening the momentum Wireless features active noise canellation with four pickup microphones that's automatically turned on when you power on the headphone and it is designed to tune out that airplane engine Rumble that works wonderful however this noise cancellation is not exactly consistent As you move your head around as the microphones on each side pick up different direction of frequencies du to out and I found this particularly annoying on a flight because I had to actually move my head this way in order to find that optimal noise cancellation on either side um whereas sitting just play you know straight standard forward looking forward made this ear cup uh more noisy than the other and that was a little bit unpleasant for a 6-hour flight having a little extra rumble on this side but perfectly silent on that side and as you can imagine sitting this way on a six-hour flight uh is just not possible for your neck I also like to mention that these are NFC ready simply tap an NFC enabled device near the left ear cup to get a quick and seamless connection so how is the sound quality well it is using the Apex Bluetooth corc but between all of my devices only the BlackBerry Z10 has aptex support the iPhone 5S Nexus 4 Nvidia Shield tablet nor the Dell Venue 8 7000 series tablet uh have Apex support unfortunately however I was genuinely impressed with the Bluetooth audio running music off the Z10 delivered detailed signature with Pleasant trouble impressively defined and strong base with bright extension into the mids to bring up the vocals it was almost like listening to these headphones wired and listening to these wirelessly on my iPhone however and the lowend region really suffers from the lack of Apex codex support base is not as defined nor is it as deep while the brightness element is still preserved on the high end and the mid-range is still clearly up front so I'd say aptic codic is almost reproduces wired like performance with compatible devices uh and I was pretty impressed and for the price I was expecting some extra flexibility regarding noise cancellation as I mentioned noise cancellation on left and ear cup is not consistent unless you find that optimal head position to cancel out the noise on each side I was expecting vocal pass through to be enabled when using this uh headphone for answering calls for example as there are two microphones to pick up your voice clearly how imagine noise cancellation is enabled these isolate pretty well already so you can't hear yourself what you're saying especially if you're in a noisy environment even right now I'm very muted and it's kind of annoying not to hear yourself when you're speaking on a phone for example that feature enabled would be very appreciated and lastly I was expecting the controls on the side the headphone to be still operational when using the wire you can't use the the joystick to switch tracks to adjust the volume and to do anything uh you all has to be done through the the phone um you can still enable noise cancellation you can still turn them on with the wire but not having this ability to adjust things on the fly through the headphone itself is coming annoying considering for the price you know you're paying $500 for something like this uh and perhaps an additional cable that has inline controls would be nice so the momentum Wireless is a versatile headphone for travel with satisfactory battery life up to 22 hours the lack of a cable for me is a huge positive complemented by excellent Bluetooth sound signature with aptex compatible devices they are built for travel Compact and foldable and for me extremely comfortable with memory foam like leather cushions and for the most part noise cancellation Works wonderful they are an extremely expensive par to and uh when I found out that noise cancellation is not optional it's automatically turned on when you power on the headphone and you can't use the controls when in wired mode I was a bit disappointed considering the price I am happy though that the wireless momentum version is now on the market but sadly it's not perfect and it should be for 500 bucks so guys thank you so much for watching our review of the Sennheiser momentum Wireless or momentum 2.0 um let us know whether or not you would sort of consider slashing $500 on a pair of wireless headphones and what type of features you'd like to see actually be implemented for that type of price tag aside from you know build quality and sound quality um well I like I mentioned uh active noise cancellation button on and off for me would be a total deal breaker and I would totally you know say these are totally worth it for that price if that feature was included so leave your comments down below thank you so much for watching we'll see you in the next onethis video is brought to you by nc.com great technology selection and service hey hello everyone I'm Dimitri with honu and we've come a long way for wireless audio Solutions and who better lead this trend than siser and so today we're taking a look at their latest momentum series of headphones the momentum 2.0 or the momentum Wireless they took their widely popular momentum line and made it even better with outstanding Bluetooth quality added active noise cancellation and made some changes to the frame for extra portability now compared to the original momentum the wireless model adds a $150 premium making this one of the most expensive bluetooth audio Solutions on the market and also that we've reviewed so your experience starts with this awesome felt headphone pack that's pretty compact with color match thread outline the same color found on the headband and internal lining of each ear cup inside the headphones are folded this is the first awesome upgrade over the non Wireless iteration the hinges feel robust the slide mechanism for the ear cups is smooth with the slight play on the ear cups for a perfect fit every time so overall build quality is what you would expect from such a high price headphone although still an extremely expensive pair for 500 bucks the headband has a split in the center and the thin leather padding that works surprisingly well something that was commonly reported to be uncomfortable on the original momentum headphone but this pair is extremely lightweight and the ear cushions are thick enough to support the entire weight of the headphone being lightweight helps in that department and also the air cushions are sort of memory foam so they Contour to the the side of your face just perfectly and for me offer the perfect amount of clamping Force as well not too tight not too loose I sat through a 5 and 1/2 hour flight with these on no problem whatsoever something I cannot say about any other pair of headphones aside from the much larger hd650s and also a positive note an airplane ad adapter is included along with the light cable as the momentum Wireless can also be turned into a wired headphone giving users that convenience of traveling with just one pair and I found myself watching a few onboard movies during my flight while later listening to music wirelessly with my iPhone stashed away in my travel bag via Bluetooth there's a single button for on and off along with a blinking indicator above it uh on the right side and the multi-use joystick like button below it that can be used to control volume switch and play pause tracks answer calls and call back the most recent number and when disconnected from the device to check battery off the headphone that's spoken in form of playback hours that I found particularly useful instead of your standard sort of percentage between 5 and 11 hours play time between 5 and 11 hours play time youd get up to 22 hours of listening on a single charge that you use use the micro USB at the bottom to replenish that 600 Mah hour charge and beside it is where you plug in an included cable for wir listening the momentum Wireless features active noise canellation with four pickup microphones that's automatically turned on when you power on the headphone and it is designed to tune out that airplane engine Rumble that works wonderful however this noise cancellation is not exactly consistent As you move your head around as the microphones on each side pick up different direction of frequencies du to out and I found this particularly annoying on a flight because I had to actually move my head this way in order to find that optimal noise cancellation on either side um whereas sitting just play you know straight standard forward looking forward made this ear cup uh more noisy than the other and that was a little bit unpleasant for a 6-hour flight having a little extra rumble on this side but perfectly silent on that side and as you can imagine sitting this way on a six-hour flight uh is just not possible for your neck I also like to mention that these are NFC ready simply tap an NFC enabled device near the left ear cup to get a quick and seamless connection so how is the sound quality well it is using the Apex Bluetooth corc but between all of my devices only the BlackBerry Z10 has aptex support the iPhone 5S Nexus 4 Nvidia Shield tablet nor the Dell Venue 8 7000 series tablet uh have Apex support unfortunately however I was genuinely impressed with the Bluetooth audio running music off the Z10 delivered detailed signature with Pleasant trouble impressively defined and strong base with bright extension into the mids to bring up the vocals it was almost like listening to these headphones wired and listening to these wirelessly on my iPhone however and the lowend region really suffers from the lack of Apex codex support base is not as defined nor is it as deep while the brightness element is still preserved on the high end and the mid-range is still clearly up front so I'd say aptic codic is almost reproduces wired like performance with compatible devices uh and I was pretty impressed and for the price I was expecting some extra flexibility regarding noise cancellation as I mentioned noise cancellation on left and ear cup is not consistent unless you find that optimal head position to cancel out the noise on each side I was expecting vocal pass through to be enabled when using this uh headphone for answering calls for example as there are two microphones to pick up your voice clearly how imagine noise cancellation is enabled these isolate pretty well already so you can't hear yourself what you're saying especially if you're in a noisy environment even right now I'm very muted and it's kind of annoying not to hear yourself when you're speaking on a phone for example that feature enabled would be very appreciated and lastly I was expecting the controls on the side the headphone to be still operational when using the wire you can't use the the joystick to switch tracks to adjust the volume and to do anything uh you all has to be done through the the phone um you can still enable noise cancellation you can still turn them on with the wire but not having this ability to adjust things on the fly through the headphone itself is coming annoying considering for the price you know you're paying $500 for something like this uh and perhaps an additional cable that has inline controls would be nice so the momentum Wireless is a versatile headphone for travel with satisfactory battery life up to 22 hours the lack of a cable for me is a huge positive complemented by excellent Bluetooth sound signature with aptex compatible devices they are built for travel Compact and foldable and for me extremely comfortable with memory foam like leather cushions and for the most part noise cancellation Works wonderful they are an extremely expensive par to and uh when I found out that noise cancellation is not optional it's automatically turned on when you power on the headphone and you can't use the controls when in wired mode I was a bit disappointed considering the price I am happy though that the wireless momentum version is now on the market but sadly it's not perfect and it should be for 500 bucks so guys thank you so much for watching our review of the Sennheiser momentum Wireless or momentum 2.0 um let us know whether or not you would sort of consider slashing $500 on a pair of wireless headphones and what type of features you'd like to see actually be implemented for that type of price tag aside from you know build quality and sound quality um well I like I mentioned uh active noise cancellation button on and off for me would be a total deal breaker and I would totally you know say these are totally worth it for that price if that feature was included so leave your comments down below thank you so much for watching we'll see you in the next one\n"