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The Sennheiser Momentum Wireless 2.0 headset is a supremely impressive set of headphones. They are incredibly comfortable to wear, sound fantastic in both wired and wireless mode and the battery lasts for an age.
The build quality is strong and the fact that the cans fold up and come with two designs of carry case make them incredibly portable. Materials used in construction are excellent and feel durable with a premium finish. I am not a huge fan of the off-white Ivory colour scheme that Sennheiser provided us with, but there is a black variant so if you were buying your own, you could simply opt for that instead.
Since no product is perfect, I would be remiss if I did not point out that I wish Sennheiser had included a Bluetooth adapter for those that want to use it when tethered to a PC or laptop without built-in Bluetooth functionality. There also seems to be some odd issue with how it connects up to Windows 10, though that is likely as much the OS' fault as it is the headset.
Of course the big elephant in the room with a set of headphones like this is the price. At up to £380 for the wireless versions, they are simply far beyond the reach of most consumers. Even people who love their music may struggle to justify the cost.
Sennheiser Momentum Wireless 2.0 over the ear headphones are fantastic quality in almost every regard and you do get your money's worth, it is just a question of whether you can justify that expense.
The best price we could find for these headphones was £350 from Hi-Fi Confidential.
Pros
- Fantastic sound quality over wireless and wired connections.
- Work over a strong, near 10m range.
- Battery life lasts upwards of 20 hours.
- Excellent build quality, very comfortable even over long periods.
- Great as alternative for virtual reality headphones.
- Built in noise cancelling, microphone and volume control are all well implemented.
- Great bundle with multiple carry cases, cables.
Cons
- No bundled Bluetooth adapter despite lots of extras.
- Minor issue with connecting to desktop PC.
- Very, very expensive.
KitGuru Says: The Sennheiser Momentum Wireless 2.0 headphones are a wonderful way to enjoy your music collection. It is a shame they are priced out of most people's budgets, but easily outshine their contemporaries. If you can afford that sort of price tag, these are a must have.
That’s even more expensive than a QC35 from Bose. I wonder if the sound quality and the quality of noise cancellation justify paying another 70 quid? Especially since Bose has made the best noice cancelling headphones for years now. Sennheiser typically has better audio quality, but if you want the best audio quality you don’t buy noise suppression anyway since you always loose some quality, particularly over bluetooth (and the QC35 also sounds great over bluetooth).
It loks prettier though, but that could just be me.
Good review Jon. I was after a pair of Bose QC25 before the QC35 where rumoured about a year back but my local store where out of stock, since I was in town I popped into Argos and they had in the lower-mid range Sony MDR10-RBT and I still haven’t gotten round to changing them, every day they get switched wired from my pc to my xbox controller for gaming then Bluetooth for music, they too support aptx and have a 20hr battery life and have a huge range with typical Sony bass but can be regularly picked up for £100. I’m just not sure any portable headset can justify an extra £2-300 on top of that. I’d invest that in a good second set. Those Momentum over ears are damned comfortable although I hated those furry momentum on-ears, those where like medieval torture.
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