Overview of Momentum True Wireless - premium wireless headphones from Sennheiser
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Table of contents
- Characteristics
- Equipment
- Appearance and ergonomics
- Interfacing and Control
- Sound
- autonomy
- results
Characteristics
type ear pads | intracanal |
Device | 7-mm dynamic driver |
amplitude frequency characteristic | 5-21 000 Hz |
Sensitivity | 107 dB / mW |
Supported codecs | SBC, aptX, aptX Low Latency, AAC |
Runtimes | Up to 4 hours on a single charge, using the case study - up to 12 hours |
protection class | IPX4 |
Weight | 13.2 g (both earphone) |
Dimensions of the case | 78.6 × 45 × 35 mm |
connection | bluetooth 5.0 |
Equipment
The box charging case, headphones with ear pads size M, short cable with a USB connector and a USB Type-C, instructions pack and additional ear cups size XS, S and L.
Appearance and ergonomics
Let's start with the case. It looks safe. However, it is confusing fabric cover, which can discolor or overwritten with time. Cover a little loose, squeaking and goes from side to side. But firmly it is anchored to the body of the case.
On the side of "Binding" is a panel with charge indicator, the button to activate it and jack USB Type-C.
Case is quite large. It's not very convenient, but size does not spoil the impression of the appearance of the device. Put it this way: if the case with AirPods I want to wear in the front pocket of your jeans, then Sennheiser case where organically looks in the interior compartment of expensive coats.
Inside the case are openings for headphones. Due to the magnetic contacts "ears" literally fly into the case and firmly held inside.
Bowls headphones are made of plastic, on the sides - metal sensors with Sennheiser logo. All ear pads included silicone.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless - in-ear monitor with all the consequences. Advantages of this type of device - excellent sound insulation and a tight fit in the ear canals. Minus one: in-ear monitor can easily be uncomfortable, so they always have to choose the best for yourself and try before you buy. Momentum True Wireless approached me, but after a few hours, I still was not comfortable in them. Perhaps it is a matter of habit.
Headphones are protected against splashes, but not on the copious sweat, and certainly not from falling into the water.
Interfacing and Control
Arranged here, everything is simple, but not obvious, so before using it is necessary to familiarize with the instruction. Before reading it, I, for example, did not know what to enter pairing mode you need to hold the headphone five sensors seconds and that Momentum True Wireless will work in conjunction with the smartphone after installing a special application. After setting everything becomes easier, and the headphones are connected to the familiar devices automatically.
On the sides of headphone metal sensors are located. To perform an action, you need to make to some of them the finger. It is accompanied by: tapas and tapping headphones for some reason almost no catch.
With single, double, triple or long finger attachment to one of the headphones can be put on track pause, switch songs to the next and back, control the volume, call the voice assistant (Siri and «Google Assistant" are supported) or respond to calls. When removing the device from the ear music is paused.
Not very obvious charge is arranged on the cover display. If the inside of the case lie headphones indicator shows battery level, if they do not - the state of the battery cover. Green flame - all is well, yellow - the device is discharged, the red - headphones or case is about to "die."
Momentum know how everything taken expect from true-wireless-headphone. You do not need a smartphone to control your music, or ask questions voice assistant. But there are also disadvantages: the device at times hesitantly responds to the pressing, and some things are just uncomfortable work. For example, to change the sound source, you must first disconnect from the first device, and only then connect the second.
Some settings Momentum True Wireless available in Sennheiser Smart Control app for iOS and Android. You can disable pause when removing headphones, set up automatic call reception on or off the voice assistant. And yet there is an equalizer in the application and Transparent Hearing mode settings, but about them we will talk about later.
Price: Free
Price: Free
Sound
If modern technology navorotah Sennheiser device can pump up, then in terms of sound audio technology veterans everything should be fine. So it turned out: the sound at Momentum True Wireless balanced, in-depth, detailed and quite objective.
There is noticeable and read any frequency interval: All instruments take their places, and small roughness frequency response graph, you can compensate for the equalizer settings. If desired, you can complain to the slack in the region of 4-6 kHz, because of which there is a scene a little further than the objective ideal headphones.
EQ can be set in Smart Control app. Here we see him very simplified version - for setting on a parabolic curve AFC meet "+", "-" and a circle, moving that you can add a specific focus of the range. Some very detailed settings in the equalizer to put this does not work, but also greatly damage the factory - too. With the help of an equalizer is easy to emphasize the upper middle to listen to podcasts or spoken a little screw up the bass when listening to dance or hip-hop music.
Headphones codec support APTX and aptX Low Latency. This means that with them you can listen to music in lossless-format and with a minimum of delay. Listen to Hi-Fi-audio Momentum True Wireless does make sense, but they sound good and the good old MP3 with a bitrate of 320 kbit / c of some strimingovogo service.
Passive noise isolation works with a bang - headphones rest against a very tight and do not let outside sounds. With Momentum True Wireless, you can listen to podcasts on the subway and distinguish subtle musical nuances of being in a crowd. Typically, this level of noise reduction is dangerous or just inconvenient: you can not hear the sound of an approaching car, and you always have to pull out the headphones to understand the interlocutor. But Sennheiser has tried to solve this problem and added to the device Transparent Hearing mode, or "clear hearing."
Garniturnaja device microphones pick up noise from the outside and duplicate his headphones. You continue to listen to music at the same volume, but at the same time you hear everything that is happening around. Transparent Hearing does not tire the ear, in normal circumstances, this function is generally difficult to notice. And yes, it can save lives.
Momentum True Wireless, and operate as a headset. communication quality is acceptable.
autonomy
It stated that the headphones are kept on a single charge for up to four hours. It depends on the volume, signal quality and whether Transparent Hearing mode enabled. Under normal conditions, the headphones work less. operation time without recharging socket with an out of the case - up to 12 hours. This means that the headphones in the worst case will have to be recharged every night - the day they have to survive.
Case with headphones fills charge 1.5-2 hours.
results
At Momentum True Wireless by Sennheiser is not any significant deficiencies. Is that the shape and size may seem awkward for the owners of the smallest or specific ears. Headphones sound great, stylish look, get used to their easy management. The picture spoils the price of 22 900 rubles.
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The author expresses his gratitude to the company Sennheiser for providing the test device.