TorontoSS
Head-Fier
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2014
- Posts
- 67
- Likes
- 15
I got these too yesterday in London.
I tried them in store and my ears immediately got this too hot sensation, only to do with the fact that these are over ears, fully cover your ears.
But i was determined to buy emm, so even despite the fact they sounded too bloated and compressed in the store i am an experienced spender and to my pleasure they didn't sounds anything like that when i opened my own pair.
They are very clean, spacious 3d and yes, bass is a topic that needs special mention. Its mid bass prominent, it sounds bad on some badly msstered tracks and awesome on good ones. Does this make the Momentums an audiophile can,lol??
As this is noise cancelling most of all, let me give you the good news, as you'd be buying it to use on trains,planes etc. I have had the Sony m3, pretty rubish in my book, not clean, bass a disaster etc, generally ok, but worst of all, noise cancelling whilst efficient, creates the worst kinda feeling of pressure, especially on London underground.
I also own B&O h9 M3, these are way better than the Sony's.
The Senns are the best of the bunch, no pressure whatsoever, 3 steps of NC, first one already working great on all my London travels, haven't tried on planes yet. But basically, no ear pressure and even more importantly, SQ stays same throughout different modes.
This in my book is worth the premium they're asking, build quality is also way better than Sony's plastic, cheap made one, the B&O is a luxury item of course and its great, the Momentums are industrial cool solid, i love them, case a bit bulky, but folded, they are actually very compact, you can always use another case, pouch, i don't have a problem with the included one, its not bad at all.
A weird problem to do with the silly decision to not have On/Off switch and the pause sensor on the right earcup is that every time you turn your head to the right, music pauses, it works impeccably every time, What Sennheiser
- I too have the XM3's (and live in London!). I agree with you mostly - it was just the comfort that I didn't like. I was seriously trying to figure out ways to tell my husband I was going to buy the momentums but I tried them on again and again and it just hurt. What do you feel about the comfort?
- Do you find the noise cancelling is on par with the Sony's? I honestly couldn't tell much of a difference in this but I think there is some.
- I wanted to get these because of the build quality. the Sony's right cup sort of is rickety now - you hear it when walking. that would never happen with the momentums!
which shop did you get them in?