Just purchased a pair of these off Amazon Warehouse. Straight off the bat, they sound quite muddy, and the bass distorts easily at louder volumes. Not the relatively "flat" response so many people have talked about.
While I know that not everyone believes in burn-in, I'm going to try a couple days worth of it before sending these back.
The frequency graph indicates that the Momentum is well-balanced until it takes a profound dip in the treble from 3000-6000 hz.. It has basically the same frequency graph as every headphone in the Sennheiser 400 series except the 419.
The treble does come back up some at 10000 Hz, so you can hear some decay on cymbals and percussion.
The Momentum is a little warmer than neutral, like a lot of latter-day Sennheiser headphones.There are times I really really like it. It is a rich and full sounding headphone. But there are other times I prefer something a little less warm and more sparkly.
The frequency graph indicates that the Momentum is well-balanced until it takes a profound dip in the treble from 3000-6000 hz.. It has basically the same frequency graph as every headphone in the Sennheiser 400 series except the 419.
The treble does come back up some at 10000 Hz, so you can hear some decay on cymbals and percussion.
The Momentum is a little warmer than neutral, like a lot of latter-day Sennheiser headphones.There are times I really really like it. It is a rich and full sounding headphone. But there are other times I prefer something a little less warm and more sparkly.
Are you getting a good seal? Or do they sit on your ears?
If your ears are too big, and you you don't get a good seal, the bass will suffer.
Otherwise it should be a REALLY nice textured sound with a little bit of 'boom-decay' but not 'muddy'.
Could just be your ears/brain are so used to the bass-anaemic Sony V6's that you just need to give your brain a couple of days to adjust.
Given some time, the brain will compensate for many things (not just our hearing, but other senses too).
Since they're my primary outdoor headphone for over 2 years now, there are times when I find them too trebly and piercing with some tracks, and I crave bassier/warmer headphones.
Are you getting a good seal? Or do they sit on your ears?
If your ears are too big, and you you don't get a good seal, the bass will suffer.
Otherwise it should be a REALLY nice textured sound with a little bit of 'boom-decay' but not 'muddy'.
Could just be your ears/brain are so used to the bass-anaemic Sony V6's that you just need to give your brain a couple of days to adjust.
Given some time, the brain will compensate for many things (not just our hearing, but other senses too).
Since they're my primary outdoor headphone for over 2 years now, there are times when I find them too trebly and piercing with some tracks, and I crave bassier/warmer headphones.
Ear seal is good, not optimal - my ears are around 65mm high.
I agree that the V6s are rather bass-anemic as well as the treble being a bit overly sparkly. I know that moving from one headphone to the other requires some adjusting.
Just purchased a pair of these off Amazon Warehouse. Straight off the bat, they sound quite muddy, and the bass distorts easily at louder volumes. Not the relatively "flat" response so many people have talked about.
While I know that not everyone believes in burn-in, I'm going to try a couple days worth of it before sending these back.
Bought mine from Amazon as well and they were the same for the first few days. Bass distortion was very annoying, not sure if they burned in or earpads have broken in but they are much better now.
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