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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service hello everyone I'm Dimitri with hurricane axe and we've come a long way for wireless audio solutions and who better lead this trend than the San Heiser and so today we take a look at their latest momentum series of headphones the momentum 2.0 or the momentum Wireless they took they're widely popular momentum line and made it even better without standing 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 up $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 bag that's pretty compact with color matched 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 slide 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 ear cushions are sort of memory foam so they contour to 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 and set through a five and a half hour flight with these on no problem whatsoever something I cannot say about any other pair of headphones aside from the much larger HT 650s and also a positive note an airplane 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 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 spoken in form of playback hours that I found particularly useful instead of your standard sort of percentage between 5 and 11 hours playtime between 5 and 11 hours play time you get up to 22 hours of listening on a single charge that you use the microUSB at the bottom to replenish that six hundred milli amp hour charge and beside it is where you plug in and include a cable for wire listening the movement of wireless features active noise cancellation with for 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 to tune out and I found this particularly annoying on a flight because I had to actually move my head this way in order to find an optimal noise cancellation on either side whereas sitting just playing your straight standard forward looking forward made this gear cup more noisy than the other and that was a little bit unpleasant for 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 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 aptX bluetooth codec but between all of my devices only the blackberry z10 has app tech support the iPhone 5s Nexus 4 Nvidia shield tablet nor the Dell Venue 8 have a 7 thousand series tablet have optics support unfortunately however I was generally impressed with the Bluetooth audio running music off the z10 delivered detailed signature with pleasant treble impressively defined and strong bass with bright extension into the Mint's 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 low-end region really suffers from the lack of optics codec support bass 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 optics codec is almost reproduces wired like performance with compatible devices 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 earcup 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 headphone for answering calls for example as there are two microphones to pick up your voice clearly however 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 but not to hear yourself when you're speaking on the 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 joystick to switch tracks to adjust the volume and to do anything you all has to be done through the phone you can still enable now 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 the for the price you know you're paying 500 dollars for something like this and perhaps an additional cable that has inline controls would be nice so the moment Wireless is a versatile headphones 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 optics compatible devices they are built for travel compact foldable and for me extremely comfortable with memory foam like leather cushions and to the most part North cancellation works wonderful they are an extremely expensive perto and 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 to 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 Sun Heiser momentum Wireless or momentum 2.0 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 well I like I mentioned active noise cancellation button on/off for me would be a total deal-breaker and now totally you know say these are totally worth it for that price if that feature was included so leave you comments down below thank you so much for watching we'll see you in the next one