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Wow hey everyone this is Jimmy with Jim's review room after testing the bose qc25 s they were the best noise cancelling headphones i've tried at the time now with Sennheiser reaching out and letting me borrow their whopping $500 pair of noise cancelling headphones I had to give them a shot and see how good these are what I have here are the Sennheiser momentum Wireless so I'm here helping the average consumer make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review room going over the physical features first looks are of course objective and you can be to judge for yourself the closed back and over your model have here features real leather with stainless steel arms and the ear cups themselves are painted ivory now they do come in black leather with yellow stitching which looks good as well but these do exude a vintage look now looking at the quality and craftsmanship of its build it's quite impressive considering its straying away from this super glossy paint scheme or excessive use of plastics like other brands and models on the market currently now starting with the headband first there's cushion but it feels more dense or more stiff compared to the original wired Momentum's that I reviewed a few months back but more my comfort test a little bit later now moving down to the pivots here it's all-metal construction with four flush socket screws and I don't see anything plastic they would wear out over time right at the hinge in general performing my stress test everything held up well with no cracks creaks or squeaks in all materials staying intact and now going down to the ear cups here this is one design that now after testing so many other headphones I really do appreciate instead of having that traditional headband that offers an extendable clicking arm the Momentum's slide up and down on this metal rail place your thumb on this and with enough force it moves up and down very naturally now there's just enough tension that keeps the ear cups in place as well and even stress testing these ear cups repeatedly moving it back and forth to determine its quality the ear cups does slightly become easier to move over time but still provided enough firmness to hold the ear cups in place now going over the ear pads themselves these are very plush now this doesn't feel like traditional foam but more on the memory foam side of things if you've ever felt the ear pads on the beats solo2 tour maybe these Samsung level overs that's how they feel but with these they're just a bit thicker in my opinion over time of wearing these they are very comfortable now sitting in the average 70 degree room and listening to these for a good while they do get warm after about 30 minutes I'm wearing but I never sweated and there was nothing out the ordinary that was a nuisance compared to other headphones despite them being leather now moving on to wireless performance I test this leaving my phone upstairs and walk to the other side of the house downstairs and I've never lost the signal on the Momentum's an additional features slowly making its way to headphones are NFC or what they call a near field communication if you have NFC on your phone tap the side of the left ear cup and pairing basically is automatic but let's say you don't want to go wireless or if you're running out of batteries Sennheiser does include a one point four meter or about a four and a half foot long super-lightweight cable if you want or need to connect this physically no one Den is of course the three half millimeter connection while the other end goes into the ear cup with a two and half millimeter plug with a secure locking mechanism and it holds out very well to now power and pairing button located further up here with the vine rocker buttons directly below now pushing in two consecutive time skips your song forward and pressing three times in a row move the song back one and this works both on my iPad air 2 and the samsung galaxy note 4 phone confirming that this works both on iOS and Android powered devices now there's one last way to connect this and this is personally a first for me if you have a micro USB cord laying around or the core they supply to charge your headphones plug this into the computer let it install the drivers and set your headphones then as the default speakers and you can listen to your headphones through the USB cord pretty cool have options like that but since we're talking about the USB charge Kable here sennheiser claimed up to 22 hours of battery-life now i tested this living it on the entire day and night and was able to achieve a crazy 25 hours and nine minutes to be exact of straight music playing at 50% volume just to give you a good medium to gauge your expected use so with all these accessories the headphones USB charging cable 3 and 1/2 millimeter wire and not mention earlier the airplane audio adapter sent as it does provide a soft and decent hard carrying case on the outside it's soft to the touch while the inside its felt line with a convenient pocket to store all of your cables provided and unlike the original Momentum's the wireless version does fold in and compare to the original this does save a good amount of space now let's get into my comfort test then noise cancelling performance and last are these sound characteristics now I'm usually sensitive at the jawline with some headphones putting too much pressure right at the jawbone now this was not the case at all now if you look closely at the ear cups the headband is able to adjust back and forth eliminating the need to sit right at the crown of the head virtually no discomfort was felt because of this design in addition if you compare the weight of these two other headphones they're still slightly lighter than most out there at 265 grams now compared to the original over ear Momentum's they only weighed a hundred and ninety grams which is crazy light nonetheless the comfort and ease though are still very much enjoyable now as for the active noise cancelling features it works well and I can for sure say it works better than the Samsung level overs I tested a few months back now there's barely any hits from the active noise canceling that could tell but when compared to the best of the best the noise canceling performance the bose qc25 has this beat these Momentum's does block most noises and is for sure one of the better performers but I was still able to pick up some small conversations when my volume set was on medium now the qc25 nearly shuts up the entire world when you put them on they're on a whole different level now onto the bread and butter here for those who have been following me they know I like clean sound with a slight amount of paste they're turning these up to at least 80 percent was when I noticed I can here all the characteristics and without any hearing fatigue basically without rubbing your ears after you're done listening now starting with bass these headphones gives just the right touch to really make John rus' of EDM and today's pop music really shine cascade our modern music to Bruno Mars ed Sheeran and maroon 5 to name a few it's deep enough that's not overdone and complements the mid-range and high ranges as well very much for a long time listening my ears are not droned out or numb from hearing fatigue now if you're using this for Jay Z Rick Ross Nicki Minaj and likes Sennheiser provides just enough bass to make these genres still very enjoyable but still keeping that mid-range strong with its clarity now these don't go as deep as the beats by Jerry products for some people say because of its base it makes the mid-range a bit muddy but again with these Sennheiser's these are base forward enough to really make a lot of these other genres and genres of rap and hip-hop etc sound very good and as briefly mentioned the mid-range sounds great they're not bright but they're not dull sounding either voices don't sound boxy or nasal like what actually sounded natural and although a bass boost signature is provided mids still retains clarity now for a $500 pair of headphones though I really wish that they had a more open soundstage like these Sennheiser HD 8 DJ's that I tested a while back and as for the high notes and treble where you hear snares pops cymbal crashes etc they don't sound harsh at all there's no tinging and ear ringing tones there's no sharpness that's ear piercing whatsoever now this includes rock music as well which I forgot to mention earlier but all these genres sounds really really well done but just to make it easier here the ones on row idly enough that didn't seem to do as well what's classical music hearing piano notes the lower mid-range felt as though it was more dominant than the upper band of notes and then with the higher notes of piano keys it sounded a bit resonating fuzzy and almost like a slight echo as well again these headphones seems to be more designed for today's mainstream music and with all of this audio performance for my last test here is the sound leaking now I place these on maximum volume and at a distance of someone sitting right next to me you can just barely hear them on so overall these are one of the best headphones that I've tested recently the build quality the aesthetics and fashion is no question at the forefront with sound being a very good balance all around with a sound signature that I think most modern-day listeners will enjoy the only issue I can really see at the moment is its price tag of $500 so I hope this video helped you in some way if you like my work add me Jim's review room and to Facebook Twitter Instagram or Google+ as I normally post updates on items I'm currently testing before I put them on the website again this is Jimmy with Jim's review room you guys take care and I'll see you the next one