The Momentum True Wireless has been a massive disappointment
reddit.com/r/sennheiser/comments/ae8phk/the_m...Posted Jan 9, 2019, 6:01 PM UTC
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How's the sound quality?
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It took some tweaking with the EQ, but the sound is decent for music and great for spoken word. Of course I'm comparing them to my CFA Andromedas, but I didn't expect them to come anywhere close to that level of SQ.
I commented in the other thread regarding charging. Over the last week (or maybe it's been a week and half), I haven't noticed any issues with the charging or battery depletion, but I haven't run the case out of juice yet or paid much attention since they've worked every time I've used them.
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Received mine recently and just started using them daily. So far so good for me - no problems yet. They are very easy to forget you're wearing them after a while, other than the sound of course. Fabulous that you can disable the voice assistant feature - I was getting that all the time when I was trying to double tap for transparency mode.
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I Ordered it yesterday 👀. Edit: Been using the Jabra elite and honestly they have been a huge disappointment. The sound is harsh, they hurt my ears, with convenience being the only reason to use them. Even my $40 IEM are better. These were being highly talked about in terms of SQ, and showed up on Amazon, and for about a $100 more I pulled the trigger. I hope you are wrong about these.
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Yeah, I'm hoping Sennheiser responds (someday, lol) insisting that they're working on a firmware update that will resolve the issue completely somehow, or that all units experiencing this are defective, because I'd love for this issue to be fixable. That's really the main reason why I haven't returned them outright yet. I really want to like them enough to keep them, because the thought of returning to my cheap Anker SoundBuds Slim+ for hiking etc. isn't very appealing.
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Got them today. Honestly, I love them. They are as good as my IEM’s (Rha t20i & v-moda metallo) with more detailed bass. And they don’t even compare to the Jabra. Haven’t faced any issues so far.
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For sure! The audio quality on these things is top-notch and would quickly silence anyone who insists that "Bluetooth isn't meant for music" (like I understand what they're getting at, but it works perfectly fine 99% of the time and regardless serves a purpose).
Only if you happen to think of it, I'd love to hear what you think of them a week or so from now. Obviously that's a big ask of a complete stranger and if I don't ever hear from you again I won't think anything of it lol, but while I'm waiting for Sennheiser to respond to my inquiry I'd really like to get an idea as to whether this idle drain might be sign of a defect by hearing from other users. I'd hate to be voicing such distaste for the battery drain if it's part of a bad batch (because I certainly understand production shit happens) - and I still hope that's the case.
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Sure I’ll let you know. I was going to make an impressions post here after a few days of use here anyway, after buyer’s bias wears out (“At $300 they have to be great!”). I still haven’t tested it for battery drain, video playback, ear fatigue, call quality, etc. Right out of the box though, they impressed me, and my Jabra’s have been marked for return.
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I finally had a chance to test mine for a much longer duration. I had a connecting flight into Chicago this week to catch an international flight. I put the fully charged Senns (case and buds) in after I got through security in Denver. Had a wait of ~ 90 minutes for my flight, ~120 minute flight and they ran out of juice on approach into Chicago. I checked the Android app and the right bud was showing 0% power, while the left bud was still showing more than 30% power (34% IIRC). I was listening to podcasts and an audio book rather than music. I was using my LG V40 and swapped to my CFA Andros, put the Senns back in their case and recharged them on the flight to Europe.
The good news is that with the Comply tips, the isolation and volume level were more than adequate on a full airplane (although at the upper end of their power output without being 'loud' or using volume to overcome background noise). Battery life is about what I get with my Shure BT IEMs. I still don't see BT earphones as a replacement for wired headphones for any sort of continuous use. I like that I can stick them back in the case and let them charge. I'm rather nonplussed by the fact that the left bud, which is dependent upon the right bud to function, had so much remaining juice when the right bud hit 0%.
I've also noticed that after fully charging the case and buds and leaving them disconnected for several hours, they don't seem to hold that charge at or near 100%. I need to test this further, but they do seem to bleed their charge faster than I would expect for modern electronics. Regardless, I'm happy with their performance for intermittent use, but I'll definitely be contacting Sennheiser support regarding the disparity in battery drain between the two buds during normal listening.
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I don’t really mind the discharge because I use them all the time. But I can totally understand your frustration. I also think the case is made really cheap because the lid seems to be really fragile.
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You just saved me a bit of coin. I was getting ready to pull the trigger on these because I’m not happy with airpod’s only being able to last for about an hour to an hour and a half on a call.