Sennheiser MOMENTUM 4 Wireless Premium Over-Ear Noise Cancelling Headphones - 80th Anniversary Edition

The battery is wonderful. The sound is wonderful. ANC, great.

Bluetooth range is terrible. They randomly crackle and glitch in the same room as the device you're connected to. Touch controls are terrible. Phone alerts will disconnect you from other devices. The touch controls can only be turned on and off via the app, they turn themselves back on not just when the phone resets, but randomly too. So you disconnect the headphones from the phone and then the touch controls reset themselves, and then you have to pair to the phone again to stop that happening, and then the phone alerts start interrupting your other devices, so you disconnect them...view more The battery is wonderful. The sound is wonderful. ANC, great.

Bluetooth range is terrible. They randomly crackle and glitch in the same room as the device you're connected to. Touch controls are terrible. Phone alerts will disconnect you from other devices. The touch controls can only be turned on and off via the app, they turn themselves back on not just when the phone resets, but randomly too. So you disconnect the headphones from the phone and then the touch controls reset themselves, and then you have to pair to the phone again to stop that happening, and then the phone alerts start interrupting your other devices, so you disconnect them from the phone and then the touch controls turn themselves back on... you see what owning these headphones is like, right? Seems to get worse with every firmware update.

And then the app advertises all these features like sound staging and stuff. But simple features to adjust audio require a login? Why? Did I not spend enough on the headphones for Sennheiser to then need my login? What?

I "upgraded" from the HD 457BT for this. The sound quality is better, the battery is the same, the range is so much worse, the connection needs to be reset so much more often. The controls are the worst thing ever. Don't buy these.

Used for a few months Always cutting out , disconnecting etc
The build quality is good and when they do work the sound is great , but these are unusable Used for a few months Always cutting out , disconnecting etc
The build quality is good and when they do work the sound is great , but these are unusable

By: KallumH3 04/01/24

Good sound, though not that versatile. Looses connection and can be a pain to connect. No worse than most Bluetooth products though. Good sound, though not that versatile. Looses connection and can be a pain to connect. No worse than most Bluetooth products though.

Simple, works on mobile, does not work on PC / Laptop / Console - Google Momentum 4 Wireless Static issues, you'll get over 100 results.

Simply put, do not buy this - they have still not fixed the fault. Only useful for mobile devices and music over them.. nothing else. Simple, works on mobile, does not work on PC / Laptop / Console - Google Momentum 4 Wireless Static issues, you'll get over 100 results.

Simply put, do not buy this - they have still not fixed the fault. Only useful for mobile devices and music over them.. nothing else.

The sound is amazing and with great bass! Light weight, steady in the head and very comfortable. Battery also last a decent amount of time.
Build quality looks pretty good too and the upholster is such a touch. The sound is amazing and with great bass! Light weight, steady in the head and very comfortable. Battery also last a decent amount of time.
Build quality looks pretty good too and the upholster is such a touch.

By: MateusZ6 05/12/23

Verified Owner

A very crisp, sharp sound comes out of these headphones and doesn't sound like it has flies stuck in the speakers like other headphones that I've had. Ridiculously huge battery life, haven't charged them in nearly a year for how often I use them. Carry case is nice and solid as well (a bit bulky).

However, it is quite hard to switch Bluetooth connections from one device to the other, you have to turn the Bluetooth off on a device to get it to disconnect. The other thing is the app which only works on iPhone and Android devices. If you want to use the functions of the app on a PC, Mac or Linux, forget it. Also, could use some removable, re...view more A very crisp, sharp sound comes out of these headphones and doesn't sound like it has flies stuck in the speakers like other headphones that I've had. Ridiculously huge battery life, haven't charged them in nearly a year for how often I use them. Carry case is nice and solid as well (a bit bulky).

However, it is quite hard to switch Bluetooth connections from one device to the other, you have to turn the Bluetooth off on a device to get it to disconnect. The other thing is the app which only works on iPhone and Android devices. If you want to use the functions of the app on a PC, Mac or Linux, forget it. Also, could use some removable, replaceable ear cushions which are always the first thing to break on a set of headphones. Would not recommend using these at the gym either.

I am very impressed with the high quality of the headphones. Despite the numerous negative reviews about the headphones back in 2022, I can confidently say the majority of the issues regarding active noise cancellation, EQ adjustability, and sound quality have improved through major firmware updates. If you purchase these headphones, make sure to download the app to connect to your headphones and update the firmware.

Comfort-wise, they are exceptional! I have no problems with wearing these headphones for long periods of time, and the battery life is amazing! I haven't charged it once since I bought it, and it's almost been a week.
EXTRA ...view more I am very impressed with the high quality of the headphones. Despite the numerous negative reviews about the headphones back in 2022, I can confidently say the majority of the issues regarding active noise cancellation, EQ adjustability, and sound quality have improved through major firmware updates. If you purchase these headphones, make sure to download the app to connect to your headphones and update the firmware.

Comfort-wise, they are exceptional! I have no problems with wearing these headphones for long periods of time, and the battery life is amazing! I haven't charged it once since I bought it, and it's almost been a week.
EXTRA NOTES:
- The "wind noise reduction" feature reduces the effectiveness and strength of ANC. If you want a stronger ANC and you are not moving or in a windy environment, turn this feature off so that you can maximise your ANC.

Headphones have been solid and a big upgrade from my previous Technics. Comfortable and clear sound. It's taking some time to grips with the bluetooth when switching between devices but hopefully that's just a kink for me to work out. Headphones have been solid and a big upgrade from my previous Technics. Comfortable and clear sound. It's taking some time to grips with the bluetooth when switching between devices but hopefully that's just a kink for me to work out.

I bought these headphones about 1 month ago and I have been impressed! I am a professional musician and I have been over impressed by the clarity, openness and bass of these headphones.
I find them extremely comfortable, I have not wearing them for 6-7 hours!
The battery life is also impressive!
I also really love the noise cancelling and transparent modes! They are both very organic and subtle! The tranperant mode is effective an slows natural conversation while still wearing the phones! It is much more organic and natural than the song XM1000 4s and 5s. The noise canceling is very good blocking out just about everything! Including cof...view more I bought these headphones about 1 month ago and I have been impressed! I am a professional musician and I have been over impressed by the clarity, openness and bass of these headphones.
I find them extremely comfortable, I have not wearing them for 6-7 hours!
The battery life is also impressive!
I also really love the noise cancelling and transparent modes! They are both very organic and subtle! The tranperant mode is effective an slows natural conversation while still wearing the phones! It is much more organic and natural than the song XM1000 4s and 5s. The noise canceling is very good blocking out just about everything! Including coffee grinders in cafes, road noise in a bus and the general babble of noise around!!

I love these headphones

The headphones are as good as described. Comfortable to wear and easily adjusted. Great noise cancelling. Great for long journeys The headphones are as good as described. Comfortable to wear and easily adjusted. Great noise cancelling. Great for long journeys

my main idea is “ momentum 4 is my favorite type under this price level, but the quality was terrible. ”
For my opinion, comparing to xm5, momentum 4 have better outlooking, better sound quality , better tone prompts , better comfort (although they both not comfortable), and super good at battery.
however its noise cancellation and sound personalization were worse than Sony and I think the quality control of momentum 4 was less than satisfactory.
I felt the noise cancellation of momentum 4 is even worse than pxc550 second in house (but better than pxc550 2nd out door, don’t know why), and less comfortable than pxc550 second.

The head ...view more my main idea is “ momentum 4 is my favorite type under this price level, but the quality was terrible. ”
For my opinion, comparing to xm5, momentum 4 have better outlooking, better sound quality , better tone prompts , better comfort (although they both not comfortable), and super good at battery.
however its noise cancellation and sound personalization were worse than Sony and I think the quality control of momentum 4 was less than satisfactory.
I felt the noise cancellation of momentum 4 is even worse than pxc550 second in house (but better than pxc550 2nd out door, don’t know why), and less comfortable than pxc550 second.

The head detection was lovely, but not always work, sometimes fail for no reason.
Auto adaptive noise cancellation was not working well outdoors, silent and noise take turns.

I bought from pb tech queen street, it worked well at the beginning but after a week, there’s something wrong with the left cup, as long as I turn it on, there would be constant popping and hissing noises in the left cup although I didn’t play any music. It was very loud and not useable, I tried all the ways I can think of, including reconnect, close the noise cancellation , turn off the head detection etc, noise still very loud, so I went for the warranty and they changed me a new one.

the noise cancellation of the changed new one was worse than the one at the beginning, the noise cancellation of the first one was fine (but worse than xm5, it did block the environmental noise, but the noise cancellation also produced new noise when programming, although that wasn’t loud ), the noise cancellation of the changed one was not good, still can hear noise clearly under noise cancellation. I think their quality control wasn’t good, or I’m too bad luck.

Three days after I went for warranty, the right cup of my changed new one have noise as well, same condition with the first one, but lighter. This time more hissing noise, and occasionally popping noise, by the same time, I can not connect to Sennheiser Smart Control, this got solved until I deleted momentum 4 from my phone and paired again. I tried everything in the settings and the sennheriser control app, however the hissing noise still exists.

This time the hissing noise was not loud: if I listening to something with high volume, then I can’t hear that hissing noise from inside the right earbud, but, if I turn the music off, or I listen without high volume (either moderate or low volume) I can hear that hissing noise. Different from last time, this time it was not constant, it was “seasonal” or “regularly intermittent”. But still very annoyed.

I will continue “observe” for a few days see if I can accept this slight noise. If this noise became loud in the next few days, or I find I can’t tolerate this noise, I will go for warranty again. If the noise became in-tolerable and after I went for second time warranty the third one got the same story such only working well for the first few days, I would definitely return and change to other brands

I bought a momentum 4, it turned bad. I went for warranty and got a new one, and it turned again, and all of them happened within TEN days!
It made me feel so unhappy and started suspecting the quality of momentum 4.
I hope I was just pure bad luck. Because I really think it was the best fit one overall.

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Really disappointed with this product.
The sound quality is good, but the noise cancelling is average at best. The touch controls are nice but sometimes don't work sometimes. The auto connect/disconnect and turn on / off when putting them down are terrible features, randomly connecting to my phone in my bag or even in the car. There is no option to turn this off, which is highly frustrating as it chews through the battery when it should be off.

I would not recommend this product. Really disappointed with this product.
The sound quality is good, but the noise cancelling is average at best. The touch controls are nice but sometimes don't work sometimes. The auto connect/disconnect and turn on / off when putting them down are terrible features, randomly connecting to my phone in my bag or even in the car. There is no option to turn this off, which is highly frustrating as it chews through the battery when it should be off.

I would not recommend this product.