Sennheiser Momentum On Ear VS Over Ear Review & Comparison
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Sennheiser Momentum On Ear headphones review. These headphones are closed back so they should isolate against outside noise and offer some kind of privacy by not leaking sound, furthermore, they have a very low impedance of 18 Ohm and a sensitivity which is extremely high at 112dB/1Vrms. What all of this means is that they are engineered to be used with portable music players such as iPod, iPad, iPhone or other brand smartphones or mp3-players.
We're also going to be comparing the Sennheiser Momentum On Ear to Momentum Over ear, and see which is the better bargain, so stay tuned for this indepth review. The headphones review is structured in 8 parts, and in the commment section you will find links to each individual part.
1. We talk about the headphones specifications
2. Then next up is the build quality of the Sennheiser Momentum On Ear version
3. Then we get an overview of the features and accessories, such as the pouch, case and two cables, one of which has a microphone and control talk remote.
4. Sound quality of headphones are also important and in this segment I talk about the sound quality of the Momentum On Ear headphones.
5. Since these are portable headphones, it's essential that they offer some kind of isolation, hence we do an isolation test to see how well they isolate against ambient noise.
6. After that we'll have a look at how much privacy they give you at various volume levels. We measure the sound leaks of the headphones.
7. It's always good to have a look at measurements, and better yet, look at measurements in relation to other headphones, so in this segment we analyze the frequency response of the Sennheiser Momentum On ear and compare them with both Sennheiser Momentum On Ear and Sennheiser HD 600 which are open headphones.
8. Lastly we'll look at the summary and conclusion.
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Never seen a review that included a frequency response chart. I really enjoyed that part! I am now subbed!!
I'm deeply impressed at the thoroughness of this review. This is awesome!
Thank you, I've tried bringing some structure to the later reviews, as my mind is a little ADD and I tend to jump all over the place, haha.
Fantastic work. Ive just found your reviews and your very good at this! Cheers from Sydney Oz.
Wow nice analysis of the frequency response graphs!!
You are making a great job, excellent quality of the video!
Good review. Keep it up man!
A very nice review yet again =) keep up the good work !
One dislike after only 7 views! Wow! Wish people who dislike actually say *what* they dislike in the comment section so I don't have to flap around like a headless chicken wondering where to improve! Shame on you for being silent!! :)
Can you plz answer my comment it would be a really big help
I disliked because of the unnecessary racism against Asian people. (And i don't care if you are Asian yourself, it's still offending. I'm not Asian myself, i just dislike any kind of racism.)
I respect that, but who, what, where? What was racist in your opinion? Personally I don't consider anything in this video remotely racist, but with the high level of political correctness in today's society I'm not surprised that someone would be more sensitive than me on the topic. My definition of what racism is is covered in the dictionary, and I don't see how I did or implied any of those things. dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism
HeadphoneAddictCOM I am talked about your "Asian" accent. Could be offensive to some people, at is is a actual problem, and only non-asians find it funny = racism.
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And just a friendly tip. Even if that was not an intended asian accent, try not and make those sounds. It completely rips away the professionalism of the video :/
***** I respect your opinion but respectfully have to disagree. I'm not after picking any fights, but being perceived as offensive to someone does not equal racism in my book. All languages have different accents, my accent is Norwegian as that's my mother tongue, Italians have their accents, so on so forth. Using stereotypes to do comedy is not racism imo, and nothing in the dictionary implies that it is.
I understand that some people can find me offensive and unprofessional, but the thing is that this is my personality: I joke around a lot, make silly voices and are far from professional. At the same time, I'm transparent, honest, open minded and only talk about things I believe to be true. You just have to take this for what it is. A silly guy making videos about his enthusiasm for head-fi related gear. It's not professional, it even says so on my about page on the channel (and has said so since the beginning). I'm doing this for fun and to learn about videos, meet like minded people and just have fun. I've also tried making money off of it, but it hasn't worked out well. Maybe because I'm not professional enough. My silly ways is what differentiates me from the other reviewers, and I'm sure a lot of people can be put off by it, but then again, I believe the content to be honest and good.
So, I'm sorry if you or anyone is offended by my actions, but if I were to adjust so as not to offend anyone that might watch these videos I would have to be pretty generic and political correct, which is not my style at all. I'll try to expand on the repertoire of silly voices: How about a hillbilly Texan? LOL!
thank you for your good and professional review! it helped me a lot :)
Great comparison! I'm running my momentum's from HotAudio Dac into a Graham Slee Novo, sounds very lovely! I love the background music and very clear and crisp video! Nice work!
Thanks again, Voleark! :) Should make a habit of shooting more outdoors. :) If I manage to make the channel profitable, I want to invest in a high quality tripod with slide cam like this; www.definitionmagazine.com/storage/Cam-Slide.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1278079741363 - that'll enable me to do extremely good looking shots. Learning a lot about video creation right now, hehe!
Honestly, I was a bit unfair towards the Momentum Over Ears in the review, as I let my personal preferences and enthusiasm over the ATH-M50x's become a little dominant at the end. Will be doing a video on several closed back headphones and give pros and cons for each pair of cans.
I've mostly been running both Momentum On Ear and Over Ear them through (1) Objective2 with ODAC, (2) Violectric HPA V200 w/24/96 DAC card, (3) HTC One and (4) iPad Mini 1st gen. (5) Mytek 192 STEREO DSD DAC. However, if not specifically stated all impressions are based on Objective2.
nice comparison video man, good job!
thanks for covering ever aspect of the sound.....the most important part of any headphone review......
Hi great review.
How do they compare to the Sennheiser HD419 Sleek Closed-Back Stereo Over-Ear Headphones with Dynamic Bass. Thanks
Thank you for the review. Ordered 2 of these yesterday. I will use these for video editing and playback, not concerned about bass in that scenario. I see the over ear are better but $100 better? Not for my use. Thanks again for the review.
I found you pretty funny and discovered you with this video, and what makes you different is this accent, and that's why you have one more subscriber ;-)
great analytical review. sad to see your not actively posting more videos.
This is the most entertaining headphones review I've ever seen
Very Good Comparison and explanations!
I've had my Sennheiser Momentum Over-Ears since 2015. Still using them until now and have only replaced the cable with the remote and both ear pads just last week.
For a 20 min video you were actually quiet entertaining and I learned a lot so thank you and keep up the good work.
Thank you very much, really appreciate that. :) I'm going to create two videos for every review going forward. One which is technical with measurements etc, and one which is subjective. A lot of people probably don't even bother clicking on the video to see it when they notice it's 20 minutes.
HeadphoneAddictCOM yes, that's a smart idea :)
hello what would you recomend for a best mp3 player that suits this headphones? i bought them really cheap and want to change my ipod nano 3gen on something new but i dont know what to choose .Maybe xduoo x2?
Great appreciate for the graphical testing.
Sorry, just a quick question. Which headphone offers more bass?
Cool reviews, here's me subscribing! Are you swedish btw? Your dialect sounds like that. Greetings from Finland!
Can you put over ear leather pads on the On ear version? would they fit?
Finally a nice review, you did a good job. I would advice you to remove the background music it is just mindbreaking.
Which one is best over ear or on ear
Hi,
Are you measuring your frequency response on that cardboard box with your measurement microphone?
Furthermore, if you have a measurement microphone that has a flat frequency response, then you will have to take the fletcher-munson curve (FMC) into consideration. When producing a pair of neutral headphones (or speakers in general) you want the user to experience the same level of audio level, no matter if it is 40Hz or 10kHz. This means that the frequency response of the speakers needs to compensate for the FMC. So where the curve is low, the speaker needs to compensate for that. This is of course individual, no human ears is alike, but in general its a good rule of thumb.
To sum it up, a flat frequency response measured on a pair of headphones with a flat microphone can be experienced by the user as a very nonlinear sound.
Just a few thoughts
(FMC curve link: i.stack.imgur.com/6JUxQ.png)
Very nice review. :)
What about the new urbanite vs urbanite xl?
Are solo hd'a any good?
Glem hva folk sier om aksenten! Humor kan vi visst ikke ha i disse dager. Bare kjør på :) Fin anmeldelse, disse har jeg nylig kjøpt og er veldig fornøyd så langt
Lot of detail great video
Ow damn it, i really wish there wasn't such a big difference in the 2 models. I really want the on ear version, i need portability and i figure they would much better for such (are they?), but i can't shake the feeling that the over years are better and i may regret my choice.
I mostly listen to what people would call modern music but i do like my dose of jazz and classical, what are you toughs, what would be better (note, portability is an important aspect).
Bro what are those triangular shape headphones which kinda look like they are razor kraken but I don't think they are razor kraken the ear cup is circular but the plastic bit(like in beats where the beats logo-b- shows that is a full triangle plz help me I've been confused for quiet a bit
Hi, Sir. Not sure if I'm able to help you. Have you tried doing some google image searches to see if you can find the headphones you're looking for? Triangle on the ear cup sounds like Audio-Technica ATH-M50x (or maybe another model from Audio-Technica?). In what context did you see it?
HeadphoneAddictCOM i think its monster dna if im right?
Kumsi Kao I'm uncertain what you're looking for, I would just use google images search to check out different models and keywords, that way you'll be able to find them much faster, since you know exactly what they look like. :) Sorry I can't be of more help to you...
Man that's great ! I love all your videos , continue like that , you work is really good ! ;)
Just a tip, you should put the times in the description where you talk about the specific things, so people that wants to know something specific can jump right to it, but nice video though!
i don't know if anyone noticed but in between 0:09 and 0:10 there is a man in a red shirt and it says "my name is Tyler Durden" on the table. do you know why? (also this is my first time watching a HeadphoneaddictCom video)
Weird, hmmm, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_%28novel%29#Tyler_Durden
MatteNoob ya i understand the fight cub reference
parrot zik 2.0 vs sennheiser momentum 2.0 please
I own the over-ear versions and the control unit works for pause/play, next song, previous song and voice command on my Android device (One M8). So basically everything except the volume.
I use HTC One (not M8), hmmmm.... Did you try with Spotify too, or which player did you use?
HeadphoneAddictCOM I just tried it and spotify and Google music don't work flawlessly. Next track works, but previous track (3 clicks) just goes to the next one. With poweramp however, it works like I described before. Everything except volume.
great job your videos continue to improve.
Thank you, trying different things to see how they are received, so appreciate your honest feedback. You said you preferred my normal voice in the comments of the Over Ear review. Do you find the voice work on this one better than in that video? Since the audio quality of the videos are pretty much in place I think the next "upgrade" would be better camera work, so will have to invest in and work on that. :)
Yes it's much better
Thank you, I have to agree. :) Have a great summer!!
HeadphoneAddictCOM Yeah, i believe it was probably your best review. :) Good job man!
this was really informative, I definitely do have one complaint and i didn't look at the other comments, so i'm not too sure if it's been mentioned yet. The accents are super annoying, annoying enough for me to really struggle when watching
***** Hello Sara. Yeah, got to say I agree. spoiled it, lol. Future videos won't be like that.
I have to agree with u on the bass being muffled(on ear)i know nothing about headphones,but for 500$ I was kinda dissapointted.Everything else was the best of quality though.
The remote works just fine on my Blackberry Z10.
what was that on 2:55? Are U planing to remake other reviews?
That would be me, added it during editing, hehe :) Yes, some of the older ones will be redone when I get the equipment I've ordered today, as that should bump up the camera work substantially.
nice. are u planing to do some ,,best for money headphone'' reviews?
Archy Gogitidze Yes, I've got BIG plans for this channel, such as _top five portable headphones_, _top five bass head cans_, _top five neutral headphones below $500_ etc.
However, there is a but, and that's a *BIG BUT*. I will have to get some sponsors on board that are willing to lend me what I'd like to review, or make the channel profitable enough to sustain itself. If this won't happen, I'm afraid I can't execute all these plans I have.
If I were rich, I would have no problem doing this for fun, unfortunately, I'm not, I run a sole proprietorship (super small business) and do not make a good living at the time being, even though I could have if I went and got a normal job (as I've got education with good grades etc).
This channel is a part of my living now, and its running at a big loss at the time being, but I've got other projects that makes a profit which supports it while I try to make it work out. If the channel ends up being sustainable I've got quite a bit of plans, not only for the channel, but also spin offs.
I will not sell out to make a profit like some youtubers do. My target here is to be informative, transparent, honest and make a profit while doing it. Also, I would not have done this, if it was not for my enthusiasm over headphones, audio in general, and content creation.
Also got quite a few ideas on how to make money on this, but still keep it honest, right now I'm trying out the Amazon Associates program, and if a small percentage of the subscribers would come here and click the link each time they wanted to buy something from Amazon (no matter what), I think it would be enough.
*If I'm unable to make the channel sustainable, **_I will still create videos_**, but not at the same rate I'm doing now, and with far less gear than I hope to.*
i hope your wishes come true. i really like what u are doing and its excellent content. keep it up. we are here for your support.
Have you done the hd 598?
Hi, I've not done a review of them, but I've borrowed them from my friend in the past, but that was before making this channel. He is at sea now, but when he comes home, he told me I could borrow some cans from him, the HD598 being among them, so they'll be reviewed in the not so distant future. :)
Hey what headphones could you recommend 280$ and under that are great with rap and alternative that are clear and full sounding with good natural bass.
The perfect headphone for you would be the jbl s400bt, it's perfect for rock, pop, etc and it comes with a cool touch screen and led light ear cup
VERY NICE
Ignore all those smart ass people! Some have nothing better to do with their time than criticise others. I thought your comparison was excellent! I am looking for a decent lower priced set of headphones to monitor my live video productions and found this review very good. Can you recommend just a basic video monitoring set? I have HD202 (very cheap I know) but would like to go a little higher in quality if possible. Kind regards from New Zealand.
love your accent man
Hi Tyler! :D It was tricky to pause it, but i did it!!!
Hahaha, good job! :) I tried making it faster, but the editing software wouldn't let me, haha. You know the reference, right? :)
Actually i don't o.O
theodoro89 The movie, Fight Club, hehe, here's an excerpt: Fight Club - Montage Subliminal
Ah cool :P So what's your plan with these subliminal messages? xD
Haha, that my subs make me rich and famous! :)
Great video but please maybe drop the borat shtick, almost made me just leave however the content is brilliant. well done and thanks for the review!
I really like your accent
5:55 to hear the Sound review
Good review, but the foreign accents are ANNOYING.
Sorry, but the video is way too slow. I want my review / comparison to be 5 min. long and as quick as possible. You also review AND compare them, and i just wanted the comparison. it would be way better to do 2 videos instead of one huge video. After watching this 20 min video, i still have no idea to get the over ear or the over ear. But good luck in the future.
Sorry about that. At the end of the video there's a quick summary. But bottom line is that if you want any of the two, the over ear version is the better option. Will not have 20 minute videos going forward. 10 minutes maximum and measurements will be placed into separate videos.
Then use your brain and look for 5min video, not 20
Borat is that you
I see what you did there ;D. Nice hidden message.
Hahahaha, ssssshhhh!!! :)
are you norweagian???
Enzo Knaus Yep!
Ferdi da hvor i Norge er du fra
Your voice is amazing..lol
sean langley Haha, thanks Sean, that's new. If you don't mind me asking, are you into ASMR? lol.
Not going to lie had to google that..lol it sounds cool but don't think I have it..?? Like your videos keep it up.,
If you had it you'd known it. Then you learned something new today. :) Thanks, have a nice one!
Is this guy Khazakstan
Rick Sanchez my nama borat
Rick Sanchez were is Morty
I want your camera. =)
Hi, the camera very good indeed, and cheap as well if you find one used, as it is discontinued. Since you're doing videos I'll give you the details of my setup, as I have worked very hard to research this solution. It is a very high price/performance setup.
The camera is a Panasonic GH2 with the stock lens so not really expensive. As I said, it can be had for very little used.
The newer GH3 has a little more features and would be my next camera when this says goodbye. I'm only using stock firmware for the GH2, but you can hack it with open source firmware which a lot of movie creators do (these have been used for professional movies and documentaries). If hacked it can record at even higher bitrates. However, as I only use it for TH-cam, I don't care to. The GH2 also has continuous auto focus during video recording, which is a nice feature, but I like to have control of the focus, so I leave it at manual.
The audio in this video is recorded with Zoom H4N audio recorder with a cheap $10-15 USD pop filter from Ebay. Audio and video is synced in Sony Vegas Pro after. For screencapture I use Camtasia, but an open source alternative is Camstudio.
I've just invested in a very good used tripod, a Vanguard Auctus 283aT and a Konova K2 47" slider. This will give you the ability to do EXTREMELY professional sliding shots (sliding towards products etc). Also got a cheap $30 trolly that enables you to do 360 shots around products on a level ground.
Now that I've soon got everything I need to do professional looking videos with good audio, I only need to learn how to best use the equipment to make it interesting, artful and entertaining.
If I can keep the total cost of the audio/video setup around USD $1500, then everything is golden. It's not a lot for making high quality videos. Key is buying used and getting the right gear for the job. The GH2, Zoom H4N and K2 slider are pretty much top performers for the money, so you can do a lot with fairly little monies.
Hope this inspires you to think about working on your A/V quality as well. If on a budget, I'd put priority on audio quality first, and the Zoom H4N is not expensive, but get a pop filter or maybe even two.
*Audio quality in videos again*: In your videos, you have an audible hiss. If you remove this in Audacity, you'll notice that your voice loses a lot of its frequencies, hence making it sound unnatural. I had this hissing/noise problem in the past too.
What you'll find is that if you get a H4N and a cheap boom arm and pop filter from ebay, you'll be able to get the mic closer to your mouth and lower the recording volume, and in essence get rid of the noise, especially when recording in 24 bit. Also, the pop filter will remove the hard P's when you have the mic close.
One thing I'll do is to blend the left and right channels equally together, as the H4N is a stereo mic, and when getting off axis it sounds weird, especially in headphones.
The H4N is great. You can hook it up through USB and use it as a mic on your computer, use it as a storage device, or you can record to SD card using the power adapter or batteries. You can also connect external mics etc. Monitor with headphones +++ It's just awesome. I absolutely love it!
HeadphoneAddictCOM My goodness!!! Thanks for the wealth of information!
TheGamingAudiophile One tiny comment, and you set me off, hahaha. Just being overly enthusiastic and passionate, as making videos are really fun. Combining head-fi with being productive making videos is just awesome!
HeadphoneAddictCOM Yea, I truly agree. Keep up the exceptional work my friend. Truly amazing!
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Bzzzrrrrrrrrpppppp!
I enjoyed the content of the review. Hated the presentation in regards to the accents.
gav dig minus för du jämför ju inte med overear vad jag kunnat se
+TheSnowBall Sorry to read that you didn't see a comparison between them in this video, and thanks for your honesty. I did measure both headphone's noise isolation, I did show the frequency response of both and used that to tell how they sound different and I also talk about the accessories of both cans and about the comfort of both Momentums and conclude that I feel the over ear is the better buy.
Verrr nahss videoh
hahahahaha niceee
lol funny accent xD