There are a lot of $300-$400 headphones on the market right now, and most of them blur together.
At $399.99, the Momentum 5 sit right in the middle of the premium headphone market.
Starting with sound, vocals sound natural and the bass is strong without taking over. The headphones allow you to start noticing little things in music, like a background harmony or a guitar string that cheaper headphones often tend to miss.
The headphones support Dolby Atmos, which means that music or movies sound like they’re coming from all around you instead of just left and right.
With this generation, Sennheiser doubled the microphone count to eight to improve the active noise cancellation. Voices and nearby chatter are noticeably quieter. Sennheiser claims this pair is up to three times more effective than the previous generation at blocking this type of noise.
Of course, it’s not at the level of blocking out everything like a plane’s engine, but it does the job effectively without making your ears feel weirdly pressurized as can be the case with some ANC headphones.
A notable difference that the Momentum 5 offers that its competitors don’t is a user-replaceable cell, which means you can swap out the battery once it degrades instead of having to buy a whole new pair.
Overall, the Sennheiser Momentum 5 is a solid option at this price.
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