Forward Momentum

Sennheiser’s third-generation of Momentum Wireless is a major launch from the headphone-meisters given the success of the original and its follow-ups. Surprisingly the packaging doesn’t scream their new-release status, and still more curiously their noise-cancelling abilities get a mere feature point on the box, behind ‘music & calls’, ‘smart pause’, and ‘voice assistant’. Other brands tend to give noise-cancellation naming rights, with an NC in the model number. But with NC now an increasingly standard inclusion on wireless headphones, perhaps the feature count is so high here that their wirelessness is the one that floated to the top. So be it. There is, after all, a whole lot of smart stuff going on in the new Momentums, some of which we’ve never seen elsewhere.

Same style, new innovations

The Momentums are only minimally restyled — well, some earnest style gurus will be pointing to a curve here and an entirely rethought button layout there, but let’s say that when you see them on the bus, you’ll still know