Given the Sennheiser Momentum’s previous trademark classy, sleek stylings and admirable refusal to look ordinary next to the competition, we are surprised to find the Momentum 4 Wireless opt for a plainer – dare we say ‘safe’ – design language more akin to that adopted by their rivals. It’s a bit like a wonderfully eccentric kid at school deciding to dial it down to fit in with their classmates. But, that first-impression dissatisfaction is thankfully made up for by everything else these new Sennheisers are and do.
The Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless are priced slap bang in the premium territory of noise-cancelling headphones. Their asking price of £300 is more or less aligned with Bose’s QuietComfort 45 and Noise Cancelling 700, and sits them between