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Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 (review): Sony Slayer?
Smaller than their predecessors, the third-generation Momentum True Wireless 3 earbuds are improved in 4 key ways. For some people, that may make them a better option than Sony’s excellent WF-1000XM4 buds. Find the earbuds in this video here 👇: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 – Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 – Sennheiser CX Plus…
michael douglas
April 26, 2022 at 1:03 am
Why would people spend so much money on earbuds? I just don’t get it.
Nick Pelayo
April 26, 2022 at 1:26 am
Which part don’t you get?
Nick Pelayo
April 26, 2022 at 1:27 am
Also these aren’t earbuds. They are tws iems or true wireless in ear monitors
Star Boy
April 26, 2022 at 2:02 am
I used to buy cheap earbuds that sounded absolutely s*it, but they did the job on the go. After listening to Bang & Olufsen’s signature sound, I can’t go back to listening to trashy sounding earbuds. I don’t care about bells and whistles nonsense, but sound quality to me now is like a drug addiction. It’s raised the bar so high for me that even Sony, Sennhesiser and Apple AirPods Pro sound rubbish to me. Bang & Olufsen are in a different league for sound quality
rig4365
April 26, 2022 at 10:29 am
@Star Boy for the ultimate sound quality in-ear is you should take a listen to the Technics model.
Maria Solis
April 26, 2022 at 1:29 am
Battery? How long do they last? 🙄
Kieren Moore
April 26, 2022 at 2:24 am
What us that hookaround pair with the orange lid interior, in the last shot? I like hookarounds for running etc, and need to update an older pair of Beats I have for that purpose … wondering how those ( and other hookarounds?) compare to the latest Beats hookarounds … Thanks!!
José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Júnior
April 26, 2022 at 2:45 am
Yeah, as most reviews, they are always super good. Bought the MTW 2 and it didn’t sound thaaat great. Airpods Pro and Galaxy Buds have more natural sound and blow it out of the water in terms of accuracy, completely different experience in comparison with their headphones.
Renanto Pratama
April 26, 2022 at 2:59 pm
My MTW2 ANC is so bad compared to the Bose and xm4
Vicious Vendetta
April 26, 2022 at 3:26 am
Where can I buy them ?
james bucsis
April 26, 2022 at 4:56 am
Junk
Roy Moses
April 26, 2022 at 6:00 am
i prefer the design and look of the mtw 2s earbuds …they did get most things right all I was looking forward to was just a shrunk down case size close to Jabras offerings or airpods pro …but I don’t see much difference …
Raymund Wong
April 26, 2022 at 6:03 am
Thanks for the reviews. Your reviews are always good. Can you give us a comparison between the new TW3 vs Sony WF-1000XM4? Thanks!
Ares Varvaro
April 26, 2022 at 6:28 am
Don’t you just love it when companies decide to make the safe choice of providing marginal improvements over already existing products instead of innovating with new features?! It’s awesome, isn’t it?! 😀
BunyS
April 26, 2022 at 3:13 pm
And being $50 less 😀
kitcat 007
April 26, 2022 at 6:57 am
Do not like them .
Michael Boys
April 26, 2022 at 7:04 am
Be very curious to try these out. My biggest gripe with the previous model was that I could not get a tight and comfortable seal in my ear. Very curious to give these a go. Thanks for the review.
Suvi
April 26, 2022 at 7:54 am
Do they have multipoint connectivity ?
Nyankana
April 26, 2022 at 8:43 am
Beware that reviewers are paid to do reviews, and some reviewers give good reviews for some kickbacks, purchase commissions, etc. This is also mixed in with their own personal takes. I would suggest if one reviewers says something is good, take it as grain of salt until you also hear from others as well. Even better, try it out yourself, as opinions are more of a personal thing. One person could say something is amazing, while another say is literal trash. It’s all personal preferences.
Follower of Pooh (tsm1989)
April 26, 2022 at 9:24 am
Finally with fins!
sskh yılmaz
April 26, 2022 at 11:06 am
hello, does it have white color and the problems mentioned in the user comments in tru wriles 2, do you think some problems such as not clear phone calls and full noise canceling have been solved in 3 generations, and frankly, I was expecting three, but should I choose it?
Krisztian Papp
April 26, 2022 at 4:04 pm
I have the tw2. I was waiting for these very much but not a lot improvement has taken place, let alone we have been waiting 2 years for it. Oh well maybe the next one will have the wow factor. And a bit more battery life. And a Hi-Res codec.
Sa. na
April 27, 2022 at 9:30 am
True. The upgrade was just minor. The next thing they need is as you said it right, hi-res codec; but I doubt if wireless technology is available for the same. Sonys are not truly hi-res, that’s what I heard.
Krisztian Papp
April 27, 2022 at 10:56 am
@Sa. na LDAC is certified as Hi-Res 999kpbs. Aptx HD is Max 567. What the MTW 3 has is just aptx adaptive which contains only aptx and aptx low latency. A $35 tws is capable of it as a matter of fact quite nicely. For this price an LDAC would be appropriate.
Troy Howard
April 26, 2022 at 4:19 pm
You seem a lot less enthused compared to the Sony WF-1000xm4. You seemed smitten with those. So if you had to pick just 1, which of those two would you pick?
btomye
April 26, 2022 at 4:45 pm
is it worth to upgrade from XM4 to Momentum 3 ?
Jason Smith
April 26, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Probably not, the XM4 have better ANC, battery life, and features, you might feel like you lost a bit of those if you upgrade. The XM4 are still pretty new also, so you might want to wait a little while longer before upgrading. 🙂
The Echelon
April 27, 2022 at 5:34 pm
Why do you think it’s an upgrade?
JLummin
April 27, 2022 at 8:43 pm
almost in the same boat. My XM4s are my Airpod Pro backups and nothing touches Pros ANC and Transparency but for sound Sony is better. But for comfort I’m interested in the Senheisers because with how big the Sonys are you can feel some ear soreness as it comes down to the fit
robert stajner
April 26, 2022 at 5:10 pm
Have Sennheiser momentum tws2 and they are unbelievable and I think I will change to tws 3…
juan argueta
April 26, 2022 at 6:27 pm
Not a fan of the new design it might grow on me too basic the old ones looked better with the metallic finish hope i get better battery life out of these since with mtw2 i only got about 4 to 4 1/2 out of them way lower than the advertised 7hrs
John Jensen
April 26, 2022 at 6:59 pm
Wonder how many years the batteries last. My first generation gave up after 2 years. I calculated $ 3-4 per listening session.
Se Kk
April 26, 2022 at 7:47 pm
I don’t get it why they can’t just release smaller earbuds. These are still too big for my taste.
The Echelon
April 27, 2022 at 5:27 pm
You have no idea how TWS earbuds work then, do you? Because alongside drivers, they also need a battery and components for the smart electronics. If you want to have smaller earbuds, go with wired ones.
Se Kk
April 27, 2022 at 10:18 pm
Apparently someone is having his period.
There are a lot of earbuds that has similar specs but are smaller.
Marcin Romanowski
April 26, 2022 at 8:34 pm
As a TWS1 and TWS2 user I was so excited for them to come and I’m really dissapointed…they look cheaper than the B&O EQ’s and even cheaper than the TWS2/1…The sound Quality is the most important thought so I watched the Flossy Carter review of those and the B&O Eq are still at the 1st place…
Da wey
April 26, 2022 at 10:56 pm
I’m not spending $400 on a pair of earbuds
Jordan
April 26, 2022 at 10:47 pm
I was waiting on these until I bought my beats fit pro for $50. Was way too good of a deal to pass. Saw them for $130 open box at best best then the price went down to $99 and I also used a $50 rewards certificate = $50
Technodrone313
April 26, 2022 at 11:43 pm
I got some gary payton, ice cream cake and dj short blueberry. you must be really high if you are telling us that you are smoking headphones.
Kali Linux
April 27, 2022 at 2:41 am
why the EQ have only 2 bands lol
The Echelon
April 27, 2022 at 5:35 pm
3, not 2. But yeah, quite minimal
Kali Linux
April 27, 2022 at 2:43 am
no. voice calls are not that great , lot of background feed nose
Angelo Crisu
April 27, 2022 at 7:29 am
It can’t as long as the transfer rate of aptx adaptive 440kbs/sec are less than 990kbs ldac and even balanced 660 kbs.
I own sennheiser cx 400 but I would like it to have ldac.
Nightwatch
April 27, 2022 at 7:50 am
The best balanced tws sound is Technics AZ60. If Sennheiser made it worse then it’s officially dead.
thenonexistinghero
April 27, 2022 at 9:39 am
The price seems pretty great. I’m still sticking to my Sony WF-1000XM3’s though, I don’t think the sound quality of anything released afterwards has been a significant enough upgrade. I do think that in terms of sound quality, it’s probably best to go for the Sony XM4’s over this if you can spare the extra cash. And only for 1 reason… the software. It’s pretty crappy compared to Sony having a lot of options and customizability.
Ezra Pardede
April 27, 2022 at 11:02 am
I don’t think sennheiser app is “crappy” it’s just more barebones and simplistic
thenonexistinghero
April 27, 2022 at 12:10 pm
@Ezra Pardede Barebones and simplistic is what you use for the first iteration. It’s been years and it’s hardly any better. There’s no excuse for it still being as bad as it is after years of having actual consumer feedback.
Tautvydė Navickienė
April 27, 2022 at 11:51 am
thanks for the helpful review
C Chan
April 27, 2022 at 3:18 pm
Compare with Devialet Gemini, which one is better? Thanks.
Henry TJ
April 27, 2022 at 5:25 pm
I still cant decide which one should i get, the sennheiser true wireless 3 or the sony wf-1000xm4. Can anyone help? (Btw im buying it in malaysia and it cost 194 dollars. Is it worth it?) (yes this a copy and paste comment cuz i need to know fast and there’s a huge change that the creator of vid or anyone would answer this)
The Echelon
April 27, 2022 at 5:33 pm
Go watch ShortCircuit’s review. They don’t seemed to be impressed. The sony also have their faults, like discomfort. Have a look at the Soundcore Liberty 3’s, much better value.
Rocky Reddy
April 27, 2022 at 6:20 pm
Good reviewer, really informative and well produced. Good tips on how to customize and really good job on show real life testing.
David Esp
April 27, 2022 at 6:57 pm
05:41 and 05:47 – bass is discussed but the Bass Boost switch looks like it’s off, at least in this image, and was not discussed. The most reported advantage of the MTW2 was its bass response, reported by many YT-users as superior to other makes/models.
JLummin
April 27, 2022 at 8:45 pm
how is the ANC and transparency compared to Sony XM4? sound wise I’m expecting similar because Sony already known for good sound but if I’m considering these, its about the comfort because of the smaller size and as long as the features are equally as good
Blood cell u/
April 27, 2022 at 10:19 pm
Sennheiser is always the sony slayer 🤣
Harald
April 27, 2022 at 10:24 pm
Well, it is quite important to tell how they compare to the very best on the marked right now: the 400$ Beoplay EQ!??
Mehmet Şahin
April 27, 2022 at 11:22 pm
Thank you for this amazing content! I want to ask a suggestion. As a Mac,ipad, iPhone user Should I buy AirPods Pro or Momentum 3 ? Sound quality and ANC are important for me. Thanks for your answer.