Sennheiser is back this is their second
generation of fully wireless earphones and I'm actually really excited about
these because what I liked about the original momentum true Wireless was the
sound quality actually the fit was pretty good as well even though they were a touch on the heavy side what I
didn't like was that the battery life was absolute trash not only was the
advertised battery life low compared to other earphones available on the market
like Apple's air pods but they had a bulky case so it's like what are you
even putting in there if not batteries and they had a drain issue that caused
the battery to just drain while you weren't using them so what I found was
that every time I went to use the darn things they were empty here they've
moved to a 21 hour battery charging case they've apparently fixed the idle drain
issue and seven hours on the earphones themselves so they should keep you going
all day like literally all day so we'll
have a look at what's included in the box you got some documentation there you
got some you know some extra ear tips
there large small and extra small
oh but the mediums by default and ship on the earphones themselves that
explains the sizing they're got a charging cable one thing I like about
these is that they do use Type C for charging no wireless charging
unfortunately I did try that before I sat down so you do have to use a cable
for charging that's a disadvantage compared to air pods and air pods pros
and then you got lots more documentation
you know the Germans right no we heard you like documentation so we included
all the documentation that you could possibly need for wireless earphones you
guys have a website so let's take a look
at the momentum true Wireless twos they have got a ton of upgrades some that I
asked for some that I actually didn't think to ask for so they're available in
two colors now black and white apparently they've improved the
ergonomics a little bit fundamentally they look and feel very similar so
you've got that same cloth style case with the Sennheiser logo on it nice
feeling hinge with a magnetic clasp hey you've got a pairing button back
here USB type-c charging as I mentioned before and other than that these are a
little on the bulky side I'd say they've got a really nice feel to them overall
so kind of like a matte finish on the earphones themselves with that classic
Sennheiser sort of ringed brushed metal
look to them you can see one of the active noise cancellation mics right
there there's another one right there and that's a big feature that I didn't
ask for but that is included with the momentum true Wireless twos now one of
the things that is a big deal for me with wireless earphones is obviously the
size and you can see here I've got some air pods pros and I've also got some air
pods so we can have a look at what they look like now I don't expect these to be
the same size as an air pods case just because they've got active
noise-cancelling and like type-c charging like they've got more features
they're water resistant so they're ipx4 if I recall correctly but the air pods
pros are really you know the standard that I want to hold other active
noise-cancelling ear buds up to and you can tell they're quite a bit larger now
one of my big tests is the you know the
little useless pocket and jeans it's the useless pocket test does it fit
the answer is yes as long as you've got a reasonably big useless pocket but
where I run into a little bit of trouble is that it's quite bulky to the point
where it's kind of hard to get my wallet into the pocket now that I've got that
in there and because of the cloth texture of the case it's actually kind
of hard to get in and out which is a little bit of a drag let's go ahead and
throw these back in here and then get
them paired have a listen flashing orange going to be closed two pair one
guy's pairing should just be industry standard here
new-new couldn't pair check this devices
settings and try again all right well maybe that's why I need all this
documentation okay
yep they want you to wear them first fine hold both buttons for three seconds
to start pairing so one of the things that they include is configurable
controls so you're gonna want to use your Sennheiser app in order to
configure that you can change EQ settings apparently they've got built-in
tile functionality so my wife actually lost her regular air pods case about a
week ago has not been able to find it so
I want to see if maybe this could help her all right I'm gonna get the app
smart control that's what the apps called wow there's so many touch
controls so left is play pause next
previous and volume down if you press
and hold the right is voice assistant transparent hearings so that's where it
passes through outside noise instead of active noise cancellation three times
for active noise cancellation and hold for volume plus and then when you get a
call it's one to accept the call and end it and then two times to reject the call
also known as telling people that you
are ignoring them how well so I agree to
the terms definitely not as magical as Apple's process but it's working
reasonably well hello yes I have already
done these things alright new firmware update is it the update can take up to
50 minutes what the hell are you
updating that takes 50 minutes on
earphones do not put them in the
charging case during the update oh okay so I can just use them I mean in
fairness apples update processes literally just have your ear pods near
your iPhone there's no progress bar alright transparent hearing
okay that works pretty well I'd say the quality is not up to par with what I
remember from my ear pods pros hey
Vaughn no sorry I just wanted to hear you talking to me and when I am what I
yell it doesn't handle that very well I can tell there's a little bit of
clipping that's something that the air pods pros do handle particularly well
now I've got a and C on a and C is very
pleasant sounding though there's no kind of pressure feeling on my ears they've
done a good job of that and comfort I'd
say it's pretty strong can do a shake test definitely feel lighter than the
original male mentor to wireless whoo tap on okay cool so here's how you
change all the controls I don't think I
would change that that seems like a pretty sensible control scheme time list
is a music people are judging my music taste right now I can feel it
interesting that is an uncharacteristically sparkly sound for
Sennheiser you know I don't remember the last time I turned on like bass boost on
a product but where are the presets this
is a really really stupid interface for an EQ guys your your an audio company
you should know better all right I'm gonna turn the volume down
and have a got a feel for how the ANC is
when I'm listening either very reasonable like quiet enjoyment volume
because that's really to me the benefit of a and C and wireless earbuds is that
I can be in the office not like listening to music like rocking out but
just getting my work done with background noise and not being able to
hear people around me so this is
probably about how I'd be listening to that hey hi I'm sorry to bother you one
more time Vaughn oh okay that was all thank you
that's pretty good what no I don't want to discard oh I
have to add a preset
okay bit of a delay on the play/pause behavior there but I can see why that
might be because if I was to skip tracks
it would need to know that I'm trying to do that okay did not register that so
the taps only really register right in the middle of the logo and I'm already
finding that I'm having a little bit of trouble consistently hitting it
especially for like a triple tap gesture and if you do want to go back a song you
know how it is you got to go back to the beginning of the song you're listening to and then back to the previous song
that is six times mashing on your ear I could see myself reconfiguring that to
maybe make it like two taps on the right or something like that I changed my mind about the default control scheme it is
nice that you've got those three separate tones so you can really tell if
you've tapped it three times now I'm gonna switch over to my ear pods pros
sorry Vaughn can you yell at me one more time very similar actually very similar
performance in terms of blocking out you know someone having a conversation in
the room next to you not bad I hate this
EQ it's frustrating because I can hear
the potential and if these should sound better than the air pods pros but I
can't get them dialed in customized no
it's still this stupid see you even know you know what it's supposed to look like
that's what the interface is supposed to look like it's just like really really
veiled right now depending on the song
yeah out of the box their pods pros
absolutely blow these out of the water but I can hear flashes of brilliance in
them and I think with a proper EQ
interface I could easily get these outperforming the air pods pros one of
the features that they have is to pause your music automatically if you take
them out of your ears one thing I would like to see is for their touch interface to turn off when
you do that because right now I'm actually controlling my music through
these so if you're just handling your earphones if you're fidgeting with them or whatever you could easily
accidentally activate the touch controls look at the time
get started hey here we go
Sennheiser momentum okay I need a title
account I apparently have not used the tile app in a hot minute I'm Sun galaxy
s7 okay so green or blue well I don't
know this one doesn't seem to have a green or blue light it's not working
okay so it looks like the tile app might not know that it supports the true
Wireless twos yet so that's unfortunate I had really hoped to test that out
today and the potential is there the
case is a little big but I could maybe accept that if the app control was more
to my liking a little bit easier to configure because the ANC is comfortable
and effective having that water
resistance built-in is great even having an Android app at all is obviously a big
advantage compared to the air plods pros which I've been daily driving but in its
current state I mean yeah if you can get that sound dialed in just the way you
like it they look great ton of features in here
but right now that I couldn't figure out
the tile integration and I really need that EQ fixed and then these are a solid
recommend thanks for watching this ShortCircuit I hope you guys enjoyed this
little unboxing and first impressions if they do update the app with my requests
and I do end up daily driving these things you can expect to see a review over the Linus tech tips channel so make
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circuitous while