WEBVTT 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:12.639 Buy an Intel Knuck Barebones PC and get a limited edition t-shirt and in-game 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:17.039 items for Planet Side 2. Click now to learn more. So, let's go back to my 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:20.000 original unboxing of the Momentum for a moment. I called them fashion 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:23.039 headphones, and I meant that in the most derogatory possible sense, and I was 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:28.400 wrong. Honestly, it's a miracle Sennheiser talks to me at all at this point. I used a very flawed testing 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:31.840 methodology. We all learn, I suppose. I only had about an hour with them, so 00:00:29.599 --> 00:00:35.480 they weren't properly broken in, and I was using what must be one of the worst 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:40.079 audio sources in the world, which is the HTC1 with the stock media player that 00:00:38.559 --> 00:00:43.760 comes with it. I had recently switched from the iPhone 4 to this one, and I had 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:47.360 no reason at the time to assume that this one would be so terrible, but I 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:52.239 blamed it on the headphones, and I was incorrect to do so. So, like I said, 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.520 miracle of miracles. Sennheiser reached out to me about their newer Momentum 00:00:54.160 --> 00:01:01.680 skew which at the time I didn't realize was different and that was less expensive and asked me to maybe take 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:07.439 another crack at the Momentum series. So this my friends is the Momentum Onar. It 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:12.400 is available in a variety of different colors from blue to green to ivory to 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:16.960 pink. It uses an onar style. So that is to say it is supraoral and sits directly 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:22.479 on your earlobe as opposed to around your ears sealing against your head and 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:26.720 uses allcantara materials instead of leather. So this is still considered a 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:30.880 premium material but obviously not to the same degree that leather is and 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:34.400 that's present on both the ear pads as well as the top of the headband. In 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:39.799 terms of accessories, we see some costing down here as well. So, the hard 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:42.880 carry case that came with the original 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:44.560 Momentum is replaced by a soft fabric 00:01:42.880 --> 00:01:49.200 carry case that honestly isn't particularly rugged, but it does have 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.320 stiff boards in the front and the back, so I wouldn't expect your headphones to 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:56.479 get completely destroyed sitting inside them. It's rugged enough for what you're 00:01:54.960 --> 00:02:03.200 putting inside them. It comes with a couple of different cables. So, one of them is just a straight connector cable. 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:06.240 So, this locking connector goes into the bottom of the headphones here. And then 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:09.920 there's a plain three-pole that goes into your media player. And then it also 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.599 comes with an alternative four-pole connector. So, this one is a right angle 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:18.959 connector and can be used to control audio on an iOS compatible device. So, 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:23.360 you can control volume up and down. You can skip tracks, you can pause and play 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:26.720 tracks and all that kind of good stuff. It also comes with a little carry pe bag 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:29.920 bag that has a drawstring. You can put it in this and then inside the hard 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:35.200 shell or you can just chuck it in this and throw it in your bag, which is what I think a lot of people are more likely 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:39.519 to do just because portability is key. It's called Momentum. Build quality 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:44.080 hasn't been degraded from the original Momentum. Every stitch is perfect. It's 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:48.959 got gorgeous little color shifting Sennheiser logos on either side. Little 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:52.560 Momentum badges that are perfectly attached and none none of it comes 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:55.519 apart. It's screwed together. So, they use little torque screws on the insides 00:02:54.239 --> 00:03:00.160 of the headband to hold everything together. And it really does feel in 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:03.680 spite of the thinness of the metal used and the lightweightness of the whole 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:08.000 thing very very solid. I even I mean it's even little things like they put 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:13.200 holes in the metal aside from the ones that slide in order to adjust the ear 00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:16.319 cups presumably just to reduce weight. 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:17.599 Now let's get into the somewhat tricky 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:24.959 part, a bit of a sticking point for these for me, and that's fit and comfort. out of the box within about 10 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.440 to 15 minutes, my ears would be so 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:33.040 tender that I could barely press on them like this. I don't tolerate Super Ral 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:36.959 headphones very well, and these were not any kind of exception. With that said, 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:41.040 the Alcantara material breathes extremely well, and they're quite 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:45.120 comfortable in that sense. So, and they sound really great, so I wanted to give 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:49.440 them a chance. After a couple weeks, they're quote unquote special foam. They 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:54.159 don't call it memory foam, so I don't know what kind of foam it is, but it's special foam. That's what that's what 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:58.159 they call it. Um, after a couple weeks, it did start to break in. It is 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:01.120 springier than your typical memory foam. So, I kind of saw that and I went, 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:04.480 "Shoot, these are going to be putting a lot of pressure on me at the start, but 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:08.360 maybe maybe they'll break in." And they did. And this isn't the first time I've 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:12.720 had that experience with Sennheiser. My HD555s fit like a glove. Now, they 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:15.840 sucked. When I first got them, the clamping force was way too tight. And 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:21.600 that is something that you can adjust quite easily with the Momentum on ears due to the metal construction of the 00:04:19.280 --> 00:04:25.680 headband. The headband itself actually speaking of which is not really my 00:04:23.919 --> 00:04:30.560 favorite design either. The original Momentum are a little bit cushionier but 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:34.720 both of them are are quite hard. It's these two somewhat hard material bands 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:38.000 across your head and I did find myself rather than wearing them in a more 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:41.440 natural position which would be closer to the crown. I did find myself shifting 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:46.479 them forward a little bit to get the weight distribution better, which feels a little bit more unnatural for me, but 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:49.840 did improve the comfort dramatically. Now that I've had them well over a 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:54.000 month, I'm able to easily wear them for a couple hours without them being 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:58.080 uncomfortable. So guys, if you do decide to buy them, buy them from a place with 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:01.840 a great return policy that's like 14 days or 30 days. Spend a bunch of time 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:05.680 with them and find out if they're going to be okay for you in the longer term. 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:09.360 Remember, I'm a bit of an, you know, outside sort of scenario. I wear 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:14.600 earrings all the time and that really doesn't help with Super Ral headphones. 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:19.520 Now it's into listening time. I validated with the on ears as well that 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:23.600 that stock HTC1 player makes them sound like junk. There are alternate solutions 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:27.840 out there. So Power Amp is one that's quite popular because it does have a 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:33.360 graphical EQ. However, EQ is not the beall and endall of making music sound 00:05:29.919 --> 00:05:36.000 better. Just it just isn't. And I've 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:39.759 discovered since then that Apollo is a fantastic little music player. However, 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:42.400 it's not on the Play Store anymore. So, you will have to run out and look for 00:05:41.039 --> 00:05:49.440 it, but I can no longer tell the difference between the output from my HTC1 and the one from my iPhone 4. Now, 00:05:47.440 --> 00:05:53.840 I can't really apologize for this cuz I am what I am. I didn't listen to 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:59.039 classical music with it. I'm a top 40 listener. It's terribly mastered. It's, 00:05:56.880 --> 00:06:03.280 you know, compressed. It's this, it's that, all that stuff. I'm sorry, but I 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:07.039 am what I am. And I believe that I'll be using these the same way that most 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:10.080 people who buy something like this will be using them. I plugged it into my 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:14.319 phone and I listen to the kind of music I listen to. And honestly, I love them. 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:18.160 I actually like the sound of the on ears better than the original Momentum. And 00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:21.759 I'm not quite sure why it is, but it may have something to do with the fact that 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:25.199 the original Momentum don't seal quite right at the bottoms of my ears. And 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:28.240 that is an advantage of the superl design. It does allow them to seal 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:31.440 against your ears very, very effectively, even if that does cause 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:34.639 some discomfort at the beginning. So, this leaves us with final thoughts. You 00:06:33.280 --> 00:06:39.520 know what? If you want something portable that looks good, the Momentum 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:44.000 Onears are definitely worth a look. Compared to other fashion headphones, 00:06:42.080 --> 00:06:47.440 they sound dramatically better than other ones I've heard. And I'm not 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:50.639 saying, you know, I'm not even going to say Beats are terrible because if you 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:54.960 believe Beats are terrible, you already know that you believe that. And if you don't believe they're terrible, you 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:59.759 already know that, too. So, all I'm going to say is give something else a 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:03.680 try. go somewhere and try the original Momentum if you have a bit of a bigger 00:07:01.440 --> 00:07:07.680 budget or try the Momentum on ears if you don't mind the Super Ral Design or 00:07:05.520 --> 00:07:12.880 you have a bit of a lower budget. Just give it a try because they sound so much 00:07:10.880 --> 00:07:16.160 better than many of the other solutions out there with respect to fashion 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:20.639 headphones. With that said, you know, are they the best value in the world? 00:07:17.840 --> 00:07:24.000 Maybe not. Someone like some an IM lover like uh one of our employees here, Edel, 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:29.840 is going to say, "Well, there's better values out there. They're even less bulky. They sound better. They cost 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:34.400 less. Yes, IM exist. We're aware of this. For the same price as s sort of in 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:38.960 the same price range as these Momentum, you can get Sennheiser IE8s, which 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:42.160 undeniably sound better, but not everyone likes sticking things into 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:46.560 their ears, and some people like their headphones to be a fashion accessory. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:50.880 Which leads us to yes, there are better values when it comes to over-the-ear 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:54.720 headphones as well, but a lot of the time they don't have that same look and 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:58.240 they don't have that same portability that something like a Momentum skew 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:03.680 does. Not everyone wants to sit around on the bus with huge, you know, studio 00:08:01.599 --> 00:08:07.840 monitor cans on their ears. And while some people will do it, not everyone's 00:08:05.599 --> 00:08:11.280 into that. So, if you're looking for a fashion statement from a knowledgeable 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:15.520 company that actually knows a thing or two about audio, consider the Momentum 00:08:13.280 --> 00:08:19.120 Onears, give them a try. That's all I can really say about them. I really 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:23.840 liked them. Leave a comment with your feedback. What do you prefer? Would you 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:27.120 rather have IM? You know, they're going to sound great. They're going to be a 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:30.560 great value. Would you rather have, you know, overthe-ear large cans and just 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:34.880 wear those out in public at your desk, wherever you happen to be, or do you 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:38.399 prefer a different pair of headphones for different purposes? And would you be 00:08:36.880 --> 00:08:41.680 a fashion headphone buyer? Let me know what you think. 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