Pauoolk

Pauoolk t1_jabrk45 wrote

Yeah, maaaaany years ago when I was younger and naive I made the mistake of buying a Nura Headphone, the advertising sold me. But wow, they were SO SHIT 💀 it feels horrible and the sound is catastrophic. I forgot to send it back to have my money back.. I have not touched it more than 5 times in total. And that’s how you lose 300€. Now I feel ashamed of being so stupid at the time.

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Pauoolk t1_j9ge224 wrote

But re-reading my comment i realise it is still quite very negative. So let me say again that the Sennheiser Momentum are truly amazing and, to my humble opinion, far better than its equals from other brands (Sony or Bose, basically, and others) !! If you want an ANC, this one is i think the best one you could get, sound-wise ! (i think for ANC it may be Sony, but the sound isn't that good).

On the M3, the bass were perfect, you could feel the physical rumble when it hits low notes, without taking all the space and getting over the mids like the Sony's :). Its sound signature is still what i qualify as my preference, quite Neutral, with some nice quality bass.

The soundstage was very impressive for a closed headphone i found ! And i would have definitely bought the M4 if i wasn't annoyed at the charging part. And i didn't use it outside, so ANC is useless for me. This is when i realised that paying 350 euros on a wired/Non ANC headphone actually might give you an even better one if you choose wisely.

But if you're going to use it outside, then don't hesitate one sec to go for the M4 ! Personally i owned the M1, then the M2 and the M3 😂 and these ones made me become addicted to good-sounding stuff. You'll probably end up buying an audiophile headphone as well in the future after the M4 anyway haha.. It's the effect it does to you 😂

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Pauoolk t1_j9g482f wrote

I haven’t tried the M4 yet, but I owns the M3 since it came out. And I can tell you that using it wired is shit ! The sound isn’t as good at all and there are LOTS of parasite noise coming from the cable. Also, the headphone sounds horrendous without the noise-cancelling activated ! (For many years though, I considered it to be the best sounding headphones that I had ever tried, when ANC is activated at least. So I don’t even criticise the headphone as a whole, I loved it.)

So, if you need to activate the ANC to make it sound good, you need the headphones to be charged at all time, and then it is a bit stupid to use it wired because it won’t use less battery !

Which is the number 1 reason that made me stop buying ANC headphones, I became annoyed at having to charge it all the time for it to work. I bought a Hifiman Sundara a few months ago, and boy it is the best audio move I’ve done in years.. sound quality is far far better ! I can’t use it on my phone anymore though but that’s okay.

So I would say, if you are not about to use the M4 mainly outside, you’d rather buy a non-ANC headphone. With the same amount of money you can buy a headphone that sound 3x better (noise cancelling technology is pricy but useless at home)! 🤗

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Pauoolk t1_j97lo42 wrote

Not sure why you would buy two different closed back headphones and some IEM though ? Just buy a very good one instead haha (or get a good open back (and maybe some EQ app for the computer if needed for the bass), when you try it, you never get back to closed backs haha. The AirPods are real useful for city use though !

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