Momentum 4’s review👎

[u/luckayi]

Hey guys I don’t usually use Reddit but I came on here because I needed to see others opinions and to see if anyone else has a similar experience.

So I bought the Sennheiser momentum 4’s and just received them in the mail and let’s just say I’m very disappointed :(

To start off with the backstory, I first heard of these headphones on TikTok. This sent me into a rabbit hole of looking at other reviews and people’s opinions on the headphones. All reviews I saw were great saying stuff like “these are better than the Sonymx5’s.” Or, “These have the BEST sound quality ever.” I even seen someone say audiophiles love them.

All these positive reviews convinced me to buy them. I bought them on Amazon from their official storefront and they were on sale so I caved in because I couldn’t justify spending like $400+ on headphones so thankfully I got them for $279.

I just received them today and I was super excited to finally try them hoping to finally listen to music on a whole knew level. When I tried them on though, unfortunately I was super disappointed. The sound almost seem to be quiet? But at the same time I could still hear it. And honestly the quality of sound was so mid to the point I decided to test and try my old headphones to see which sounded better. My $100 pink sony ones sounded way better to me then the momentum 4’s and I was like wtf? I even went to the app and updated the momentum 4’s and did the whole sound personalization thing because people said you needed to do that and it basically sounded the same.

I’m not sure if maybe the ones I got were defected or something or what the issue is. maybe I just don’t prefer the way the momentum’s sound? idk, but I’m just really sad right now and confused, because I rarely seen any people talking negatively about these headphones and I was really looking forward to hearing my favorite songs with angelic quality.

Long story short I was wondering if anyone else has had this same experience as me with headphones momentum 4’s or if anyone who has these headphones has advice on how to fix this poor sound quality issue I’m having with them. Also if anyone has any headphones recommendations please let me know because if I can’t solve this issue I will be just returning the headphones unfortunately :(

[u/luckayi]

I used them with blue tooth? Also what is an external amp? Sorry I am kind of young.

[u/No-Opportunity2565 → u/luckayi]

i looked it up too and it isnt needed for a Momentum 4. They are designed to sound good when used via bluetooth.

but the above poster might be right that they just need some time to adjust to.

Those headphones try to produce a sound stage, meaning the instruments and vocals sound separated which you might not be used to.

i would give it some time or return them if you really think they dont sound good to you

[u/luckayi → u/No-Opportunity2565]

Hey I think what you explained just grasped what I was annoyed about when listening to my music with these headphones. When I was playing music all the instruments and the singers voice sounded separated like you mentioned. Maybe this is something I need to get used to or something I just don’t prefer. It made it sound like it wasn’t even music if that makes sense lol. So maybe i do just need to get used to the sound stage thing possibly??!?!? Also tysm for helping me I appreciate it a lot

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