Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless, A Comprehensive Review of Premium Audio

The true wireless earbuds market is endless. New models flood the market every couple of months trying to secure their spot in your ear canals. But while all these models jostle for attention, there are certain names that fight above the fray with true excellence through superior audio quality, comfort and features.

Sennheiser is one of the major leaders in this race and has played a vital role in pushing the boundaries of in-ear audio through its decades-long dedication to high fidelity audio solutions. The Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless takes its place in the brand’s Momentum line of headphones and succeeds the Momentum True Wireless 2. In many ways, it feels like a superior iteration, especially considering the set of upgrades that it brings to the table. In this detailed review, we explore the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless through its design, its features, its performance and what stays behind after we’ve evaluated it all.

Unboxing the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless: First Impressions

The only box this slim for the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless eludes to the premium experience you’re about to receive. Lift the lid and you’re greeted with the in-ear headphones sitting snugly in the accompanying charging case. The case is a stunning component on its own, engineered to be high-quality and impressive. It’s heavy and hasn’t a superfluous weight to it, and reflects the look and feel of the premium device you’re getting your hands on for the first time. The temporary home for the earbuds is sophisticated in appearance and delivers a reassuring quality. The slim contemporary design is a hint at the premium experience you’re about to enjoy. The earbuds themselves are shaped into a small device which looks like it will fit comfortably and snugly.

Design and Comfort: A Symphony of Ergonomics and Aesthetics

Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless: Design. Functionality. Aesthetics. All are beautifully brought together in the aesthetic detail of the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless earbuds. Available in black and white with a limited edition gold, the earbuds are sophisticated, sleek and the perfect accessory for most personal styles. But aesthetics are only the beginning. The earbuds have been engineered for comfort. Sennheiser spent months and ‘a world of testing’ to create the perfect device for ‘relaxed listening’. The Momentum 3 Wireless are light as a feather, ensuring focus on your listening experience and minimising fatigue.

The unique, rounded and curved shape of the design then mimics the anatomical contours of the ears to provide a highly secure and comfortable fit with a significant reduction in the chance of the buds accidentally falling out, making them perfect for working out, travelling or simply enjoying music on the go. A one-size-fits-all is a fallacy anyway when it comes to ear anatomy. A high-end headphone such as the Momentum 3 Wireless packs a plethora of ear tip sizes into the box because nobody at Sennheiser is under the illusion that one pair will work for everybody.

Finding the right set to make the Momentum 3 Wireless feel like it really is built around your ears is immensely satisfying, both in terms of comfort, noise isolation, and sound quality. In fact, besides the excellent performance, the most impressive thing about the Momentum 3 Wireless is how easy it is to recharge and wear away. With its lightweight design and ergonomic form, the Momentum 3 Wireless is comfortable to wear for hours on end, whether it’s on your way to work or your home workstation for a long Zoom meeting, or even at the gym.

Performance: A Symphony of Sound and Silence

Music sounds bolstered and enriched through that audiophile sonic filter The resulting audio performance is satisfying, consummate and accomplished. This is where the rating scheme starts to feel unbalanced because the Momentum 3 Wireless ($400) punches so far above its weight. The star of the show is frequency response: there is a richness and nuance to the sound signature that belies its midrange orientation, enabling it to play most types of music fantastically well, be it rock, pop, jazz, acoustic guitars or Drake’s finest. Even the hard-hitting bass notes of Sylvester’s dance track Music (1978) don’t just sound loud, they also sound solid and defined – adding energy to the track and bolstering the perceived dynamic range.

The treble ranges are similarly well-coded, skipping the ultraviolet tonal regions, being brighter and crisper without being harsh or overdone, meaning high-end instruments like string sections and cymbals retain a sense of texture and are never overly aggressive. The midrange sits where it should, perfectly reinforcing a sense of sonic balance that allows you to clearly hear individual instruments and vocals without any deviation from that classic, warm Sennheiser sonic signature – the only brand that still makes audiophile-quality headphones. Being equally adept at the lower and higher classic forms of timbre, the Momentum 3 Wireless takes on a typical ‘rock’ track with an audiophile sonic filter.

Music sounds energetic; dynamics sound expanded; and the overall soundstage, although still rather holographic, is representative of the broad range of the music without any real sonic distortions of any kind. On the Momentum 3 Wireless, the ANC is similarly outstanding at cutting out a wide range of noise, from the low drone of a bus engine’s machine to the chatter of an open-plan office. It’s great for that kind of stuff. If you can cut out all the other stuff that’s going on around you, you can be more effective in what you’re listening to, and therefore be more engaged and stuck into the content. It’s great for just setting it, and immersing yourself.I think it’s also really useful for calls.

So much about good call quality is cutting out the stuff that’s going on when you’re on the phone, especially when you’re in a busy environment or your voice is being picked up in a distant place. So having a headphone that can isolate your voice while you’re on the call, and you can be heard more clearly – that’s really good, and it can make the person on the other end of the line much happier if they’re not trying to hear you over all this other noise. It could be great for people who are on calls all day, such as journalists. The transparency mode is similarly well done, keeping you in tune with your environment without removing the earbuds, making conversation or moving through a busy street easy, while still keeping your ears open to outside noise and maintaining excellent ‘situational awareness’ of what’s around you – an important feature in many scenarios.

The earbuds are quite comfortable to wear over a long period, too, thanks to their light weight, ergonomic design and multiple ear-tip options, adding to their ease of use. The touch controls are responsive and easy to use, letting you control your music, take and place phone calls, and shift from ANC to transparency mode, and vice-versa, with a quick tap or swipe, without having to overthink or take a device out of your pocket, resulting in a hassle-free and fluid user experience.

Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless: Pros and Cons

I would like to take articles like this one or the one that follows it, and compile for you a collage of pros and cons when it comes to the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless: why you might want to go for them, or why you might be better off looking for an alternative.

Pros:

• Exceptional sound quality
• Effective active noise cancellation
• Comfortable fit
• Long battery life
• Intuitive touch controls
• Water and dust resistance
• Stylish design
• Voice assistant compatibility
• Advanced audio codecs (aptX Adaptive, AAC)

Cons:

• Pricey compared to some competitors
• No wireless charging case
• No multipoint pairing (can only connect to one device at a time)

Conclusion: Are the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless Worth It?

Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless earbuds Premium earbuds, premium comfort, premium look, premium price. The Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless earbuds see these features bound to exist in isolation. Many audiophiles will buy these earbuds, many commuters will happily wear them, and many others – including fitness fanatics, office workers, and gamers – will love them, because they both sound incredible and look good while doing so. For an audiophile who wants to increase the enjoyment of his or her daily life, these premium brands of consumption will be well worth the extra effort and price.

But for the average smartphone owner, who simply also happens to work out, the vast majority of similarly wise investments will offer excellent audio quality as well, without putting much emphasis on emphasising that quality in all other aspects of the final product. If you’re in the market for a set of premium true wireless earbuds that deliver top-notch sounding audio with a comfortable, well-built fit and useful upgrades like active noise-cancellation, then you should add the Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless to your shortlist. Both the 3.0 and 2.0 versions represent what Sennheiser sets out to achieve with each of its products – providing a technically sophisticated audio experience that ticks all the boxes and provides a deeply satisfying way to listen at the same time.