We are going to compare Sony WH-1000XM4 vs. Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless Headphones. Sennheiser Momentum 3 retails for $400, which is $50 more expensive than the Sony WH-1000XM4.
So, it will be interesting to see how they compare to xm4 in sound quality, phone call quality, and noise cancellation performance.
Sony WH-1000XM4 vs. Sennheiser Momentum 3 Review
Build quality
Of course, Sennheiser Momentum 3 has more advanced quality. It has got a stainless-steel headband and genuine leather cushion. Sony WH-1000xm4 plastic and rubber construction instead of touch control like Xm3.
It’s got a button in the right ear cup that lets you control things like music volume, phone calls, and noise cancellation. In addition, Sneezer Speed 3 supports high-resolution codecs Aptx and Aptx Low Latency, whereas Sony WH-1000xm4 only supports IDAC.
On the other hand, the XM4 has better battery endurance of up to 30 hours than the Sennheiser Momentum 3 has 17 hours. This new feature of Sony WH-1000xm4 has also been called talk to chat.
So, if you are out and trying to order lat from the cashier, the xm4 will automatically detect what you’re saying and switch to transparency mode for you.
This feature of Sony is known as adaptive sound control, which automatically switches to your choice’s sound level or the ambient sound level, depending on your action and location. Thus, it is more customizable than this Sennheiser.
App
We have seen some improvements in the Sennheiser Smart Control app. It is better now with that graphic equalizer, but it’s a three-bed graphic equivalent, and it only covers a base mid and high.
Sony has a separate dial for highs, and bass means covering a five-band equalization. Thus, it is possible to make slightly subtle tunes. Furthermore, this Sennheiser allows you to toggle between just canceling three different sound levels.
Sony has received a dial-in app, which allows you to move 20 separate spaces from the entire sound serving cancellation to the sound surroundings of the entire surroundings.
This level of customization and fine-tuning has not yet been possible through this level. However, although they are slightly cheaper than the Sony Sennheiser in terms of features, they look more attractive.
Comfortable
The Sennheiser is a bit heavier than the Sony WH-1000xm4. So that it can have a small effect on how comfortable it is. The Sennheiser clamping pressure is slightly stiffer than the xm4.
I think the headphones’ weight, I think the xm4 may be a bit more comfortable, but a bit more because the Sennheiser is still quite comfortable to wear than the Sony.
I don’t feel too much heat exertion in the cushion interior. So, if you live in a tropical country or in the middle of summer, many Sennheiser can be slightly warmer than Sony.
Sound quality
Let’s see how xm4 compares to Sennheiser in terms of sound quality. This is a very close fight between Sennheiser M3 and Sony WH-100xm4. However, they both must look great.
The Sony WH-100xm4 has some differences that seem slightly more in the mid-range. For example, the registers above have some more airiness and brightness. So, the sound stage steps will sound airier than the xm4 s m3.
Of course, other sound stage elements, such as 3D imaging, determine the location of other tracks and instruments. They both sound quite similar in terms of bus performance.
They both work the same way as the level and texture level of the base extension. So these headphones are almost the same, but I noticed that the M3 looks a bit more impressive and pushes a bit more in the upper base range than the action force.
This means that if you listen to a lot of percussion music, your music sounds more like a punch with more impact than the M3 and the xm4. But, of course, as I said, xm4 has some extra emphasis on the medium and high-frequency range.
In general, the music will sound like it has gotten more exciting and has a more dynamic range than the M3. Which, in contrast, will be somewhat backward.
Phone call quality
We are going to compare their phone call quality. As usual, I will listen to some loud cafe-style background in imitation of making phone calls in a noisy cafe environment. I’m going to record a voice memo on my phone using.
In terms of phone call quality, Sony will be able to compete or beat. So let’s find out the background noise of this Sennheiser, as the phone army quality.
You’ve heard that the Sennheiser M3 phone call is still best for canceling background noise during almost no existence during background noise.
You still get some background sound on Sony throughout the recording, but I like how I like my voice through gold.
It sounded louder. It had more clarity than this Sennheiser, which made my voice a bit more robotic as I was saying through a megaphone.
But let me know in the comments which of these headphones you thought was best for you, but it sounds like quite a draw because I like it.
Does this Sennheiser cancel the noise? Yes, but I like this kind of Sony to render my voice.
ANC
Noise cancellation test, as usual, I will play the sound of the same background. Let’s see which of these headphones has better NC. They are both comparable in terms of low-frequency noise cancellations.
So if you want to cancel an aircraft engine drone or a subway train crash, these headphones will work equally well to eliminate these headings. However, if you want to cancel the voice over this voice, Sony can do a better job than that.
Because it is more effective than Sennheiser in rejecting the term mid-range frequency, if you live in a crowded cafe and try to study, you know it is very noisy because of everyone in the neighborhood.
You are talking; worse, they are not far from social, but Sony could better block these human voices. The situation is reversed when the Sony XM4 returns with the best headphones for active sound cancellation.
Conclusion
I can see why some people still want these devices instead of xm4. It got better build quality, it got Aptx support, and it got a voice mic system.
If you frequently receive phone calls at a construction site, you may be happier with the M3 than the xm4. But, of course, this is still one of the best noises in the market to discard headphones.
With the rise of xm4, I think you know that xm4s will be a bit more interesting than these devices. Because it’s a somewhat better value for money, in my opinion, its noise cancellation is a bit better.
It has got more customization options with more features through the Sony Headphone Connect app. It is also quite comfortable to wear with light pressure and has a lightweight design for quite some time with ease.
Lower price than Sennheiser. So, you can see why I think the Sony WH-1000xm4 vs. Sennheiser Momentum 3 might be a bit more appealing to more people than wireless headphones.
