I remember when Sennheiser first came out with the Momentum headphones many years ago. At that time it existed as a sole portable headphone and nobody knew it would take off and become the companies most prominent consumer headphone line.

For a company so adept at making headphones for professionals and aficionados their mainstream offerings pretty much sucked. Somebody on the team was smart enough to see the rise in demand for a better alternative to Beats by Dre's Studio line.

Skip ahead a few years and there are plenty of Momentum headphones to choose from but the flagship of the bunch has to be the Sennheiser Momentum Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones (Catchy name right).

Well, we have a set in for review so let's find out what they are all about.

Design - Simply outstanding build quality!

From the minute you get these beastly headphones in the hand you know that Sennheiser is trying to create an, even more, premium takes on their own smaller Momentum 2.0 headphones. These are a seriously premium bit of kit. Dripping in metal and leather they have a heft to them and the build quality is outrageously good.

They come in two color options, an ivory, and black and if I am being 100% honest I don't really like either. Especially when you see that horrendous mustard yellow/brown on the inside. I get they are going for a classy look and almost timeless HAM radio headphone styling but it just looks a bit bland. They don't really look slick or for matter retro, they are stuck in a no man's land of almost looking awesome but just not quite.

However, it's hard not to keep coming back to that excellent build quality. The stitched leather headband is amazing and the function of adjusting the size is smooth as butter. All the buttons and witches are top drawer.

The neatest trick in the design is how they fold up into such a compact package when you aren't using them. This makes them perfect for travel, especially in cases where you are only taking carry on luggage. With the build is so good I didn't even worry about throwing them in my bag without a case.

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