Took about a week to break in, now they sound great! They can easily switch between two devices without being annoying about it (unlike my airpods max) and the battery life is just INSANE! I use them about 4-5 hours per day and I am now at 20% and it will be two weeks tomorrow since I charged them!!! Oh another feature nobody seems to mention, if you put them in the case they completely shut off. I really like that it has that and a physical button!
Pre-review note: I've owned the Momentum 2's and Momentum 3's in the past, so this is not my first experience with this line of headphones.
I bought the Momentum 4's maybe a year ago or so (give or take, I don't exactly remember) and I could not be happier with my purchase. These headphones blew my expectations put of the water completely. The audio quality all around is superb, with crisp sound, and deep and powerful bass without anything becoming muffled or overpowering. The noise cancelation is the best it's ever been in the Momentum line so far as well. The 2 biggest leaps of improvement with these headphones over the previous Momentum headphones though are the absolute comfort while wearing them, and the battery life. I can wear these headphones literally all day from waking up to falling asleep and not feel any pain or discomfort at all (which says something because my head tends to be sensitive to headphone and earbud strain). I've never had any personal audio device in my life where that's been the case. As for the battery life, it's very impressive. These headphones can potentially last you a week without needing to charge them. Once again, I've never experienced a device with such an efficient battery in my life.
There's no end to the positives I could give about these headphones, so I'll just give whatever cons I can muster up for the rest of the review to save us some time. Con 1, the touch controls are not my personal preference, I prefer physical controls like on the Momentum 3, but it's not a big deal to me, especially since you can use the app to turn off the touch controls if you don't want them on for fear of accidental touches. Con 2, the mic on the headphones isn't the best quality, but this is really just an unfair nitpick since this isn't meant to be something like a gaming headset (if anything it's great that it has a mic in the first place). Con 3, if you can call it one, is that the visual identity has somewhat been lost from the previous Momentum headphones. The older ones looked more visually interesting, although I really don't care personally. I remember the Momentum 3's also being made with a lot of metal components which gave it incredible durability. I really can't think of any more negatives.
In conclusion, if you're on the fence about these headphones, they're definitely a great pick and I can't recommend them enough. If the price is a little steep for you, I've seen several decent sales for these. If you decide to get these, I hope you enjoy them as much as I have been and will continue to.
Around 6 years ago I purchased a pair of Sony's XM2 headpones, and they completely changed my relationship with music and headphones (I'd never owned higher end headphones). I recently decided to upgrade to a newer version of their XM series, and immediately felt like something was off. They were "OK", but they just weren't quite right. Intruments were missing or muffled, subtle notes or changes in voice or pitch weren't coming through, I don't know -it's hard to explain what was "off". I ended up returning them after a week of stressing over it, and decided to try these instead. Everything comes through these headphones, everything is clear and crisp, there are sounds I didn't even know were in some songs that come through these. There's a music video that I started watching recently, where I didn't even know you could hear the torch that's in one scene. I went back to my old XM2s to see if it was there, and while it was, it wasn't as noticeable (and it wasn't heard at all in the newer version). Everything about these headphones is perfect -the fit, the comfort, the material and sound quality.
I purchased these after a long time of looking for the best headphones and I must say I made the right choice. The sound is great snug fit over my ears, excellent battery life I haven't charged them again since the first day I got them and I use them for at least 3-4 hours a day.
I wouldn’t consider myself an audiophile by any means but I have owned some good headphones in the past including the Bose QC 45 and Sony XM4, recently. The Momentum 4 are my favorite sounding to date. The clarify of every instrument at mid volume to lmax volume is incredible. The bass is unlike anything I’ve experienced in a pair of headphones and the customization, once you figure it out, really seals the deal. I think the XM4 ANC is a little better and they’re also a little more comfortable than the Momentum 4’s, but the sound more than makes up for those deficiencies. Deficienciy is probably the wrong word, since the XM4’s are just great in those categories.
They look great, the battery life is so good it’s easy to forget they’ll actually can run low, and the copper trim seems to catch people’s attention. These are not waterproof! Don’t forget that.
A more Christian sound, the integrated equalizer does not feel like it improves the sound On the contrary, it makes it dirty, that's why I decided to use it in flat and the bass doesn't reach Low frequency. They constantly turn on without taking them out of the case and I have to turn it off manually. What I expected most was a clear sound worthy of this brand. Maybe an update will improve everything
Perchased this roughly a mouth or two ago and these headphones have been excellent. Amazing sound quality, controls are very simple and takes only roughly a weeks to get used to, the microphone is crystal clears and removes background noise with ease, great product. :)