Hey, Ricky here from Moon Audio.
Today we are going to talk about some noise-canceling headphones.
I'm a big fan of all of these headphones.
We have the Sennheiser Momentum 3, the Sony WH-1000XM3, and the Bose QC35 II.
All of these headphones are pretty consumer-friendly, top of the line.
Bose and Sony are pretty similar as far as their design and overall comfort.
The Sonys are very lightweight, just like the Bose.
They actually implement a touch feature control on the ear cup
so that everything is done outside.
You'll see it has a very minimalist button design.
You basically have your active noise canceling or ambient button and the power button.
That's pretty much it.
The Bose, on the other hand, I call them the "Dad bod" of headphones.
They're not elegant, they're not sleek, they're the businessman noise-canceling headphones,
and if that's what you want then that's great.
Bose implements a button design here on the side, very standard.
As always, Bose is known to be the king of comfort and that pretty much holds true.
And then we have the Sennheiser Momentum 3 which utilize a flip design which automatically
turns on the headphone.
Like the Bose, they implement a button design on the ear cup.
As far as comfort goes, I think they are probably the weakest of the three.
The headphone is minimally padded compared to the other two.
It's also the heaviest of the three, but overall, if you didn't have the other two to compare
it to, it probably wouldn't be an issue for you.
The noise canceling on all three headphones is very good, as you would expect.
The Bose are actually really good at canceling out lower frequencies, so for instance, if
you're traveling on an airplane, it's going to be very effective at canceling out the
hum of the airplane engines.
The Sonys, on the other hand, are better at canceling out mid to higher frequencies.
So if you're in the office and people are talking, it's going to be pretty effective
at canceling that out.
But again, compared to the Bose, they're pretty similar just like the Sennheiser.
The Momentum 3 are probably the weakest noise canceling of the three, but again, just like
the comfort, if you didn't have the other two to compare it to,
you would think they're great. And they are.
Concerning sound quality, all three have a slight variation on sound signature.
The Bose are surprisingly middle-of-the-road.
Bose have been known to be pretty bass-heavy.
The Sonys have the warmest sound signature of the three.
It has more of a consumer-friendly sound, v-shaped on the spectrum.
And then the Sennheiser are like you would expect, more analytical, very forward-sounding.
We recommend pairing them with the Black Dragon.
It's going to help bring out the low end and kind of roll off higher frequencies.
With the Sonys, considering they're the warmest sound signature, we recommend pairing them
with the Silver Dragon. The Silver Dragon is going to bring out more of the
high frequencies, tighten up the bass response
For the Bose, on the other hand, since it's more neutral-sounding, we recommend either
the Silver Dragon or the Bronze Dragon.
The Silver Dragon is going to bring out more detail, the Bronze is actually going to tighten
up the lower frequencies and add a lot of warmth to your music.
One interesting thing to note, considering all of these headphones are battery-powered,
is passive use - If you don't want to use your headphones necessarily in an
active state or with the noise-canceling on.
The only headphones that you can use in passive mode are really the Bose.
The Sonys can be used passively, but without the drivers having an active power source,
your sound fidelity is really going to suffer.
And because of the nature of the design of the Sennheisers, you cannot wear them without
them powering on automatically.
Sennheiser, Bose, and Sony all have their own applications for these headphones allowing
you not only to connect your device, but also configure settings in the application
for the headphone.
The Sony application is probably the most versatile -- allowing you to adjust the actual
noise cancelation, the ambient noise, parametric EQ -- whereas the Sennheisers actually have
one of the coolest features, allowing you to adjust your own personal EQ according to
your sound preferences.
And lastly, talking about battery life, the Sonys come out on top with a whopping thirty
hours of battery life, the Bose with twenty, and then the Sennheisers
come in at seventeen on average.
Ultimately the Sonys come out on top.
Spoiler Alert: the Bose are my own headphones.
I got them a couple years ago without being able to try the Sennheiser and the Sony.
I have to be honest, I made the wrong choice.
For the review and unboxing videos, check the links below.
If you have any questions let us know, and thanks for watching.
We'll catch you next time.