First impressions of the Momentum Free Wireless buds (compared to my wired CX3.00):
Sound quality is surprisingly good, no drop in transmission that I can tell. The lows have more detail and the highs aren’t as shrill so won’t make my ears bleed. I’m crap at judging mids, but they appear roughly the same.
Transmission range is pretty good, I managed to walk around the entire house with my phone in my room and the only place I got a short signal drop was walking up and down the stairs.
In terms of wearing them, they’re not as intrusive or annoying as I thought (though that remains to be seen with real use over the next few days). The buds themselves are a bit bigger than the CX3s, but they seem to share the same plugs and ‘front panel’.
Other things to mention are that battery performance is to be seen, they came with a range of plug sizes and a suprisingly nice, leather (real leather from what I can tell), hardcase. Although, the case is a bit big to fit in pockets.
Overall, I’m liking them so far, they’re good buds. £170 good? Definitely not. £70 good? It’s a little steep, but I’d pay it given that they’re wireless. Would I recommend them? At £70, yeah. Over my CX3s? Only if you’re really that fussed about wires or want the better sound quality. Or if you were an idiot and bought a phone without a jack. Although, bluetooth amps exist. lol
In other news, I finally mamanged to crack my phone. The back at least. I had it on top of my leg while I was sitting down and it slid off and landed on the back. I suspect it only cracked because I botched the panel back on myself. I left a slight air gap which let the glass flex enough to crack it. Previously, the shock would have been dissipated by the aluminium chassis and the electronics.
This is the first time I’ve dropped it since the botch and given what I’ve put it through before (dropping it 1m out of a window onto some rocks, flinging it into my celing and denting my celiing and more) and it not taking any damage, it stands to reason that it likely happened because of my shoddy repair job. Phone still works just fine and I think the cracks look kind of cool, especially with the ruined foil behind the glass. If I don’t like it, I can always put a fake carbon fibre sticker on it.
not really seeing that, but who knows