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Should you buy it?
Buy the Momentum 5 if you want premium ANC headphones that can outlast their battery: Sennheiser claims 57 hours with ANC on, and the cell is user-replaceable behind four screws. Lab testing found they keep noise below 1.1kHz down by about 20dB, 3 to 5dB more than the Momentum 4. Skip them if the strongest ANC comes first, because one review called the noise canceling poor next to Sony and Bose, and it still trails the AirPods Max 2 in lab tests. The default tuning is bass-heavy, the cups lie flat instead of folding, so the case is wide, and there's no water-resistance rating.
Audio-first listeners who want premium headphones they can keep for years.
Flyers who want the strongest ANC, and anyone who needs headphones that fold small.
What other reviewers say
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Sound and looks impress, and battery life reaches about 57 hours.
Read on WIRED ↗Strong value and practical design among flagship ANC headphones.
Read on SoundGuys ↗A long-awaited update that the reviewer felt was worth the wait.
Read on What Hi-Fi? ↗