Fairly Great But Not Without Its Faults - Sennheiser Rs120 Wireless Headphones Review
Posted by Kay Stanford Jr Kastum at 2:09 AMIf the game is going very well and lasting a long time I don't feel like my ears are rubbing off. If I had one suggestion it would be this, and forgive me because I'm an engineer. Battery life was great; the original batteries are still going strong. The Sound I thought was great.
The biggest plus for the Sennheiser is construction. The pioneers broke where the yoke holds the individual cans the head strap. They have the advantage of distance over the pioneers. The pioneers have more volume but these are OK.
The headphones when used, seem to often (can happen many times a day) disrupt the wireless internet connection, and possibly the mouse and the keyboard, but I'm not sure about those. I'll try more settings soon.
You can listen to quieter things like dialogue without that annoying ever-present hissing though, thank goodness. I guess it all comes down to your source, but plugged into a good receiver they can work very well, especially if you turn them up a step.
I am impressed I can hear things on my games I never knew existed and the music and television is awesome. Plus these are much more comfortable than the older set that I had. If you never need the source to be on at the same time you are using the 180's, this will not be an issue for you. For me, it is very typical for the TV to be on for others while I am using the headphones. There is even much more of a 5:1 effect than I get with my room system (which is also fantastic). So - I wouldn't even consider any other model, or for that matter, any other brand than the Sennheiser. Well, it just has to be said. These are brilliant headphones in terms of undisturbed sound transmission and quality of sound. They play fine all throughout the day so they are full charged each morning. When you take the headphones off, you must press the ON button on the base unit, and then press the power button on the headphones before they will work.
This was, no doubt, influenced by the headphone amp of my 5200ES. You would think a $1500.00 dollar receiver could do better, but alas that is a nit that I shall pick another day. With a bit more smarts, the headphones could be made to standby in a low power mode, then ramp up when it detected a signal from the transmitter. Maybe that's too much to ask for the price.
On the other hand, if the earphone charging station and transmitter were separated, I guess they might both need AC power, which would increase the cost of the unit. There is also a split-second delay between the time you hear something on the TV speakers, and the time you hear the same thing on the headphones.
The biggest plus for the Sennheiser is construction. The pioneers broke where the yoke holds the individual cans the head strap. They have the advantage of distance over the pioneers. The pioneers have more volume but these are OK.
The headphones when used, seem to often (can happen many times a day) disrupt the wireless internet connection, and possibly the mouse and the keyboard, but I'm not sure about those. I'll try more settings soon.
You can listen to quieter things like dialogue without that annoying ever-present hissing though, thank goodness. I guess it all comes down to your source, but plugged into a good receiver they can work very well, especially if you turn them up a step.
I am impressed I can hear things on my games I never knew existed and the music and television is awesome. Plus these are much more comfortable than the older set that I had. If you never need the source to be on at the same time you are using the 180's, this will not be an issue for you. For me, it is very typical for the TV to be on for others while I am using the headphones. There is even much more of a 5:1 effect than I get with my room system (which is also fantastic). So - I wouldn't even consider any other model, or for that matter, any other brand than the Sennheiser. Well, it just has to be said. These are brilliant headphones in terms of undisturbed sound transmission and quality of sound. They play fine all throughout the day so they are full charged each morning. When you take the headphones off, you must press the ON button on the base unit, and then press the power button on the headphones before they will work.
This was, no doubt, influenced by the headphone amp of my 5200ES. You would think a $1500.00 dollar receiver could do better, but alas that is a nit that I shall pick another day. With a bit more smarts, the headphones could be made to standby in a low power mode, then ramp up when it detected a signal from the transmitter. Maybe that's too much to ask for the price.
On the other hand, if the earphone charging station and transmitter were separated, I guess they might both need AC power, which would increase the cost of the unit. There is also a split-second delay between the time you hear something on the TV speakers, and the time you hear the same thing on the headphones.
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