Sennheiser RS 175 digital wireless over-ear headphones - bass boost and surround sound for home and TV entertainment systems, black

Have it for around 1.5 years, used it almost every single day. I am not a sound fanatic but appreciate a quality sound, so my budget is usually noticeably higher than average price for headphones/earphones. Used headphones for music, games, calls and movies.Pros:- Great sound quality at this price point- Isolation is good- Range is good too- Very comfortable with or without wearing glasses (if you have soft fabric earpads). Didn't wear original earpads because I prefer fabric ones. My head or ears never felt tired even after many hours.- The buttons on the headphones are nice, easy to find without looking and easy to press- Surround sound is made really well, even though it's artificial. You definitely feel in an open space.- The battery holds wellCons- Earpads it comes with are OK but the best experience you'll have is with soft fabric. (Buy earpads for RS185, they fit RS175 as well.)- I believe some people will feel that headphones press the head a bit but that feeling should be gone very soon. Some probably will appreciate this because it offers a better isolation. So this point is both - pro/con.- When you change sound 'modes' - bass, low-high surround: the sound disappears for a split second, wish it wouldn't but I believe it's due to technical reasons,as the transmitter needs to send 'custom' sound to your headphones. Personally, I rarely used different modes because the headphones are just simply very good.- After taking off headphones from the base, you need to press and hold the button on the headphones to turn it on. I wish a user would need to double press or just simply press the button, because it's a bit tiring to press and hold a button for 2s when you put headphones back on the base frequently.- If sometimes your headphones go to sleep, you need to put it back on the base to reconnect.As above, there are 3 modes (bass, low surround, high surround): Bass gives more bass (of course), nothing unusual, if you are ready to sacrifice all other sounds for more bass, just do it. Used surround sound in games, movies - an interesting experience, but you can hear all your enemies around really well even without this special mode. Honestly, you get used to the surround sound so quickly, that you forget even having it, so didn't use 'surround' mode often because I prefer natural sound and just wanted to buy good wireless headphones. Overall, really happy with my purchase, would buy again.

I must say straight away that I am not an expert or aficionado on hi-fi sound and know very little about the technical terminology used to describe the quality of sound. Some expert reviews I have read seem to be describing a fine wine, using fancy terminology that can only be understood by their peers. Sadly, I just know what sounds good to my own ears.My requirements were simple. I wanted to be able to listen to TV/DVD at a sound level that I could enjoy without disturbing either me wife or the neighbours.I have previously owned a pair of Sennheiser RS 180 headphones and they sounded really good, but we parted company as I was only able to connect them to my tv via the headphone socket. This meant that the tv speakers were muted and nobody could hear the tv except me. As a consequence I rarely used the headphones.Having read lots of reviews I initially plumped for a very expensive pair of Sony headphones. Unfortunately these were very disappointing and didn't live up to their hype. Possibly due to me only having a stereo signal? I returned them and ordered the Sennheiser RS 175 headphones.These were very well packaged and I soon had them connected to the tv. I didn't use the cables supplied as I had read in previous reviews that the quality was questionable. I can't say if this is true, except I must say that they did seem flimsy. I attached a spare branded optical lead that I had to the tv and a branded audio lead to my iPhone to test the Analog output.I tried the iPhone first and played a couple of Adele singles, very impressive, very clear and given that the signal was coming from my iPhone the volume was much louder than I had expected and far greater and better than the Sony phones that I had returned.I then tried the optical output from the tv. Again, this was very good. I tried the bass boost and the virtual surround sound. I found that the bass was good without the boost and that, when activated, there was a noticeable increase in the depth of bass. The surround sound didn't really impress when listening to the tv, but it did seem to improve when watching a DVD even though the signal was being sent through the tv.I watched Man of Steel (Superman) on blu ray and the combination of bass boost and surround sound certainly made a significant difference to the quality of sound. Background noises that were previously not heard suddenly appeared and explosions sometimes caught me off guard and actually made me jump!Although made of plastic, the quality of the headphones is very very good and not the least bit flimsy. The headphones did generate a bit of heat around the ears, but this seemed to dissipate after a while to the point where I didn't notice it. As far as the 'fit', I didn't find them to be too tight around the head and think that when the newness wears of, they should be very comfortable. I didn't have any problems using the controls on the right earpiece and actually think that the ease of use is one of the significant improvements/features that Sennheiser have come up with.When I first used the headphones, I didn't fit the rechargeable batteries provided as the first time that you charge them, the phones should be left on their stand uninterrupted for 16 hours. As I wanted to give them a good test before charging them, I inserted two AAA batteries whilst testing the equipment, then swapped them for the rechargeable ones when I had finished.Overall, I have no reservations about buying these headphones. Unlike my experience of some manufacturers, they actually do what they are supposed to do and do it exceptionally well.

Firstly, I already have a pair of Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless Bluetooth Cans which can be truly awesome sounding beasts for playing music from the Hi-Fi at home or anywhere else. However, I found that using these B & W’s, the range of the Bluetooth signal before sound cut-outs / drop offs occur, in my house at least, is abysmally short: sometimes shorter than 3.5 metres which is very annoying.I therefore decided to try some RF Wireless Cans which manufacturer’s claim have a clearway range of up to 100 metres, so I purchased a pair of these Sennheiser RS175’s based on that claim and the very favourable reviews they got here on Amazon and other websites. Unfortunately, with these Sennheisers, the sound cut-outs / drop offs are STILL happening in the same rooms of the house where the signal has too many obstacles/walls to contend with, although there is an improvement over Bluetooth. If I’m wearing these Cans say 3 metres from the Transmitter, I have to keep my head in one direction to hear sound in some rooms or the garden. As for the sound quality, they are not too bad but are clearly made for people who watch TV, movies and play games rather than for serious Hi Fi music fans. The pseudo surround sound and bass boost features can make for exciting noises for your ears from any form of recorded sound. These Headphones are very comfortable to wear. Overall, if you want a good sounding pair of wireless Headphones for multi media generally, these may well meet your needs.!!!

Perfect for me - I use them in conjunction with digital guitar effects for home practice and there is no discernible delay (unlike with my bluetooth earbuds).