Its December that means that the holidays are upon us and for most of us that means fun, food, and family, while the holiday cheer might be spreading as more family and friends turn up at your home the need to have a little quiet time will also present itself and that is where the RS 160 wireless headphones from Sennheiser kick in.
Design and Build
The cup design is over the ear and the material is a soft foam with equally soft leatherette covering them, the result is a comfortable and light fit. The material offers some degree of sound blocking but the world is not exactly cut off from you if you are wearing them and not listening to anything. Due to the nature of the material wearing these headphones will cause your ears to sweat (not ideal for a workout), but I only experienced a minimal amount of said sweat . As I mentioned before the headphones are light and I soon forgot I was even wearing the, even after several hours of use I only had to take them off to talk to people so that I wouldn't end up shouting at them. The headphones are built from plastic so you probably don’t want to be dropping them, the design however while not striking is still pretty good its in mostly matte black with just a few shiny accents. Overall the design is good but I have serious reservations regarding the durability.
The Setup
The setup was not complicated at all 2-5 min and I was good to go, the wireless base station can either be plugged in via AC adapter (that comes provided) or you can pop in two AA batteries and power it on. Next there is a 3.5MM cable that you plug into the base station, while the other end gets plugged into any other device that accepts a 3.5MM plug such as your phone, TV, tablet, computer, etc. Next you twist each ear cup lightly to the left which will reveal the speaker and a port in which you can place a AAA battery (rechargeable AAA batteries are included) after that press the power button and the headphones and the base station and you are good to go.
Sound
The sound quality is quite good much better than I expected out of a set of wireless cans some of the songs I used to test this Beautiful People-Chris Brown feat Benny Benassi, Gold Dust- Dj Fresh (dubstep mix), Someone Like You- Adele, One- Swedish House Mafia, Sweat- Snoop Dogg/feat David Guetta, Party Rock- LMFAO. The sound is clean and crisp not muddy at all, there is some bass but it lacks depth it starts off well but just doesn't quite reach there, but its an overall enjoyable experience on a side note you will hear absolutely nothing if someone is trying to speak to you as the sound engulfs you.
The Wrap-up
At USD$125 on Amazon they are moderately priced and with the ability to connect up to 4 additional headsets to one base station so you and a couple friends could tune into the same movie might be a selling point for some I believe these headphones sell themselves with the rock solid wireless performance, crystal clear audio, great value and freedom of movement they provide.
