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VERSUS TRUE WIRELESS IN-EARS

Active noise-cancellation has been added, but we didn’t

miss it last time around because passive isolation was so

strong – and it’s the same here. The touch controls remain

the best in the business, and there’s an app for EQ tweaks.

Touch-sensitive controls let you tap either bud to play

and pause, skip tracks and answer calls. Long presses are

customisable through the app – and unlike the original

Buds, these support both Android and Apple devices.

It’s no surprise to find the sonic signature unchanged.

There’s a kind of casual fidelity to the sound from the 7mm

full-range dynamic drivers that makes them a pleasure to

listen to, no matter what sort of stuff you want to hear.

Samsung has doubled up on drivers, with each bud housing

a dedicated tweeter and woofer tuned by AKG. Audio quality

is a step up, with real separation between instruments and

vocals. Everything feels balanced, neutral and clean.

Despite being smaller than their predecessors, Senny’s

new true wireless buds share the same shape and look,

right down to the textured touch-surface – and build

quality is, as is usual with Sennheiser, impeccable.

It’s hard to tell the Buds+ apart from last year’s svelte effort,

and that’s not a criticism. Noise isolation is great – important

as there’s no ANC – although an IPX2 rating means running

in anything more than light drizzle could be a bad idea.

Connectivity Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C

Battery life 11hrs, 22hrs with case

Water-resistance IPX2

Weight 2x 6.3g, 40g case

Connectivity Bluetooth 5.1, USB-C

Battery life 7hrs, 28hrs with case

Water-resistance IPX4

Weight 2x 6g, 58g case

O Price £279 / stuff.tv/MTW 2 O Price £159 / stuff.tv/BudsPlus

In the battle of the sequels, Senny just edges it on sound and touch-control finesse

1. DESIGN


2. SOUND


3. SMARTS

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Samsung

Galaxy Buds+

Sennheiser Momentum

True Wireless 2

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Watt you need

The Samsungs are

also a sequel, and

the big news here is

better drivers than

the original (also

five-star) Buds.

New Senn-sation

Sennheiser’s

second true

wireless in-ears

add ANC to what

was already a Stuff

five-star product.

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