SennheiserHD 450BT Wireless Headphones with active noice cancellation, black

I had these for several weeks before I gave this to my sister and upgraded to B & W PX7.They come with a cloth carrying case but I recommend buying a hard case for these.They are built really well and no creaks or sounds when you use them.I like the looks of these headphones. They're very subtle and don't look "In your face". If you like that sort of thing you will like these.Sound Quality is quite good. Good bass, Good vocals and everything. Also these are very comfortable and lightweight. Ear cups are not the best will cause a little bit of sweating but it's nothing major.Noise cancellation is also decent for the price. Controlled by a button in the headphones but there is not confirmation of it turning on or off. You have to rely on your ears to figure out if the NC is on or off.Battery life is excellent. You can easily go one week without having to charge these.You can connect this to 2 devices at a time. You pause music in one device and play on the other these will switch over. Also if you receive a call on your phone while you're using this on your laptop, These will switch automatically to the phone call.Now to the things I don't like , My minor gripes about these are that they don't pause automatically when they are taken off from your ears (PX7s do). Also they do not go into standby or shut down when not in use (Again PX7s have this). But for the price I think it's acceptable.Also volume is not that loud. you need to have these around 80% volume to be loud enough (My testing device is an iPhone 11 Pro Max) (My PX7s are much louder and bass heavy than this but they cost more than twice)Overall I think it's a great pair of headphones you can buy for this price. I cannot think of anything better unless you want to exceed the 200 pound mark.

The sound is incredible. Pair these with an app or device that has an EQ and you can have any sound you like, you can do the U shape of garbage headphones like Ankers and Beats, where it's all bass, no mids and full treble so you can't hear a damn thing but it's loud (fun sometimes), or leave it flat and hear EVERYTHING. Listen to Driver's Licence with these on and you can hear Olivia Rodrigo hitting the pedal on the piano, which is nuts. The sound quality is incredibly good, and completely devoid of the marketing garbage you find on more fashion-friendly headphones.The sound cancelling is not really sound cancelling, more like sound muting. I have autism so it makes the city center bearable, and at home I can't hear any appliances whirring, but turning it on and off the main difference is that external sounds become clearer when it's off, not suddenly apparent like it completely got rid of them.Ignore the reviews that mention the beeping issue, that was fixed in a software update a while ago now.I love them, get them immediately if medium sound cancelling isn't a dealbreaker for you, as everything else is perfect, the fit is great, the sound is fabulous, the build quality is solid and they are very very comfortable.

These headphones offer excellent value for money at this mid-range price point even if they are let down by a few quirks.The biggest positive for me is the sound quality. They sound great, with a good reproduction overall that is only ever-so-slightly bass heavy (which is fairly normal for headphones, let's face it). EQ can of course be tweaked if this is not to your liking. Music sounds well integrated across the spectrum, but not to the extent that there is any muddiness. They are comparable with some pricier wireless headphones that I've used and had to return for various reasons.Build quality seems good, and the earpads are replaceable. Battery life is good, easily lasting a couple of weeks of my commute.I like having physical controls as have always found touch controls let me down. I have no issue with having all controls on the right hand side can. Once familiar, they work well. The rocker is a little spongy to 'click in', and it would have been better if it felt more tactile, but I haven't struggled to use it. The dedicated voice assistant button is either something you'll use all the time or, like me, completely ignore. As others have said, volume control could be a little more granular and doesn't feel like it's quite linear.Connectivity is good, and the app worked fine on my phone.The head band fit is good for me as someone with an above-average head size. The cans themselves are a little small, so if you have big ears you may find them uncomfortable. I'm someone that generally finds headphones comfortable as long as they aren't pressing too tight, and I get on well with these.There are two camps when it comes to ANC (active nose cancelling). Some want ANC to act as a sound deprivation chamber, completely silencing the outside world. You won't get that level of ANC at this price, and you certainly don't get it here. The other camp wants ANC to dull external sounds, allowing music and podcasts to be clearly audible when out and about in noisy environments. The 450BTs do that, but only just. These headphones are definitely behind the competition when it comes to ANC. On the London Underground they take the edge off the loud background noise but don't significantly reduce it. It's just about good enough to take away the worst of the background noise so you can clearly hear what you are playing, but you won't be able to hear music well below a medium volume. If you need your headphones' ANC to, for example, silence the sound of co-workers in an office, then this is not the product for you.For calls, these headphones inexplicably switch to a sort of ambient sound mode, using the mic to play your own voice through the headphones. This unfortunately also includes background noise picked up by the mic, making calls very difficult in loud situations. It's hugely distracting to hear amplified background noise over the sound of your caller. I really wish you could turn this off, but as someone that doesn't take too many calls I can live with it.The headphones fold but not in a way that makes them flat. They fold directly upwards into the headband compacting the headphones into a cuboid that is as wide as an individual headphone, where as others on the market twist the headphones to fold flat which makes them easier to pack in a bag. So while the fold is nice to have, they aren't ultra portable.In summary, if you want to listen to music at home or out and about then these headphones are a great buy. If you have more specific needs, it's worth checking that none of the flaws that the 450BTs have is a dealbreaker for you.

Bought these for my husband. He loves them. Very sleek looking. Good quality and best of all I can't hear his music! Love that they can charge & be used at the same time. Fair price.