After angling for a pair of these for my birthday, my luck was in on the day when I unwrapped my wife's present to find these staring back at me!
As you'd expect with Sennheiser, the build quality is good. The base unit is well-designed and sturdy, with a couple of switches discreetly positioned ... Read review
The RS 140 wireless RF headphone system features a switchable dynamic compression system ... more
for excellent speech intelligibility and a balance control for optimum right/left volume adjustment. If necessary, a high output level can be adjusted to compensat...
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The RS 140 wireless RF headphone system features a switchable dynamic compression system ... more
for excellent speech intelligibility and a balance control for optimum right/left volume adjustment. If necessary, a high output level can be adjusted to compensat...
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Advantages: Great build quality, nice sound output Disadvantages: Noticeable drop-off in sound quality if you leave the room
After angling for a pair of these for my birthday, my luck was in on the day when I unwrapped my wife's present to find these staring back at me!
As you'd expect with Sennheiser, the build quality is good. The base unit is well-designed and sturdy, with a couple of switches discreetly positioned at the bottom. The headphones are also well-built and comfortable, resting elegantly on the base unit's cradle to receive their charge. (The ... .../>
Using the headphones themselves is extremely simple: plug the base unit into a "sound source", click the "tuning" button on the headphones and wait until it finds the signal. However, if you're in a house with a lot of other wireless signals, you'll most likely need to choose a different "channel" using the switch on the front of the base unit to find the best signal. It should be noted that the headphone ... more
After angling for a pair of these for my birthday, my luck was in on the day when I unwrapped my wife's present to find these staring back at me!
As you'd expect with Sennheiser, the build quality is good. The base unit is well-designed and sturdy, with a couple of switches discreetly positioned at the bottom. The headphones are also well-built and comfortable, resting elegantly on the base unit's cradle to receive their charge. (The unit comes with a pair of rechargeable batteries as standard.)
Using the headphones themselves is extremely simple: plug the base unit into a "sound source", click the "tuning" button on the headphones and wait until it finds the signal. However, if you're in a house with a lot of other wireless signals, you'll most likely need to choose a different "channel" using the switch on the front of the base unit to find the best signal. It should be noted that the headphone jack on the base unit is also of a good quality, and comes with a gold-plated adapter to allow for use in any device.
The volume can then be adjusted either at the source or via a dial on the headphones themselves. You'll most likely finding yourself adjusting both to get the balance right. (As an aside, there is also a "balance" button the headphones, to allow you to choose the left/right mix. As you'd expect, there's a "click marker" you turn the dial that indicates dead-centre.)
I had my headphones plugged into my Amp, listening to the TV. Sound quality is good (both bass and treble) and will be more than adequate for most people's needs. The quality does drop off if you leave the room that the base unit is in, although I live in a property with solid stone walls, so your own results may vary depending on your layout.
The battery-life is also fine, with no drop-off in quality during several hours' use. It's then back onto the cradle to allow trickle-charging overnight.
So, overall, I'm very happy with these headphones. There are no doubt plenty of audiophiles out there who would perhaps recommend other products but for the rest of us, and at this price, they are excellent.
Advantages: very comfortable, look good. Disadvantages: Average sound unless matched with a decent system.
...cans i came across the Sennheiser RS range and being Sennheiser i expected great things. but i wasnt blown away by these headphones. Dnt get me wrong as usual with Sennheiser these are the best wireless headphones about that your not going to pay ridiculous money for. But as far as wireless headphones go, i've yet to try a convincing pair in the £50-£100 price range. I recomend that if you are looking for headphones to listen to T.V, Films etc, then ... ...surround sound function witch does work rather well, the open back design gives an airy natural sound aswell. But if your looking for a pair of headphones to listen to music through, then go for the RS 140's the treble is richer and the bass has more presance due to the closed back design. However there are a few issues to consider before going ahead and buying these cans,The wireless funtion is operated on an FM frequency, this is annoying as there ...
Daveeeeee- 16.04.2007
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Headphones ( phone stereo 6.25 mm ), 1 x headphones ( mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm )
Manufacturer's product description
The RS 140 wireless RF headphone system features a switchable dynamic compression system for excellent speech intelligibility and a balance control for optimum right/left volume adjustment. If necessary, a high output level can be adjusted to compensate for moderate hearing loss. Enjoy wireless freedom of sound with exceptional sound adaptation.
