Sennheiser RS120 926 MHz Wireless RF Headphones with Charging Cradle
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Customer Review: Easy set up, Excellent sound quality - a fantastic gift.
Summary: 4 Stars
I asked for these as a Christmas Gift and little did I know what a favor I was doing for myself. On Christmas morning I took them out of the box, very simply connected the two wires into the back of the Television and plugged the charger into the wall. I thought I'd figure it all out when we got home from the Family Dinner.
That evening I put on the headset wondering how difficult it was going to be to set it all up and was amazed to find that it was already working. I had anticipated a complicated kind of nightmare involving the menu on the television (of which the original remote has long since disappeared..) but no, this was a hundred times easier than I expected. There was no set up procedure. Just put it on and go. So, once I got over that pleasant surprise, I discovered the fantastic sound quality. I even listened to the absolute rubbish they were playing on MTV just to check out the surround sound feel of it all. Amazing. I've watched a couple of movies that I've seen before and I was surprised to hear all kinds of extra comments and sounds that I didn't hear the first time around. I'm definitely buying a set of these for my Father-in-law as he wears a hearing aid and would really appreciate the many benefits they would have to offer him. If I had to fault them, then there are only two small aspects, and they might be peculiar to me, I don't know. I find if I bend over while wearing them, they will slip off my head. The other thing is that, after wearing them for about five or six hours, my left ear begins to ache a little. I think that both of these problems are due to the fact that you cannot adjust the width of the headset, only the height. But they're still great. I just hold onto them when I'm brushing my teeth and make sure to adjust them forward a bit if I feel my ear begin to ache. Finally, another great thing is how easy it is to recharge them. When I'm finished for the evening, I just sit them back on the cradle, and that wire touches off a pair of exposed metal strips in the headband part and hey presto, the charging light comes straight on, no messing about. I love this product and think all televisions should automatically come with at least one pair.
Customer Review: Good, but not awesome
Summary: 4 Stars
The RS120 headphones are pretty nice for what they are. In my home, you will find my infant son who goes to bed at 7:30. Meanwhile, daddy likes to stay up late while playing Call Of Duty 4 on Xbox without waking up the little monster.
They work well for what I use them for. They were easy enough to setup out of the box, not much tweaking needed to dial in the best sound. I personally do not like analog tuners, but this headset does have a tuner dial to help tweak the reception. I would prefer specific "channels" to put the base and / or headset on, but I can live with the analog dial. Turning your head or moving around may yield some slight static attenuation. My primary usage has been about a ten foot distance from the base.
Speaking of the base, it is very light. Much lighter than the headphones, so it has a tendency to tip over when you are placing the headphones on the base. I would recommend mounting the base on a wall so it is firmly secured.
I have worn more comfortable headphones, but these aren't bad for medium to long gaming sessions or movies. The headphone cups press against the ear and do not fit around the ear. This is fine for me, as I need to be able to hear my son if he wakes up. However, if I were looking for total sound isolation and comfort, I would prefer a headphone with complete ear coverage. Since they press against the ear, they can become uncomfortable after a longer than normal (3+ hour) usage period.
Before I made the purchase, my wife questioned the need for headphones. Now that she has used them as well, she wants me to order a set for her. Luckily for her, I can order another pair of headphones that will work with this base so we both can enjoy the same audio source.
Overall, this is probably one of the best wireless headphone kits you can get for this amount of coin. The *really* good ones cost 6-8x as much, and only marginally increase sound quality and / or comfort. To me, that's beyond the point of diminishing returns. This kit has amazing value. Plus they are Sennheiser cans, so you know the quality and attention to detail is there.
Customer Review: Works Fine for me
Summary: 5 Stars
It works fine for me. I came to Amazon's website looking for a wireless headphones and this came up in my search and a few others. For some strange reason I settled on this one despite it being a little more expensive than others. I started reading the reviews before purchasing. Most were positive and some were very negative. I took both into consideration and thought to myself the problems people were talking about seem to be isolated. So I made the plunge. I am happy to say all is good so far. I used Amazon Prime, ordered it on Thursay and got it on Friday. It charges fine. I fell asleep with it on last night and it was still working fine when I got up. The volume is loud, which was the one thing I was worried about and from some of the reviews that gave me concern because if I had trouble hearing then I was sending it back. I am hearing impaired and can only hear from one ear so if the sound was too low then it wouldn't be worth it to keep it. But the volume is just fine. I haven't walked around my house to see the range I get yet, but that is not why I bought it. I just need it to listen to the tv late at night while my Aunt sleeps over in the next bedroom. I initally hooked it up to the Audio out ports but I didn't get anything when I did that. So I used the headphone adapter that was included and plugged it into my headphone port on the TV and used the Channels and tunning button and I got reception and everything is working fine. I recall someone writing a review saying that everytime they turn it off they have to retune to get reception again. Taht only happened to me once. When I turn it off I put it on the cradle but I don't let the metal connect. I let the headphones rest on the cushion while on the cradle. I leave the headphone adapter connected to the tv. Then when I want to use them. I plug the cradle back into the power outlet and move the headphones so it gets a momentary charge (meaning I let the metal touch the cradle) then I turn them on and Voila I don't have to retune it. Whatever is on the TV I immediately hear it. I would suggest that for those of you experiencing that problem. I have even suggested my mom get a pair.Customer Review: Very good, but not quite excellent
Summary: 4 Stars
I would probably give these a 4.5 if Amazon would let me, but I'll have to skew lower on the grading curve than higher.
These babies are beautiful and function very well. It's an easy setup - you plug in the power, use the headphone port adapter if needed (as the regular cords output to L/R white and red audio), and put the phones on the base to charge. It'll charge, and when you start to play music, it will automatically turn on the phones (provided you've turned the switch on the phones themselves to the on position) and begin broadcasting.
For the most part, all of this works without issue. The first thing I noticed - and this isn't really explained in any documentation - is that there's no on/off indicator. There's charge and (I forget the exact word) broadcast. Which is somewhat confusing at first, as I wanted there to be indication on the charging base itself. A stupid move on my part, but oh well.
Second problem is that the tuning will be a little more annoying than I'd like it to be - i.e., the auto-tune feature of the RS-130s (the set that is a step above these) might be more worthwhile than I thought (and thus skipped out on). It doesn't take much to tune to your music, but it's annoying juuuuuuuuust enough to make me notice it. This goes hand in hand with the fact that sometimes you'll lose signal (even if you're not moving) and it'll make a loud annoying "snow" sound.
And then there's the last problem - the infamous "falls off your head" issue, which is sometimes augmented to "falls off your head when you lay down." True, the headphones dont' clamp down on your head, but they are tight enough. You just need to be aware that they will slip off if you move too quickly.
All in all, these are wonderful headphones and I'd definitely recommend them. They are stylish, the ear covers are a soft fabric (not foam!), they work well, and are the perfect solution to keeping music personal and hassle-free. I imagine I will use them for years until I decide to get a higher-quality (read: more expensive) set. Highly recommended, just not the end-all be-all solution.
Customer Review: Aweful "Cutout" was due to wrong connection to Home Theater
Summary: 5 Stars
THE GOOD: I've owned these earphones for 1.5 years now. I got them so I could hear the TV over the noise of my two young sons. They worked like a dream and I loved being able to turn the TV volume down all the way during their nap time and be able to watch my shows at a high earphone volume and not wake them. I am really thrilled that I can move around the house, do laundry, dishes, and still hear the TV without blasting everyone in the house. My only dislike is that they are a bit big on my head so sometimes when I am moving around the house, I will add a knit hat over them to secure them better to my head. But it is not a problem at all when I am sitting and watching from one location.
THE BAD: The trouble began after we moved. I thought maybe the new house had "interference" that was causing the base unit power to suddenly shut off, causing the earphones to static in my ears at an unusually loud volume. So I moved the base around to different areas around the TV hoping for improvement, to no avail. My husband tried plugging them into various outlets behind the TV, Home Theater System, etc. But I ended up giving up and put them away for months.
THE GOOD AGAIN: One day I dug them out, really wanting to watch a movie without the distractions of my noisy house (er, boys). I looked through the reviews on Amazon to see if anyone had figured out a fix to this problem. Mostly I concluded that people gave up. But since I knew that these earphones worked perfectly at our last house and NO electronic equipment had been changed, there must be a simple solution. I got my husband involved (again) and after many tries at connecting the base into the home theater system into places where the earphone worked (and then later turned off and went to static) we eventually found the RIGHT place to plug them in and VIOLA!!!! I've been happy . . . thrilled . . . even delighted every since. And as an added bonus, my youngest son has been having trouble with his ears and will soon get tubes. Until them, the earphones belong to him (otherwise he blasts us with volume since he cannot hear well).