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| Sennheiser RS120 926 MHz Wireless RF Headphones with Charging Cradle | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sennheiser
Category: CE
List Price: $109.95
Buy New: $68.25
You Save: $41.70 (38%)
New (53) Used (1) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  562 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery: 1 Rechargeable NiMH
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 8.8 x 5.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: RS120
Model: RS120
UPC: 615104099227
EAN: 0615104099227
ASIN: B0001FTVEK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Perfect! Almost October 16, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
My wife bought these headphones for me last Christmas (2004). I was thrilled and surprised. At first I did not think I would use them that much but I use them all the time. I use them at least 3 hours everyday. They have held up extremely well. The batteries are still holding a charge. Sometime the reception is not what it could be. You can certainly walk around the house freely but you will experience static in certain spots. Duh....it's wireless so you will have some sometimes. But 10 feet from the movie or ballgame is perfect always.
Sennheiser RS-120 Wireless Headphones-Good Sound October 12, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I like the RS-120 wireless headphones. Light weight, comfortable, good sound. Work well on my treadmill. I like the fact that I can simply place them back on the attractive stand and they are automatically connected to the charger. I do not have to connect a charger cord. The instructions say that they cannot over-charge. They are expensive, however.
Exceeded my expectations August 12, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I really rely on user reviews when buying unfamiliar technology, so when I was tempted to by a cheap IR wireless headset, I started reading reviews. I quickly decided to go with RF instead of IR because I wanted to walk all over the house, outside, etc.
But there were tons of choices. The reviews kept taking me back to the Sennheiser RS-120, so I bought one. They are great!
They are comfortable to wear, and the sound quality is great. I can walk anywhere in the house or in my backyard or front yard, and there's no problem with reception.
What I really love is the way they stay charged. The headphones are equiped with rechargeable batteries, and when you drop the headset back in it's cradle, it charges automatically. Two hidden metal contact points in the headband automatically make contact with the metal points on the charger, so you don't have to plug them in. They are always ready.
Now my wife wants her own set.
At least I can hear the TV now August 3, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
These headphones are a pretty good deal. I am somewhat hard of hearing, and the television was so much of a challenge for me to hear (without blasting out the rest of the house) that I had pretty much quit watching. I watched a show using these headphones and my wife DIDN'T complain about how loud it was, so they worked for me.
The sound quality and frequency response seems pretty good (I'm a former musician, which is why I'm hard of hearing). I found that dialing in the tuning was somewhat challenging - the sweet spot is very small. The charger/rack is not offensive-looking and it's easy to hang up the headphones to keep them charged.
After watching a movie, my ears were somewhat sweaty - the foam pads don't breathe very well. The unit otherwise seems very well-built and sturdy. I expect these headphones to last much longer than most TV shows.
 Good but not great August 3, 2005
283 out of 287 found this review helpful
This is the first product review I've written on Amazon, but I really felt the need, because I felt somewhat deceived by the huge amount of 5 star reviews for these headphones.
Don't get me wrong, these are decent headphones. I am satisfied with them and I will not be returning them. But there are significant problems, the biggest of which is the ubiquitous hiss. Contrary to many of the other reviews, I found this hiss to be *quite* noticeable. I suppose that is just a fact of life with wireless headphones, but it really is quite annoying, particularly during quiet passages or when stretching the limits of the range.
Speaking of range, it is true as other reviewers said that you can still get a "reasonable" signal at a remarkable distance (it beats my wi-fi network in terms of range). But I find that if I stray more than 15 feet or so from the base, I can notice a gradual reduction in quality, an increase in the volume of the hiss, and occasional whisps of static. I have fiddled with the channel setting and tuning knob quite extensively, and these issues still remain. I am probably a little pickier than the average person, but I do not consider myself an audiophile by any means -- so if *I'm* noticing the quality loss, it's pretty significant.
Now the good news: When you are in the same room as the base and the music is loud enough to drown out the hiss, these headphones sound pretty darn good, at least to my untrained ears. All frequencies are filled out nicely (I did not find it lacking in bass at all) and I don't get that headache-y too-much-treble feeling that I get from extended listening on lousy earbuds.
As other reviewers mentioned, it was a poor choice to put the volume knob and tuning knob right next to each other, but this is very manageable with practice.
In summary, these ain't bad for wireless headphones -- but don't let all those 5-star reviews fool you into thinking you aren't going to pay a significant price for that freedom.
Edit: Since writing the initial review, I figured out what the deal is with these. Whether as a side effect of FM transmission or by design, somewhere along the way this device is causing a pretty aggressive automatic gain control on the signal. A loud signal will cause the headphones to immediately adjust quieter, while they will adjust more gradually to a quiet signal, slowly bringing the level up.
This more or less ruins music that has a lot of dynamics, though *most* modern music will sound more or less okay because of the way it is mastered. The AGC is also the cause of the infamous "hiss" that you hear when your signal is low (it keeps boosting the signal level until you hear noise). I find that keeping the input volume really high diminishes these problems somewhat, but of course then you have to be careful you aren't getting clipping. And it doesn't eliminate the problems altogether.
It's a pity, because the headphones themselves sound great. But the automatic gain control really interferes with certain music, and as a result my review stays at 3 stars.
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