A very accomplished set of true wireless earbuds if you can stomach the hefty price tag.
But fortunately, you now have the option to completely remap the touch controls through the accompanying Smart Control app, or even turn them off entirely, thus bidding goodbye to accidentally taps.
Like the MTW1, the MTW2 features 7mm dynamic drivers and whether it was movies, music or games, I simply couldn’t find any fault with the earbuds. Sound was rich, crisp, and balanced, and detailed across the spectrum.
The MTW2’s new active noise-cancelling feature worked well in cancelling out low rumbles but did not perform as admirably otherwise. It doesn’t quite create a vacuum in your head like Sony’s WF-1000XM3, and you will still be able to hear normal or higher pitch noises leaking through if your music is not loud enough. On the upside, however, it places little to no pressure on my ears so I didn’t find it too uncomfortable. In fact, I totally forgot that active noise-cancelling was turned on after a while.
I highly recommend turning on the “transparent hearing” feature on the earbuds when you’re out and about so that you can hear traffic coming towards you. This is a feature carried over from the MTW1 that uses the mic to pick out your surrounding sounds and play them back to you in realtime. It works very well and will help you pay better attention to your environment. Naturally, this feature is mutually exclusive with the active noisecancelling -- they can’t both be used at the same time.
Call quality was also decent. As I’m working from home, I took a whole day of conference calls with the MTW2 and no one complained. The only feedback I received was that I sounded too far away at certain points during the call. It’s not perfect, but it’s not a dealbreaker either.
All the good stuff from the MTW1 made its way into the Momentum True Wireless 2 , and then some.
It’s an outstanding pair of true wireless earphones with great sound and some neat features like active noise-cancellation and IPX4 water resistance. What’s more, the battery drain issue has been fixed.
Perhaps the biggest stumbling block is cost. At $449, it may be slightly less expensive than the model it replaces, but it’s still a pricey headphone and more expensive than both the Apple AirPods Pro and the Sony WF-1000XM3.