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Sennheiser RS 140 Wireless Balanced Headphones | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sennheiser
Category: CE
Buy New: £84.99
New (10) from £84.99
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 5409
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 8.7 x 5.5
MPN: 500272
Model: 500272
EAN: 4044156001883
ASIN: B0007WGSMU
Release Date: December 5, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new stock in original packaging. 2 year warranty, AUTHORISED DISTRIBUTOR. Orders received by 14.00 are despatched next working day. 7 day refund if dissatisfied (less p&p)
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| Features:
| • | Cordless Design | | • | Three selectable RF channels | | • | Automatic search tuning with memory function | | • | Type: Cordless Design | | • | Three selectable RF channels |
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Product Description
Sennheiser RS 140 headphones are closed RF wireless headphones that are equipped with balance control and switchable compression for better speech intelligibility. The headphones are also able to go loud, so they are ideal if a bit of extra volume is needed, while their closed design prevents sound leakage. In addition, the headphones are user-friendly thanks to their easy recharge function and intelligent auto-tuning. And the self-learning auto-tuner ensures that the headphones always reproduce an optimum audio level. Their excellent sound image with outstanding bass response makes them ideal for watching television or DVDs, as well as listening to all types of music. Combining comfort with a great sound experience, the RS 140 headphones are great wireless headphones that allow you to wallow in aural heaven.SpecificationFrequency response: 18-21,000 Hz Sound pressure level: 110dB SPL Distortion:<0.5% Transducer type: dynamic, closed Connector: 3.5 / 6.3mm stereo plug Battery: 2 x AAA rechargeable NiMH batteries Weight: 280g including batteriesTransmitter: Modulation: FM stereo RF frequency range: 863-865MHz or 926-928MHz Range: up to 150m (up to 100m at 926MHz) Signal-to-noise ratio:> 68dB (A) Power: 9V DC power adapter Operating time: 20-25 hours Dimensions: 85 x 225 x 133mm Weight: 430g Compatible withAllMP3 players, CD players, DVD players, Hi-Fi systemsand portable game systems.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Flexible (almost unbreakable) headset, great sound! October 2, 2008
Christos Sc. (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After one and a half years of daily use I am still enjoying them as day one. I haven't changed the battery yet. I find this product an essential for watching TV and movies on my PC without disturbing the neighbors. I am very selective about my sound products and I consider myself having a good pitch, although I am not a professional sound engineer. Therefore I stand by the quote:"if you like the sound then it's good enough". I have a range of headphones from Sennheiser and AKG and I have not a single complain to make about the sound quality of RS 140.
I have read other reviewers complaining about the "analogue and FM" transmit. Analogue to digital, and back, to analogue conversation are expensive and not always necessary in "real time" situations. Error correction works fine in analogue in this headset, along with sound source "locking". If you need to find a clear frequency there are three available. Unless you are really unlucky there must be at least one clear.
I like this headset as I use it at nights when I fall asleep watching movies. I wake up in the morning finding the headset thrown to the floor or squashed between the wall and the bed. That's a pretty hard resistance test and they are passing it.
Cons:
The only think I dislike is the balance dial, placed next to the volume dial, with the exact same size as the latter. Balance on headphones is meant for people with hearing impairment. From one point of view is good that Sennheiser had considered people with disabilities in this design but on the other it sometimes makes me think that it was targeted explicitly for older people with hearing disabilities and little interest in exceptional sound clarity, which is not true for their sound quality.
Also I tend to forget that initially I found them a bit big, uncomfortable and tight something my friends remind me when they try them at my place. I believe it's something that gets unnoticed after a while.
 Cordless freedom, cordless limitations September 26, 2008
Stephan Borgehammar (Dalby, Sweden)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't actually own the Sennheiser RS 140, but have some experience of cordless 'phones that I'd like to share.
If you wish to buy cordless 'phones, you have to consider their unavoidable limitations. Most cordless 'phones use FM technology. This means that the signal can falter due to distance and obstacles, that they can pick up interference, and that their dynamic range will be limited - just as with an ordinary radio.
I am reasonalby satisified with the AKG K 940 that I have. I keep the transmitter in my basement, where I can use CD, LP, radio and TV as source. I can listen anywhere in my house and small garden, e.g. lying on my bed on the second floor or weeding the flower beds. Sometimes the signal will falter, but usually I only need to move my head a little to fix the problem. If I move the transmitter to the ground floor I can walk some 50 yards away from the house without losing the signal (if I should ever get the silly notion that I needed to hear music standing outside a neighbour's house).
I bought the AKG because I like classical music and wanted the best possible sound quality. The tests I've seen rate these 'phones slightly higher on sound quality than the Sennheiser RS 130 and 140. At the same time, the AKG are considerably more expensive.
My advice, if you are considering cordless 'phones, is to think carefully about what you want them for. Do you want them primarily for watching TV without disturbing others? Then I would say go for the Sennheisers. The RS 130 has a virtual surround feature and the RS 140 features enhanced speech reproduction. (Some reviews of the Sennheisers complain about their annoying indicator beeps, but these can be shut off - just read the user instructions which are available also as PDF files!)
If you want to listen to recorded music and radio anywhere in the house, even, say, while vacuuming, the AKG's will by all accounts give you the best sound of all cordless FM headphones. But if you listen only to recorded music and don't mind the hassle of copying it to a media player (Ipod or similar), then that option will give you better portable sound at a lower price.
If you read through the many reviews of Sennheiser cordless 'phones here on Amazon, you will find other inventive uses for them. But a final word of caution to hifi enthusiasts will be in order: you will NEVER get hifi sound from cordless FM 'phones. The transmission technology is simply too limited. Even with perfect transmission conditions, the sound will be a bit dull and the dynamic range compressed (i.e. loud sounds will be reduced in volume and soft sounds boosted). This is not something you notice if you use them in order to listen to TV or radio, because that's how those devices always sound, but if you use them to listen to a Bruckner symphony on your hifi stereo you will DEFINITELY notice. You can get ordinary headphones with a cord for 30 that will surpass any cordless FM 'phones in sound quality.
Ideal Headphones September 13, 2008
Mr. O. SHEAFF (Durham, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sennheiser RS 140 Wireless Balanced Headphones
I bought these heaphones after a personal recommendation, and I
was in no way disappointed. I need to wear headphones for long periods
of time at night, and these Sennheiser 140's hit the spot exactly.
They're comfortable to wear, even for extended periods, partially thanks
to their lightness, and partially from the soft padding and simple internal size adjustment mechanism. Sound quality is excellent across all ranges, albeit perhaps a little lacking in bass for some people. Extensive testing during video work, games and music revealed very little the headphones could not cope with competently. Turning on the in-built audio-compression seemed to make little difference to audio quality, except for in the subtle nuances of certain music genres; a situation in which I would not use compression anyway.
I am able to receive a strong signal from the base unit anywhere inside my 3 bedroom house, and also anywhere in the (admiteddly small) garden. The only product in my house that seems in any way able to interfere with the signal is a BT cordless telephone; and even that only announces itself sporadically with short bursts of crackle.
The heaphones themselves contain a sturdy, but plastic, on/off switch on the left ear, and volume, tuning and L/R balance on the right. The volume dial is sensitive, but easily reached at the top, without even thinking of taking the heaphones off. It's quite possible to accidentally knock the buttom button (L/R Balance), but the dial 'sticks' in a notch in the middle, so such a situation is easily remedied without having to take the heaphones off also. The middle button is tuning, and this is a left/right jog switch which initiates automatic tuning up or down the frequency range. None of these buttons can be 'locked', but the tuning is much harder to move than the other dials, so is less prone to being knocked accidentally. If the signal to the heaphones drops off for more than a few consecutive minutes, an audible bleep is heard in the earpieces, before the heaphones turn themselves off to conserve battery. Make sure this doesn't happen when they're on your head; it's loud (if you were listening to something loud), and headache inducing.
The base unit itself is built of a study plastic, and build quality feels solid. The headphones simply rest on the metal cradle and a connection is made directly to the thin metal strips between the padding on the headband. Two buttons on the bottom-front of the base select between the 3 broadcast channels, and turn the audio compression on and off. Three easily seen lights indicate the status of on/off, charge and audio compression (on/off). With or without the heaphones on the base unit, it feels a little top-heavy, and more than once I have dropped both headphones and charging base from a 4 foot shelf. Luckily, both are so light and well-constructed that they have not suffered so much as a scratch.
After coming up to a year of use, none of the padding anywhere on the unit (on the headband, around the ears, etc) has degraded, while they have clearly been well-used (the words 'sennheiser on top of the headband are next to worn-off).
I can't recommend these 140's any more highly, well worth the 100 I
paid for them.
 Quite poor sound really... August 30, 2008
Mascus (UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
These were my first experience of wireless headphones. They fit on the head very comfortably, were very easy to set up, sit quite happily on their cute recharger pedestal thing.
The only problem with these expensive headphones is they sound dreadful. The audio is transmitted via FM, and sound much like an FM radio, an awful one. The sound quality had a damp feeling to it. Also, the sound changes with any movement of your head, hissing just like an old tranny...
Guess we have to live with wires for a while yet.
Top quality Sennheiser Wireless Closed Headphones July 26, 2008
jedipie (England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ordered the Sennheiser RS140 as I wanted top of the range wireless CLOSED headphones (ie so people around me at home can't hear what I'm listening to), and this is Sennheiser's only model. I considered the Sony headphones but went for the Sennheisers due to their heritage in headphones (think quality headphones, think Sennheiser).
When they arrive, the instructions (which are really clear and easy to follow) recommend charging the headphones on the supplied cradle base for 16hours. When you have finished with them, place them on the cradle and they will start charging again - note you can't overcharge them. They take 2 AAA batteries which are supplied. Its a nice feature for the charging cradle and the headphones to be magnetic - there is a satisfying snap in place when the are in place :)
On the headphones themselves is a volume dial, a L-R fader and the tune button. No problems tuning into the signal first time. Just press the button and off you go!
There is a small bit of background hiss especially when there is no sound from the source - ie when switching channels on the TV for example - but nothing too annoying so don't let this put you off.
The built quality is good and the headphones themselves are comfortable, with an adjustable band for those with big or small heads.
Overall, a highly recommended product. Go get yours today!
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