The RS 180 is compared to the RS 170, the much better choice

I prefer sound reasons basically wired headphones, but every now and then is a model with which you can move freely, but quite handy. I wanted to replace my analog and in the tooths Sennheiser RS ​​130 with a new digital wireless headphones because bothered me be quite noise.

As I could between the RS 180 and RS 170 based on test reports and reviews not decide I simply purchased both models in order to examine them in a direct comparison through its paces can. I naturally wanted to keep only one, the loser of the test to go back again.

I had prepared myself for a long evening, my favorite LPs and CDs picked out, put a couple of Blu Rays and DVDs in tangible proximity and my MP3 player freshly refueled. To make it short: Instead of spending hours to switch between the two headphones and compare different media and musical styles on the two candidates, the RS 170 wandered fairly quickly in its packaging in order to prepare him for the return. The rest of the supposedly unscheduled evening I spent entirely with my new RS 180!

Somewhere I read I here in a review that the two headphones sounds identical. But this is definitely not so, this is simply nonsense and misinformation! The RS 180 sound through its open design a lot of space and airy, the sound is much more rounded and balanced. Also, the RS 170 sounds for my taste a little too topfig and bassy. After pressing the Bass Boost button the sound of the RS 170 is completely undefined and obnoxious, something like this can not but really liked someone !? The other reviews also highly acclaimed surround function of the RS 170 is really a bad joke, almost a common assault on the ears of sound lovers, because of total sound distortion completely useless - and certainly not a reason to prefer the RS 170.

The RS 170 is certainly a good wireless headphones, as long as you can stay away from Surround and Boost switches. And if the RS 180 would not exist, he certainly elevated at my home. But fortunately there is the RS 180, the charge for little brother he is absolutely worth it!

In workmanship and further information I will not go into here, this is all in the other reviews have already said. Rather, I want to help those a little, where the choice between the RS 180 and RS 170 difficult.