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Updated April 11, 2024·
If you're looking for premium earbuds with advanced features like heart rate and body temperature tracking, active noise cancelling, and integration with activity tracking apps, the Sennheiser Momentum Sport is suitable, especially for exercise and air travel due to its sweatproof and dustproof design. Its sound quality is very good, with aptX Adaptive codec support for low latency, making it decent for gaming and watching videos. However, they are pricier. On the other hand, the Steelseries TUSQ is budget-friendly with a fair sound quality, but it lacks active noise cancelling and sport-focused features. It does have a boom mic which might be better for calls, and its wired design eliminates worries about battery life, making it a solid choice for gaming. If cost is a concern and you primarily want earbuds for gaming and calls, the TUSQ may suffice. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Sennheiser Momentum Sport
Good for phone calls
Very good for exercise
Very good for air travel
Good for podcasts and audiobooks
Advantages of the Steelseries TUSQ
The Steelseries TUSQ has no clear advantages over the Sennheiser Momentum Sport.
Key differences
Phone Calls
7.0/10
5.2/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport is good for phone calls, while the Steelseries TUSQ is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
7.8/10
4.7/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport is good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the Steelseries TUSQ is poor.
Noise Reduction
8.0/10
6.0/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport is very good for noise reduction, while the Steelseries TUSQ is only fair.
Battery
6.0 Hours
N/A
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport has 6 hours of battery life. The Steelseries TUSQ does not have a battery.
Cost
$330
$30
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport has a price of $330 and the Steelseries TUSQ costs $30.
Build Quality
9.0/10
8.0/10
The Sennheiser Momentum Sport has excellent build quality, while the Steelseries TUSQ has very good build quality.
"We hadn't been expecting a new pair of dedicated sports buds but the surprise was nonetheless exciting. I got to try out the new buds at CES 2024 and while they have stayed true to delivering that "signature" Sennheiser sound, with a wide soundstage and strong sense of detail, it’s the extra wearable tech inside them that stands out to me against the best workout headphones."
"The SteelSeries Arctis Tusq is a great headset for those on a more modest budget. You can use it for gaming or music, and I daresay it's also great for Zoom meetings when you don't want to be wearing on-ear or over-ear headphones."
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About Sennheiser
A family-owned company, Sennheiser is a German, high fidelity, audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1945. Their consumer audio division is now owned by the Swiss hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturer Sonova. Sennheiser offers a wide variety of, very high quality, audio equipment solutions, from headphones to earbuds, full sets of monitoring speakers, amplifiers and microphones. They also make what is widely regarded as the best, and most expensive, headphones in existence, the HE-1 Orpheus, costing a whopping $59,000 dollars.
About Steelseries
Steelseries is a Danish gaming products manufacturer founded in 2001 and owned by GN Store Nord. Beside a large variety of gaming peripherals like mice, keyboards, and mousemats, Steelseries markets the Arctis line of gaming headsets which feature integrated boom microphones and RGB lighting. Steelseries has partnered with several game publishers and studios for limited editions of their products like a line of Cyberpunk 2077 themed headsets in 2020.
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