Sennheiser RS 160 Digital Wireless Headphones

I bought these not expecting much and was utterly blown away by the sound quality. The KLEER technology they use results in audiphile grade sound without any of the noise or interference I have had with previous wireless units. I have used them constantly for television and critical listening to music (I'm a musician) for over a month and the batteries in the phones are still holding up. The batteries in the small transmitter gave way after a week but it was easy to set up the supplied wall wart power. They are especially great for late night TV and listening to music in my condo without disturbing the neighbors. Reception is great even upstairs. The phones design is very comfortable and they are well made. The only disappointment was the lag in transmission made them unusable for playing my guitar. For everything else you don't really notice it. Highly recommended and worth the price!

If static and interference concerns you, pay a few extra dollars and get yourself a good set of digital headphones like the RS 160. All wireless links are affected by low signal strength and interference, the effect on audio quality is a major difference between analog and digital modulation. As the signal quality deteriorates in an analog system the listener hears increasing amounts of static. Very annoying. In a digital system, the audio is reconstructed from a bitstream (ones and zeros) received from the transmitter. Sophisticated error correction routines are used to "fix" errors in the bitstream resulting from interference or low signal strength. The result is perfectly clear audio until the bit errors overwhelm the signal processing in the receiver, then the audio simply drops out and you know you've strayed a little too far from the transmitter.

The RS 160 uses integrated circuits by a company called Kleer to transmit CD quality audio, and that's exactly what...Read more

I have cheaper set of Seenheiser wireless headphones that I have had for a few years. The volume control was malfunctioning, so I decided to buy this new set. The sound quality on these headphones is good, and there is no hiss. But, I was disappointed with the volume. No, where near the volume of my old set. They are reasonably comfortable, but the ear pads have no ventilation causing sweat to form where they contact your head at just room temperature (70 deg F). There are three control buttons near the bottom of the right ear piece, volume up and down and on/off. It takes a little getting used to without taking the headphones off and looking at which button is which. Plugging the charge plug into the headphones is kind of awkward and difficult if you don't have it aligned straight in. And, why didn't they offer a charge cradle set up? For the money ($200) I expected more.