Wireless headphones | ₹5490
“We didn’t underestimate them, they were just a lot better than we thought.” So said England manager Bobby Robson after the Three Lions laboured to a 3-2 victory in extra time against Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup. To see Sennheiser playing in the ultra-affordable wireless headphone league with an on-ear pair is no less of a surprise, but it would be just as wrong of us to dismiss the Sennheiser HD 250BT as no-hopers.Still, this is Sennheiser, and you would be forgiven for thinking that the price quoted at the top of this review was missing a ‘1’, ‘2’ or even a ‘3’ on the front, given the firm’s selection of excellent true-wireless earbuds and over-ears alike sitting pretty at the top of more premium markets. So, can the audio giant’s Sennheiser HD 250BT cut it at a much more modest level?
The spec-sheet boasts strength in depth: Bluetooth 5.0 with aptX Low Latency, a 25-hour battery life, app support and Sennheiser’s beloved-of-DJs transducer tech. So, these cans have form. And, lest we forget, Cameroon had already beaten defending champions Argentina en route to the quarter-final, so evidence of greatness was there to see.
At this price, competition is scarce – especially as deals can already be found on the HD 250BT. We might point you towards the four-star Lindy BNX-80 as the nearest option, but these very decent wireless on-ears come with noise-cancellation (the Sennheiser HD 250BT do not). And they’re more expensive.
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