Customer Ratings & Reviews

The first day I spent with the Accentum earbuds was, admittedly, quite stressful. You see, I have somewhat weird ear canals and a history of being very easily distracted. I am very used to having earbuds suddenly drop out of place until I manage to figure out what the best cushion to use is. These, however, have no cushions. They are held in your ear with nothing more than friction and positive feelings. And while I am aware that many have gotten used to this with earbuds from other brands I have never trusted myself with those, and spent roughly six hours waiting for them to suddenly fall out and get stepped on. Much to my surprise, however, they did not. Sennheiser appears to have performed some kind of engineering wizardry to make these smooth plastic pods perfectly balanced so that they actually stay where you put them - which seems to be something they are quite good at. Simply put, these things sound a lot better than most things this small can manage. Audio is remarkably clear and has a surprisingly good range in both directions, making them a pleasure to use regardless of what kind of content you may be listening to at the moment. What's more, they're simple in a way that very few things today are. It was actually a little confusing when I first paired them to my phone and wasn't prompted to immediately install a companion app and create an account. Setup is literally nothing more than pulling them out and clicking a few buttons to run through the pairing process. Granted, there are some downsides here. No app means no options for tuning the audio to meet your personal preferences, so you're basically going to have to stick with the sound profile Sennheiser picked for you. You also won't find features like active noise cancellation, and the touch controls are quite basic and so far as I can tell probably unconfigurable. I didn't find myself missing any of this while sitting at home or walking around the neighborhood, but I imagine there are a lot of people who, say, regularly commute by train that would consider this to be an immediate dealbreaker. These are basically earbuds for the audiophile luddite community - which I understand is surprisingly large these days. So you might want to be aware of that before deciding if these are the right pick for you.

The Sennheiser ACCENTUM Open Black – Black earbuds surprised me from the start of removing them from its charging case. Looking at the instructions, I could not find a QR code or web address to install complementary software. After opening up all QR codes and the web address, I realized these earbuds do not require an app to install on my phone. I simply turned on my phones Bluetooth, took the earbuds out of their case and tapped ACCENTUM on my phone screen and paired them immediately. I can control all of the functions these earbuds offer simply by pressing the right or left earbud one time, two times, three times, or a long press. I can control volume, play/pause, forward track, reverse track, answer calls, hang up, and reject calls from tapping the earbuds. When I take one earbud out of my ear, it pauses my phone from playing music. The sound is clear and reaches all octaves to provide the best sound possible. I can hear my music and still hear sounds from my surrounding area for maintaining awareness. The Sennheiser ACCENTUM Open Black – Black are a good pair of earbuds with a charging case included for continuous music and communications.