Customer Ratings & Reviews

I like Sennheiser products - I have several sets of wired and wireless Sennheiser headphones for listening to music. So I was looking forward to trying these out. I have an older LCD TV in my bedroom and had been using a cobbled-together setup of a wireless transmitter and Bluetooth headphones to listen at night. It worked, but was a pain to use. The Sennheiser RS275 set seemed like it would be a great solution - and it is. My TV has an optical audio output which is one of several ways the base station of the RS275 can be connected to the TV. The other ways are using an analog connection (RCA-type connectors), analog headphone connection, USB, or HDMI ARC. the base unit gets power from a separate USB connection. If your TV has a USB port, you can connect it to that to get power. Or you can use a USB power brick that you will have to supply yourself. Basic setup was easy. Connect the power cable to the TV USB port and the base station, connect the optical cable to the TV and the base station, turn the TV on, turn the headphones on, and everything just worked for me. The headphones automatically paired to the base unit and we had sound. There is an app you can use to fiddle around with some settings but it's not necessary, and at least you don't need to set up an account to use the app. But the app is where I ran into some problems. The included documentation said to download Sennheiser Smart Connect, so I did. I wasted hours unsuccessfully trying to connect the headphones to the app. Then I discovered that there is a newer version of the app called Sennheiser Smart Connect + (notice the plus sign?). I installed that on my phone and the headphones were detected right away. For me, the app didn't really add anything too useful, so I probably won't continue to use it. The headphones are comfortable with a padded headband and the earpads are fabric. My head and ears are very large and the headphones fit comfortably when moved to the largest settings. The included stand for the headphones is a nice touch so I don't have to just lay the headphones on my nightstand when I'm not using them. I took off one star because the price is a little high which reduces the value proposition a little bit.