Sennheiser’s new HDB 360 headphones support high-res audio without a wire

If your telephone doesn’t natively enactment the hi-res aptX Adaptive codec, Sennheiser has a solution. | Image: Sennheiser

Sennheiser has announced a caller brace of headphones that enactment high-res audio done a wired oregon wireless connection, adjacent if your smartphone doesn’t enactment the latest Bluetooth codecs. The HDB 630 looks akin to the redesigned Sennheiser Momentum 4 that launched successful 2022 due to the fact that some headphones are built connected the aforesaid chassis, but Sennheiser’s latest features a caller “customized acoustic strategy built for focused listening” positive conveniences similar progressive sound cancellation and stellar artillery life.

The HDB 630 supports high-res audio with a solution up to 24-bit/96 kHz erstwhile connected to a root with a USB-C oregon 3.5mm audio cable. The headphones besides enactment high-res wireless audio streaming utilizing the Bluetooth aptX Adaptive codec. The older Momentum 4 supported the aptX Adaptive codec, too, but 3 years aboriginal lone a fistful of smartphones enactment it. Sennheiser’s solution is to bundle a USB-C transmitter dongle with the HDB 360 that brings aptX Adaptive enactment to phones and tablets lacking autochthonal support.

The HDB 630 are present available for preorder done Sennheiser’s website for $499.95 and are expected to vessel connected October 21st, 2025. That’s astir $150 much than the Momentum 4’s motorboat terms of $349.95, though Sennheiser accrued the terms of those headphones earlier this twelvemonth to $449.95, perchance making the caller HDB 630 a tempting upgrade fixed the $50 terms difference.

You’ll find 42-millimeter drivers successful each receptor cupful that Sennheiser says person been tuned for close reproduction. Battery beingness is the aforesaid arsenic the Momentum 4, with Sennheiser claiming up to 60 hours of listening connected a afloat complaint with ANC turned connected and up to 7 hours of usage from a 10-minute charge. Through Sennheiser’s Smart Control Plus app, you’ll besides person entree to a caller parametric equalizer for making precise EQ adjustments including bandwidth controls, filters, and the quality to rapidly A/B trial 2 configurations. Sennheiser besides has plans for a aboriginal update to the app allowing you to stock your EQ tweaks arsenic a preset with others done a QR code.