Is the Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5 worth the upgrade from the Anker Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Max?

Verdict

Meaningful upgrade

The Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5 scores 5.3 points above the Anker Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Max. That's a real improvement, though not the kind you'd notice on every track. The gains are concentrated in sound (8.0 to 9.0). You do give up ground on battery (8.5 to 7.0) and value (8.0 to 7.0). On paper: battery incl. case 28 h to 40 h. Worth checking: bluetooth goes 6.1 to 6.0 and driver size goes 9.2 mm to 7 mm. One caution: this steps down a line tier (Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Max to MOMENTUM True Wireless 5), and base models usually trade away tier features - check the codec and ANC rows above before trusting the score gap alone. It's also $20 cheaper, which makes this an easy call. Worth doing if you're replacing anyway; harder to justify as a pure upgrade if what you have still works.