Is the Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5 worth the upgrade from the Edifier NeoBuds Pro 3?

Verdict

Meaningful upgrade

The Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5 scores 9.9 points above the Edifier NeoBuds Pro 3. That's a real improvement, though not the kind you'd notice on every track. The gains are concentrated in sound (7.5 to 9.0), noise cancelling (7.0 to 8.0) and battery (6.5 to 7.0). You do give up ground on value (7.5 to 7.0). On paper: battery life 9 h to 12 h and bluetooth 5.4 to 6.0. Worth checking: full charge time goes 60 min to 90 min and driver size goes 10 mm to 7 mm. One caution: this steps down a line tier (NeoBuds Pro 3 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. That costs $163 more, or about $16 per point of score - reasonable value for the jump. Worth doing if you're replacing anyway; harder to justify as a pure upgrade if what you have still works.