Quick Specs
Our Verdict
The JBL Tour One M2 is the new high-end headphone from the American manufacturer and replaces the Tour One. JBL has wholly revised its acoustics and delivers headphones with ANC that are as pleasant to wear as they are to listen to.nProsnn Powerful, balanced and detailed sound
The JBL Tour One M2 is the new high-end headphone from the American manufacturer and replaces the Tour One. JBL has wholly revised its acoustics and delivers headphones with ANC that are as pleasant to wear as they are to listen to.
Pros
- Powerful, balanced and detailed sound
- Wide soundstage
- Remarkable sound immersio
- Good arrangement of sound planes
- Comfortable to wear
- Excellent battery life
- Feature-packed app
Cons
- Noise reduction during calls can be improved
Technical Data
| n Model | n JBL Tour One M2 Wireless |
|---|---|
| n Active noise reductio | n Yes |
| n Integrated microphone | n Yes |
| n Claimed battery life | n 50 hours |
| n Bluetooth versio | n 5.3 |
| n Weight | n 268 grams |
DESIG
The JBL Tour One M2 are articulated circumaural headphones. The ear cups are equipped with memory foam that surrounds the ear and rests directly on the skull.The wearing comfort is simply excellent. The contact is soft, the foams in the shells and the headband are very tender, and the pressure exerted is perfectly balanced. You can immediately feel that these headphones are designed for very long listening sessions. In addition, they are light, and the inertia caused by rapid head movements is negligible. It is hard to imagine a more comfortable fit.The JBL Tour One M2 has a touch-sensitive area on the right earpiece, which allows you to manage music playback and calls. The power and Bluetooth pairing button, two volume control buttons, and the 2.5mm mini-jack analogue input (cable included) are on the right side of the headset. The left shell has a button for ANC and transparency mode and the USB-C charging port.The assembly quality is excellent, especially the joints, which do not make any unpleasant noise when the shells are rotated.
THE JBL HEADPHONES APP
MULTIPOINT CONNECTIO
The JBL Tour One M2's Bluetooth controller is compatible with the 5.3 standards and potentially with Bluetooth Audio LE. However, this low-power link is not used for sound transmission but only to manage the headset's settings via its app. The audio is therefore transmitted via the SBC or AAC codecs. The Bluetooth coection is multipoint, and the JBL Tour One M2 can be paired with two devices simultaneously. The Google Fast Pair protocol is supported, and the headset signals itself to the nearest Android smartphone during pairing. To make matters worse, the coection is stable through walls and wooden floors up to 10 metres away.Latency is 217ms for SBC and 222ms for AAC. This results in a noticeable delay with video games, with the sound arriving slightly after the image. On the other hand, there is no problem with videos, as smartphones and computers automatically synchronise images and sound.
ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTIO
AUDIO
In addition to the Bluetooth link, the JBL Tour One M2 headphones can be listened to via its 2.5mm mini-jack line input (cable included). Two scenarios are possible: either the headphones' power supply is turned off, in which case the wired source feeds the transducers directly (passive mode), or the headphones are turned on, in which case the incoming signal is digitised and processed by the onboard amplifier (active mode). The good news is that the sound signature changes very little between Bluetooth and passive line input: at the most, we perceive more high bass and, depending on the analogue source, an overall increase in punch. Thus, even when the battery is exhausted, the JBL Tour One M2 can be used with its cable and delivers a sound equivalent to that obtained with Bluetooth.However, you caot listen in USB mode, as the headphones switch off when the battery is charging.
MICROPHONE
The pick-up quality is average, and the user's voice is transmitted with little definition, even in a tranquil environment. The noise filtering works well... but only wheot speaking.If I carry out the usual test with the water tap open, the person I'm speaking to hears coloured water as soon as I speak. So it's best to use the JBL Tour One M2 for phone calls in exceptional cases.
BATTERY LIFE
JJBL claims up to 50 hours without active noise reduction and 30 hours with. I measured 31 hours of ANC active, at 50% of my iPhone volume. The JBL Tour One M2 requires about 2 hours to charge fully but can recover 5 hours of battery life in just 10 minutes, thanks to a quick charge at the begiing of the cycle.
CONCLUSIO
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