Design and features:This Bluetooth wireless noise canceling home/studio-style over-ear model provides very good sound and excellent active noise reduction. Its closed design and electronic noise canceling feature reduce both outside noise and sound leaking out into your environment. The headphones work with or without the noise canceling feature being turned on. You can use the noise-canceling feature without listening to music, and the audio cable can be detached to get it out of the way when the headphones are being used for noise reduction only. The headphones has low sensitivity when powered with or without the noise cancelation feature turned on, so while they can provide satisfying volume levels when used with home audio equipment and higher powered portable audio devices, they may not be a good match for lower-powered portables. When powered off, they have medium high sensitivity, so they can provide satisfying volume levels when used with home audio equipment and all but the lowest-powered portable audio devices.
The Tour One M2 has a volume control plus an integrated microphone and player function controls. Additional features include a Ear cups fold and swivel to flat for ease of carrying and storage. Has ANC with manually adjustable noise cancelation level; also has adaptive ANC feature that automatically adjusts ANC level based on the ambient sound levels. In addition to ambient sound monitoring has TalkThru feature that provides ambient sound monitoring and user voice monitoring. Default setting provides toggling between ANC on, ambient sound monitor, and TalkThru modes using control on left ear cup enabled. Headphone ANC settings and controls can be customized using the JBL Headphones app. Has touch controls for music player transport, call connect/disconnect and digital voice assistant activation, and button controls for Bluetooth volume control, noise cancellation on/off, and Bluetooth pairing. Has Bluetooth pairing alert tones. Automatically pauses audio when headphones are removed from ears and resumes when headphone is placed back on ears; default setting is on and can be turned on or off in JBL Headphones app. Has speed charge feature: 10 min of charging will provide 5 hr. of playtime. Supports Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and BIXBY digital voice assistants when used with Bluetooth devices that have those capabilities and that, if needed, have the appropriate apps installed. Supports voice activation of Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Supports multi-point connection for two Bluetooth devices. Talk sensing feature pauses audio when user starts talking. JBL Headphones app download for Apple and Android mobile devices can be used to show battery level, enable and customize ANC, enable and adjust ambient mode, adjust the earphone's tonal balance, create custom or use pre-made EQ presets, update the earphone's firmware, and adds other features. Supports Google Fast Pair (alternate to traditional Bluetooth pairing method for Android mobile devices). Has low latency mode to provide better audio syncing performance when used with video sources. Bluetooth connected Apple mobile devices using iOS Version 5 and above will show the battery level. The Tour One M2 comes with detachable 50-inch long standard audio cable, mini-plug-to-airplane-jack adapter, USB-A to USB-C connector charging cable, carrying case, Warranty Card, Quick Start Guide.
Sound quality:We found the Tour One M2 delivers sound quality that falls in the very good range - it reproduces music and voice very well although it does have some noticeable sonic quirks and excellent active noise reduction. With the Equalizer and Spatial Sound set to off and ANC on using the JBL Headphone app (as received state of the earphone) the bass (as in bass drums, bass guitars, stand-up bass, etc.) has good impact and goes deep, but is somewhat prominent and boomy. The midrange (voices, guitars, horns, etc.) is fairly even but is somewhat hazy and congested (think sonic traffic jam), and a bit grainy. The treble (cymbals, the upper range of violins, etc.) is extended, but is a bit prominent, sizzly (sounds that should have a delicate shimmer have a sound reminiscent of bacon frying) and smeared. While the sound has a good sense of liveliness, it is somewhat closed (sound-wise it's fairly obvious you have something plugging your ears) and does a decent job of recovering room ambience. Mixed character; warmish bass and midrange and coolish treble. The overall sound can best be summarized somewhat bassy and grainy, and a bit smeared and sizzly. The tone settings of the app do have a noticeable effect on the sound of these earphones. Noise Canceling: Excellent noise reduction across the entire frequency range with the low frequencies reduced the most. The noise canceling feature produces a very faint rush that can be heard when there is no audio program to drown it out.
Comfort and Fit:We found that these headphones produce a sense of moderate pressure around the ears.
As typical of over-ear models the ear pads might feel hot and/or sticky after prolonged use.
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Users with larger heads might find that the headband does not have enough adjustment range to allow the ear cups to rest properly over the ears and/or that the headband presses uncomfortably on the top of the head.
Users with larger ears might find that the over-the-ear fit of the ear pads feel cramped, or that the ear pads sit on, rather than around their ears; in that case the less-than-ideal fit around the ears might interfere with the ear pad seal and reduce the bass response and/or noise reduction capabilities of the headphone.
Some users may find that when they lean far forward the headphones feel unstable and shift forward.
Incidental contact with the touch controls on the right ear cup can cause unintentional playing and pausing.
When wearing this model while walking the muffled vibrations from each foot step can be heard slightly through the headphones regardless of whether or not the headphones are in noise cancelling mode.
When the audio cord is used the sound of it rubbing on clothing may be faintly heard through the headphones.
