Наушники — JBL TOUR ONE M2

The Tour One M2 is a noise-cancelling circumaural wireless headset from JBL, the Harman-owned brand, and was unveiled at the Harman press event at IFA on 30 August 2022. It follows the original Tour One and went on sale in January 2023 at EUR 299 in Europe, with a North American price of USD 300. Black and Champagne are the two finishes. The headphone carries Hi-Res certification and combines True Adaptive Noise Cancelling with spatial processing, personal hearing profiles and a wired mode for flights and older sources.

Key specs that matter

A 40 mm dynamic driver is fitted on either side. JBL quotes 10 Hz to 40 kHz in passive use and 10 Hz to 22 kHz with the electronics active, an impedance of 32 ohm, a sensitivity of 117 dB SPL at 1 kHz and a maximum SPL of 93 dB. The 920 mAh, 3.7 V lithium-ion battery gives up to 50 hours of music with noise cancelling off and 30 hours with it on; talk time is 30 hours without and 21 hours with noise cancelling. A charge from empty takes 2 hours from a 5 V, 1.5 A supply, and a 10-minute top-up returns about 5 hours of use. The headphone weighs 278 g. Bluetooth 5.3 is used with the A2DP 1.3.2, AVRCP 1.6.2 and HFP 1.7.2 profiles, at a transmitter power under 4 dBm, and JBL lists LE Audio support as arriving later.

Engineering and use context

True Adaptive Noise Cancelling relies on four noise-sensing mics that adjust the cancellation to the surroundings in real time, and the ANC mode can be changed in the JBL Headphones app. The call algorithm also uses four mics, and VoiceAware controls the amount of mic input fed back so the user can hear their own speech. Smart Talk recognises the voice, pauses the music and switches on TalkThru, while Personal Sound Amplification can raise conversation level by 15 to 20 dB with an adjustable left and right balance. JBL Spatial Sound is a proprietary processing mode that works regardless of the source device. Personi-Fi 2.0 builds a personal listening profile from a set of interactive tests. Google Assistant and Alexa respond to hands-free commands, Fast Pair by Google and Microsoft Swift Pair speed up connection, multi-point links two devices, and wear detection pauses playback when the headphone comes off. A carrying case, a 3.5 mm cable, a flight adaptor and a USB-C cable are supplied.

Pairing

Over Bluetooth the headphone drives itself, so a phone, laptop or tablet is all that is needed. The supplied cable and flight adaptor let it plug into an in-flight system or a portable player, and Windows 10 or later computers can pair through Swift Pair.

Alternatives

The original JBL Tour One is the earlier wireless over-ear model with noise cancelling that the M2 succeeded in the Tour range.