JBL Tour One M2 - Wireless over-ear Noise Cancelling headphones - Built for comfort, designed for inspiration. - Black

As an avid user of the Sony WH-1000XM4's, I was keen to find some new headphones which I could use to DJ as my Sennheiser's are on their last legs. I was keen on something modern, light, portable and with noise cancelling features. I also wanted something wireless to remove the possibility of wires being entangled or pulling long cables when djing. These JBL TOUR ONE M2 did just what I needed and then some. There is a dedicated app available to use, control and customise the headphones to your own sound preferences which is extremely handy as I prefer a bass driven sound so I adjusted the sound to match my needs. The EQ balance within the app is a great feature and even at low volume you can still hear the driving bass sounds in every track (an important feature for a house music DJ like me). There is a USB C cable supplied for charging and also a 3.5mm audio cable if you prefer not to connect wirelessly using the Bluetooth feature. The headphones are lightweight and comfortable even when worn over an extended duration and I particularly like the padded leather strip where the headphones sit on your head – makes them more comfortable. The closed cups are also made of leather with lovely padding inside for added comfort and they sit well on your ears thanks to the adjustable strap on the headphones – meaning I can give them to my daughter when I'm not using them, and she can adjust them to fit her head/ears. The noise cancellation feature is superb – and it was the first time I had used adaptive ANC. You get to set just how much you sound you want to filter through, and you can also set it up so the headphones detect when you are having a conversation and the sound filters automatically! You can actually set the particular scenario you are in so the sound adjusts itself automatically! Then there's the Personal Sound Amplification feature where you can change the sound balance and have one ear louder than then other – what other headphones have you ever seen with this feature?? Amazing! I remember making several calls whilst in loud areas and a friend actually commented on the quality of the sound and the fact that they could hear me clearly and that the background noise was suitably suppressed. This is thanks to the 4-mic control feature. Another impressive feature was the battery life, and I counted a period of 4 days where I was using the headphones for my commute to work and back home and didn't need to charge them. Then finally there's the handy hard cover carry case which allowed me to travel with the headphones, neatly folded away and stuffed into my backpack without worrying about any potential damage. All in all, I highly recommend these headphones and I must say they definitely offer a strong competitive option to mu old Sony's. I am impressed and equally intrigues by how the JD TOUR ONE M2's are able to utilise technology to deliver a truly unique experience. Highly recommended!

FIRST I've spent a little time seeing how JBL ranks reviews, and yep, it's clear they prefer 5 Star Reviews at the top. I've ranked it 5 Star hoping people get an honest review. However, this Is Not A 5 Star Review! It's a: - 4 Star for sound (easy listening, not professional) - 3 Star for feature implementation - 1 Star for noise cancelling SECOND I was wondering how honest some of these reviews are. I think I found my answer. More on that in my answers below. I'll mark my doubts with an **. SOUND Firstly these are pretty good sounding headphones. They've have that rich JBL bass that I like. I don't think you'll be disappointed if you want a nice warm soundstage. **REFERENCE HEADPHONES Absolutely not! I saw a review from someone that mentioned they are an audio engineer of some sort and have replaced their high impedance reference headphones with these. This can't be a real review from a real audio engineer. If it was, it's probably best to steer clear of that reviewer here for any audio production needs. **USED FOR WIRELESS DJ MONITORING/MIXING Absolutely not! I saw another reviewer saying they wanted a wireless/Bluetooth solution to DJ, and they claimed these headphones were it. No, no, no. I've DJ'd for 30 years and bluetooth headphones DO NOT work to this day for live DJ'ing. They would only work if you mix in your headphones alone, not a live PA. Anyone with some audio knowledge knows about latency. These are bluetooth 5.3, not ultra low latency headphones (which exist). There's a delay! TOUCH CONTROL FEATURES - THEY'RE OH SO TOUCHY Had to turn off auto on/off detection. The slightest movement of the head and they would continuously beep or stop playing. I initially turned off other touch controls like play, pause etc. because the slightest touch would activate them. I've turned it back on and I'm just getting used to being careful with them. NOISE CANCELLING Yep they work and work well, HOWEVER there's a grumbling/static/interference noise that can happen in left and right headphones when noise cancelling is active. I end up turning it off. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DO YOUR RESEARCH I looked at other reviews before buying these that mentioned the touchy touch controls and thought I'll just deal with. However I only found out after that there were other 3rd party review websites that mentioned the very off-putting noise distortion when in noise cancelling mode. Had I known this I definitely wouldn't have purchased these headphones.