JBL Tour One M2 - Wireless Over-Ear Noise Cancelling Headphones (Black), Medium (Renewed)

Why it's worth it

The Tour One M2 is JBL's flagship over-ear pair, with adaptive noise cancelling that reads your surroundings through four mics and a rated 30 hours of battery with ANC on. It's the JBL to buy if you fly often and want the app-based EQ and call features.

Picture the drone of a plane at cruising altitude. That's exactly the noise this pair handles best — RTINGS found the Tour One M2 effective against low-frequency rumble like airplane engines. The four noise-sensing mics adjust in real time, so it doesn't need you to switch modes when you move from the gate to your seat.

Thirty hours with ANC running outlasts almost any flight you'll take. You can cross an ocean, land, and still have enough left for the ride home. Smart Ambient pipes the outside world back in when you need it, and Smart Talk pauses your music automatically when you start speaking, which saves you fumbling for a button at the coffee counter.

From our review of 8 jbl speakers and headphones

What we like

• +Picture the drone of a plane at cruising altitude
• +Thirty hours with ANC running outlasts almost any flight you'll take
• +The JBL Headphones app is where these earn their keep over the cheaper models
• +This is the closest JBL gets to Sony and Bose, and closest isn't equal

What to know

• –The listing here is a renewed unit rather than a factory-fresh one, so expect the possibility of light cosmetic wear and check…
• –Voices carry through the ANC in a way they don't on the Sony and Bose flagships
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