JBL Tune 600 Wireless On-Ear Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones - Black

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The US company claims that you'll get up to 12 hours' use with Bluetooth and ANC activated, and that extends to 22 hours with those functions switched off. While that is by no means best in class (the similarly priced Anker Soundcore Life Q20 offer up to 40 hours, for example), it's certainly not to be sniffed at – especially as you can restore the headphones to full capacity from empty with just two hours of charging. You certainly wouldn’t classify the JBLs as shy and retiring. High frequencies sound crisp and sharp, but not overly harsh or bright.

The specs for this JBL reveal a standard frequency range and a low nominal impedance – just what I would expect from an on-ear wireless headphone. Sound Pressure might actually seem a little on the low side…until you turn these things on and get some tunes bumping. Here the active noise cancellation increases the sense of clarity, and as a result, this headphone can seem VERY loud. Low End Some might prefer a more balanced, rounded sound, but in many respects the JBL Tune600BTNCs are very capable.Or, for something a little more discreet, take a look at the best true wireless headphones you can buy. Turning off the noise-cancelling relieves a bit of that excess weight, but turns out to be counterproductive. It introduces additional noise and the music loses its clarity and drive. Inside each of the earcups there's a 32mm driver, and together these help to power JBL's Pure Bass technology. The manufacturer has been providing sound for festivals and concerts for decades, and claims that Pure Bass channels this experience into “making your favourite artists sound incredible.” We'll put that assertion to the test in the next section.

The low end offers a natural but energetic sound. While neither terrible or fantastic, detail is present. A strong bass response rounds out the lows, with good impact and surprisingly competent control. With that robust “thump” in the low end, and no real bleed to mess things up in the lows, this part of the frequency range remains fairly impressive. Midrange Strong, rich audio with a heavy focus on the low-end is what you get from these headphones. Whether that’s right for you or not will depend on how you like your music, if you’re hungry for bass then look no further. If you want to hear every lyric word for word then maybe look elsewhere. On the other hand, the noise reduction in an ICE worked much more effectively. Here, the static, low-frequency driving noise was well suppressed and allowed a clearer sound. Accordingly, I would not compare the offered noise-cancelling with specialists from Bose or Sony, but consider it a rather nice addition, which one receives for a moderate additional cost. The Active Noise Cancelling was even more impressive, even though these don’t encase your whole ear. I could barely hear the taps on my keyboard and missed being spoken to pretty much every time someone tried. Testing it out with some aeroplane noise from YouTube, although you could of course hear it, it was very dulled out especially with the volume turned up high. These won’t beat the likes of Sony WH-1000XM4 or the Bowers & Wilkins PX7, some of the priciest pairs of noise-cancelling headphones you can buy but I must admit, they did hold their own.JBL clearly had mobile listeners in mind when they developed the Tune 600BTNC; not only are these headphones foldable, making them easy to stow away. They're lightweight too, tipping the scales at just 6.1oz / 173g. But the clearest indication these were made for people on the move is that they boast impressive battery life. Their punchy sound performance paired with a simple, smart design, excellent noise cancelling capabilities and hours upon hours of battery life make these some of the best budget headphones you can buy. All in all, I think you’ll be hard pushed to find a better pair of noise-cancelling headphones for this low of a price. JBL Tune 660NC review: also consider If there’s one thing JBL does well at time and time again, it’s delivering on sound quality. And that’s not just from their headphones, it’s from all of their audio products. This pair of headphones use JBL Pure Bass tuning, claiming to punch out deep and powerful bass.