Overall Score 7.4 Represents average audio ecosystem compatibility score.
Overall Score 6.6 Represents average audio ecosystem compatibility score.
Category | Features | JBL Tour ONE M2 | Sennheiser HD 450BT |
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DESIGN | weight | 268g | 238g |
has a detachable cable | ✓ | ✓ | |
ingress protection (ip) rating | IPX4 | ✗ | |
can be folded | ✓ | ✓ | |
has a tangle free cable | ✓ | ✓ | |
sweat resistance | ✓ | ✗ | |
cable length | 1.2meters | 1.5meters | |
has an over-the-ear foam | ✓ | ✓ | |
has stereo speakers | ✓ | ✓ | |
SOUND QUALITY | has active noise cancellation (anc) | ✓ | ✓ |
has passive noise reduction | ✓ | ✓ | |
lowest frequency | 10Hz | 18Hz | |
highest frequency | 40,000Hz | 22,000Hz | |
sound pressure level | 95dB/mW | 108dB/mW | |
driver unit size | 40mm | 32mm | |
impedance | 32Ohms | 18Ohms | |
POWER | battery life | 50hours | 30hours |
charge time | 2hours | 2hours | |
has a battery level indicator | ✓ | ✓ | |
battery power | 750mAh | 600mAh | |
has a rechargeable battery | ✓ | ✓ | |
CONNECTIVITY | can be used wirelessly | ✓ | ✓ |
uses 2.4ghz wireless | ✗ | ✓ | |
bluetooth version | v5.3 | v5 | |
has usb type-c | ✓ | ✓ | |
has ldac | ✓ | ✗ | |
has aptx adaptive | ✓ | ✗ | |
has bluetooth aptx | ✓ | ✓ | |
has aac | ✓ | ✓ | |
maximum bluetooth range | 10meters | 10meters | |
has a 3.5mm male connector | ✓ | ✓ | |
MICROPHONE | number of microphones | 6only | 2only |
has a noise-canceling microphone | ✓ | ✗ | |
highest mic frequency | ✗ | 6,000Hz | |
lowest mic frequency | ✗ | 80Hz | |
EXTRAS | has ambient sound mode | ✓ | ✗ |
has in/on-ear detection | ✓ | ✗ | |
has a mute function | ✓ | ✗ | |
multipoint count | 2only | 2only | |
control panel placed on a device | ✓ | ✓ | |
can be used as a headset | ✓ | ✓ | |
warranty period | ✗ | 2years | |
travel bag is included | ✓ | ✓ | |
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The Sennheiser HD 450BT have a weight of 238g, these weigh below 320g, which we consider as the highest average a headphone should weigh for comfort during long use. We consider a lower weight best for the reason that lighter devices are more comfortable to move with. The JBL Tour ONE M2, at 268g are heavier than the Sennheiser HD 450BT with a difference 30g Detachable cables are cables that have connectors on both ends.
One end goes into your headphone earpieces, while the other end is inserted into an audio source. Some new headphones, and not just the expensive ones, are coming with detachable cables, Sennheiser HD 450BT are one of those. With a detachable cable, JBL Tour ONE M2 too can use alternative cables and if the cable is pulled, it will pop out instead of breaking.
Sennheiser HD 450BT are foldable, which makes them more portable. Foldable headphones are easier to transport and take up less storage space. The JBL Tour ONE M2 too can fold up, foldable headphones can reduce their size by 60% to 70% when folded.
Twisted headphone cables can be a great source of annoyance and inconvenience, Sennheiser HD 450BT's cable is designed to minimize tangling. Constant twisting of the cables can also lead to bends in the copper wires, affecting sound quality, or completely damaging your headphones. JBL Tour ONE M2 too have a cable designed to help prevent tangles.
A long cable ensures more freedom of movement, but remember that every cable based on the conducting material used has a certain amount of parasitic resistance, inductance, and capacitance. How much depends on the length and construction. Sennheiser HD 450BT comes with a 1.5meters cable.
JBL Tour ONE M2 comes with a 1.2meters cable. Almost any cable should be fine in sound quality If you're looking at lengths up to 2 - 3 meters. Over-ear headphones have larger earpads that fit around your entire ear Sennheiser HD 450BT have a comfortable full-size form with earcups that fully enclose your ears.
This design is loved for its increased sound isolation and the fact that it won't leak sound to your neighbors. JBL Tour ONE M2 with this design offer potential for maximum bass and loudness levels. Sennheiser HD 450BT have stereo speakers, devices with stereo speakers deliver sound from independent channels on both left and right sides, creating a richer sound and a better listening experience.
The JBL Tour ONE M2 also have stereo speakers Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to actively counter noise. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 outside (noise from your surrounding) and adding -1 inside (counter sound within the device) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
Sennheiser HD 450BT allow you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the volume to overcome background noise. JBL Tour ONE M2 too have active noise cancellation making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each may work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the setting, mode, or noise cancellation type that suits your commute or that enhances your relaxation time.
Passive Noise Cancellation uses well-designed ear cups to seal out environment noise. This is used for both in-ear earphones and over-ear headphones where the headphone itself will keep surrounding noise out. The Sennheiser HD 450BT sits tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces background noise and prevents your music from leaking out.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that also the JBL Tour ONE M2 isolates you from ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out. Low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component reproduces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it. Sennheiser HD 450BT's lowest frequency is at 18Hz, the lower the low-frequency response, the stronger and juicier the bass.
JBL Tour ONE M2's lowest frequency is at 10Hz, this implies that Sennheiser HD 450BT got a juicier bass than the JBL Tour ONE M2 High frequency response measures if and how well an audio component reproduces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on the way through. Sennheiser HD 450BT's highest frequency is at 22,000Hz, the higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble. JBL Tour ONE M2's highest frequency is at 40,000Hz, this implies that JBL Tour ONE M2 got a clearer and crispier treble than the Sennheiser HD 450BT Sound pressure is the average variation in atmospheric pressure caused by the sound, the sound level .i.e how loud something is can be perceived differently by different people so we need to have a way of getting an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
The sound pressure level, SPL, is the pressure level of a sound, measured in decibels, dB, Sennheiser HD 450BT's measurement is 108dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source. JBL Tour ONE M2's sound pressure level measurement is 95dB/mW.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the headphone. Sennheiser HD 450BT driver unit is 32mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful and can produce better bass. JBL Tour ONE M2 driver unit is 40mm in diameter, making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sennheiser HD 450BT by 8mm , as many tend to believe that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty reproducing high frequencies so yes, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better sound. Impedance is the device's resistance to the electromagnetic current, when electricity flows through a wire, it experiences electrical resistance that counters the flow of current. The resistance of a conductor is measured in ohms.
Sennheiser HD 450BT's impedance is 18Ohms, the lower the impedance, the easier it is to get higher volume and requires less power. JBL Tour ONE M2's impedance is 32Ohms. The impedance of earbuds is the electrical resistance of the driver unit present on the inside.
If your headphones play wirelessly, cancel ambient noise, or enhance your listening experience with active features, their battery life will reduce over time. The device's battery life is given by the manufacturer, with longer battery life, you get to use it for longer and have to charge the device less often. Sennheiser HD 450BT's battery life is 30 hours JBL Tour ONE M2's battery life is 50 hours.
Each time you recharge your headphones, they get a little less listening time. The effect is barely noticeable at first. But over a few years, you may find that your device, no longer plays for long like it used to.
It takes 2 hours to fully charge the Sennheiser HD 450BT's battery. It is recommended to fully charge the battery before using the headphones for the first time or when they have been unused for extended periods. JBL Tour ONE M2 takes 2 hours to fully charge the battery Sennheiser HD 450BT have a battery level indicator, an indicator shows you when the device has a low battery.
The battery indicator lights show the charging status of your headphones. JBL Tour ONE M2 too have a battery level indicator, charging indicators allow you to determine the charging state of your headphones, whether fully charged, or the battery is running low. Battery power, or battery capacity, represents the amount of electrical energy that a battery can store.
Sennheiser HD 450BT's battery power is 600mAh, more battery power can be an indication of longer battery life. JBL Tour ONE M2's battery power is 750mAh. A rechargeable battery is a type of electrical battery that can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times, as opposed to a disposable or primary battery, which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use.
Sennheiser HD 450BT's battery can be recharged and used over again. The JBL Tour ONE M2 too have a rechargeable battery. Sennheiser HD 450BT can be used wirelessly, wireless devices allow you more freedom of movement not restricted by a cable.
The JBL Tour ONE M2 also can be used wirelessly 2.4GHz wireless is used for devices such as headsets such as the Sennheiser HD 450BT, keyboards, and mice similar to Bluetooth but with a proprietary radio frequency. It typically offers better performance than Bluetooth, with low latency and good stability. Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard that allows data transfers between devices placed in close proximity, using short-wavelength, ultra-high frequency radio waves.
Sennheiser HD 450BT has a v5 JBL Tour ONE M2 has a Bluetooth version of v5.3. Newer versions provide faster data transfers. Sennheiser HD 450BT support USB TYPE-C, an industry-standard connector for transmitting both data and power on a single cable.
The USB-C plug is now part and parcel of most current laptops, phones, and tablets, it features reversible plug orientation and cable direction. JBL Tour ONE M2 too have USB TYPE-C Sennheiser HD 450BT support APTX, a codec used for transmitting audio wirelessly with Bluetooth. It is developed by Qualcomm and supports 16-bit audio at a bit rate of 384kbps.
JBL Tour ONE M2 support APTX Sennheiser HD 450BT support AAC, a codec that is used for Bluetooth audio. It supports 24-bit audio at 250kbps. Because it uses psychoacoustic modeling, it can provide better results than other codecs at a similar bit rate.
The JBL Tour ONE M2 support AAC as well. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves higher sound quality than MP3 encoders at the same bit rate. Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances.
The Sennheiser HD 450BT can connect at a 10meters distance via Bluetooth or infrared to another device. The JBL Tour ONE M2 can connect at a 10meters distance via Bluetooth Being an industry standard audio plug, a standard 3.5mm male connector is suitable for use with all MP3 players and computer sound cards. This means that it is commonly used in stereo headphones to your phone or connecting your phone to an external amplifier, sound bars, your car radio, etc.
Sennheiser HD 450BT has this connector giving it a wider range of connectivity with most of the sound devices out there. All plugs have at least a tip and sleeve with the number of rings that stand as a differentiating factor. JBL Tour ONE M2 too have this kind of connector Sennheiser HD 450BT have only 2 microphones, more microphones result in better sound quality and enable the device to filter out background noise.
The JBL Tour ONE M2 microphones are only 6. The highest mic frequency of a microphone is defined as its upper limiting frequency. With today's microphones, you can reach a frequency high reaching up to 140 kHz.
Sennheiser HD 450BT's highest mic frequency is 6,000Hz, the highest frequency that the mic can pick up. Better for recording treble. The lowest mic frequency of a microphone is defined as its lower limiting frequency.
With today's microphones, you can have a frequency starting from around 1Hz. Sennheiser HD 450BT's lowest mic frequency is 80Hz, the lowest frequency that the mic can pick up. Better for recording bass.
Sennheiser HD 450BT support multipoint, which allows you to link to more Bluetooth devices and switch between them. For example, you can easily switch calls from one device to another without having to manually disconnect and reconnect. The JBL Tour ONE M2 support multipoint count.
Bluetooth multipoint would come in handy because you can be on one call without missing notifications coming from another device. There is a control panel on the Sennheiser HD 450BT body, so you can easily access the volume control or remote without having to interact with a cable or another device it's connected to. The JBL Tour ONE M2 too have a control panel on them.
Sennheiser HD 450BT can be used as a headset. A headset is one headphone or pair with a built-in microphone. Headsets can be used for apps that require communication i.e.
Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, games with voice chat, mobile phones, etc. JBL Tour ONE M2 can be used as a headset. since they have a built-in microphone The period of time that warrant free repair and adjustment services in case of a malfunction occurring under normal use that has followed instruction manuals.
When covered under the manufacturer’s warranty it is possible to get a replacement in the case of a malfunction. Sennheiser HD 450BT have a warranty period of 2 years Carrying headphones without a case, or putting them in bags without a casing can easily put them at risk of getting damaged. The Sennheiser HD 450BT come with their own special case or pouch, which is useful for safe transportation.
JBL Tour ONE M2 too have a travel bag or case included.