Legendary sound, epic battery life, and a first-of-a-kind accessory
The over-ear JBL Tour One M3 headphones look undeniably stylish in a Mocha colorway. | Image Credit — JBL
This first-of-a-kind (for over-ear headphones) wireless dongle promises to “uplevel your audio experience” by reducing the latency normally associated with Bluetooth technology and improving the overall stability of your connection between the JBL Tour One M3 and such audio sources as an inflight entertainment system, PC, tablet, or TV.
The “groundbreaking” accessory will be optional, but curiously enough, we don’t know how much the Tour One M3 are supposed to cost by themselves. The existing JBL Tour One M2, mind you, are typically priced at $300 sans any sort of smart audio transmitting companion, but this next-gen wireless audio flagship comes with a bunch of other upgrades and improvements too, including 70 hours of uninterrupted music playback (up from just 50 hours of maximum battery life on the previous model) and second-gen True Adaptive Noise Cancelling tech.
The JBL Tour One M3 come with a grand total of eight noise-blocking microphones and a four-mic adaptive beamforming system for crystal clear calls, as well as massive 40mm Mica drivers promising (even more) legendary sound than the Tour One M2, spatial audio with head tracking support, and of course, the latest Bluetooth 5.3 standard, launching April 13 in black, mocha, and blue colorways.
What sort of party animal are you?
JBL seems to think there are (at least) three types of wolves among its customers, with the wildest of them all likely to only be satisfied by a $799 new PartyBox 520 speaker with a monumental 400 watts of maximum output power.
The 100W output power-capable PartyBox Encore 2 and Encore Essential 2, meanwhile, are designed for slightly easier-to-tame party animals… on tighter budgets, costing $399 and $299 respectively with many of the same key features and technologies as the super-premium PartyBox 520.
The super-powerful JBL PartyBox 520 speaker looks predictably massive. | Image Credit — JBL
We’re talking AI Sound Boost functionality across the board, as well as Bluetooth 5.4 with LE audio support, IPX4 certification for (minimal) water resistance, and multi-speaker Auracast connectivity.
By no means easy to carry around, all of these new additions to the already expansive JBL PartyBox family come with built-in handles for enhanced portability, not to mention large enough batteries to keep your social gatherings going for up to a solid 15 hours before having to hug a wall. The biggest downside here might be that you need to wait until June to purchase these bad boys, which is still perfect for your next summer vacation.
