AliExpress JBL Tune 760NC Bluetooth Headphones Review

AliExpress JBL Tune 760NC Bluetooth Headphones Review
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I have reviewed quite a few AliExpress items now, some have been good, others not, and some outright scams. I am not quite sure which category this one fits into. The JBL Tune 760NC headset retails for just under £70 on Amazon but it is widely available from a range of suppliers on AliExpress and can be bought for as little as £20, so it must be a scam, right?

Inside the attractive and well-designed display box, which seems in every respect to me to be identical to the JBL original, was the headset itself, a very short bright orange USB-C Charging Cable, audio cable, a concertina style Quick Start Guide and large and dense book of legal disclaimers and bumf. The User Guide is easy to read although not very informative. All the specifications I list here are taken from the enclosed user guide and may or may not be accurate.

The on-ear style headphones feel very lightweight and not particularly well made or robust. The headset looks good with an attractive black silk finish to the body and what looks like PU leather for the headband and earcups. The padding is good but not luxurious with the cups bearing a a large and prominent L and R inside the cups. The all plastic headband can be extended an inch or so and the cups themselves can be rotated and positioned pretty much any way you want. I found the headset to be rather a tight fit and not very comfortable, although the light weight did reduce the strain.

The right cup has all the electronics and along the edge of the cup are buttons for Power On/Off, ANC On/Off, vol/track Up and Down, and Play/Pause/Call Answer/Reject/ Personal Assistant. There is also a standard 3.5mm audio cable port for the headset to be used in wired mode. The buttons are all flush, black and hard to identify by sight or by touch. Red/Blue/white LEDs are present for Bluetooth and ANC status alerts and charging confirmation, in addition to audio alerts.

The Active Noise Cancellation, as with all such headsets is better described as Active Noise Reduction, does actually work and quite effectively for sustained low pitch rumbles – traffic, road roar, engines, – rather than for sudden high-pitched noises but in general it works well and makes a noticeable difference. The headset can also be used as normal earphones and an audio cable is provided for this purpose. Unlike with many other ANC headsets I have tried with this one there is little if any difference in the music quality with ANC on or off.

Bluetooth Pairing, as with all Bluetooth 5 devices, was simple enough and achieved in the usual way by depressing the Multi-function/Power button for several seconds. The connection is indicated by the usual Red/Blue flashing LED. After pairing, subsequent connections to the same device are automatic and almost instantaneous. This headset can connect to two Bluetooth sources and to pair with the second headset, keep the headset turned on but switch off Bluetooth on the first device and pair manually to the second, when the first device is turned on again it will automatically pair to the headset. I have to say that I was not happy with the quality of the Bluetooth connection as it suffered from repeated dropouts when only three feet away from the source device.

Battery life seems fine to me and I have no reason to doubt the claimed 35 hours of music time with Bluetooth and ANC ednabled and 50 hours with them off from a two hour charge. Time will tell how the battery fares in the long term.

This headset is lacking a few features often found even on cheaper units these days. The is no FM radio, SD card slot or NFC pairing option.

When I first tried the headset the bass was overwhelming and distorted but when I adjusted the EQ on my phone the sound quality became much better and tests connected to my Mac confirmed this. The bass is prominent but is clean, and smooth, mid tones are clear and detailed and very easy to listen to with high frequencies lacking in sibilance or shrillness. The sound quality of this headset is OK for the £20 price but I am glad I did not pay the £70 price of a real JBL.

I have never used a genuine JBL Tune 760NC so cannot do a side-by-side test. The packaging of the headset here is excellent and seems genuine to me but the lightweight build quality, rather average sound quality and poor Bluetooth connection make me doubt the claims of it being genuine. Also, when pairing the headset name is displayed as TUNE760NC whereas I am informed the genuine article shows up as JBL TUNE760NC.

As a sub £30 headset this is not a bad buy, the sound quality is OK and the ANC works quite well but to me, it lacks the quality feel and performance of a premium brand device.

The Good
Good Price
Attractive Design
Good Packaging
Microphone
Bluetooth 5.0
Good ANC

The Bad
No NFC
No SD Card Slot
No Radio
Middling Audio Quality
Poor Build Quality

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