JBL Tour Pro 3: Excellent-sounding earphones with convenient controls

These earphones have great sound and features such as a touch display on the charging box and a USB audio connection.

- BY THOMAS BERGBOLD

The JBL Tour Pro 3 earphones are equipped with two drivers per earphone. The balanced armature driver ensures clear reproduction of high frequencies, while the 10.2 millimeter speaker driver is responsible for dynamics and bass. The Tour Pro 3 supports the wireless Hi-Res certified audio with LDAC, but that's an Android-only feature, unavailable to Apple device users.

The Tour Pro 3 has a total of six microphones, which are controlled by the JBL Crystal Al algorithm. Two external microphones on each earbud capture and transmit the voice, while an internal microphone isolates noise. The windproof design prevents distortion in windy conditions. The call equalizer allows you to adjust your sound precisely, and the sound level optimizer reduces loud sounds and amplifies quiet ones. The JBL Tour Pro 3 is also Zoom certified. The result is good intelligibility, but the naturalness suffers from the circuitry.

The True Adaptive Noise Cancelling 2.0 of the JBL Tour Pro 3 earphones analyzes the environment and adjusts the sound in real time. The JBL Headphones app (fave.co/3ZHOy0C) can be used to regulate how much or how little ambient noise should be let in. An additional set of foam ear pads improves passive isolation. In practice, the ANC impresses with effective noise cancellation that has a minimal impact on the sound. JBL’s extensive experience is evident here.

The True Adaptive Noise Cancelling 2.0 of JBL's earphones analyzes the environment and adjusts the sound in real time.