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Updated April 10, 2024·
If you're on a budget and need a set with active noise cancelling for air travel or quiet listening, the JBL Tune 660NC could be suitable, but expect fair sound and comfort. The Sennheiser Accentum Plus, while pricier, offers very good sound quality, excellent call quality, and is better for a variety of uses including music, calls, gaming, and TV. It also features longer battery life, aptX Adaptive codec for low latency, and is both optimized for Android and Apple devices with more durable build quality, but it's heavier and may be more cumbersome to carry. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the JBL Tune 660NC
The JBL Tune 660NC has no clear advantages over the Sennheiser Accentum Plus.
Advantages of the Sennheiser Accentum Plus
Good for music
Excellent for phone calls
Excellent for gaming
Very good for TV and video
Very good for exercise
Excellent for air travel
Excellent for podcasts and audiobooks
Key differences
Music
6.1/10
7.5/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is good for music, while the JBL Tune 660NC is only fair.
Gaming
5.4/10
9.1/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is excellent for gaming, while the JBL Tune 660NC is poor.
Phone Calls
5.1/10
9.2/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is excellent for phone calls, while the JBL Tune 660NC is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
5.7/10
9.3/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is excellent for podcasts and audiobooks, while the JBL Tune 660NC is poor.
TV and Video
5.6/10
8.8/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is very good for TV and video, while the JBL Tune 660NC is poor.
Noise Reduction
6.0/10
8.3/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus is very good for noise reduction, while the JBL Tune 660NC is only fair.
Battery
42.0 Hours
50.0 Hours
The JBL Tune 660NC has 42 hours of battery life. The Sennheiser Accentum Plus has 50 hours of battery life.
Cost
$70
$230
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
$350
The JBL Tune 660NC has a price of $70 and the Sennheiser Accentum Plus costs $230.
Build Quality
8.0/10
8.9/10
The Sennheiser Accentum Plus and JBL Tune 660NC both have very good build quality, though the Sennheiser Accentum Plus has somewhat better build quality.
"The JBL Tune 660NC is the best value you can get from a set of on-ear headphones. There's no companion app so you don't get many additional features, but everything the JBL Tune 660NC sets out to do, it does well. At this price, the JBL Tune 660NC is an easy recommendation for on-ear headphone lovers"
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About JBL
JBL is an American audio equipment manufacturer. Owned by Harman International which is, itself, owned by Samsung Electronics. JBL markets a wide array of monitoring speakers, professional headphones and consumer market headphones and earbuds. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing (whose initials give the company its name) and has become one of the most prolific audio companies ever. Their products were responsible for audio during the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
About Sennheiser
A family-owned company, Sennheiser is a German, high fidelity, audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1945. Their consumer audio division is now owned by the Swiss hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturer Sonova. Sennheiser offers a wide variety of, very high quality, audio equipment solutions, from headphones to earbuds, full sets of monitoring speakers, amplifiers and microphones. They also make what is widely regarded as the best, and most expensive, headphones in existence, the HE-1 Orpheus, costing a whopping $59,000 dollars.
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