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Updated January 10, 2024·
If you prioritize long battery life and a tighter budget, the JBL Tune 710BT may be your better option, especially for casual music listening and exercise. However, if you are looking for higher sound quality, especially for calls and meetings, and if active noise cancelling is important to you for better concentration or for a quieter experience during air travel, the Sennheiser 450BT is superior. The Sennheiser also offers lower latency, making them more suitable for gaming and watching TV or videos. While the JBL is lighter, the Sennheiser provides an app with audio control customizations. Remember, the Sennheiser generally costs more. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the JBL Tune 710BT
The JBL Tune 710BT has no clear advantages over the Sennheiser 450BT.
Advantages of the Sennheiser 450BT
Very good for gaming
Very good for TV and video
Excellent for air travel
Key differences
Gaming
5.3/10
8.8/10
The Sennheiser 450BT is very good for gaming, while the JBL Tune 710BT is poor.
TV and Video
5.6/10
8.1/10
The Sennheiser 450BT is very good for TV and video, while the JBL Tune 710BT is poor.
Noise Reduction
6.0/10
9.1/10
The Sennheiser 450BT is excellent for noise reduction, while the JBL Tune 710BT is only fair.
Battery
50.0 Hours
27.5 Hours
The JBL Tune 710BT has 50 hours of battery life. The Sennheiser 450BT has 27.5 hours of battery life.
Cost
$63
$90
$40
$60
$80
$100
$120
$140
$160
The JBL Tune 710BT has a price of $63 and the Sennheiser 450BT costs $90.
"We are facing headphones that are comfortable to use with a foldable and lightweight design, which is combined with 40mm dynamic drivers and a multipoint Bluetooth connection, which makes them versatile and a good option for day-to-day use, whether for listening music, podcasts, audiobooks, or videos."
"The Sennheiser HD 450BT is a very good pair of headphones for the price, noise canceling is good and sound quality is great—quite rare at this price point. Like any product, this headset isn’t without its faults."
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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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