JBL Tune 780NC vs Sony WH-CH720N

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Tune 780NC compared with WH-CH720N

	JBLTune 780NC	SonyWH-CH720N
Overview
Released
Released	November 2025	March 2023
Sound
Type
Type	Over-ear	Over-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	40 mm	30 mm
Back
Back	Closed	–
Impedance
Impedance	32 ohms	–
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC, AAC and LC3	SBC and AAC
Lossless over USB-C
Lossless over USB-C	No	No
Chip
Chip	–	V1
Drivers
Drivers	40 mm dynamic; 10 Hz–20 kHz wireless or 10 Hz–40 kHz wired response	30 mm dynamic driver; 7 Hz to 20,000 Hz (JEITA, wired, switched on); sensitivity 108 dB/mW switched on, 99 dB/mW switched off; impedance 325 Ω switched on, 31 Ω switched off (1 kHz, wired)
Chip
Chip	–	Integrated Processor V1
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Adaptive cancellation, Ambient Aware and TalkThru	Dual Noise Sensor technology, with two microphones on each ear cup; Ambient Sound Mode adjustable in 20 levels in the app
Audio features
Audio features	Personi-Fi 3.0 and Spatial Sound; SBC, AAC, LC3, Auracast and ten-band EQ confirmed by Les Numériques	DSEE upscaling; 360 Reality Audio; equaliser in the app
Hearing health
Hearing health	VoiceAware adjusts own-voice monitoring	–
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 50 hours	Up to 35 hours
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 76 hours with Bluetooth on and ANC off, 50 with both on; calls 45 hours without ANC or 41 with it. Maker PDF prose incorrectly says Bluetooth off, contradicted by its technical table and current UK page	Up to 50 hours with noise cancelling off (AAC or SBC); 35 hours with Ambient Sound Mode on; talk time up to 35 hours (40 hours with noise cancelling off); up to 35 hours on the headphone cable with noise cancelling on (50 hours off); DSEE, the equaliser and the voice-assistant wake word shorten battery life; can't be used while charging
Charging case
Charging case	USB-C; 690 mAh, 3.7 V battery; two-hour full charge	–
Fast charging
Fast charging	Five minutes supplies up to five hours	3 minutes gives about 60 minutes of playback, 10 minutes about 4.5 hours; full charge in about 3.5 hours (0.5 A or higher USB adaptor)
Design
Weight
Weight	225.2 g	192 g (better)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	6.0	5.2
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	Yes
Headphone cable
Headphone cable	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	Five physical buttons; app assignments (Les Numériques)	Buttons for power, volume up and down, play/call (press twice to skip forwards, three times to skip back; hold for the voice assistant) and NC/AMB; hands-free "OK Google" or "Alexa" wake word
Microphones
Microphones	Four total, including two beamforming call microphones	Two noise-cancelling microphones on each ear cup; beamforming call microphones with Precise Voice Pickup technology and a Wind Noise Reduction Structure
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Foldable over-ear design; closed back confirmed by Labo Fnac	Closed, over-ear; synthetic leather and urethane earpads; sliders on both sides of the headband
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	–	No water resistance rating
Dimensions
Dimensions	Outer cups 96.3 × 78.8 mm; inner 60 × 42.5 mm; depth 21 mm	–
Works with
Works with	Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair and two devices; supplied 1.2 m USB-C-to-3.5 mm analogue cable requires power and does not support digital USB audio (Les Numériques)	Sony | Sound Connect app (formerly Headphones Connect) for iOS and Android; multipoint connection to two devices; Google Fast Pair and Microsoft Swift Pair; Bluetooth 5.2 Class 1, about 10 m range; A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP
Colours
Colours	Black, Blue, White, Lavender and Beige	Black, Blue, White; Pink added in 2025
In the box
In the box	Headphones and USB-C-to-3.5 mm analogue cable; no charging cable. Les Numériques reports November 2025 retail availability, before the maker's later US June 2026 schedule	Headphones, USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C, about 20 cm), headphone cable (about 1.2 m)