Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✓
ANC makes use of advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it studies the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (noise) then producing -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 thus "diluting" the noise.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't have to crank up the device volume to outcompete background sounds.
The Nothing Ear 1 too have ANC which makes both devices ideal for plane rides and morning travels. Each work with different noise cancellation settings, pick the mode that suits your commute or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✓
The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX sit well in place, creating a sound seal that tones down background noise and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this means that they tone down ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
9.2mm
Nothing Ear 1 11.6mm
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX have a unit size of 9.2mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size corellates with the sound produced by the device.
Nothing Ear 1 driver unit is 11.6mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX by 2.4mm
, a common assumption that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty producing high frequencies so yes, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
20Hz
Nothing Ear 1 20Hz
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Nothing Ear 1's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
20,000Hz
Nothing Ear 1 20,000Hz
The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well an audio component makes high human frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through.
Nothing Ear 1's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal treble
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