Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✓
Sony WF C500 ✗
Active noise cancellation makes use of advanced technology to reduce ambient sounds. ANC works when, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and after generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (noise) and producing -1 (counter sound by the device) to make zero thus "diluting" the noise.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue as you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✓
Sony WF C500 ✓
The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX sit tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that tones down background noise and also prevents the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both Sony WF C500, and Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX have passive noise reduction this implies that they reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
9.2mm
Sony WF C500 5.8mm
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX have a unit size of 9.2mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, the unit size dictates the loudness of the device.
Sony WF C500 driver unit is 5.8mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX by 3.4mm
, as many tend to believe 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
Sony WF C500 20Hz
The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony WF C500's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
20000Hz
Sony WF C500 20000Hz
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component produces high human frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal while at it.
Sony WF C500's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal treble
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✗
Sony WF C500 ✓
The Sony WF C500 have neodymium magnets, if used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help produce music at quite a high sound pressure level, using high magnetic flux.
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