Has Active Noise Cancellation (Anc)
Sony WH XB910N
✓
Beats Solo3 Wireless ✗
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to actively counter noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 outside (noise from your surrounding) and adding -1 inside (counter sound within the device) to make zero resulting in a reduced level of noise.
Sony WH XB910N allow you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the volume to overcome background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WH XB910N
✓
Beats Solo3 Wireless ✓
Passive Noise Cancellation uses well-designed ear cups to seal out unwanted noise. This is used for both in-ear earphones and over-ear headphones where the headphone itself will keep surrounding noise out.
The Beats Solo3 Wireless sits tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces background noise and prevents your music from leaking out.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that also the Sony WH XB910N isolates you from ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Lowest Frequency
Sony WH XB910N
7Hz
Beats Solo3 Wireless 20Hz
Low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component reproduces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it. Beats Solo3 Wireless's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, the lower the low-frequency response, the stronger and juicier the bass.
Sony WH XB910N's lowest frequency is at 7Hz, this means that
Beats Solo3 Wireless got a juicier bass than the Sony WH XB910N
Highest Frequency
Sony WH XB910N
25,000Hz
Beats Solo3 Wireless 20,000Hz
High frequency response measures if and how well an audio component reproduces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it. Beats Solo3 Wireless's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, the higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble.
Sony WH XB910N's highest frequency is at 25,000Hz, this implies that
Sony WH XB910N got a clearer and crispier treble than the Beats Solo3 Wireless
Sound Pressure Level
Sony WH XB910N
96dB/mW
Beats Solo3 Wireless 100dB/mW
Sound pressure is the average variation in atmospheric pressure caused by the sound, the sound level .i.e how loud something is can be perceived differently by different people so we need to have the means to get an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
The sound pressure level, SPL, is the pressure level of a sound, measured in decibels, dB, Beats Solo3 Wireless's measurement is 100dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
Sony WH XB910N's sound pressure level measurement is 96dB/mW.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WH XB910N
40mm
Beats Solo3 Wireless 40mm
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the headphone. Beats Solo3 Wireless driver unit is 40mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful and can produce better bass.
Sony WH XB910N driver unit is 40mm in diameter,
making both Sony WH XB910N, and Beats Solo3 Wireless similar in how loud their sound gets
, as many tend to believe that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty reproducing high frequencies so yes, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better sound.
Impedance
Sony WH XB910N
48Ohms
Beats Solo3 Wireless 35Ohms
Impedance is the device's resistance to the electromagnetic current, when electricity flows through a conductor, it faces electrical resistance that counters the flow of current. The resistance of a wire is measured in ohms. Beats Solo3 Wireless's impedance is 35Ohms, the lower the impedance, the easier it is to get higher volume and requires less power.
Sony WH XB910N's impedance is 48Ohms. The impedance of earbuds is the electrical resistance of the driver unit present on the inside.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony WH XB910N
✓
Beats Solo3 Wireless ✓
Neodymium magnets when used in audio devices produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help produce music at quite a high sound pressure level, SPL, with the use of high magnetic flux. The Beats Solo3 Wireless have this type of magnet.
Sony WH XB910N have it too, devices with neodymium magnets are lighter and more powerful than those which use ferrite magnets. It is also known that they have more bass and clear high notes.
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