Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Beats Studio Buds Plus
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
ANC utilises advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it studies the sound pattern of incoming noise and then inverts the soundwaves to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) and producing -1 (inverted noise) giving zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
Beats Studio Buds Plus have ANC 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.
The Sony LinkBuds S too have Active Noise Cancellation making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. The Beats Studio Buds Plus and Sony LinkBuds S work with different noise cancellation settings, pick the mode that suits your travel or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Beats Studio Buds Plus
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
The Beats Studio Buds Plus stay well in place, creating an acoustic covering that tones down your environment sounds and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both Sony LinkBuds S, and Beats Studio Buds Plus have passive noise reduction which implies that both limit ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Beats Studio Buds Plus
8.2mm
Sony LinkBuds S 5mm
The Beats Studio Buds Plus have a unit size of 8.2mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the device, its size corellates with the loudness of the device.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Beats Studio Buds Plus by 3.2mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Beats Studio Buds Plus
20Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 20Hz
Beats Studio Buds Plus's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Beats Studio Buds Plus
20,000Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 40,000Hz
Beats Studio Buds Plus's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device makes high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40,000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Beats Studio Buds Plus
Sound Pressure Level
Beats Studio Buds Plus
100dB/mW
Sony LinkBuds S ✗
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, measured in decibels, dB, Beats Studio Buds Plus's measurement is 100dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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