Has Active Noise Cancellation (Anc)
Beats Studio Pro
✓
Shure Aonic 40 ✓
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 generates a mirror signal 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 hence "diluting" the noise.
Beats Studio Pro 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.
Shure Aonic 40 too have active noise cancellation making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each may work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the setting, mode, or noise cancellation type that suits your commute or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Beats Studio Pro
✓
Shure Aonic 40 ✓
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 Studio Pro 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 Shure Aonic 40 isolates you from ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Lowest Frequency
Beats Studio Pro
20Hz
Shure Aonic 40 20Hz
Low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device reproduces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it. Beats Studio Pro's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, the lower the low-frequency response, the stronger and juicier the bass.
Shure Aonic 40's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Beats Studio Pro
20,000Hz
Shure Aonic 40 20,000Hz
High frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component reproduces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on the way through. Beats Studio Pro's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, the higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble.
Shure Aonic 40's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal treble
Driver Unit Size
Beats Studio Pro
40mm
Shure Aonic 40 40mm
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the headphone. Beats Studio Pro driver unit is 40mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful and can produce better bass.
Shure Aonic 40 driver unit is 40mm in diameter,
making both Shure Aonic 40, and Beats Studio Pro 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 it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better sound.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Beats Studio Pro
✓
Shure Aonic 40 ✗
Neodymium magnets if 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 Studio Pro have this type of magnet.
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