Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Jabra Elite 85t
✓
Devialet Gemini 2 ✓
Active noise cancellation makes use of advanced kind of tech to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) giving zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
The Devialet Gemini 2 have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the device volume to overcome background sounds.
The Jabra Elite 85t too have Active Noise Cancellation making either of the earbuds ideal for flights and morning commutes. Each work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the mode that suits your commute or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Jabra Elite 85t
✓
Devialet Gemini 2 ✓
Devialet Gemini 2 stay tightly in place, creating a sound seal that tones down background sounds and also prevents the device music from leaking out at the same.
Both Jabra Elite 85t, and Devialet Gemini 2 have passive noise reduction which implies that both reduce ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Jabra Elite 85t
12mm
Devialet Gemini 2 10mm
The Devialet Gemini 2 driver unit is 10mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, its size corellates with the loudness of the device.
Jabra Elite 85t driver unit is 12mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Devialet Gemini 2 by 2mm
, many people have a misconception that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty producing high frequencies so it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not indicate that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Jabra Elite 85t
20Hz
Devialet Gemini 2 5Hz
The Devialet Gemini 2's lowest frequency is at 5Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Jabra Elite 85t's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
Devialet Gemini 2 can produce a juicier bass than the Jabra Elite 85t
Highest Frequency
Jabra Elite 85t
20,000Hz
Devialet Gemini 2 20,000Hz
Devialet Gemini 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component produces high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Jabra Elite 85t's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Jabra Elite 85t
✗
Devialet Gemini 2 120dB/mW
SPL, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, Devialet Gemini 2's measurement is 120dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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