Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✓
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II ✓
ANC makes use of more advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (noise) then adding -1 (inverted noise) giving zero thus "diluting" the noise.
The Huawei FreeBuds 5i have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue since you don't have to crank up the device volume to outcompete background sounds.
The Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II too have ANC which makes either of the earbuds ideal for flights and morning travels. The Huawei FreeBuds 5i and Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✓
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II ✓
The Huawei FreeBuds 5i sit tightly in place, creating a sound seal that reduces background sounds while preventing the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this implies that both limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
10mm
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II 9.3mm
Huawei FreeBuds 5i have a unit size of 10mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, the unit size corellates with the sound produced by the earbuds.
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II driver unit is 9.3mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Huawei FreeBuds 5i by 0.7mm
, a common assumption that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers find it difficult to produce high frequencies so yes, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not indicate that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
20Hz
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II 20Hz
Huawei FreeBuds 5i's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
40000Hz
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II 20000Hz
Huawei FreeBuds 5i's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component generates high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
Huawei FreeBuds 5i produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II
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