Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✓
Sony WF C500 ✗
Active noise cancellation utilises advanced kind of tech to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and inverts the soundwaves to counter it. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (noise) then adding -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The Huawei FreeBuds 5i have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✓
Sony WF C500 ✓
The Huawei FreeBuds 5i stay well in place, this creates a sound covering that reduces your environment sounds while preventing the earbuds music from leaking out .
Both Sony WF C500, and Huawei FreeBuds 5i have passive noise reduction this means that they tone down ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
10mm
Sony WF C500 5.8mm
The Huawei FreeBuds 5i driver unit is 10mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, the unit size dictates the sound produced by the earbuds.
Sony WF C500 driver unit is 5.8mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Huawei FreeBuds 5i by 4.2mm
, a common assumption 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 mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
20Hz
Sony WF C500 20Hz
The 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.
Sony WF C500's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
40000Hz
Sony WF C500 20000Hz
Huawei FreeBuds 5i's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio device produces high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Sony WF C500's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
Huawei FreeBuds 5i can produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Sony WF C500
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✗
Sony WF C500 ✓
The Sony WF C500 have neodymium magnets, if used in audio devices produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help produce music at quite a high SPL, using high magnetic flux.
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