Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✓
ANC makes use of more advanced technology to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (counter sound by the device) to make zero therefore "diluting" the noise.
The Jabra Elite 5 have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
Sony LinkBuds S too have Active Noise Cancellation making both devices ideal for flights and morning travels. Each operate with different noise cancellation settings, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✓
The Jabra Elite 5 sit tightly in place, this creates an acoustic seal that reduces your environment noise and also prevents the device music from leaking out .
Both Sony LinkBuds S, and Jabra Elite 5 have passive noise reduction which implies that they limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony LinkBuds S
5mm
Jabra Elite 5 6mm
The Jabra Elite 5 driver unit is 6mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size determines the sound produced by the earbuds.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Jabra Elite 5 by 1mm
, 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 imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
20Hz
Jabra Elite 5 20Hz
Jabra Elite 5's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio component generates low recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40000Hz
Jabra Elite 5 20000Hz
Jabra Elite 5's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device makes high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S can generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Jabra Elite 5
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✗
The Sony LinkBuds S have 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, with the use of high magnetic flux.
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