Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✓
Active noise cancellation makes use of advanced technology to actively cancel noise. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (noise) and adding -1 (inverted noise) to make zero hence "diluting" the noise.
Jabra Elite 5 have Active Noise Cancellation allowing 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 noise.
The Sony LinkBuds S too have ANC which makes either of the devices ideal for flights and morning travels. The Jabra Elite 5 and Sony LinkBuds S operate with different noise cancellation settings, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your commute or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✓
The Jabra Elite 5 stay tightly in place, this creates an acoustic seal that reduces background noise while preventing the earbuds music from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that both limit ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony LinkBuds S
5mm
Jabra Elite 5 6mm
The Jabra Elite 5 have a unit size of 6mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the sound made by the device.
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 find it difficult to produce high frequencies so it's true that, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they deliver 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 device generates low recognizable frequencies and if it alters the signal while at it.
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40,000Hz
Jabra Elite 5 20,000Hz
The Jabra Elite 5's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component makes high human frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40,000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S can produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Jabra Elite 5
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