Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Nothing Ear 1
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
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 then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) and adding -1 (inverted noise) to make zero therefore "diluting" the noise.
The JBL Live Free 2 have ANC enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue since you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
Nothing Ear 1 too have ANC making either of the devices ideal for flights and rush hour commutes. Each work with different noise cancellation types, pick the setting that suits your commute or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Nothing Ear 1
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
JBL Live Free 2 stay tightly in place, creating a sound seal that reduces background noise and also prevents the device music from leaking out at the same.
Both Nothing Ear 1, and JBL Live Free 2 have passive noise reduction which means that they limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Nothing Ear 1
11.6mm
JBL Live Free 2 11mm
The JBL Live Free 2 have a unit size of 11mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size corellates with the loudness of the earbuds.
Nothing Ear 1 driver unit is 11.6mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Live Free 2 by 0.6mm
, as many tend to believe that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty producing high frequencies so yes, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Nothing Ear 1
20Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20Hz
JBL Live Free 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component generates low recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Nothing Ear 1's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Nothing Ear 1
20000Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20000Hz
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component makes high human frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
Nothing Ear 1's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this implies that
both devices can generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Nothing Ear 1
✗
JBL Live Free 2 102dB/mW
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, in decibels, dB, JBL Live Free 2's measurement is 102dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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