Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Live Free 2
✓
JBL Tour Pro 2 ✓
Active noise cancellation makes use of more advanced technology to actively cancel noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (noise) and producing -1 (inverted noise) giving zero resulting in a reduced level of noise.
JBL Tour Pro 2 have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue as you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
The JBL Live Free 2 too have Active Noise Cancellation making either of the earbuds ideal for flights and morning travels. The JBL Tour Pro 2 and JBL Live Free 2 work with different noise cancellation types, pick the mode that suits your travel or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Live Free 2
✓
JBL Tour Pro 2 ✓
The JBL Tour Pro 2 stay tightly in place, this creates a sound covering that reduces background noise while preventing the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that both tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Live Free 2
11mm
JBL Tour Pro 2 10mm
The JBL Tour Pro 2 driver unit is 10mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the device, its size determines the loudness of the device.
JBL Live Free 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Tour Pro 2 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 are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Live Free 2
20Hz
JBL Tour Pro 2 20Hz
The JBL Tour Pro 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio component generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal while at it.
JBL Live Free 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Live Free 2
20,000Hz
JBL Tour Pro 2 20,000Hz
JBL Tour Pro 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component generates high audible frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Live Free 2
102dB/mW
JBL Tour Pro 2 ✗
SPL, is the pressure level of sound, measured 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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