Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Tune 230NC
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✓
ANC uses advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. How it works, 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) then adding -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The JBL Tune 230NC have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background sounds.
The Jabra Elite 5 too have ANC making either of the devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. The JBL Tune 230NC and Jabra Elite 5 operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Tune 230NC
✓
Jabra Elite 5 ✓
The JBL Tune 230NC sit tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces background noise well as preventing the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which implies that both reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Tune 230NC
6mm
Jabra Elite 5 6mm
The JBL Tune 230NC driver unit is 6mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the loudness of the device.
Jabra Elite 5 driver unit is 6mm in diameter,
making both devices similar in how loud their sound can get
, 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 yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Tune 230NC
20hz
Jabra Elite 5 20hz
JBL Tune 230NC's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio component generates low audible frequencies and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Jabra Elite 5's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Tune 230NC
20,000hz
Jabra Elite 5 20,000hz
JBL Tune 230NC's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well an audio device produces high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Jabra Elite 5's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Tune 230NC
105db/mw
Jabra Elite 5 ✗
The sound pressure level, is the level of pressure of sound, measured in decibels, dB, JBL Tune 230NC's measurement is 105dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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