Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)
✓
JBL Wave Beam ✓
ANC makes use of advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (noise) then producing -1 (counter sound by the device) giving 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
JBL Wave Beam 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 overcome background noise.
The Apple AirPods (3rd Gen) too have Active Noise Cancellation making both devices ideal for flights and rush hour commutes. The JBL Wave Beam and Apple AirPods (3rd Gen) operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the setting that suits your commute or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)
✓
JBL Wave Beam ✓
JBL Wave Beam stay tightly in place, this creates an acoustic seal that tones down your environment noise well as preventing the earbuds music from leaking out at the same.
Both Apple AirPods (3rd Gen), and JBL Wave Beam have passive noise reduction which implies that both tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)
11mm
JBL Wave Beam 8mm
JBL Wave Beam have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, the unit size dictates the sound made by the earbuds.
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen) driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Wave Beam by 3mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)
10Hz
JBL Wave Beam 20Hz
JBL Wave Beam'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 makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)'s lowest frequency is at 10Hz, this means that
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen) make sound with a juicier bass than the JBL Wave Beam
Highest Frequency
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)
20,000Hz
JBL Wave Beam 20,000Hz
JBL Wave Beam's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well an audio component makes high recognizable frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal while at it.
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)'s highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Apple AirPods (3rd Gen)
✗
JBL Wave Beam 100dB/mW
The sound pressure level, is the level of pressure of sound, in decibels, dB, JBL Wave Beam's measurement is 100dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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