Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Wave Beam
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
ANC makes use of advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and after generates a mirror signal to counter it. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) and producing -1 (counter sound by the device) giving zero resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The JBL Wave Beam 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 noise.
The JBL Live Free 2 too have ANC which makes either of the devices ideal for flights and morning travels. Each work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Wave Beam
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
JBL Wave Beam stay well in place, this creates a sound seal that tones down background sounds and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which implies that they tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Wave Beam
8mm
JBL Live Free 2 11mm
JBL Wave Beam driver unit is 8mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size determines the sound produced by the earbuds.
JBL Live Free 2 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 produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Wave Beam
20Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20Hz
The JBL Wave Beam's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device produces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to 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 Wave Beam
20,000Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20,000Hz
JBL Wave Beam's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well an audio device produces high recognizable frequencies and if it changes to the signal while at it.
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Wave Beam
100dB/mW
JBL Live Free 2 102dB/mW
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level 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.
JBL Live Free 2's sound pressure level measurement is 102dB/mW. How loud a device is can be considered differently by different people, so we need to have a way of getting a standard measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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