Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Wave Beam
✓
JBL Tune 130NC ✓
Active noise cancellation utilises advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, 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 having +1 (sound from your surrounding) and producing -1 (counter sound by the device) giving 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The JBL Wave Beam have ANC enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background noise.
JBL Tune 130NC too have ANC making either of the devices ideal for flights and rush hour commutes. Each work 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 Wave Beam
✓
JBL Tune 130NC ✓
JBL Wave Beam stay well in place, this creates a sound covering that tones down your environment sounds well as preventing the device music from leaking out at the same.
Both JBL Tune 130NC, and JBL Wave Beam 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 Tune 130NC 10mm
JBL Wave Beam driver unit is 8mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, the unit size corellates with the sound made by the earbuds.
JBL Tune 130NC driver unit is 10mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Wave Beam by 2mm
, as many tend to believe that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers find it difficult to produce high frequencies so it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Wave Beam
20hz
JBL Tune 130NC 20hz
JBL Wave Beam's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio component produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
JBL Tune 130NC's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Wave Beam
20,000hz
JBL Tune 130NC 20,000hz
The JBL Wave Beam's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device generates high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
JBL Tune 130NC's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Wave Beam
100db/mw
JBL Tune 130NC 103db/mw
SPL, 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 Tune 130NC's sound pressure level measurement is 103dB/mW. The sound pressure level, something is can be perceived differently by different people, so we need to have the means to get an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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