Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Wave Beam
✓
JBL Tune 230NC ✓
ANC utilises advanced technology to actively cancel noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after inverts the soundwaves to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) and producing -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 which results in a reduced level of noise.
The JBL Wave Beam have ANC allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue since you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
The JBL Tune 230NC too have ANC which makes both devices ideal for plane rides and rush hour commutes. The JBL Wave Beam and JBL Tune 230NC operate with different noise cancellation settings, pick the setting that you prefer for commute or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Wave Beam
✓
JBL Tune 230NC ✓
JBL Wave Beam sit tightly in place, creating an acoustic covering that tones down background noise well as preventing the earbuds sound from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which implies that they limit ambient noise instead of actively using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Wave Beam
8mm
JBL Tune 230NC 6mm
The JBL Wave Beam have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, its size corellates with the loudness of the earbuds.
JBL Tune 230NC driver unit is 6mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of JBL Wave Beam by 2mm
, a common assumption that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers find it difficult to produce high frequencies so yes, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not indicate that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Wave Beam
20hz
JBL Tune 230NC 20hz
JBL Wave Beam's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio component generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal while at it.
JBL Tune 230NC's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Wave Beam
20,000hz
JBL Tune 230NC 20,000hz
The JBL Wave Beam's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well an audio component makes high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
JBL Tune 230NC's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Wave Beam
100db/mw
JBL Tune 230NC 105db/mw
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, measured 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 230NC's sound pressure level measurement is 105dB/mW. The sound pressure level, a device is can be considered differently by separate people, so we need to have the means to get a standard measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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