Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Wave Buds
✓
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 ✓
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after generates a mirror signal to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) then producing -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 which results in a reduced level of noise.
JBL Wave Buds have ANC allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears as you don't have to crank up the device volume to overcome background noise.
The Bowers & Wilkins PI7 too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes either of the earbuds ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. The JBL Wave Buds and Bowers & Wilkins PI7 work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the mode that suits your commute or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Wave Buds
✓
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 ✓
JBL Wave Buds stay tightly in place, this creates a sound seal that reduces background noise and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out .
Both Bowers & Wilkins PI7, and JBL Wave Buds have passive noise reduction which means that both tone down ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Wave Buds
8mm
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 9.2mm
The JBL Wave Buds have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the device, the unit size determines the loudness of the earbuds.
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 driver unit is 9.2mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Wave Buds by 1.2mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Wave Buds
20Hz
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 10Hz
The JBL Wave Buds's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio component produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Bowers & Wilkins PI7's lowest frequency is at 10Hz, this implies that
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 produce a juicier bass than the JBL Wave Buds
Highest Frequency
JBL Wave Buds
20,000Hz
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 20,000Hz
The JBL Wave Buds's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well a particular audio device produces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Bowers & Wilkins PI7's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Wave Buds
100dB/mW
Bowers & Wilkins PI7 ✗
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, JBL Wave Buds'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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