Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Wave Buds
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
Active noise cancellation utilises more advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (counter sound by the device) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
JBL Wave Buds have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
The JBL Live Free 2 too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. The JBL Wave Buds and JBL Live Free 2 work with different noise cancellation types, pick the noise cancellation type that you prefer for commute or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Wave Buds
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
JBL Wave Buds sit tightly 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 both tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Wave Buds
8mm
JBL Live Free 2 11mm
The JBL Wave Buds have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size determines the sound made 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 Buds by 3mm
, 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 indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Wave Buds
20Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20Hz
JBL Wave Buds's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device generates low recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Wave Buds
20,000Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20,000Hz
JBL Wave Buds's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device makes high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices can produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Wave Buds
100dB/mW
JBL Live Free 2 102dB/mW
The sound pressure level, is the level of pressure 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.
JBL Live Free 2's sound pressure level measurement is 102dB/mW. How loud something is can be considered differently by different people, so we need to have a way of getting an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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