Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Live Pro 2
✓
JBL Wave Buds ✓
ANC utilises more advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and then generates a mirror signal to counter it. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) to make zero resulting in a reduced level of noise.
JBL Wave Buds have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background noise.
The JBL Live Pro 2 too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes either of the devices ideal for flights and morning commutes. Each work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the setting that suits your travel or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Live Pro 2
✓
JBL Wave Buds ✓
JBL Wave Buds stay well in place, this creates a sound seal that reduces your environment noise well as preventing the earbuds sound from leaking out at the same.
Both JBL Live Pro 2, and JBL Wave Buds have passive noise reduction this means that both limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Live Pro 2
11mm
JBL Wave Buds 8mm
JBL Wave Buds 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 produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the sound produced by the earbuds.
JBL Live Pro 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Wave Buds by 3mm
, many people have a misconception that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty producing high frequencies so yes, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Live Pro 2
20Hz
JBL Wave Buds 20Hz
JBL Wave Buds's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio component generates low audible frequencies and if it alters the signal while at it.
JBL Live Pro 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Live Pro 2
20,000Hz
JBL Wave Buds 20,000Hz
The JBL Wave Buds's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component produces high audible frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
JBL Live Pro 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Live Pro 2
93dB/mW
JBL Wave Buds 100dB/mW
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, measured 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 Pro 2's sound pressure level measurement is 93dB/mW. How loud something is can be perceived differently by different persons, so we need to have a way of getting an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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