Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Live Pro 2
✓
JBL Wave Buds ✓
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. How it works, it studies the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after inverts the soundwaves to counter it. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (counter sound by the device) to make zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
JBL Wave Buds have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background noise.
The JBL Live Pro 2 too have ANC making both earbuds ideal for plane rides and rush hour commutes. The JBL Wave Buds and JBL Live Pro 2 work with different noise cancellation types, pick the mode that suits your travel or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Live Pro 2
✓
JBL Wave Buds ✓
The JBL Wave Buds stay well in place, creating a sound seal that reduces background noise and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both JBL Live Pro 2, and JBL Wave Buds have passive noise reduction this implies that both tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Live Pro 2
11mm
JBL Wave Buds 8mm
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 the component that produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size dictates the loudness of the device.
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
, 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 yes, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not indicate that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Live Pro 2
20Hz
JBL Wave Buds 20Hz
The JBL Wave Buds's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio component produces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
JBL Live Pro 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Live Pro 2
20000Hz
JBL Wave Buds 20000Hz
JBL Wave Buds's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well an audio device produces high audible frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Pro 2's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this implies that
both devices can generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Live Pro 2
93dB/mW
JBL Wave Buds 100dB/mW
SPL, 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.
JBL Live Pro 2's sound pressure level measurement is 93dB/mW. The sound pressure level, a device is can be considered differently by separate persons, so we need to have a way of getting an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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