Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Wave Buds
✓
OnePlus Buds Z2 ✓
Active noise cancellation uses advanced technology to actively cancel noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The JBL Wave Buds have ANC enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
OnePlus Buds Z2 too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes both devices ideal for plane rides and rush hour commutes. The JBL Wave Buds and OnePlus Buds Z2 work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Wave Buds
✓
OnePlus Buds Z2 ✓
The JBL Wave Buds sit well in place, this creates an acoustic seal that tones down background sounds and also prevents the earbuds music from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that both reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Wave Buds
8mm
OnePlus Buds Z2 11mm
JBL Wave Buds have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size determines the loudness of the earbuds.
OnePlus Buds Z2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JBL Wave Buds by 3mm
, 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 it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Wave Buds
20Hz
OnePlus Buds Z2 20Hz
The JBL Wave Buds's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio device generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal while at it.
OnePlus Buds Z2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Wave Buds
20,000Hz
OnePlus Buds Z2 20,000Hz
JBL Wave Buds's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device produces high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
OnePlus Buds Z2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Wave Buds
100dB/mW
OnePlus Buds Z2 ✗
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.
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