Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
✓
JBL Tour Pro 2 ✓
ANC utilises more advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. How it works, it detects and analyzes 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) and producing -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
The JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears as you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
The JBL Tour Pro 2 too have ANC making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the setting that suits your commute or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
✓
JBL Tour Pro 2 ✓
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC sit well in place, this creates a sound seal that tones down background sounds and also prevents the earbuds sound from leaking out at the same.
Both JBL Tour Pro 2, and JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC have passive noise reduction this implies that they reduce ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
8mm
JBL Tour Pro 2 10mm
The JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, the unit size determines the sound produced by the earbuds.
JBL Tour Pro 2 driver unit is 10mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC by 2mm
, 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 it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
20Hz
JBL Tour Pro 2 20Hz
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio device produces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
JBL Tour Pro 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
20,000Hz
JBL Tour Pro 2 20,000Hz
The JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio component makes high human frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
JBL Tour Pro 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this means that
both devices can generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
110dB/mW
JBL Tour Pro 2 ✗
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, measured in decibels, dB, JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC's measurement is 110dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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