Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
✓
Sony WF C500 ✗
ANC utilises advanced technology to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and inverts the soundwaves to counter it. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (counter sound by the device) to make zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
✓
Sony WF C500 ✓
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC sit well in place, creating a sound seal that tones down background sounds and also prevents the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both Sony WF C500, and JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC have passive noise reduction this implies that they tone down ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
8mm
Sony WF C500 5.8mm
The JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC driver unit is 8mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, the unit size determines the loudness of the earbuds.
Sony WF C500 driver unit is 5.8mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC by 2.2mm
, 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 are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
20Hz
Sony WF C500 20Hz
The JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony WF C500's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
20,000Hz
Sony WF C500 20,000Hz
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio component generates high recognizable frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony WF C500's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices can produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JLab Audio Epic Air Sport ANC
110dB/mW
Sony WF C500 ✗
SPL, is the pressure level 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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