Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
JLab Go Air ✗
Active noise cancellation utilises more advanced technology to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) and adding -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
Sony LinkBuds S have Active Noise Cancellation enabling 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 sounds.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
JLab Go Air ✓
JLab Go Air stay tightly in place, this creates a sound covering that reduces background sounds and also prevents the device sound from leaking out .
Both Sony LinkBuds S, and JLab Go Air have passive noise reduction which means that they reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony LinkBuds S
5mm
JLab Go Air 8mm
The JLab Go Air driver unit is 8mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, its size corellates with the sound produced by the earbuds.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of JLab Go Air by 3mm
, a common assumption 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 deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
20Hz
JLab Go Air 20Hz
JLab Go Air's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component produces low audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40000Hz
JLab Go Air 20000Hz
JLab Go Air's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device makes high human frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S can produce a clearer and crispier treble than the JLab Go Air
Sound Pressure Level
Sony LinkBuds S
✗
JLab Go Air 103dB/mW
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, measured in decibels, dB, JLab Go Air's measurement is 103dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
JLab Go Air ✓
JLab Go Air have neodymium magnets, when used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help generate music at quite a high sound pressure level, using high magnetic flux.
Sony LinkBuds S have it too, devices with these magnets are lighter and more powerful . It is also known that they have more bass and clearer high notes.
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