Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Live Free 2
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
ANC uses more advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (counter sound by the device) giving 0 which results in a reduced level of noise.
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue as you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
JBL Live Free 2 too have Active Noise Cancellation making both earbuds ideal for flights and morning travels. The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro and JBL Live Free 2 operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the setting that you prefer for commute or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Live Free 2
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro stay tightly in place, this creates a sound covering that tones down your environment noise well as preventing the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both JBL Live Free 2, and Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro have passive noise reduction which means that they tone down ambient noise instead of actively using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Live Free 2
11mm
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 13mm
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro have a unit size of 13mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the device, its size corellates with the sound produced by the earbuds.
JBL Live Free 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro by 2mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Live Free 2
20Hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20Hz
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Live Free 2
20000Hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20000Hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well an audio component makes high audible frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this implies that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Live Free 2
102dB/mW
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✗
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, measured in decibels, dB, JBL Live Free 2's measurement is 102dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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