Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
ANC utilises advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and after generates a mirror signal to counter it. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the device volume to overcome background noise.
The Sony LinkBuds S too have ANC making both devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your commute or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro stay tightly in place, creating a sound covering that reduces your environment noise well as preventing the earbuds sound from leaking out .
Both Sony LinkBuds S, and Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 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
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 13mm
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro driver unit is 13mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the sound made by the earbuds.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro by 8mm
, 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 yes, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
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 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 LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40000Hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20000Hz
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well an audio component makes high recognizable frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S can generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✗
The Sony LinkBuds S have neodymium magnets, if used in audio devices produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help produce music at quite a high sound pressure level, with the use of high magnetic flux.
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