Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
ANC utilises more advanced technology to actively cancel noise. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and after inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the device volume to overcome background sounds.
Sony LinkBuds S too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes both devices ideal for plane rides and morning travels. The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro and Sony LinkBuds S operate with different noise cancellation settings, pick the setting that you prefer for travel 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, this creates a sound seal that tones down your environment noise well as preventing the device voice audio from leaking out .
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this means that they tone down 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 have a unit size of 13mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the loudness of 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 yeah, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
20hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component generates 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 implies that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40,000hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20,000hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio component makes high audible frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40,000Hz, this implies that
Sony LinkBuds S produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✗
Sony LinkBuds S have neodymium magnets, when used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help produce music at quite a high SPL, using high magnetic flux.
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