Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony WF 1000XM4
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✓
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced technology to actively cancel noise. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 thus "diluting" the noise.
The Nothing Ear 1 have ANC enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background noise.
Sony WF 1000XM4 too have Active Noise Cancellation making either of the devices ideal for flights and rush hour travels. The Nothing Ear 1 and Sony WF 1000XM4 work with different noise cancellation settings, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WF 1000XM4
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✓
The Nothing Ear 1 sit well in place, this creates a sound covering that reduces background noise well as preventing the device music from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which implies that they reduce ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WF 1000XM4
6mm
Nothing Ear 1 11.6mm
The Nothing Ear 1 driver unit is 11.6mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, its size corellates with the loudness of the device.
Sony WF 1000XM4 driver unit is 6mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Nothing Ear 1 by 5.6mm
, as many tend to believe that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty producing high frequencies so yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM4
20Hz
Nothing Ear 1 20Hz
Nothing Ear 1's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio component produces low audible frequencies and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Sony WF 1000XM4's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM4
40000Hz
Nothing Ear 1 20000Hz
Nothing Ear 1's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio component produces high human frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Sony WF 1000XM4's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this means that
Sony WF 1000XM4 produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Nothing Ear 1
Sound Pressure Level
Sony WF 1000XM4
105dB/mW
Nothing Ear 1 ✗
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, measured in decibels, dB, Sony WF 1000XM4's measurement is 105dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony WF 1000XM4
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✗
Sony WF 1000XM4 have neodymium magnets, if used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help generate music at quite a high SPL, using high magnetic flux.
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