Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
✓
Nuraphone NuraTrue ✓
ANC makes use of advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. 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 taking +1 (noise) and adding -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 thus "diluting" the noise.
Nuraphone NuraTrue have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background noise.
Audio Technica ATH TWX9 too have ANC making either of the devices ideal for plane rides and morning commutes. Each work with different noise cancellation settings, pick the noise cancellation type that you prefer for travel or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
✓
Nuraphone NuraTrue ✓
Nuraphone NuraTrue stay well in place, creating an acoustic covering that tones down background sounds and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both Audio Technica ATH TWX9, and Nuraphone NuraTrue have passive noise reduction which implies that both tone down ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
5.8mm
Nuraphone NuraTrue 10mm
The Nuraphone NuraTrue driver unit is 10mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, its size determines the sound produced by the earbuds.
Audio Technica ATH TWX9 driver unit is 5.8mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Nuraphone NuraTrue by 4.2mm
, 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 it's true that, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
20Hz
Nuraphone NuraTrue 20Hz
The Nuraphone NuraTrue's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Audio Technica ATH TWX9's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
40000Hz
Nuraphone NuraTrue 20000Hz
Nuraphone NuraTrue's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well a particular audio device produces high human frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Audio Technica ATH TWX9's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this means that
Audio Technica ATH TWX9 generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Nuraphone NuraTrue
Sound Pressure Level
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
102dB/mW
Nuraphone NuraTrue 108dB/mW
SPL, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, Nuraphone NuraTrue's measurement is 108dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
Audio Technica ATH TWX9's sound pressure level measurement is 102dB/mW. How loud a device is can be perceived differently by different persons, so we need to have the means to get a standard measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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