Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
OnePlus Buds Pro 2
✓
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX ✓
ANC utilises advanced kind of tech to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and after generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) then producing -1 (counter sound by the device) to make 0 thus "diluting" the noise.
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 have ANC enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't need to crank up the device volume to overcome background noise.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX too have ANC making both devices ideal for flights and rush hour commutes. Each operate with different noise cancellation settings, pick the mode that suits your travel or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
OnePlus Buds Pro 2
✓
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX ✓
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 stay tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces your environment sounds and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out .
Both Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX, and OnePlus Buds Pro 2 have passive noise reduction this means that they limit ambient noise instead of actively using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
OnePlus Buds Pro 2
11mm
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX 9.2mm
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that makes sound in the earbuds, its size dictates the sound produced by the device.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX driver unit is 9.2mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of OnePlus Buds Pro 2 by 1.8mm
, 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 are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
OnePlus Buds Pro 2
10Hz
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX 20Hz
The OnePlus Buds Pro 2's lowest frequency is at 10Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal while at it.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 can produce a juicier bass than the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
Highest Frequency
OnePlus Buds Pro 2
40000Hz
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX 20000Hz
The OnePlus Buds Pro 2's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio device generates high audible frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal while at it.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this implies that
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 can generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
Sound Pressure Level
OnePlus Buds Pro 2
97dB/mW
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX ✗
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, measured in decibels, dB, OnePlus Buds Pro 2's measurement is 97dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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