Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
OnePlus Buds Z2
✓
Sony WF C500 ✗
ANC utilises more advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. How it works, it studies the sound pattern of incoming noise and generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) and producing -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
The OnePlus Buds Z2 have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't have to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
OnePlus Buds Z2
✓
Sony WF C500 ✓
The OnePlus Buds Z2 sit tightly in place, this creates an acoustic seal that reduces background sounds and also prevents the device music from leaking out at the same.
Both Sony WF C500, and OnePlus Buds Z2 have passive noise reduction which means that they tone down ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
OnePlus Buds Z2
11mm
Sony WF C500 5.8mm
OnePlus Buds Z2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the sound produced by the device.
Sony WF C500 driver unit is 5.8mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of OnePlus Buds Z2 by 5.2mm
, many people have a misconception that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers find it difficult to produce high frequencies so it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
OnePlus Buds Z2
20Hz
Sony WF C500 20Hz
OnePlus Buds Z2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal while at it.
Sony WF C500's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
OnePlus Buds Z2
20000Hz
Sony WF C500 20000Hz
The OnePlus Buds Z2's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio component makes high recognizable frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal while at it.
Sony WF C500's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Has A Neodymium Magnet
OnePlus Buds Z2
✗
Sony WF C500 ✓
Sony WF C500 have neodymium magnets, if used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help generate music at quite a high sound pressure level, with the use of high magnetic flux.
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