Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✗
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 inverts the soundwaves to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) and adding -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 which results in a reduced level of noise.
Audio Technica ATH TWX9 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 device volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✓
The Powerbeats Pro sit tightly in place, creating a sound covering that reduces your environment noise and also prevents the earbuds sound from leaking out at the same.
Both Audio Technica ATH TWX9, and Powerbeats Pro have passive noise reduction which implies that they tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
5.8mm
Powerbeats Pro 12mm
The Powerbeats Pro have a unit size of 12mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the earbuds, its size dictates the loudness of 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 Powerbeats Pro by 6.2mm
, 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 yes, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
20Hz
Powerbeats Pro 10Hz
The Powerbeats Pro's lowest frequency is at 10Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an 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
Powerbeats Pro produce a juicier bass than the Audio Technica ATH TWX9
Highest Frequency
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
40000Hz
Powerbeats Pro ✗
The Audio Technica ATH TWX9's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well a particular audio component generates high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Sound Pressure Level
Audio Technica ATH TWX9
102dB/mW
Powerbeats Pro ✗
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, Audio Technica ATH TWX9's measurement is 102dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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