Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Live Pro 2
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✗
Active noise cancellation utilises more advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. How it works, it studies the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after inverts the soundwaves to counter it. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) and adding -1 (counter sound by the device) to make 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
JBL Live Pro 2 have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Live Pro 2
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✓
The Powerbeats Pro sit tightly in place, creating an acoustic covering that tones down your environment sounds while preventing the earbuds sound from leaking out .
Both JBL Live Pro 2, and Powerbeats Pro have passive noise reduction which means that both reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Live Pro 2
11mm
Powerbeats Pro 12mm
Powerbeats Pro have a unit size of 12mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size determines the sound made by the earbuds.
JBL Live Pro 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Powerbeats Pro by 1mm
, a common assumption 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 indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Live Pro 2
20Hz
Powerbeats Pro 10Hz
The Powerbeats Pro's lowest frequency is at 10Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Pro 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
Powerbeats Pro can make sound with a juicier bass than the JBL Live Pro 2
Highest Frequency
JBL Live Pro 2
20,000Hz
Powerbeats Pro ✗
JBL Live Pro 2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component makes high human frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Live Pro 2
93dB/mW
Powerbeats Pro ✗
The sound pressure level, is the level of pressure of sound, in decibels, dB, JBL Live Pro 2's measurement is 93dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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