Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✗
ANC makes use of more advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) then adding -1 (counter sound by the device) giving zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
The Sony LinkBuds S have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the device volume to overcome background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✓
The Powerbeats Pro stay tightly in place, creating a sound seal that reduces your environment noise and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this implies that both limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony LinkBuds S
5mm
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.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, its size determines the loudness of the device.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Powerbeats Pro by 7mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not indicate that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
20Hz
Powerbeats Pro 10Hz
The Powerbeats Pro's lowest frequency is at 10Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well an audio device produces low recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
Powerbeats Pro make sound with a juicier bass than the Sony LinkBuds S
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40000Hz
Powerbeats Pro ✗
The Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio component generates high human frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Powerbeats Pro ✗
Sony LinkBuds S have neodymium magnets, if used in audio devices produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help produce music at quite a high sound pressure level, using high magnetic flux.
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