Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✓
JBL Reflect Aero TWS ✓
Active noise cancellation makes use of more advanced kind of tech to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and generates a mirror signal to counter it. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (noise) and adding -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 which results in a reduced level of noise.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
The JBL Reflect Aero TWS too have Active Noise Cancellation making both earbuds ideal for flights and morning commutes. Each operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the setting that suits your commute or that enhances your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✗
JBL Reflect Aero TWS ✓
The JBL Reflect Aero TWS stay tightly in place, this creates an acoustic covering that tones down background noise and also prevents the earbuds sound from leaking out .
Driver Unit Size
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
12mm
JBL Reflect Aero TWS 6.8mm
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live driver unit is 12mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, its size corellates with the sound produced by the device.
JBL Reflect Aero TWS driver unit is 6.8mm in diameter,
which means that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Samsung Galaxy Buds Live 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 indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
20Hz
JBL Reflect Aero TWS 20Hz
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
JBL Reflect Aero TWS's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
20000Hz
JBL Reflect Aero TWS 20000Hz
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device generates high human frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
JBL Reflect Aero TWS's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✗
JBL Reflect Aero TWS 99dB/mW
SPL, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, JBL Reflect Aero TWS's measurement is 99dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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