Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✓
OnePlus Buds Z2 ✓
ANC uses more advanced technology to actively counter noise. ANC works when, it studies the sound pattern of incoming noise and after generates a mirror signal to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (noise) and adding -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue since you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
OnePlus Buds Z2 too have ANC which makes both devices ideal for plane rides and morning travels. Each work with different noise cancellation settings, pick the setting that you prefer for travel or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✗
OnePlus Buds Z2 ✓
The OnePlus Buds Z2 sit well in place, this creates an acoustic covering that tones down your environment sounds while preventing the earbuds voice audio from leaking out .
Driver Unit Size
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
12mm
OnePlus Buds Z2 11mm
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live driver unit is 12mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the earbuds, its size dictates the sound produced by the earbuds.
OnePlus Buds Z2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Samsung Galaxy Buds Live by 1mm
, 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 are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
20hz
OnePlus Buds Z2 20hz
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device generates low recognizable frequencies and if it alters the signal while at it.
OnePlus Buds Z2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
20,000hz
OnePlus Buds Z2 20,000hz
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device generates high human frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal while at it.
OnePlus Buds Z2's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal treble
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