Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
Active noise cancellation makes use of advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. ANC works when, it listens to the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (noise) and producing -1 (counter sound by the device) giving zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live have ANC enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Sony LinkBuds S too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes either of the devices ideal for flights and morning commutes. The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live and Sony LinkBuds S operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your travel or that enhances your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
✗
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
Sony LinkBuds S sit tightly in place, this creates an acoustic seal that reduces your environment sounds well as preventing the device music from leaking out at the same.
Driver Unit Size
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
12mm
Sony LinkBuds S 5mm
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live driver unit is 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 device, its size dictates the loudness of the earbuds.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Samsung Galaxy Buds Live by 7mm
, 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 it's true that, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
20Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 20Hz
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device generates low frequencies that can be heard, 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
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
20,000Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 40,000Hz
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device makes high recognizable frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40,000Hz, this implies that
Sony LinkBuds S can produce a clearer and crispier treble than the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
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