Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
JBL Live Free 2
✓
Skullcandy Indy Fuel ✗
ANC makes use of advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. How it works, it studies the sound pattern of incoming noise and generates a mirror signal to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (counter sound by the device) giving 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
JBL Live Free 2 have Active Noise Cancellation allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background sounds.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
JBL Live Free 2
✓
Skullcandy Indy Fuel ✓
The Skullcandy Indy Fuel stay well in place, creating an acoustic covering that tones down your environment noise well as preventing the earbuds sound from leaking out at the same.
Both JBL Live Free 2, and Skullcandy Indy Fuel have passive noise reduction this means that they reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
JBL Live Free 2
11mm
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 6mm
Skullcandy Indy Fuel driver unit is 6mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, its size corellates with the loudness of the earbuds.
JBL Live Free 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Skullcandy Indy Fuel by 5mm
, 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 mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
JBL Live Free 2
20Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 20Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component generates low recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
JBL Live Free 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
JBL Live Free 2
20000Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 20000Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well an audio component makes high human frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
JBL Live Free 2
102dB/mW
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 105dB/mW
SPL, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, Skullcandy Indy Fuel's measurement is 105dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
JBL Live Free 2's sound pressure level measurement is 102dB/mW. The sound pressure level, something is can be considered differently by different persons, so we need to have a way of getting an objective measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
A Review By Comparison Of The Echo Buds 3Rd Generation Vs. Skullcandy Indy Fuel
A Review By Comparison Of The Audio Technica Ath Cks50Tw Vs. Skullcandy Indy Fuel