Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro
✓
Skullcandy Indy Fuel ✗
Active noise cancellation utilises more advanced technology to actively counter noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then adding -1 (inverted noise) to make zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro have ANC allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background sounds.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro
✓
Skullcandy Indy Fuel ✓
The Skullcandy Indy Fuel stay tightly in place, this creates a sound seal that tones down your environment sounds and also prevents the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro, and Skullcandy Indy Fuel have passive noise reduction which means that they limit ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro
11mm
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 6mm
The Skullcandy Indy Fuel have a unit size of 6mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, the unit size dictates the loudness of the device.
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro 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 yes, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro
✗
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 20Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio component generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal while at it.
Highest Frequency
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro
✗
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 20000Hz
The Skullcandy Indy Fuel's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well an audio device generates high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Sound Pressure Level
Xiaomi FlipBuds Pro
✗
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 105dB/mW
SPL, is the level of pressure 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.
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