Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✓
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced kind of tech to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (noise) then adding -1 (counter sound by the device) to make 0 which results in a reduced level of noise.
The Sony LinkBuds S have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears since you don't need to crank up the device volume to overcome background sounds.
The Nothing Ear 1 too have ANC making either of the earbuds ideal for plane rides and morning travels. The Sony LinkBuds S and Nothing Ear 1 operate with different noise cancellation types, pick the setting that you prefer for commute or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Nothing Ear 1 ✓
The Sony LinkBuds S stay well in place, creating an acoustic covering that tones down background noise well as preventing the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this means that both limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony LinkBuds S
5mm
Nothing Ear 1 11.6mm
The Sony LinkBuds S have a unit size of 5mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the earbuds, its size dictates the sound produced by the device.
Nothing Ear 1 driver unit is 11.6mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony LinkBuds S by 6.6mm
, a common assumption 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 indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
20Hz
Nothing Ear 1 20Hz
The Sony LinkBuds S'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 on its way through.
Nothing Ear 1's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40,000Hz
Nothing Ear 1 20,000Hz
The Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well an audio device makes high human frequencies and if it changes to the signal while at it.
Nothing Ear 1's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, this implies that
Sony LinkBuds S can generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Nothing Ear 1
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