Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
Active noise cancellation utilises advanced technology to reduce ambient sounds. How it works, it studies 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 (sound from your surrounding) and producing -1 (inverted noise) to make zero hence "diluting" the noise.
The Sony LinkBuds S have ANC enabling 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.
The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 too have ANC which makes both earbuds ideal for flights and morning commutes. Each work with different noise cancellation modes, pick the mode that suits your commute or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
Sony LinkBuds S stay well in place, creating a sound covering that reduces your environment noise while preventing the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3, and Sony LinkBuds S have passive noise reduction which implies that they tone down ambient noise instead of actively using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
7mm
Sony LinkBuds S 5mm
Sony LinkBuds S have a unit size of 5mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the device, its size dictates the loudness of the device.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 driver unit is 7mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony LinkBuds S by 2mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
5Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 20Hz
The Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal while at it.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3's lowest frequency is at 5Hz, this implies that
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 make sound with a juicier bass than the Sony LinkBuds S
Highest Frequency
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
21000Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 40000Hz
The Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio component produces high audible frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3's highest frequency is at 21000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
Sound Pressure Level
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
107dB/mW
Sony LinkBuds S ✗
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, measured in decibels, dB, Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3's measurement is 107dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3
✗
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
The Sony LinkBuds S have neodymium magnets, if used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help produce music at quite a high sound pressure level, with the use of high magnetic flux.
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