Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony WF 1000XM4
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
Active noise cancellation utilises more advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. ANC works when, it studies the sound pattern of incoming noise and after inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (noise) and producing -1 (counter sound by the device) giving 0 resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The Sony LinkBuds S have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Sony WF 1000XM4 too have ANC making either of the earbuds ideal for flights and rush hour travels. Each work with different noise cancellation types, pick the mode that you prefer for travel or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WF 1000XM4
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
Sony LinkBuds S sit well in place, this creates an acoustic covering that tones down your environment sounds and also prevents the earbuds sound from leaking out .
Both Sony WF 1000XM4, and Sony LinkBuds S have passive noise reduction this means that they tone down ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WF 1000XM4
6mm
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.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, its size dictates the sound produced by the earbuds.
Sony WF 1000XM4 driver unit is 6mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony LinkBuds S by 1mm
, a common assumption that driver units of a bigger size automatically produce better sound quality.
However, large drivers usually have difficulty producing high frequencies so yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not mean that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM4
20Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 20Hz
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device generates low recognizable frequencies and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Sony WF 1000XM4's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM4
40000Hz
Sony LinkBuds S 40000Hz
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well a particular audio device produces high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony WF 1000XM4's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this implies that
both devices generate equal treble
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony WF 1000XM4
✓
Sony LinkBuds S ✓
The Sony LinkBuds S have neodymium magnets, when 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 SPL, using high magnetic flux.
Sony WF 1000XM4 too have it, devices with these magnets are lighter and more powerful than those which use ferrite magnets. It is also known that they produce more bass and clearer high notes.
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