Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. How it works, it studies the sound pattern of incoming noise and then inverts the soundwaves to counter it. Simply put, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) and adding -1 (counter sound by the device) giving 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have ANC enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background sounds.
JBL Live Free 2 too have ANC which makes both earbuds ideal for flights and rush hour commutes. The Sony WF 1000XM3 and JBL Live Free 2 operate with different noise cancellation modes, pick the noise cancellation type that you prefer for commute or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✓
Sony WF 1000XM3 stay well in place, creating an acoustic seal that tones down background sounds and also prevents the earbuds music from leaking out .
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which implies that they reduce ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WF 1000XM3
6mm
JBL Live Free 2 11mm
The Sony WF 1000XM3 driver unit is 6mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size corellates with the loudness of the device.
JBL Live Free 2 driver unit is 11mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony WF 1000XM3 by 5mm
, 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 it's true that, larger drivers are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20Hz
Sony WF 1000XM3'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 on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20000Hz
JBL Live Free 2 20000Hz
Sony WF 1000XM3's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device produces high audible frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
JBL Live Free 2's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Sony WF 1000XM3
✗
JBL Live Free 2 102dB/mW
The sound pressure level, is the pressure level of sound, measured in decibels, dB, JBL Live Free 2's measurement is 102dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
JBL Live Free 2 ✗
Sony WF 1000XM3 have neodymium magnets, when used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output using less power to do so. They can help generate music at quite a high SPL, with the use of high magnetic flux.
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