Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
JLab Go Air ✗
Active noise cancellation uses more advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 therefore "diluting" the noise.
Sony WF 1000XM3 have ANC allowing you to listen at lower volume levels, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
JLab Go Air ✓
Sony WF 1000XM3 sit tightly in place, this creates a sound covering that reduces background sounds and also prevents the earbuds sound from leaking out at the same.
Both JLab Go Air, and Sony WF 1000XM3 have passive noise reduction which means that they tone down ambient noise instead of actively using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WF 1000XM3
6mm
JLab Go Air 8mm
Sony WF 1000XM3 driver unit is 6mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the device, the unit size dictates the loudness of the device.
JLab Go Air driver unit is 8mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony WF 1000XM3 by 2mm
, many people have a misconception 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
JLab Go Air 20Hz
Sony WF 1000XM3's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device produces low audible frequencies and if it alters the signal on its way through.
JLab Go Air's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20000Hz
JLab Go Air 20000Hz
The Sony WF 1000XM3's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well a particular audio device makes high human frequencies and if it changes to the signal while at it.
JLab Go Air's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Sony WF 1000XM3
✗
JLab Go Air 103dB/mW
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, in decibels, dB, JLab Go Air's measurement is 103dB/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
✓
JLab Go Air ✓
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have neodymium magnets, if used in earbuds produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help produce music at quite a high SPL, with the use of high magnetic flux.
JLab Go Air have it too, devices with neodymium 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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