Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
ANC uses advanced technology to actively counter noise. How it works, it listens to the sound pattern of incoming noise and then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) giving 0 thus "diluting" the noise.
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue as you don't have to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background noise.
The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro too have ANC which makes either of the devices ideal for flights and morning commutes. Each operate with different noise cancellation settings, pick the mode that suits your travel or that suites your chill time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✓
The Sony WF 1000XM3 stay tightly in place, creating an acoustic covering that reduces your environment noise and also prevents the device music from leaking out .
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which implies that both tone down ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WF 1000XM3
6mm
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 13mm
The 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 makes sound in the device, its size dictates the sound produced by the device.
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro driver unit is 13mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony WF 1000XM3 by 7mm
, 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 yeah, larger drivers can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20Hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20Hz
Sony WF 1000XM3's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device generates low recognizable frequencies and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20000Hz
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro 20000Hz
The Sony WF 1000XM3's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio device generates high human frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal on its way through.
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2 Pro ✗
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have neodymium magnets, if used in audio devices produce a higher sensitivity and substantial sound output while using less power. They can help generate music at quite a high SPL, with the use of high magnetic flux.
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