Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
Technics EAH AZ60 ✓
ANC utilises advanced kind of tech to actively cancel noise. ANC works when, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and after generates a mirror signal to counter it. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) then producing -1 (inverted noise) giving zero resulting in a reduced level of noise.
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue since you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to overcome background sounds.
The Technics EAH AZ60 too have Active Noise Cancellation which makes both earbuds ideal for flights and morning commutes. The Sony WF 1000XM3 and Technics EAH AZ60 operate with different noise cancellation modes, pick the noise cancellation type that suits your commute or that suites your relaxation time.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
Technics EAH AZ60 ✓
The Sony WF 1000XM3 stay well in place, creating a sound covering that reduces background noise and also prevents the earbuds music from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this implies that they tone down ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony WF 1000XM3
6mm
Technics EAH AZ60 8mm
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have a unit size of 6mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the device, the unit size corellates with the sound made by the earbuds.
Technics EAH AZ60 driver unit is 8mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Sony WF 1000XM3 by 2mm
, 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 can generate louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20Hz
Technics EAH AZ60 ✗
Sony WF 1000XM3's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio device generates low recognizable frequencies and if it alters the signal while at it.
Highest Frequency
Sony WF 1000XM3
20000Hz
Technics EAH AZ60 ✗
Sony WF 1000XM3's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well a particular audio component produces high audible frequencies and if it changes to the signal while at it.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony WF 1000XM3
✓
Technics EAH AZ60 ✗
The Sony WF 1000XM3 have neodymium magnets, if 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, using high magnetic flux.
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