Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✗
Active noise cancellation uses advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and after inverts the soundwaves to counter it. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (sound from your surrounding) and adding -1 (inverted noise) to make 0 therefore "diluting" the noise.
The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX have Active Noise Cancellation enabling you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't have to crank up the device volume to overcome background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✓
Ultimate Ears Drops sit well in place, this creates an acoustic covering that tones down your environment sounds and also prevents the earbuds music from leaking out .
Both Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX, and Ultimate Ears Drops have passive noise reduction this means that they limit ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
9.2mm
Ultimate Ears Drops 9.2mm
Ultimate Ears Drops driver unit is 9.2mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, and can produce better bass.
A driver unit is basically a mini speaker that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size dictates the loudness of the device.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX driver unit is 9.2mm in diameter,
making both Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX, and Ultimate Ears Drops similar in how loud their sound gets
, 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 indicate that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
20Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops 20Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component produces low frequencies that can be heard, and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this means that
both devices make sound with equal bass
Highest Frequency
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
20000Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops 20000Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response tells how well an audio component makes high recognizable frequencies and if it adjustments to the signal while at it.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices can generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX
✗
Ultimate Ears Drops 110dB/mW
SPL, is the level of pressure of sound, measured in decibels, dB, Ultimate Ears Drops's measurement is 110dB/mW. Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source.
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