Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✗
Active noise cancellation utilises advanced technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds. How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then inverts the soundwaves to cancel it out. Simply put, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) and adding -1 (counter sound by the device) to make 0 hence "diluting" the noise.
Huawei FreeBuds 5i have ANC enabling you to listen at lower volume levels, good for your ears since you don't have to crank up the device volume to overcome background sounds.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✓
Ultimate Ears Drops sit tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that tones down your environment noise and also prevents the earbuds sound from leaking out .
Both Huawei FreeBuds 5i, and Ultimate Ears Drops have passive noise reduction which implies that both limit ambient noise without using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
10mm
Ultimate Ears Drops 9.2mm
Ultimate Ears Drops have a unit size of 9.2mm in diameter, the bigger the unit the more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
A driver unit is the component that produces sound in the earbuds, its size determines the sound made by the earbuds.
Huawei FreeBuds 5i driver unit is 10mm in diameter,
making them have a larger driver unit than that of Ultimate Ears Drops by 0.8mm
, 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 indicate that they deliver better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
20Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops 20Hz
The 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 alters the signal while at it.
Huawei FreeBuds 5i's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
40000Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops 20000Hz
The Ultimate Ears Drops's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response indicates how well an audio component produces high recognizable frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through.
Huawei FreeBuds 5i's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this implies that
Huawei FreeBuds 5i can generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Ultimate Ears Drops
Sound Pressure Level
Huawei FreeBuds 5i
✗
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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