Has Passive Noise Reduction
Ultimate Ears Drops
✓
Skullcandy Indy Fuel ✓
Ultimate Ears Drops sit tightly in place, creating a sound covering that tones down background noise and also prevents the device voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction which means that they reduce ambient noise instead of actively using ANC to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Ultimate Ears Drops
9.2mm
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 6mm
Ultimate Ears Drops driver unit is 9.2mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the device, the unit size corellates with the loudness of the device.
Skullcandy Indy Fuel driver unit is 6mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Ultimate Ears Drops by 3.2mm
, as many tend to believe 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 mean that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Ultimate Ears Drops
20Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 20Hz
The Ultimate Ears Drops's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device generates low frequencies that can be heard, and if it alters the signal on its way through.
Skullcandy Indy Fuel's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Ultimate Ears Drops
20000Hz
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 20000Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device produces high recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Skullcandy Indy Fuel's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, this means that
both devices generate equal treble
Sound Pressure Level
Ultimate Ears Drops
110dB/mW
Skullcandy Indy Fuel 105dB/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.
Skullcandy Indy Fuel's sound pressure level measurement is 105dB/mW. How loud something is can be taken differently by separate persons, so we need to have a way of getting a standard measurement of sound level expressed in numerical terms.
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