Has Active Noise Cancellation (Noise Control)
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✗
ANC makes use of more advanced kind of tech to actively counter noise. ANC works when, it studies the sound pattern outside and inside the earbud and then generates a mirror signal to counter it. In simple terms, it's like having +1 (noise) and adding -1 (inverted noise) giving zero which results in a reduced level of noise.
Sony LinkBuds S have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, causing less ear fatigue since you don't need to crank up the device volume to outcompete background noise.
Has Passive Noise Reduction
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✓
Ultimate Ears Drops stay tightly in place, this creates an acoustic seal that reduces background sounds and also prevents the earbuds voice audio from leaking out at the same.
Both of these devices have passive noise reduction this implies that both tone down ambient noise without using technology to cancel it out.
Driver Unit Size
Sony LinkBuds S
5mm
Ultimate Ears Drops 9.2mm
The Ultimate Ears Drops have a unit size of 9.2mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, therefor producing better bass.
The driver unit is the component that makes sound in the earbuds, the unit size dictates the loudness of the earbuds.
Sony LinkBuds S driver unit is 5mm in diameter,
which implies that they have a smaller driver unit than that of Ultimate Ears Drops by 4.2mm
, as many tend to believe 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 are capable of generating louder sound, but this does not imply that they produce better quality sound.
Lowest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
20Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops 20Hz
The Ultimate Ears Drops's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response inidcates how well a particular audio device generates low audible frequencies and if it alters the signal while at it.
Sony LinkBuds S's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, this implies that
both devices can produce equal bass
Highest Frequency
Sony LinkBuds S
40000Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops 20000Hz
Ultimate Ears Drops's highest frequency is at 20000Hz, high-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component produces high audible frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through.
Sony LinkBuds S's highest frequency is at 40000Hz, this means that
Sony LinkBuds S generate a clearer and crispier treble than the Ultimate Ears Drops
Sound Pressure Level
Sony LinkBuds S
✗
Ultimate Ears Drops 110dB/mW
The sound pressure level, is the level of pressure of sound, 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.
Has A Neodymium Magnet
Sony LinkBuds S
✓
Ultimate Ears Drops ✗
The Sony LinkBuds S have neodymium magnets, when used in audio devices 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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