JBL Wave Beam
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The JBL Wave Beam are true wireless earbuds designed for everyday use, offering deep bass sound, a comfortable and secure fit, long battery life, water and dust resistance, ambient awareness, and Bluetooth 5.0. Priced more affordable compared to high-end earbuds but don't come with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology.
JBL Wave Beam's ergonomic stick-closed design conforms well to ears providing a comfortable fit, the Ambient Aware and TalkThru modes also allow you to stay aware of your surroundings and also have a conversation without the need to remove the earbuds first.
Ingress protection ratings refer to the rating of protection offered by a casing, against dust and water. In the format of IPXX, 'X' represents a number The first value of the IP rating refers to protection against solids such as dust, while the second refers to resistance against liquids (sweat).
Scoring IP54, the JBL Wave Beam's rating is read as, the first value of 5 denotes that ingress of dust is not totally prevented but dust does not enter in harmful quantities to interfere with the correct operation or impair safety, and of liquids that they can withstand low pressure spray similar to that of a shower head when tilted at 180° for 10 minutes. JBL Wave Beam have a weight of 8.8g . We take in account a lower weight better for the reason that lighter devices are more comfortable to transport.
True wireless devices have no wires linking any part of the device together, JBL Wave Beam are true wireless for this case since they don't have wires. This is a key distinction as some wireless earbuds have wires linking the two earbuds . JBL Wave Beam are resistant to sweat JBL Wave Beam have stereo speakers, what this means is that JBL Wave Beam's speakers deliver sound from independent channels on both left and right sides, this creates a richer sound and a better listening experience. Active noise cancellation utilises advanced kind of tech to reduce unwanted ambient sounds.
How it works, it detects and analyzes the sound pattern of incoming noise and generates a mirror signal to cancel it out. In simple terms, it's like taking +1 (sound from your surrounding) and producing -1 (counter sound by the device) to make 0 thus "diluting" the noise.
The JBL Wave Beam have ANC allowing you to listen at lower levels of volume, good for your ears as you don't need to crank up the earbuds volume to outcompete background sounds.
The JBL Wave Beam stay tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal that reduces your environment sounds well as preventing the device voice audio from leaking out at the same. The JBL Wave Beam have a unit size of 8mm in diameter, bigger drivers are more powerful, and can produce better bass. The driver unit is basically a mini speaker that produces sound in the earbuds, its size corellates with the sound made by the device.
The JBL Wave Beam's lowest frequency is at 20Hz, low-frequency response measures if and how well an audio component produces low recognizable frequencies and if it makes any changes to the signal on its way through. JBL Wave Beam's highest frequency is at 20,000Hz, high-frequency response shows how well a particular audio device generates high audible frequencies and if it changes to the signal on its way through. SPL, is the pressure level of sound, in decibels, dB, JBL Wave Beam's measurement is 100dB/mW.
Devices with a higher sound pressure level are generally louder when supplied with any given audio source. JBL Wave Beam's battery life is 8 hours, these last longer than 5 hours of listening which is considered average before recharge. A device's battery life is usually given by the manufacturer, and with more battery hours, you get to use it for longer and have to charge the device less often.
This is given by the manufacturer, and JBL Wave Beam's case is said to have a full charge of 24 hours. A charging case with a longer battery life allows you to recharge your earbuds on the go several times before recharging the case itself. It requires 2 hours to fully charge the JBL Wave Beam's battery.
It is recommended to charge fully the battery before using the earbuds for the first time. JBL Wave Beam have a battery level indicator, an indicator alerts you when the device has a low battery. Its lights indicate the charging state of your earbuds and charging case.
The JBL Wave Beam use USB TYPE-C, an industry-standard connector for transmitting both data and power through a single cable. The JBL Wave Beam have Bluetooth version of 5.2, Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard that enables data movement between devices placed in close proximity, using short-wavelength, ultra-high frequency radio waves. JBL Wave Beam have a 10meters distance to connect via Bluetooth.
JBL Wave Beam have 2 microphones. The JBL Wave Beam use a noise-canceling microphone, these microphones are made to filter out background sounds from the earbuds' sound. JBL Wave Beam support ambient sound mode, which uses microphones to channel ambient sound so that they can still be heard even when wearing them If misplaced in a room, or can't easily find them in your bag, JBL Wave Beam have a find earbuds feature.
The JBL Wave Beam support fast charging. Commonly, technologies like MediaTek’s Pump Express, are used to lower the amount of time it takes to fully charge the earbuds. JBL Wave Beam have a mute function, they have the feature to mute/unmute a conversation directly from the device.
With the JBL Wave Beam, so you can easily access the volume control, pause, play, mute, etc whichever features are supported on the device. JBL Wave Beam support voice prompts. With voice prompts, you receive information through audio messages, like if there is an issue with the connection.
JBL Wave Beam come with their own special pouch. Carrying earbuds openly, or placing them inside your bag without a cover can easily put them at risk of getting damaged.