Audio spec guide: what is typical

What counts as a lot, a little or typical for audio: medians, usual range (10th–90th percentile) and extremes of every numeric spec in the catalog.

Sound

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Driver size	12 mm	6 mm – 42 mm	4 mm – 165 mm	1,000
Output power	88 W	10 W – 440 W	4 W – 1,400 W	615
Channel count	2.1	2 – 5.1	1 – 11	760
Lowest frequency	20 Hz	8 Hz – 60 Hz	2 Hz – 280 Hz	1,349
Highest frequency	20,000 Hz	20,000 Hz – 40,000 Hz	2,000 Hz – 100,000 Hz	1,342
Impedance	32 Ω	16 Ω – 46 Ω	6 Ω – 520 Ω	690
Sensitivity	101 dB	90 dB – 115 dB	38 dB – 138 dB	650

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Microphones	4	2 – 6	1 – 10	272

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Battery life	11 h	6 h – 55 h	1 h – 190 h	1,465
Battery life with ANC	8.5 h	5 h – 50 h	2.5 h – 80 h	361
Total with charging case	32 h	20 h – 48 h	10 h – 95 h	441
Battery capacity	200 mAh	38 mAh – 2,500 mAh	22 mAh – 5,000 mAh	426
Charging time	2 h	1 h – 4 h	0.5 h – 8 h	995

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Bluetooth version	5.3	5 – 5.4	2 – 6.1	1,936

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Weight	558 g	92 g – 5,100 g	29 g – 11,000 g	1,005
Earbud weight (each)	5.4 g	4 g – 9.8 g	2 g – 14 g	381
Width	389 mm	106 mm – 1,110 mm	62 mm – 1,446 mm	797
Height	144 mm	58 mm – 335 mm	18 mm – 1,170 mm	528
Depth	119 mm	55 mm – 267 mm	12 mm – 595 mm	527
Water resistance (IPx)	IPx5	IPx4 – IPx7	IPx2 – IPx8	987
Dust protection (IP)	5	5 – 6	4 – 6	451

Typical range = from the 10th to the 90th percentile of models in the catalog. Obvious data errors are excluded.