Subj : Skullcandy launches its first premium ANC headphones to truly cha
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Date : Wed Jun 04 2025 11:15:08

Skullcandy launches its first premium ANC headphones to truly challenge Sony 
and Bose, and their cool cross-body travel bag is a great start

Date:
Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:09:26 +0000

Description:
Skullcandy's most premium wireless headphones are attractive, pretty 
affordable, and have a good list of features

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dy Aviator 900 ANC cost 249 / $299 (about AU$520) Adaptive noise cancellation 
and THX Spatial Audio with head tracking Up to 60 hours listening time; 
Bluetooth 5.3 with LE Audio 

If you're going to compete with the likes of Sony and Bose for the title of 
best ANC headphones, you need to bring your A game, and ideally a bag with a 
skull on it. And Skullcandy has done exactly that with its new Aviator 900 
ANC headphones. 

Where rivals tend to offer a case, Skullcandy has gone for the more 
fashionable cross-body bag pictured below. And where rivals offer some form 
of spatial audio, Skullcandy's gone for THX Spatial Audio with head tracking. 

The bag feels like a genuinely useful and practical addition, while also 
being a more fashionable option, so it's maybe a win all round. 

These aren't the first Skullcandy Aviator headphones: the previous model, 
relreased in 2010, was something of a hit among celebrities and influencers. 
This new model takes the same retro aesthetic but brings it bang up to date. 
Where rivals offer a carrying case, Skullcandy has a bag with a skull on it 
(Image credit: Skullcandy) Skullcandy Aviator 900 ANC: key features and 
pricing 

The noise cancellation here is adaptive, with six microphones analyzing the 
audio around you, and with ANC on you can get a very respectable 50 hours of 
listening; with ANC off that rises to 60-plus hours. Rapid charging will give 
you four extra hours from a 10-minute charge. 

Bluetooth is 5.3 with LE Audio and multi-point pairing, and there's a low 
latency mode for gaming and watching video. Google Fast Pair and Google 
Finder are both supported. 

The Aviator 900 ANC headphones include personalized audio via Mimi, and they 
also come with three EQ presets and a customizable 5-band EQ. You can 
customize the button functions via the companion app, and there's Spotify Tap 
support for instant access to your Spotify tunes. 

These are Skullcandy's most premium headphones yet, we're told, but they're 
not priced too expensive: the list price is $299 / 249 / 299 / about AU$520. 

That puts them in competition with the Sony WH-1000XM5 and the Bose 
QuietComfort Headphones  though they're still less premium-priced than the 
$399 / 349 of the new Sony WH-1000XM6 . 

We look forward to seeing if they can stand up to those headphones when it 
comes to performance  but when it comes to features and design, they're off 
to a good start. (Image credit: Skullcandy) You might also like The best 
noise cancelling headphones for all budgets The best noise-cancelling earbuds 
2025, for all budgets The best over-ear headphones 2025 for all budgets, 
tested by us



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/audio/wireless-headphones/skullcandy-launches-its-fi
rst-premium-anc-headphones-to-truly-challenge-sony-and-bose-and-their-cool-cro
ss-body-travel-bag-is-a-great-start


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