Skullcandy’s New Wireless Headphones Have So Much Bose in Them
Skullcandy has released the Crusher 1080 ANC wireless headphones, which incorporate several proprietary audio technologies licensed from Bose. These features include adaptive noise cancellation, spatial audio with head tracking, and the WaveForm audio engine.
Why it matters
This partnership represents a significant shift for Bose, which is licensing its premium audio technology to a more affordable, mass-market competitor for the first time.
Skullcandy is back with a new pair of wireless headphones, and this time, they’re going big on sound by Bose .
The $279.99 Crusher 1080 ANC will have several new Bose technologies that are the first to be marketed in a non-Bose pair of headphones. Among those firsts is Bose’s QuietControl ANC, which allows users to finely adjust the level of ANC so that it’s better tailored to their environment. It’s also adaptive, meaning it can change automatically depending on the loudness of your environment. This isn’t novel, exactly, since a lot of headphones allow you to control ANC levels, but it’s more granular than other similar features, which usually only have a few levels.
See Skullcandy Crusher 1080 ANC at Amazon
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