Skullcandy
Crusher Evo Headphone Review
Hi there,
Over the
last few years Skullcandy has been taking some major strides when it came to
their Bass Head Headphones which truly deliver bone rattling bass. we saw some
major improvements with the Skullcandy Crusher 360. Then a year later we got
the Skullcandy Crusher ANC’s which added active noise cancellation and an
ambient mode to these headphones and now we’ve got the Skullcandy Crusher Evo.
Now the Crusher Evo’s come included with a
very high quality carrying pouch. Its thick and durable on the outside and on
the inside its lined with fake fur and there are pockets for your cables. Now
personally I think Skullcandy went with a carrying pouch on the Crusher Evo to
keep costs down cause these headphones have way better build quality than the
Venues.
These
headphones have amazing build quality. Now these headphones feel very sturdy
when they’re in your hands and they have zero cracking or squeaking whenever
you handle them. But what really makes these headphones feel amazing is that
they are using multiple materials here. Now the majority of these headphones
has a soft touch feeling to them. When you extend their headband there’s a
tactile click, the outer portion of the headband has a hit of alcantara and
underneath the headband there’s padded silicon. This leatherette feels amazing.
It’s soft and supple but then there’s also a slight grain to it.
When it
comes to fit these headphones are a mixed bad. Now first off these headphones
are big head approved because they don’t have so much clamping force. But these
headphones do have a slightly firm fit to them. These headphones have very
similar clamping force to the Surface Headphones 2.
These
headphones do have a few things going against them when it comes to comfort,
first of which is their weight. These headphones weigh in at 310 grams which is
a little hefty cause most comparable headphones weigh in between 270 to 290
grams.
But the
biggest thing about these headphones is their padding. Now these headphones do
have a decent amount of padding underneath their headband. And then there are
the ear pads on these headphones. Even though these ear pads are deep, they
aren’t super spacious. These aren’t the best fitting headphones you can
definitely wear these headphones for at least an hour long listening session.
Now when it
comes to tech specs these headphones charge via a USB C port as they should. But
the good thing about these headphones is that they do have rapid charging. So
if you plug these headphones in for 10 minutes from a dead battery they’re
going to get you 4 hours of battery life.
When it
comes to battery life these headphones have an advertised battery life of 40
hours. But that depends on how high you have the bass slider on these
headphones set. More bass means less battery life and less bass means longer
battery life.
Now when it
comes to Bluetooth connectivity, these headphones are using Bluetooth 5.0 but
these headphones can only be connected to one device at a time. If you want to
you can always just use a wired connection with these headphones because they
have an easy to reach 3.5 millimetre audio jack.
When it
comes to the microphone on these headphones for phone calls it’s not the best.
First this microphone doesn’t do all that great of a job blocking out ambient
noise. And even if you were to take phone calls with these headphones in a
quite room it’s still not good because you can still hear this white noise in
the back ground.
When it comes to watching movies or videos on
your phone these headphones have zero latency across the board whether you’re
using an iPhone or android device. And when it comes to audio codecs these
headphones have support for SBC and AAC.
Now these
headphones are all about bass. The Crusher Evo will literally rattle your skull.
The bass on these headphones is like nothing else on the market. Now these
headphones have your standard 40 millimetre drivers like most headphones do
that handles all of the sound but what makes these headphones special is that
they have a separate vibrating motor in them that handles all of the head
rattling bass.
So when it
comes to sound quality, the head rattling bass and sound on these headphones
are two separate entities. In general these headphones are mostly all about
bass and vocals. If you’ve got the bass turned up even a little bit on these
headphones you’re not really going to hear all that much detail in the mids and
highs. These headphones are the antithesis for any audiophile.
Now out the box these headphones do have a
bass heavy stock EQ even with their bass slider set to off which is expected
for Skull candy products. But these headphones do have a few other EQ settings
to choose from. Now the Music EQ has that bass heavy sound signature to it that
I just mentioned. So when you
listen to music with these headphones with their movie EQ you can hear the
vocals better over that entire head rattling bass.
But then there’s the podcast
EQ which completely turns off the bass on these headphones. Even if you have
the bass slider turned up on these headphones these headphones won’t have any
bass to them, they’re completely flat. These headphones also have personalized
sound where you go through a hearing test and they’ll give you optimized EQ
that specific to you.
If you’re
going to listen to a podcast then you can just slide the bass slider all the
way down and these headphones will sound just fine for podcasts.
Now when it comes to price. The Crusher Evo’s
have a retail price of $200 which is not bad especially if you plan on picking
these up as a pair of secondary headphones. We wouldn’t recommend them as daily
drivers.
The bass on
these headphones is like nothing else out there. And build quality wise these
headphones are very well built and they come included with a high quality
carrying pouch. But I
wouldn’t recommend that you get these headphones as your daily drivers. Fit
wise these headphones are good for like an hour.
They aren’t the best for
commuting cause of their lack of active noise cancelation and an ambient mode
and they also weigh in at 310 grams making them fairly noticeable when you’re
walking around with them on. And I wouldn’t take phone calls with these
headphones either.
Since these
headphones don’t have active noise cancelation or an ambient mode they aren’t
the best for commuting and there are plenty of other headphones out there in
this price range that have active noise cancelation and or an ambient mode
making them more versatile.
So that’s it
in today’s review of skull candy crusher Evo headphone I hope you enjoyed it.
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