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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Top
  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Comfort
    3. Controls
    4. Breathability
    5. Portability
    6. Case
    7. Build Quality
    8. Stability
    9. Headshots 1
    10. Headshots 2
    11. Top
    12. In The Box
  5. Sound
    1. Sound Profile
    2. Frequency Response Consistency
    3. Raw Frequency Response
    4. Bass Accuracy
    5. Mid Accuracy
    6. Treble Accuracy
    7. Peaks/Dips
    8. Imaging
    9. Passive Soundstage
    10. Virtual Soundstage
    11. Weighted Harmonic Distortion
    12. Test Settings
  6. Isolation
    1. Noise Isolation
    2. Leakage
  7. Microphone
    1. Microphone Style
    2. Recording Quality
    3. Noise Handling
  8. Active Features
    1. Battery
    2. App Support
  9. Connectivity
    1. Bluetooth
    2. Non-Bluetooth Wireless
    3. Wired
    4. PC Compatibility
    5. PC / PS4 Compatibility
    6. PlayStation Compatibility
    7. Xbox Compatibility
    8. Base/Dock
  10. Comments

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 vs Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016
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Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Picture

Variants

  • Crusher Wireless (Black)
  • Crusher Wireless (White)
  • HD 4.40

Our Verdict

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016

Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless

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Main Differences for
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Threshold 

0.10
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Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Design Picture 2
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

Yes
Yes

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

6.5
7.0

Comfort Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Comfort Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.7 lbs
0.5 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1.2 lbs
0.9 lbs
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Controls 
 

6.8
6.1

Controls Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Controls Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Good
Okay

Feedback  

Good
Mediocre

Call/Music Control  

Yes
Yes

Volume Control  

Yes
Yes

Microphone Control  

No
No

Channel Mixing 
 

No
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

No
No

Talk-Through 
 

No
No

Additional Controls  

Haptic Bass Slider
No
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Breathability 
 

6.1
6.7

Breathability After Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Breathability After Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

6.8 °C
5.1 °C
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Portability 
 

6.5
6.5

Portability Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Portability Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Portability Picture

 

4.6"
7.1" (18.0 cm)

 

6"
4.5" (11.4 cm)

 

2.2"
1.8" (4.6 cm)

Volume  

61 in³
58.00 in³ (950.45 cm³)

Transmitter Required  

No
No
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Case 
 

6.0
5.5

Case Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Case Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Case Picture

Type  

Pouch
Pouch

 

N/A
N/A

 

N/A
N/A

 

N/A
N/A

Volume  

N/A
N/A
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Build Quality 
 

7.5
7.0

Build Quality Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Build Quality Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

7.5
7.0

Stability Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Stability Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Angled Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Side Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Front Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Rear Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Top Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 In The Box Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

5.87 dB
1.12 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-1.23 dB
-2.79 dB

Frequency Response Consistency 
 

7.4
6.3

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.53 dB
0.81 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

4.8
8.6

Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

7.32 dB
1.93 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

10 Hz
10 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

8.22 dB
1.76 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

8.13 dB
1.55 dB

High-Bass 
 

8.07 dB
-1.29 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

8.4
8.9

Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

2.11 dB
1.44 dB

Low-Mid 
 

2.19 dB
-1.41 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

0.23 dB
0.33 dB

High-Mid 
 

-1 dB
1.07 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

7.6
5.6

Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

3.24 dB
6.26 dB

Low-Treble 
 

-0.13 dB
-4.48 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

3.74 dB
-3.31 dB

High-Treble 
 

-1.95 dB
-8.19 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.4
7.3

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.73 dB
1.48 dB

Dips 
 

1.29 dB
2.21 dB

Imaging 
 

7.1
7.8

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.7
0.35

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

4.65
6.3

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

2.14
0.96

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

2.72
3.26
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Passive Soundstage 
 

4.8
4.6

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

3.24 dB
3.58 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

2.11 dB
1.09 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

7.84 dB
15.3 dB

Openness 
 

4.8
4.7

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

4.1
2.5
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0
0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Virtual Soundstage
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No
No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No
No

Room Ambience 
 

No
No

Head Tracking 
 

No
No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App
No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

7.1
7.1

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.277
0.510

WHD @ 100 
 

0.408
0.222

Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

Unknown
Unknown

Power 
 

On
On

Connection 
 

Unknown
Bluetooth 4.0

Codec 
 

SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz
SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ
No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC
No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Default
Default

Microphone 
 

Integrated
Integrated
Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

5.2
4.7

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-13.95 dB
-13.55 dB

Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Bass 
 

-0.18 dB
0.18 dB

Mid 
 

-8.87 dB
-10.23 dB

Treble 
 

-33.4 dB
-31.46 dB
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Leakage 
 

6.4
7.8

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

43.02 dB
34.66 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

Yes
Yes

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

No
No

Mic  

Yes
Yes

Recording Quality 
 

6.5
5.2

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

265.23 Hz
310.89 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

3.74 dB
5.27 dB

HFE 
 

3,417.19 Hz
3,272.31 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

3.777
68.863

Gain 
 

36.81 dB
38.09 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

6.5
7.4

SpNR  

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SpNR 
 

16.94 dB
19.97 dB

Noise Gate 
 

Always On

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

8.0

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

6.5

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

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Active Features

Battery 
 

8.2
7.6

Battery Type 
 

Rechargable
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

36.1 hrs
28.9 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

0.0
0.0

Total Battery Life 
 

36.1 hrs
28.9 hrs

Charge Time 
 

2.4 hrs
2.4 hrs

Power-Saving Feature 
 

No
No

Audio While Charging 
 

Yes
No

Passive Playback 
 

Yes
Yes

Charging Port  

micro-USB
micro-USB
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App Support 
 

0.0
0.0

App Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 App Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless App Picture

App Name  

No App
No App

iOS  

No
No

Android  

No
No

macOS  

No
No

Windows  

No
No

Equalizer 
 

No
No

ANC Control 
 

No
No

Mic Control  

No
No

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

No
No

Surround Support 
 

No
No
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Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

6.8
7.9

Bluetooth Version 
 

4.0
4.0

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No
Yes

Line Of Sight Range 
 

175 ft
284.00 ft (86.56 m)

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

162 ms
131 ms

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

N/A
118 ms

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
N/A

iOS Latency 
 

144 ms
48 ms

Android Latency 
 

107 ms
27 ms
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Non-Bluetooth Wireless 
 

0.0
0.0

Non-BT Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-BT Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Wired 
 

9.5
9.5

Cable Picture  

Skullcandy Crusher Wireless 2016 Cable Picture
Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT Wireless Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable  

Yes
Yes

Length  

3.5 ft
4.80 ft (1.46 m)

Connection 
 

1/8" TRRS
1/8" TRS

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

0 ms
0 ms
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PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio Only

Wired USB 
 

No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC/PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

PC/PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC/PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio Only

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio Only

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock

USB Input 
 

No
No

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

No
No

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock
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