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  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 / PS4 Compatibility
    5. Xbox One Compatibility
    6. Base/Dock
  10. Comments

Skullcandy Venue Wireless vs Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Skullcandy Venue Wireless
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless

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Skullcandy Venue Wireless Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Picture
TypeOver-ear
EnclosureClosed-Back
Noise CancellingYes
WirelessYes
TransducerDynamic
MicYes
TypeOver-ear
EnclosureClosed-Back
Noise CancellingYes
WirelessYes
TransducerDynamic
MicYes

Variants

  • Venue (Black)
  • Venue (Gray)
  • MDR-XB950N1 (Black)
  • MDR-XB950N1 (Green)

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Skullcandy Venue Wireless

Sony MDR-XB950N1 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 Venue Wireless Design Picture 2
Sony MDR-XB950N1 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 
 

7.0
7.0

Comfort Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Comfort Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.54 lbs
0.65 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1 lbs
1 lbs
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Controls 
 

7.6
7.0

Controls Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Controls Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Good
Decent

Feedback  

Decent
Okay

Call/Music Control  

Yes
Yes

Volume Control  

Yes
Yes

Microphone Control  

No
No

Channel Mixing 
 

No
N/A

Noise Cancelling Control  

On/Off
Yes

Talk-Through 
 

On/Off
No

Additional Controls  

No
N/A
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Breathability 
 

6.2
6.4

Breathability After Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Breathability After Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

6.6 °C
6.1 °C
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Portability 
 

6.2
6.0

Portability Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Portability Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Portability Picture

L  

6.4"
7.4"

W  

6.6"
7.1"

H  

1.9"
1.9"

Volume  

80 in³
102 in³

Transmitter Required  

No
N/A
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Case 
 

7.0
5.5

Case Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Case Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Case Picture

Type  

Hard case
Pouch

L  

8.3"
N/A

W  

7.3"
N/A

H  

2"
N/A

Volume  

121 in³
N/A
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Build Quality 
 

7.0
7.5

Build Quality Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Build Quality Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

7.5
6.0

Stability Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Stability Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Angled Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Side Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Front Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Rear Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Top Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless In The Box Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

3.95 dB
5.39 dB

Treble Amount 
 

1.02 dB
-6.59 dB

Frequency Response Consistency 
 

8.8
5.9

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.25 dB
0.96 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

5.1
5.5

Bass  

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Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

6.95 dB
6.27 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

10 Hz
10 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

9.11 dB
7.78 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

6.58 dB
7.36 dB

High-Bass 
 

7.85 dB
5.64 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

7.3
9.4

Mid  

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Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

3.62 dB
0.75 dB

Low-Mid 
 

4 dB
-0.19 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

0.03 dB
0.59 dB

High-Mid 
 

3.77 dB
0.36 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

5.7
2.7

Treble  

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Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

5.77 dB
8.62 dB

Low-Treble 
 

4.42 dB
-8.14 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

7.41 dB
-8.51 dB

High-Treble 
 

2.74 dB
-7.13 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.5
6.5

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.51 dB
2.03 dB

Dips 
 

1.58 dB
2.71 dB

Imaging 
 

8.8
8.4

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.23
0.24

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.6
0.38

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.74
2.31

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

2.78
8.71
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Passive Soundstage 
 

5.0
4.1

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

2.74 dB
4.21 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

7.82 dB
1.24 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

8.22 dB
7.81 dB

Openness 
 

2.7
3.9

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

3.9
3.1
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No

Room Ambience 
 

No

Head Tracking 
 

No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

7.3
6.9

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.258
0.686

WHD @ 100 
 

0.299
0.239

Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

Unknown

Power 
 

On

Connection 
 

Unknown

Codec 
 

SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ

ANC 
 

On

Tip/Pad 
 

Default

Microphone 
 

Integrated
Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

7.3
5.9

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-18.86 dB
-14.15 dB

Noise Cancelling  

Yes
Yes

Bass 
 

-11.67 dB
-4.97 dB

Mid 
 

-17.65 dB
-13.42 dB

Treble 
 

-27.79 dB
-24.84 dB
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Leakage 
 

6.6
7.5

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

41.99 dB
36.57 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

Yes
Yes

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

No
N/A

Mic  

Yes
Yes
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Recording Quality 
 

4.4
6.6

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

397.39 Hz
71.27 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

17.03 dB
5.45 dB

HFE 
 

22,988.02 Hz
3,225.4 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

7,128.561
6.395

Gain 
 

32.57 dB
42.95 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

5.4
5.7

SpNR  

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Speech + Pink Noise  

Speech + Subway Noise  

SpNR 
 

7.15 dB
8.14 dB
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Active Features

Battery 
 

8.1
7.3

Battery Type 
 

Rechargable
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

24 hrs
24 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

0.0
0

Total Battery Life 
 

24 hrs
24 hrs

Charge Time 
 

1.8 hrs
3.9 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
7.0

App Picture  

Skullcandy Venue Wireless App Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless App Picture

App Name  

No App
Sony| Headphones Connect

iOS  

No
Yes

Android  

No
Yes

macOS  

No
N/A

Windows  

No
N/A

Equalizer 
 

No
Presets

ANC Control 
 

No
Yes

Mic Control  

No
No

Room Effects 
 

No
Yes

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

No
N/A

Surround Sound  

N/A

Surround Support 
 

No
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Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

8.1
7.6

Bluetooth Version 
 

5.0
4.1

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

2 Devices
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No
Yes

Line Of Sight Range 
 

146 ft
175 ft

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

232 ms
173 ms

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

N/A
151 ms

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
N/A

iOS Latency 
 

126 ms

Android Latency 
 

90 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 Venue Wireless Cable Picture
Sony MDR-XB950N1 Wireless Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable  

Yes
Yes

Length  

4 ft
4.1 ft

Connection  

1/8" TRRS
1/8" TRS

Wired Latency 
 

0 ms

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

0 ms
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PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC/PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

PC/PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC/PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox One Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
N/A

USB Input 
 

No
N/A

Line In 
 

No
N/A

Line Out 
 

No
N/A

Optical Input 
 

No
N/A

RCA Input 
 

No
N/A

Dock Charging 
 

No
N/A

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
N/A
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