Skullcandy has cracked the code on considered one of my most-requested options for wi-fi earbuds. Not like nearly each different pair I’ve owned, dropping the charging case will not ship the earbuds flying throughout the room. For my fellow clumsy people, I am joyful to report that the Skullcandy Methodology 360 ANC (8/10, WIRED Evaluate) are marked down at a number of retailers. I discovered the most effective value on the white (Bone) pair at Amazon, however a few of the different colours are discounted too if you happen to do not thoughts paying a little bit additional.
Whereas the enclosed case is my favourite factor about these earbuds, additionally they have wonderful lively noise-canceling. That is largely because of a collaboration with Bose, among the best within the enterprise in terms of ANC, giving these a really spectacular degree of sound isolation and noise discount, notably for the value.
The sound profile has clearly taken some notes from Bose as properly, with our reviewer Parker Corridor saying, “There’s a actual life to this listening expertise within the midrange, with vocals, pianos, guitars, and different center-heavy devices every occupying their very own musical house.” He was additionally impressed by the broad stereo picture, which can provide plenty of life to panning, and the intricate particulars that stand out when you have got good isolation and tuning.
After all, if you wish to tweak the expertise you need to use the cellular app to regulate button performance or change the equalizer profile to your most popular music style. There are noise-canceling and transparency mode settings as properly, the latter of which works notably properly for listening to site visitors whereas strolling the canine.
The draw back right here is that the entire setup is barely cumbersome. The earbuds have a large back-end that sits flush inside your ear, making them a bit extra noticeable than a few of the different earbuds we like. The case, whereas nice for protecting your earbuds in a single place whenever you knock it off the kitchen counter, can be on the big facet and a little bit awkward to make use of at first. Nonetheless, for underneath $100, you get wonderful ANC, high quality sound profile, and a cushty match, which I feel is properly definitely worth the value of admission.
