Over-Ear
Alienware Pro Wireless
86Outstanding
$120
Full review dataAlienware Pro Wireless vs Skullcandy Venue: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Alienware Pro Wireless vs Skullcandy Venue, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Score breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Alienware Pro Wireless leads on 7 of 7 measures.
- Alienware Pro Wireless
- Skullcandy Venue
HearWiki score
86
-
Sound
8.7
-
Noise cancelling
8.1
-
Battery
9.1
-
Calls
8.7
-
Value
8.6
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Price (USD)
$120
$180
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
Half a step newer
Alienware Pro Wireless (2024) against Skullcandy Venue (2019). The Skullcandy Venue edges ahead on platform, but only just: Top codec LDAC against SBC.
- Pro Wireless20245 yr newer
- Venue2019
What differsPro WirelessVenue
- Top codec
- SBC
- LDAC
- Multipoint pairing
- No
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
Platform
Everyday features
Level on: Transparency mode.
Specifications
Pro WirelessVenue
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $120
- $180
- HearWiki score
- 86
- Not scored
- Released
- 2024
- 2019
- Availability
- Still sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 50 mm driver
- 2× 40 mm driver
- Driver size
- 50 mm
- 40 mm
- Drivers per side
- 1
- 2
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 40 kHz
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Impedance
- 32 Ω
- 32 Ω
- Sensitivity
- -
- 97.3 dB/mW
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- -
- Codecs
- SBC
- SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC
- Multipoint pairing
- No
- Yes
- Wireless range
- -
- 30 m
- Battery life
- 70 h
- 40 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- 24 h
- Quick charge
- 15 min → 6 h
- 10 min → 3 h
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- -
- hybrid
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- Yes
- Companion app
- -
- No
- Custom EQ
- -
- No
- Wear detection
- -
- No
- Controls
- -
- buttons
- Voice assistant
- -
- Yes
- Weight
- 310 g
- 275 g
- Water resistance
- -
- none
- Foldable
- -
- No
- Detachable cable
- -
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
- Pad material
- leatherette
- -
- Clamp force
- 365 g
- -
- Connector
- -
- 3.5 mm
- Microphones
- 2
- 1
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- -
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- -
What reviewers said
Alienware Pro Wireless
Its leatherette pads and moderate 310g weight aim for comfort during long sessions, while the 2.4GHz wireless option and USB-C charging add versatility for desk and on-the-go use. Sound quality is generally strong, but the microphone performance and a single SBC codec limit keep it from being a flawless all-rounder.
- Pro:Excellent battery life, especially with ANC off
- Pro:Comfortable leatherette ear pads for long wear
- Pro:Active noise cancellation and transparency mode included
- Con:Microphone quality is underwhelming for the price
- Con:Only SBC codec support limits high-res wireless audio
- Con:No multipoint connection for seamless device switching
Skullcandy Venue
The Skullcandy Venue is a wireless over-ear headphone with hybrid active noise cancellation and a transparent listening mode. It delivers a long 40-hour battery life in wired use and supports multipoint connectivity, though it lacks USB-C charging.
- Pro:Hybrid ANC with transparency mode
- Pro:Long 40-hour battery life (ANC off)
- Pro:Multipoint Bluetooth pairing
- Con:No USB-C port
- Con:No water resistance rating
- Con:Limited to physical button controls
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