Over-Ear
Audeze Maxwell 2
88Outstanding
$330
Full review dataAudeze Maxwell 2 vs Skullcandy Venue: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Audeze Maxwell 2 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.
Audeze Maxwell 2 leads on 5 of 6 measures.
- Audeze Maxwell 2
- Skullcandy Venue
HearWiki score
88
-
Sound
9.5
-
Battery
9.5
-
Calls
9.0
-
Value
7.5
-
Price (USD)
$330
$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?
New platform
Audeze Maxwell 2 (2026) against Skullcandy Venue (2019). The Audeze Maxwell 2 is the newer platform here: LE Audio (LC3) and ANC type Adaptive against Hybrid. It also adds USB-C, Custom EQ and Companion app.
- Maxwell 220267 yr newer
- Venue2019
What differsMaxwell 2Venue
- LE Audio (LC3)
- Yes
- No
- ANC type
- Adaptive
- Hybrid
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- No
- Companion app
- Yes
- No
Platform
Everyday features
Level on: Top codec, Multipoint pairing, Transparency mode.
Specifications
Maxwell 2Venue
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $330
- $180
- HearWiki score
- 88
- Not scored
- Released
- 2026
- 2019
- Availability
- Sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 90 mm planar magnetic
- 2× 40 mm driver
- Driver type
- planar
- -
- Driver size
- 90 mm
- 40 mm
- Drivers per side
- 1
- 2
- Frequency response
- 10 Hz - 50 kHz
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Impedance
- -
- 32 Ω
- Sensitivity
- -
- 97.3 dB/mW
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- -
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LC3, LC3plus, LDAC
- SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC
- Multipoint pairing
- Yes
- Yes
- Wireless range
- -
- 30 m
- Battery life
- 80 h
- 40 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- 24 h
- Full charge time
- 120 min
- -
- Quick charge
- -
- 10 min → 3 h
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- adaptive
- hybrid
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- Yes
- Companion app
- Yes
- No
- Custom EQ
- Yes
- No
- Wear detection
- No
- No
- Controls
- buttons
- buttons
- Voice assistant
- -
- Yes
- Weight
- 560 g
- 275 g
- Water resistance
- -
- none
- Foldable
- -
- No
- Detachable cable
- -
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
- Connector
- -
- 3.5 mm
- Microphones
- 2
- 1
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- -
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- -
What reviewers said
Audeze Maxwell 2
No summary yet - we haven't aggregated enough reviews.
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
Summaries are AI-condensed and paraphrased from published reviews and specs - not original hands-on testing. More on our method.
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