Marshall Mid ANC vs Skullcandy Crusher (2016)

The Marshall Mid BT ANC is a relatively good Wireless Headphone for people that are willing to spend around $310. The Skullcandy Crusher Wireless (2016), by contrast, is quite unremarkable and doesn't stand out in any meaningful way from other products at this price point.

In both cases, however, we recommend that you take look at some other options at the $310 and $85 budget ranges; in all likelihood you'll find some better alternatives.

If you're still interested in learning more about the Marshall Mid BT ANC and Skullcandy Crusher Wireless (2016), however, we wrote a summary of what we know about them:

The Marshall Mid BT ANC has impressed reviewers from two sources that are among the most highly trusted on the internet, namely Rtings and PCmag. It did great in their objective hands-on roundups - it earned the "Runner Up for Best On-Ear Wireless Headphones - More Comfortable Alternative" and "Ranked 3 out of 10" awards from Rtings and PCmag, respectively. That's high praise from such reputable sources.

Moving on to the Skullcandy Crusher Wireless (2016): it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Head-fi, Headphone Review, Rtings, Techradar, and PCmag, enough for them to include them on those lists.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. PCmag and Rtings, for example, preferred the Marshall Mid BT ANC, while Techradar rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Marshall Mid BT ANC got reviewed the highest by Lifewire - it gave it a rating of 9.4, while the Skullcandy Crusher Wireless (2016) most impressed reviewers at Gadget Review, which gave it a score of 9.1.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Wireless Headphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Wireless Headphones being 7.3 out of 10, whereas the Marshall Mid BT ANC and Skullcandy Crusher Wireless (2016) managed averages of 7.9 and 7.4 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Marshall Mid BT ANC vs. Skullcandy Crusher Wireless (2016) comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.