{"id":163411,"date":"2023-06-15T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163411"},"modified":"2023-06-15T17:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:08:23","slug":"skullcandy-rail-tws-headphones-with-and-without-anc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/skullcandy-rail-tws-headphones-with-and-without-anc\/","title":{"rendered":"Skullcandy Rail: TWS Headphones with and without ANC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two models of completely wireless Rail headphones\u00a0appeared\u00a0on the Skullcandy website at once &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skullcandy.com\/rail-anc-wireless-earbuds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with and without ANC<\/a> . Otherwise, the headphones are indistinguishable, neither functionally nor externally. Only the operating time is slightly different. In addition, the Rail ANC model is only available in True Black (which we think is just black), and the non-ANC Rail headphones are also available in Bone, most likely light brown.<\/p>\n<p>For the older model, up to ten hours of battery life without or up to seven hours with ANC are claimed, and the charging case will add, respectively, 25\/20 hours.\u00a0Skullcandy Rail headphones without noise reduction are promised eight hours of operation on a single charge and 34 hours from the charging case.\u00a0Ten minutes of charging will add two hours of playback.\u00a0Skullcandy declared resistance to sweat, water and dust: the new products were rated IPX4.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Skullcandy-Rail.jpg\" alt=\"Skullcandy Rail\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Skullcandy-Rail.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Skullcandy-Rail-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Skullcandy-Rail-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skullcandy Rail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In telephony, both models received the &#8220;Smart Mic&#8221; option, which reduces background noise.\u00a0In the Skull-iQ app, you can customize the sound to suit your individual hearing by &#8220;performing a real-time sound test to create a personal sound profile.&#8221;\u00a0Alternatively, use a software equalizer.\u00a0There you can also reconfigure the buttons, get updates (when they appear), etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you lose sight of your earpiece, you can make it &#8220;respond&#8221; using the Tile app.\u00a0Skullcandy Rail headphones are equipped with Bluetooth 5.2, which means multi-point pairing (\u201cmany\u201d, as you know, in this case means \u201ctwo\u201d).\u00a0The Rail ANC version is enhanced with adjustable 4-mic Active Noise Cancellation with Stay-Aware Transparency Mode.\u00a0Branded voice assistant Hey, Skullcandy!\u00a0allows you to control its modes, and subsequently its capabilities are promised to be expanded &#8211; with the next firmware.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, Skullcandy Rail headphones (they are sold only on the official website) cost $ 80, for ANC you will have to add another 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two models of completely wireless Rail headphones\u00a0appeared\u00a0on the Skullcandy website at once &#8211;\u00a0with and without ANC . Otherwise, the headphones are indistinguishable, neither functionally nor externally. Only the operating time is slightly different. In addition, the Rail ANC model is only available in True Black (which we think is just black), and the non-ANC Rail [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/skullcandy-rail-tws-headphones-with-and-without-anc\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}