Pompous and pretentious words describing the magnificence of really crappy products on Apple site. Doesn't put a little doubt regarding other items sold in there? Can't wait to hear Tim Cook telling us how "incredible" these earphones are
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Apple Adds Dedicated Beats By Dr. Dre Accessory Section to Online Store
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No problem not liking beats but why do some think apples engineers will turn the sound around? Apple May be known for many things but sound quality hasn't been one of them
is it just me thinking beats is soooo not apple
You're not alone.
If Apple wanted to buy "the best" headphone company, they should've looked at Sennheiser or AKG. Hope Apple's "quality" image rubs of more on Beats, than vice versa. Apple was always about design *and* quality internal guts.
Apple's legions of fans (me included) have always made fun of the copycat companies, the bandwagon companies, and waited with wallets ready for Apple to create new products we never knew we needed. Every product in their portfolio makes me want to pull my credit card out and burn some cash, until now. It looks like the joke is on us. There are just so many quality cans out there that put any model of Beats to shame, hell, my $70 Grado SR60e's reproduce music the way the recording engineers wanted it. I just don't get these cans that blow you're brains out with the boosted bass....
Errrrrrrrrrr
"Great sound should never be an afterthought. In every pair of Beats headphones, every speaker, every note, youll experience the unique blend of science and artistry that lets you hear your music the way the artist intended. Dont just listen. Hear."
Errrrrrrrrrrr Sorry, but the artist, that would be the person who was at the mixing of their track and decided, YES, that's exactly the right mix.
So, then you would want a pair of neutral headphones, that reproduced this studio artists max as accurately as possible, so that you could:
" lets you hear your music the way the artist intended.
I don't suppose they thought, yes we mixed it perfectly, all it now needs to make it even MORE perfect and accurate are a pair of bass heavy, detail lacking headphones?
This is Sooooooo Sad that Apple is promoting Beats as superb and accurate sound producing headphones, when virtually everyone on every review says otherwise.
Apple may be overpriced at times, but at least you know you are getting REAL quality, not hyped up low quality items.
I'm actually very disappointed Apple are doing this, as they must know what "the industry" thinks of beats and how it damages their image for honest quality items for consumers.
"Great sound should never be an afterthought. In every pair of Beats headphones, every speaker, every note, youll experience the unique blend of science and artistry that lets you hear your music the way the artist intended. Dont just listen. Hear."
Errrrrrrrrrrr Sorry, but the artist, that would be the person who was at the mixing of their track and decided, YES, that's exactly the right mix.
So, then you would want a pair of neutral headphones, that reproduced this studio artists max as accurately as possible, so that you could:
" lets you hear your music the way the artist intended.
I don't suppose they thought, yes we mixed it perfectly, all it now needs to make it even MORE perfect and accurate are a pair of bass heavy, detail lacking headphones?
This is Sooooooo Sad that Apple is promoting Beats as superb and accurate sound producing headphones, when virtually everyone on every review says otherwise.
Apple may be overpriced at times, but at least you know you are getting REAL quality, not hyped up low quality items.
I'm actually very disappointed Apple are doing this, as they must know what "the industry" thinks of beats and how it damages their image for honest quality items for consumers.
you can substitute Beats with Apple and still have a perfectly logical paragraph.
but i'd better not start this argument here and now
i just mean to say that apple has never been interested in providing us with the best performance for the buck, but rather has other priorities: appeal, aesthetics, functionality.
in this point of view beats is a perfect match and mate of apple ecosystem, especially in the US, not so much here in the EU, yet.
I'm quite surprised "Beats by Dr. Dre" didn't simply become "Beats". I realize of course Dr. Dre's name sells, but I was still expecting the change.
no because i assumed it was/is sarcasm tbh
tho nothing bad with laughing at someone who likes something i dont
I also agree with the poster who said headphones and sound are subjective
Apple shouldn't advertise beats as being what the artist intended, but there are people who may enjoy the sound signature beats has even if it isn't the most accurate
Apple shouldn't advertise beats as being what the artist intended, but there are people who may enjoy the sound signature beats has even if it isn't the most accurate
Actually, the new versions of the various Beats headphones are said to be way better than the old ones, which brings them to a level were they are not painful to listen anymore, just overpriced.
If they keep improving them and make them more premium (e.g. not fully plastic anymore), then they have a right to be on the market without ppl having to be ashamed when buying them.
Because they offer at least one advantage: good design.
If they keep improving them and make them more premium (e.g. not fully plastic anymore), then they have a right to be on the market without ppl having to be ashamed when buying them.
Because they offer at least one advantage: good design.
No No No.
I always argue the concept of best, as one persons best is not another persons best.
But when it comes to something visual or audible, then I am happy to say their is most certainly a BEST.
The task of a screen or a speaker is to as accurately as possible replicate the original signal. That "IS" best.
There is no arguing that I like more bass or I like more treble, as their would be in saying I like my images on screen more green or more red.
Liking that is liking an incorrect poorer item.
Likewise, it I was reading a book to you, my task it to perfectly duplicate the original, I don't change some words, and you say, well I think the way you change words is best. It's not best, it's incorrect.
If you wish to use electronics to tone your sound or tone your screen colour, then it's up to you, but you are, by doing that making the sound, or image less accurate and worse, more incorrect that it otherwise should be.
So no. Best, in this instance is the item that most accurately replicates the original signal as that is the fundamental function of this device.
Who is Dr Dre?
I'm serious. Is he a rapper or something? I don't understand. No, I haven't been living under a rock. But is he an entertainer or something? If they wanted star power, I would have picked someone with a little more recognizability. Those of us over 40 might have a difficult time recognizing these strange names that mean nothing.
I'm serious. Is he a rapper or something? I don't understand. No, I haven't been living under a rock. But is he an entertainer or something? If they wanted star power, I would have picked someone with a little more recognizability. Those of us over 40 might have a difficult time recognizing these strange names that mean nothing.
I think that's a very simplistic view. Every good amp available lets you adjust the audio and presets include cinema, rock, classic. If your example was accurate then you would not need any adjustments.
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Yes, a rapper who was in NWA and has had 2 very successful solo albums. Made more money producing, also found Eminem and co found 50 cent.
Do you like him more or less now?
Mark my words, it is just a matter of time until biometric sensors appear in the Beats Headphones, and they become integrated into the iOS ecosystem. I have never listened to a pair before, so I have no comment on the audio quality, but for my 3 teenage sons, they were a must have item. It also strikes me, how often I see people wearing them in public now that I have been paying attention.
I think you would find a GOOD amp would not.
However a general consumer one would have tone controls, perhaps Bass and Treble in the past, a Graphic Equalizer, or now, as you say some presets for coloring the sound.
Note......... "COLORING" the sound.
A nice was of saying distorting it from it's original, and yes, my original post was a simplistic view as that's what some will spend many thousands trying to get. An near as perfectly accurate reproduction of the original recording.
Again, That's what a Perfect screen would do. Reproduce the original colors as accurately as possible, and the very best screens come close.
A Green tint, Red tint, Blue Tint, Greys not blacks may be one individuals strange preference, but a green tinted screen would be inaccurate, and you could never call it the best screen.