I have used both the Bose headphones and the Beats headphones. If you think about this logically then you can make a good decision.
Yes, neither
The more money a company charges for a product the more money it takes to build the product.
No. It should be: the more money it takes to build a product, then the more money a company charges. (In theory) But, that's not reverse causal.
Which means the parts used to create the product are more expensive when it comes to assembly.
No. It might mean: the engineers figured out an alternative, the engineers were not as efficient,
the marketing campaign costs more then others or a company is using its name to maximize profit margins
With the beats headphones people complain about muddy sounds. The idea of engineering a good recording comes from making the recorded song or movie sound good on any speaker.
That assumes the Beats by Dre would be used in a studio, that's not true. Secondly, engineers strive to make what they believe is the best mix from their standpoint, they understand that the awful stereo system that is most people's cars is not a pair of Yamaha NS10s. They also understand that few ever will go in a studio, let alone listen to a track in a studio, yet, engineers and studios use products from companies like Yamaha, KRK, Genelec, and Mackie, despite the fact that few consumers own that equipment.
From ****** 1980's car speakers all the way to movie theater sound systems and headphones of all kinds.
Okay?
When you initially plug the headphones in they may not sound exactly like you wanted them to. This is why you must go and tinker with the sound equalizers.
Or because they are awful. There are limitations that every product has. Maybe you mastered this better then I did, but even using something like the
DPS Plug-In; my MacBook Pro speakers sound significantly better with the added mids and lows from the
Twelve South BassJump. Why? Because the technical limitations of my MacBook Pro speakers even with the help of an equalizer cannot make up for the bass that is added by a simple five-inch woofer.
Every iphone/ipod/macbook/ pretty much anything that plays music comes standard with an equalizer bank.
True.
These allow you to adjust the sound manually or choose 1 of around 30 or 40 preset tones of equalization.
You then have to change this for every song, also see above.
Depending on what type of music you are listening to sometimes you may need to go into your equalizer and choose a different equalized sound. For example if you are listening to rock music on the beats by dr. dre headphones, you may need to go to your equalizer in your itunes or on your ipod and choose either "rock" or "acoustic."
That's because the sound is heavily artificial and needs to be toned down, this doesn't get over the fact that using a superior product would remove the need for an equalizer.
Acoustic for me sounds good with pretty much everything.
And this is where we know we can stop.
The beats headphones are not just some overpriced piece of trash.
You're right. They come in a beautiful box with a cool-looking cord.
They are highly calibrated and extremely well designed headphones. A few tweaks in your sound quality will be really all you need to make what your listening to sound wonderful.
A few? Really now. Sound is subjective and whatever floats your boat, but it's really a sub-par product made to look appealing with a cool name in a beautiful box and a wonderful marketing campaign.
The same goes for the bose headphones.
Umm... see my last statement which is equally applicable here. Except for the case of the Bose In-Ears which are some of the crappiest earphones on the market, as opposed to just sub-par and overpriced.
I prefer the beats headphones because the sound quality is top notch and the fit is beyond comfortable.
Congrats. Sound is subjective and whatever makes you happy is all that counts. (That was not in anyway meant to be sarcastic)
The noise cancellation is superb as well. I put those babies on in the apple store once and i could not hear a thing other than the music, even when nothing was playing the sound flooding in was minimal.
(Back to the rant) Active noise-cancellation is not good for sound. It adds extra waves to the sound which makes it utterly artificial. In addition, people like me suffer from white noise. Noise-isolation solves all your problems while leaving the sound pure.
I think it's funny that people are showcasing you headphones that do not ask for your specifications here.
This I found hilarious. Please get me some specs on the Beats. Monster does not release specific information, i.e. tech specs. Go try to find the driver size of the Beats by Dre.
They are saying man these other headphones are good but they have no sound cancellation. Did anyone posting here actually read what the poster wanted? Quit bombarding him with **** he doesn't want. He wanted an opinion on what was better, the beats, or the bose.
We are just voicing our opinion regarding both, what's so wrong with that. If you were given a choice between A or B and 90% of people said go with C, would you be using profanity?
Most people on here usually post bogus responses because they themselves cannot afford the high priced headphones.
I'll take the Panasonics. The monetary value of the headphones that I own is embarrassing. I'm not afraid to say when something is bad or overpriced or when some low-end brand makes a great headphone. There are 25 pairs of headphones/earphones sitting in my room and the most expensive ones get used less then the least expensive ones.
I mean really, which do you think sound better, a set of 40 dollar panasonic headphones, or some 250 dollar headphones designed and tested by dr. dre. I'd take the beats or the bose over those junky 40 dollar headphones any day.
News flash. Neither Jimmy Iovine or Dr. Dre engineered those headphones. Just because it cost more doesn't make it better. And just because it is $40 doesn't mean it is junky. You might think I despise Monster, which is fine. After owning both the Turbines and the Jamz, I'll take the Jamz. Why? They sound better.
The only thing I can tell you on here that has nothing to do with what you posted is, don't buy skullcandy. Even the high priced skullcandy headphones are junk. They sound terrible no matter what you do.
But the EQ can't fix them? What happened to the all holy EQ?
The beats headphones are the way to go my friend. You will not be disappointed.
Go to the Apple Store and test for yourself. Both Bose and Monster have used their respective names to market mid-range products in the top-end of the market. The end-result: marketing campaigns work. Bose has horrific customer service and their products have degraded. Monster is still a baby in the headphone industry as far as I'm concerned, but their strategy seems clear. Go look at the Red Sox headphones if you need recent proof.
newuser2310's recommendation is not a bad one at all.