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Beats Solo2 Wireless and urBeats Headphones Now Available in Rose Gold
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Sennheiser Yes Bose, no one who can seriously call himself audiophile would even touch a Bose headphone with a stick!
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Actually, these days computers, tablets, etc. come in silver, black, gold, pink and white. That's all. I miss the early 2000's... those colourful iMacs were just so playful and fun to use.
LOL @ the people putting Apple down for adding a new color to their set of headphones and blaming them for lack of innovation. It wasn't like Apple put out a press release about it. MR did.
I liked the see-thru graphite iMac. The flower power...eh. Seemed too gender specific.
Post like yours always cracks me up. You are another arm chair CEO who apparently thinks they know what's best than the CEO of a billion dollar company even though you haven't created any business of your own that generates millions or billions.
So in your eyes, purchasing Beats was a failure and Apple should be marketing Beats like HP did. Funny, how did marketing Beats in laptops work out for HP? Last I heard, HP is getting out of the PC business. Obviously, that didn't work out to well. The Beats purchase actually made sense for Apple. They needed a music streaming service and strong connections to the music industry. Now they have it. The headphones are stylish with an obnoxious markup in price for great margins. Yep, sounds like Apple already.
You also mentioned that Apple should be bundling Beats with the iPhones for free. That would require raising the price on the iPhone purchase or losing money on Beats. Why in the world would they do that just because they acquired a company? That's just dumb.
There is a reason you are not the CEO of Apple. Stick to your day job please!
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You could read the reviews, Beats latest stuff has much better reviews than their early one. As audio is entirely subjective past a point, only the ultimate end use can judge if its actually worth it for them.
The solo 2 is actually a good headphone, if your preference is bass.
Short summary, good headphone , overpriced, can get better sound for less . Though your daughter no doubt wants them cause they are "cool" , so buying a better sennheiser will not cut it. On the bright side they are no longer overpriced and total crap like the 1st gen, just overpriced.
I've never understood why some feel the Beats purchase was a bad move for Apple. Objectively, no other purchase made more sense. Out of companies like Sennheiser, Grado, B&O, and Bose, only Bose even sniffs at offering Apple what the Beats purchase did. Apple purchased a market leader in sales. Not only that, they got the market leader in profit. More importantly, they got the market leader in public mindshare. Beats tends to get maligned for being trendy and youth oriented. But why? The youth who grow up on Beats will be adults who are used to Beats. Some people seem to forget Apple is a business first.
Apple rarely uses best in class tech. They use good components coupled with good software to make a good product that gives them great margins.
This Rose Gold colour is actually not bad. My wife would be all over this stuff if we could afford it.
At this point, I'm holding off of buying any Beats products until they are updated to charge with a lightning cable.
They're considered one of, if not the, best on-ear can on the market from the more respected reviewers... Tyl has them on his wall of fame and says at the price point only 2 sets even compare, and they aren't overpriced - and his go-to recommendation at the price over the other 2 that provide the competition. They're a reference set of headphones.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/time-rethink-beats-solo2-excellent#eT6vcC3PAEIX6lb8.97
As far as Bose... audiophiles hate them. They say Bose is an acronym for "Buy Other Sound Equipment" because of how poorly they perform versus the competition, like the standard beating they gave the original Solo headphones...
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Thanks for the lesson! I think you missed my point entirely, I'm very aware that Apple did not invent the term rose gold and I am very aware what rose gold looks like. When looking at jewellery you can see the hints of gold colour but the rose gold Apple refers to just looks pink!
My goodness, you guys are about the most complaining, whinny, Bunch ever. I mean literally every single thread in this forum is full of nothing but gripes and fuss, post after post after post. It doesn't matter the item or topic. It's gotten to the point now to where there is absolute no value in reading anything past the OP.
To those who look down on these headphones, I have to say I was quite surprised with the sound quality of these despite being wireless.
And this is coming from a former beats skeptic who was gifted the terrible original beats solo way back. So I was biased before giving them a try. Of course I now own a few quality headphones (not the original solos!) and a decent amp/dac, and always am lurking on headfi forums.
Anyways, if you find the right deal on these they're every bit up there with the affordable audiophile headphones especially so if you're into hiphop EDM, etc. Plus the fashion/popularity factor is there if that's important to you.
And this is coming from a former beats skeptic who was gifted the terrible original beats solo way back. So I was biased before giving them a try. Of course I now own a few quality headphones (not the original solos!) and a decent amp/dac, and always am lurking on headfi forums.
Anyways, if you find the right deal on these they're every bit up there with the affordable audiophile headphones especially so if you're into hiphop EDM, etc. Plus the fashion/popularity factor is there if that's important to you.
Well, the rose-gold on the iPhone and the other products quite well matches my rose-gold Breitling Cosmonaute. It is pretty much spot on.
If she likes pink, show her the headphones I have
(also available as wireless now). I tried Beats in the same price segment before and the sound of mine is 1000x better. Also those rose gold plastic things look really unstylish and ugly compared to that:http://v-moda.com/headphones/
I don't like Beats either and I agree they are some cheapo plastic products but I would choose them in a heartbeat over these. I'm speaking about looks only.If she likes pink, show her the headphones I have
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http://v-moda.com/headphones/