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Beats Tones Down the Bass With its New Solo2 Headphones
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I have an abusive relationship with corded headphones so I can never justify spending 200 dollars on a pair I'm going to 100% break within 2 months.
Buck forty nine cheap cheap headphones for me. If I want serious sound quality I use good speakers.
Buck forty nine cheap cheap headphones for me. If I want serious sound quality I use good speakers.
Can I just, again, point out that insinuating the people who buy Beats are having the wool pulled over their eyes is a little silly? There are plenty of people out there (apparently something like 40% of the market in the US) that listen to music that is enhanced by the bass-heavy aural qualities of Beats headphones. Neutral headphones wont give you that kind of response, and Beats isnt targeting people that want a neutral, natural response.
So for some people, Beats are way better quality than those Grado cans you would buy. Not for you, obviously, but Ill bet you dont listen to much hip hop. Just an offhanded assumption I made.
I can't get over how ridiculous this comment is. So you're trying to tell me that unless someone comes out and calls Dr. Dre a N***** then a comment has no substantial racism behind it? What the actual hell are you talking about?
{Edit} I could have worded this better. And you make some valid points. This doesn't mean that the racist undertones should continue to be ignored like it has for many years. This is 2014 and I am tired of it. It has to be addressed.
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And a lot of non-premium headphones too. Have you seen whats become of Nakamichi? Those things are terrible build quality, decent drivers, but boy are they stylish. I actually bought a pair just for kicks, and theyre aight. Id recommend them to someone who likes/needs heavy bass response over a $200 pair of Beats.
Maybe. I suppose more people buy headphones in that range, now. But "did not exist" is pretty strong.
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Um, yeah. Quit making assumptions about others' posts. Who do you think you are??
I think what he was saying is that there are plenty of ways to poke holes in their arguments without playing the race card, and if they actually are racist, they wont be able to form an articulate rebuttal.
Also, I salute your expletive modifier in that last sentence. My knee-jerk reaction is to modify with foods, but what the cheese hell doesnt really have much of a ring to it.
The visuals of the new Apple execs and their not so squeaky clean images are a testimony to the new ethics at Apple.
Now if only Cook got busted, it would give him something in common as they stand shoulder to shoulder. Perhaps there's a hip hop video in Cooks future.
LOL, what the heck it's fun to have a laugh at this odd development. Now THIS will make for a good movie!
Now if only Cook got busted, it would give him something in common as they stand shoulder to shoulder. Perhaps there's a hip hop video in Cooks future.
LOL, what the heck it's fun to have a laugh at this odd development. Now THIS will make for a good movie!
The term "race card" was created by those who don't like being called out for saying ignorant things.
No, that's not how it works. The bass-heavy music already has increased bass in the recording compared to other genres. Increasing AGAIN with your headphone design is over-the-top. Plus, they probably crank the bass a 3rd time in the iPod or other source's settings. People don't understand that hardware should be sound-neutral. The extra increase with hardware designs like this sound horrible.
Also, the bass boost is not linear, and is in (IMO) a silly range of bass to increase. At my house, I pound out 20Hz (which I cannot personally hear, but I can feel) at the same loudness as 50Hz and 100Hz, as far as possible in my room. The real low-end is way more visceral than cranking 50Hz three times.
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But claiming hidden agendas by other posters is not an opinion. It is accusation, and against the rules.
Apple has made worse acquisitions and they were not even profitable companies and had Apple fans cheering them all along the way. It's only when the black guy runs a profitable start up high end headphone company do people go up in arms. It weakens your position on the issue of race when you put blinders on in an effort to pretend shed some light on the subject.
Let's see here
- Profitable company
- Sells expensive headphones people are willing to buy in large quantities
- Streaming service
- Content creator connections
- Previous work history with the people involved
- A way to add value by getting people to use Apple related products on other platforms
- Apple can get far more favorable pricing on components than Beats alone. So there is a clear path for Apple to significantly improve upon the quality of the headphones.
None of that is good enough for the bigots on this forum. On what planet does headphones not matter as it relates to iPhones, iPads and Macs in 2014?
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Yeah, I’d say most of the good headphones brands don’t have much of a consumer facing side (even more known audiophile brands [like Sennheiser] are all but unknown in most consumer channels). There are brands like Sony who is a very broad consumer brand (lots of products, lots of visibility) and have high[er] end phones, but I don’t think their $50+ market was significant.
I guess it _might_ be OK to say, “Effectively didn’t exist in regular consumer channels” [?]
From my perspective, the major market that “didn’t exist” before Beats is “styled” headphones. I’m talking alternate/mixed colors, different finishes, combing various materials for the aesthetic effect, minimalist designs that hide the components, etc.
Seems like just about all headphones before Beats were functional designs. Heck, tons of long-in-the-market brands (like AKG) followed Beats designs, and then there was companies (like Sol Republic) that used the Beats styling direction to engineer their initial products (and enter the “styled”, high[er] end consumer headphone market)
So, do you just type up every post of yours and then upvote it?
Read the rules. Not my job to read them to you.
Don't forget the free Obama phone.
Reported.
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So, do you just type up every post of yours and then upvote it?
Read the rules. Not my job to read them to you.
They removed the feature to up vote your own posts hunny. Thanks for your 2 cents.
I have bose headphones myself. I use them for working out and they are comfortable to use.