There are better headphones for the money. I have a Shure and Sennheiser headphones, and would take one of those over the Beats any day.
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Why Not To Buy The Beats By Dre
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But Beats allows me to hear the music as the engineer intended.
What is your source for that claim? I understand etymotics (my brand) are far better at giving the sound the engineers intended than most other headphones.
I used to think that Beats by Dr Dre was some sort of Amazing headphones designed by a doctor that is optimized for the ears.
Yes. What's wrong with that?
Yes. What's wrong with that?
Beats by Dre don't raise any bar for quality in the headphone world, if anything they lower it. Their price-performance is so bad, and their build quality is so cheap. In fact one of the main reasons people like their bass 'impact' is because their flimsy frames can't even properly contain the driver's energy.
Take a forcefully agressive advertising campaign, combine it with today's ignorance in reference audio and music, add a horribly price-performance headphone, and you got a money making monster the likes of which is deliberately poor performing for the money.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympi...phones-to-british-athletes--angering-ioc.html
That's one example of their unethical advertising campaign.
Take a forcefully agressive advertising campaign, combine it with today's ignorance in reference audio and music, add a horribly price-performance headphone, and you got a money making monster the likes of which is deliberately poor performing for the money.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympi...phones-to-british-athletes--angering-ioc.html
That's one example of their unethical advertising campaign.
Agree. I have Ety ER*4 and I love them.
I was just parroting the claim made by a lot of headphone makers. My Dre Pro aren't bad but I got them on discount and would have never paid $400 for them.
They sound better than the Studios by a mile but they are bulky and heavy but at the least durable (a problem with this brand)
After listening to the Beats Studio's from a friend, I knew right away they were overpriced bass-heavy pieces of crap. I'm so glad I bought my Audio-Technica Pro700's. Powerful bass, but doesn't overpower the music like Beats do, and the clarity is great.
Which ones to buy?
Salutations everyone.
I'm a music lover and I listen to nearly all the genres.
I have to buy a pair of headphones that are AWESOME for everyday use; a pair which will knock me out in music for some time.
I am not a DJ. I am not a professional.
I am just a music lover.
I want exhilarating music.
Also, I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.
Also tell me whether I will need an amplifier for them to work or not.
(P.S: I was looking forward to buying Beats Pro)
Salutations everyone.
I'm a music lover and I listen to nearly all the genres.
I have to buy a pair of headphones that are AWESOME for everyday use; a pair which will knock me out in music for some time.
I am not a DJ. I am not a professional.
I am just a music lover.
I want exhilarating music.
Also, I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.
Also tell me whether I will need an amplifier for them to work or not.
(P.S: I was looking forward to buying Beats Pro)
I am also a music lover, and a semi-pro, I recommend AKG, Q460's are great for every day, cheaper than the best beats but better sounding, and will work straight from your phone. For pure sonic bliss AKG Q701's but they prefer an AMP and are MASSIVE open backed headphones
This.
Long ago when I worked at Circuit City Monster had a display that they came to set up at each of the stores. It showed the "Monster Difference" between regular component cables and Monster component cables for TVs. They also made it super clear NOT to let any associate mess in the cabinet to the display.
Why you ask? Because they were straight up lying to people. The display had Monster component cables and the "other brand" they had were COMPOSITE cables!
They were showing two different cables even though the display clearly stated that one was regular component cables and the other was monster component cables.
Complete frauds.
Thats really good, the stornger are better. And usaualy more loudder and stonger are even more expesiver.
Peace
Burak
And just think, I'm paying more than $5000 in school taxes alone. This is what I'm getting for my money?
I hope Beats is replaced quick. V-Moda has been amazing in both appearance and sound. Hope they can step their game up.
Durability?
From what I have surveyed, most reference headphones are delicate and not suited for use outside the studio.
I have heard they have to be very carefully used in an open environment.
Why is that so?
If there is a risk of damage or breakage, I would surely choose the Beats Pro, which are much more sturdy and would not waste my money by breaking apart
Kindly reply!
From what I have surveyed, most reference headphones are delicate and not suited for use outside the studio.
I have heard they have to be very carefully used in an open environment.
Why is that so?
If there is a risk of damage or breakage, I would surely choose the Beats Pro, which are much more sturdy and would not waste my money by breaking apart
Kindly reply!
I hear beats are pretty flimsy, my AKG studio headphones (Q701's) are pretty damn sturdy
Okay, after a lot of comparisons, I decided that the Denon AHD2000's are way better than the Beats Pro's.
But then I got to know about the major sound leakage that occurs while using the Denon AHD2000's. :|
I love every other bit of them, but I do not want to disturb others, in a library etc, or make them hear what Im listening to.
Advice people?
But then I got to know about the major sound leakage that occurs while using the Denon AHD2000's. :|
I love every other bit of them, but I do not want to disturb others, in a library etc, or make them hear what Im listening to.
Advice people?
Yep, I'd rather have 10 of these no-name which sound awesome than one brand-name set that costs 10x more. http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10823&cs_id=1082302&p_id=8323&seq=1&format=2
I really tried to get some Beats because I thought: hey, must be good, I see so many. I tired them inside an Apple Store in NY and: wow, what a flat sound. There was nothing exciting about the music they had and I had on my iPod touch. Was actually scared how poor the music came over.
So finally I got a pair of BW, much better choice. Happy with that; even looks better; not so heavy-looking.
So finally I got a pair of BW, much better choice. Happy with that; even looks better; not so heavy-looking.
"Open" headphones that leak sound in both directions will sound better for same price "closed" headphones. The reason is that is is easier to make "open" ones. The open type do not have to compress the air inside the ear cups.
Open heaphones are make for use in quite locations like studios where engineers mix music and edit video. They work in living rooms too.
When you buy headphones READ the description to see which type you are buying
Closed headphones don't necessarily sound worse as a rule, I think it's just that headphone manufactures are too lazy to go through the timely process of properly damping a closed headphone through trial and error measurements.
Look at the mad dog by mr speakers-- a DIY modified fostex t50rp. It's very cheap and offers performance rivaling 1000 dollar planar magnetics.
Look at the mad dog by mr speakers-- a DIY modified fostex t50rp. It's very cheap and offers performance rivaling 1000 dollar planar magnetics.
You're right, you shouldn't avoid something just because it's trendy. The point I was trying to make was that most people buy them because they are trendy and avoid even considering other headphones.
Glad to hear you had a better experience with their customer support. The last time I contacted them was about two years ago and ever since then I've avoided them and just contacted the store who were much less hassle.
You're right they didn't sell millions just by being a horrible product, they sold it through their very effective marketing campaign. Raising the bar from the included Apple earphones isn't much of an achievement, someone once joked that the Apple earphones are included just to test if your iPhone/iPod actually works, not to listen to music with.
Also, you used the Studios which I've heard are a lot better than their Solo HDs and earphones but even they are overpriced and have fundamental flaws (you can't listen to any music without batteries).
I see so many people with these headphones nowadays. I tried all three of them and I thought they were ok. I'm not an audiophile by any means, but I don't see how these headphones would be worth the money that they are. Having said that, they do look like really nice, and the fact that you can choose the different colors is what attracts the basic consumer. For now, I'll just stick to my white Apple earphones. Nothing fancy, but it's all that I really need.