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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #45 on: June 07, 2011, 08:50:16 PM »
The whole world is wearing them!!  :o

and it's quite sad that people are falling for the marketing hype.  I swear, when I see someone wearing a pair I feel like laughing at them.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #46 on: June 07, 2011, 10:47:36 PM »
Ludacris has a pair for sale now, too... Two bills, retail.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #47 on: June 10, 2011, 10:52:58 PM »
i didn't notice this until I watched it the second time but the PFC group uses these headphones with high quality mics like neuman.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #48 on: June 11, 2011, 04:07:35 AM »
Not entirely relevant, but I was watching Craig Ferguson a couple of days ago, and they showed a clip from a TV show that an actor on the show was in. It was some spy show, and the actor's character was in the 'spy base' - wearing a pair of Grados. Expensive Mahogany ones. I was like "OMG NO WAI!"

As I say, not strictly relevant, but it made me think of this thread. There is hope yet.

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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #49 on: July 11, 2011, 06:28:53 PM »
some of the dan patrick crew just recently switched to these from the 7506s. dan patrick still wears his sonys backwards. thats all i got.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #50 on: September 04, 2011, 11:32:19 PM »
Ugh.

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Reminds me of when kids would get hassled for their air jordans back in the day....
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #51 on: September 08, 2011, 02:47:51 AM »
Reminds me of when kids would get hassled for their air jordans back in the day....

Yup.  Growing up in NY a few decades ago, I remember reading and hearing about kids getting shot for their expensive sneakers and jackets.  I wonder if it's going to become commonplace for these crappy headphones?

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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #52 on: September 08, 2011, 11:14:56 AM »
Ugh.

Uninvited Guest Shoots Two USC Students After Being Accused of Stealing Party Host's Dr. Dre Headphones

Reminds me of when kids would get hassled for their air jordans back in the day....

Except back then there would just be a fight and you'd get banged up a bit, now you get gunshot wounds or death.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #53 on: September 08, 2011, 06:38:42 PM »
Believe it or not violent crime is on the decline, although sensational media is on rise.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #54 on: September 09, 2011, 11:28:37 AM »
Anecdotal evidence would say otherwise, but if you say so.   :P

All I know from my experience is that when I was a teen, not one kid got shot at a fight in the city where I grew up, but from 1985 on there have been countless shootings, stabbings, and otherwise deadly fights. Damn their reports, I don't believe them. Data can be skewed any way that you want to present it. Maybe overall in the US it might appear so, but from where I stand, I don't see it.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #55 on: September 09, 2011, 06:04:07 PM »
I listened to some of the Beats the other day and, while they were not terrible, I found the highs a bit weak and lows somewhat muddy.  I would up with a pair of Sennheiser HD 202 II ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003LPTAYI ) they set me back about $22.  Bass was a little weak but in general they sound great considering their cost, I really expected them to be more expensive.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #56 on: September 09, 2011, 09:30:51 PM »
Have the sony 7506's, grado labs (80's I believe) + grado labs in-ear phones.

I also have the Dre Beats..............LOVE EM!
pricey - yes, but sound good to me
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #57 on: September 13, 2011, 11:33:05 AM »
Have the sony 7506's, grado labs (80's I believe) + grado labs in-ear phones.

I also have the Dre Beats..............LOVE EM!
pricey - yes, but sound good to me
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I was going to make a Schoeps/muddy bass joke here, then remembered what rig I run, and decided against  ;D 

In all seriousness, I've never heard them myself.  My main negative impressions of them stem from:

- Others' reports on the sound
- The idiots I see wearing them around
- The build and graphic design on them (cheap plastic/marketing-driven type design)
- The price being up there with the super-HQ brands that have much longer histories in the headphone business than Monster (which has, IIRC, none)
- Marketing tie-in with a washed-up artist/producer who operates in a genre that thrives on boomy bass

Interesting that as an owners of several much nicer pairs of phones than I have (and a bunch of similar mics), that you like them.  That's a new data point, for sure.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #58 on: September 13, 2011, 01:29:05 PM »
I bet my Koss KSC-75's wipe the floor with any models of the Beats line.

and this is coming from a guy who has owned in the neighborhood of 15 headphones in the last decade, including the rare Sennheiser HE60's.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #59 on: September 14, 2011, 02:00:19 AM »
In all seriousness, I've never heard them myself.  My main negative impressions of them stem from:... [snip]

I'm pretty much in agreement with your view of the Beats line but I HAVE had a chance to listen to them.  A few models, in fact, among the cheapest and most expensive they offer.  They weren't the worst cans I've ever listened through, but I feel that with their shortcomings (sloppy bass and shrill highs among other things) they are far too expensive.  Especially when compared to better sounding and more accurate headphones (IMHO) that aren't nearly as pricey.  Like Bose, most of the pricetag is paying for the marketing.  To each his own and all that...

I bet my Koss KSC-75's wipe the floor with any models of the Beats line.

You may be right. ;D  Don't forget the Porta Pro's either!

 

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