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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2011, 11:50:25 AM »
As a headphone dude, I immediately wrote them off for several reasons:

1.  Way over-priced
2.  These things are the equivalent to "man hands" on a woman   :o
3.  I don't believe the positive reviews...seriously, Monster cables made this pos?   

I bet my sony 7506's run circles around them.   It's amusing to watch all the garbage cans people wear on the train when I'm jamming out to my shure se530's.  There's no way those cans are providing any noise blocking/canceling at all on our trains and subways.  Any TS NY'er can testify how loud it can get underground.

Exactly.  Further, I can't believe how inconvenient it must be to have to carry around these giant headphones with you all day.  At least the iPod white earbuds, while totally crappy, were very portable. 

And yes, I'd put my Westone 3's or your SE530s up against these ridiculous products any day. 
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2011, 01:12:23 PM »
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/dr-dre-designing-speaker-systems-for-chrysler/51680/

Now they're putting his "audiophile" technology into cars.

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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2011, 01:24:04 PM »
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2011, 01:28:11 PM »
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/dr-dre-designing-speaker-systems-for-chrysler/51680/

Now they're putting his "audiophile" technology into cars.

Better sound through Marketing.  We've all seen this shtick before.  It's hilarious how many will buy these turds, man, are they some of the ugliest headphones I've ever seen. 
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2011, 02:42:50 PM »
I've read a bunch of reviews of these things and the headphones are supposed to be quite good.  Haven't read anything about the earbuds, but the headphones are very well-regarded and are supposed to compete well within the price range.  I would never buy a pair because they are $350 and I don't use headphones all that much, but keep an open mind.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2011, 03:11:56 PM »
^^It's not about being close-minded, its about smelling the bullshit from far away.  For some reason, a lot of people assume a lot of bass somehow is a measureable response to audio quality.  It's not. 

I have a feeling this headphone.com review pretty much summons up the Monster Beats:

" a mediocre headphone, at a insane price
Posted by droido256 from south california on 2010-08-29

Recommend Product: No
Pros: design is nice
Cons: fake bass, shoddy mids, and vocals, horrible scratchy treble, questionable build


I collect headphones, I love headphones, I just couldn't warm up to these, even after giving them a 200 hour burn in. The bass is there its loud and punchy but has a short decay, very faked too. The vocals seem hollow I was very aware these were made of plastic the sound proved it. The treble is simply awful harsh again hollow and often scratchy I even heard some distortion at higher volumes.
The comfort is ok tho they get hot. The headband and earcups seem cheaply made too, my buddy's set broke at the ear cups like a pair of skullcandys. They are loud but they don't handle high spl well at all. I hope dre's venture with HP brings a better product because I wouldn't attach my reputation to these at all. At 300 dollars these are more overpriced than quality. "

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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2011, 03:23:29 PM »
So anyone around here tried them yet?

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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2011, 03:49:51 PM »
So anyone around here tried them yet?

Nope, and I don't plan on blowing that kind of cash to be disappointed.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2011, 11:53:11 PM »
$349?!!!! I'll take Senn HD650s or AKG 701's any day of the week over these giant pile 'o marketing....

Frankly, anything from Monster Cable sets off my BS detector. They deserve a lot of blame for instigating the cable scam, in my opinion.

I'll stick with my Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro/80 cans - I love their sound! That being said, they need a bit more power than the typical portable player can provide, even if they are 80-ohm. My Sansa doesn't distort with them when cranked, but they're a bit on the quiet side. A portable amp would make them shine, though. I normally use the 770s with my home rig (E-MU 0404 USB).

If you don't need or want isolation, Grado SR60/SR80/SR225 are good matches for portable players... I usually use my SR60s for portable purposes, since I like to maintain some situational awareness when walking around with music...
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #24 on: April 29, 2011, 07:44:25 AM »
So anyone around here tried them yet?
Like i said, I was comp'd a pair from work. They are fine. A bit big. They sound better than I thought a monster product would sound. Fwiw, I only use headphones very sporadically, as in only late at night, and with an eighteen month old daughter, this means practically never. I was shocked, however, when I went in to the apple store and saw what the retail was for these cans. Now if these came in the purple and gold, like kobe's pair, then they would be worth every penny ;) Anyway, these are not the best, they are also not the worst. For me the price was right; if I was buying retail, I might widen the search if three/four hundred was my budget...
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #25 on: April 29, 2011, 10:30:06 AM »
here are some more ghetto cans, from Snoop:

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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2011, 10:34:36 AM »
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #27 on: April 29, 2011, 10:36:03 AM »
^^

I bet the coloring on those cans take on a whole new approach to boot.
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #28 on: April 29, 2011, 12:12:25 PM »
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/dr-dre-designing-speaker-systems-for-chrysler/51680/

Now they're putting his "audiophile" technology into cars.

Oh great.  I can't wait to hear one of those fine extra-large-rimmed vehicles driving around my neighborhood...    :crazy:
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Re: "Beats By Dr Dre" Headphones..?
« Reply #29 on: April 29, 2011, 12:26:35 PM »
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/dr-dre-designing-speaker-systems-for-chrysler/51680/

Now they're putting his "audiophile" technology into cars.

Oh great.  I can't wait to hear one of those fine extra-large-rimmed vehicles driving around my neighborhood...    :crazy:

Do you think they've figured out a way to keep the license plates from doing that ghetto vibrating thing?

 

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