^^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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http://www.headphone.com/product_review.php?icn=9990390001