Beats: What's so special about them?

~~BigDGarciaDancer~~ · 12-20-2014, 04:58 PM

Beats: whats so special about those headphones? and why so so SOOOOO expensive?? some of them are around $200 or $300. $300???!!!! thats insane! i rather buy me a simple set of earphones at a dollar store for $5 or headphones for around $10 or $15.

**Frownland** · 12-20-2014, 05:23 PM

They're attached to the name and they're popular because they have a reputation for being good. Personally I don't like them, the bass is too artificial. I do understand paying top dollar for a nice set of headphones though, just go with a good brand like TDK or Sennheiser.

GuD · 12-20-2014, 05:45 PM

best sounding headphones I ever owned came with a cheap bass amp. The low end on those things...

It's definitely weird how much more the better quality sounding ones cost. I can't imagine they're that much more expensive to make

ladyislingering · 12-20-2014, 05:50 PM

Right? I saw this sidewalk sign that said "great holiday stocking stuffers!" and had a picture of Beats on them.

What the hell kind of family puts $300 headphones in a stocking as a supplemental gift?

Bill Gates?

The Batlord · 12-20-2014, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

Right? I saw this sidewalk sign that said "great holiday stocking stuffers!" and had a picture of Beats on them.

What the hell kind of family puts $300 headphones in a stocking as a supplemental gift?

Bill Gates?

My family. My new family.

ladyislingering · 12-20-2014, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

My family. My new family.

*Batlord licks Cheeto dust off his fingers while glaring at his mother*

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-20-2014, 06:17 PM

They are fucking shite.

http://cdn.head-fi.org/d/da/1000x450...artljokerl.png

If I'm spending lots of money on electrical equipment, I want to do my research and make sure I'm getting the best product for what I want.

Your average teenager who has bought Beats hasn't bought them for the sound, they've bought them because Monster have done a great job of creating the demand for Beats (they also resort to flat out lying in their marketing btw). Typically, Beats owners will say the sound is amazing; it's probably amazing relative to what Beats owners usually use -- which is Apple's stock headphones that cost about 2p to manufacture.

Anyone even one step close to being an audiophile wouldn't touch these fuckers with a barge pole, go on Head-Fi or another audio website, nobody on there is going to recommend a pair of these, these guys > average Joes with a MORE BASS PLZ!!!111! attitude to music. Dre himself doesn't even use Beats to produce, here's a pic of him in studio using £130 Audio Technica ATH-M50's:

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-20-2014, 06:42 PM

Headphones for people who use Apple products.

Thelonious Monkey · 12-20-2014, 06:42 PM

I use Beats, and their awesome. Don't mistake that. But the price is ridiculous. And that's mainly because of the brand. There is way more headphones out there that are cheaper and better. But I bought my Beats when I was 12.

Chula Vista · 12-20-2014, 07:01 PM

The oldest piece of gear I own is a set of AKG K240 headphones. Bought them new in 1980. They are beat to sh*t but I haven't found anything that sounds better.

12-20-2014, 04:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~BigDGarciaDancer~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 34	Beats: What's so special about them? Beats: whats so special about those headphones? and why so so SOOOOO expensive?? some of them are around $200 or $300. $300???!!!! thats insane! i rather buy me a simple set of earphones at a dollar store for $5 or headphones for around $10 or $15.

12-20-2014, 05:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	They're attached to the name and they're popular because they have a reputation for being good. Personally I don't like them, the bass is too artificial. I do understand paying top dollar for a nice set of headphones though, just go with a good brand like TDK or Sennheiser. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-20-2014, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	best sounding headphones I ever owned came with a cheap bass amp. The low end on those things... It's definitely weird how much more the better quality sounding ones cost. I can't imagine they're that much more expensive to make __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

12-20-2014, 05:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
ladyislingering Maelian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 695	Right? I saw this sidewalk sign that said "great holiday stocking stuffers!" and had a picture of Beats on them. What the hell kind of family puts $300 headphones in a stocking as a supplemental gift? Bill Gates? __________________ You and I, We were born to die.

12-20-2014, 06:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Headphones for people who use Apple products. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

12-20-2014, 06:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	They are fucking shite. http://cdn.head-fi.org/d/da/1000x450...artljokerl.png If I'm spending lots of money on electrical equipment, I want to do my research and make sure I'm getting the best product for what I want. Your average teenager who has bought Beats hasn't bought them for the sound, they've bought them because Monster have done a great job of creating the demand for Beats (they also resort to flat out lying in their marketing btw). Typically, Beats owners will say the sound is amazing; it's probably amazing relative to what Beats owners usually use -- which is Apple's stock headphones that cost about 2p to manufacture. Anyone even one step close to being an audiophile wouldn't touch these fuckers with a barge pole, go on Head-Fi or another audio website, nobody on there is going to recommend a pair of these, these guys > average Joes with a MORE BASS PLZ!!!111! attitude to music. Dre himself doesn't even use Beats to produce, here's a pic of him in studio using £130 Audio Technica ATH-M50's:

12-20-2014, 06:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Thelonious Monkey Caesar is home. Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 876	I use Beats, and their awesome. Don't mistake that. But the price is ridiculous. And that's mainly because of the brand. There is way more headphones out there that are cheaper and better. But I bought my Beats when I was 12.

12-20-2014, 07:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	The oldest piece of gear I own is a set of AKG K240 headphones. Bought them new in 1980. They are beat to sh*t but I haven't found anything that sounds better. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”