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Beats by Dre or Shure SRH840 for portable use?

post #1 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:05am
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....which one should i get for portable use when am not at home..ie when i am in school library or just walking around campus with my ipod? i can get both for about $150. headroom rated the beats higher than the shure's, so i am confused. was leaning towards getting the shures for sure..haha
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post #2 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:12am
3 headphones that incite riots on head-fi:

Bose

Skull Candy

and

Beats by Dr Dre

ah well ...
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post #3 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:13am
So i got these wicked earbuds the other day.
Heartbeats by lady gaga
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post #4 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:25am
Sounds awesome. Where can I get the pair?
SRH840 if these are your two options.
I'd probably recommend an ES7 or ESW9 personally.
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post #5 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:26am
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Originally Posted by drgameboy View Post
headroom rated the beats higher than the shure's, so i am confused. was leaning towards getting the shures for sure..haha
Now look at what Headroom has gone done did! I knew their recent liberal ratings of poorish headphones like SK and Monster would lead to a misinformation problem. Tisk. Tisk.

(Shure SRH-840's all the way.)
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post #6 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:29am
Haven't tested either, but Shure are a proven name in the field and this 'Beats by Dr Dre' seems like marketing BS imo. Like buying ripped up jeans for $150 cause they are by <insert celebrity name here>.

Just my 2 cents
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post #7 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:32am
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Originally Posted by MrGreen View Post
Sounds awesome. Where can I get the pair?
SRH840 if these are your two options.
I'd probably recommend an ES7 or ESW9 personally.
i work for bestbuy, so using my employee discount, i can get the beats for a little over $150
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post #8 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:33am
es7 can be had for under 100 bucks and they sound great, forget about it, you can't beat that deal
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post #9 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:34am
Go with the shure's. He's totally right about name branding! ^^^
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post #10 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:34am
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Originally Posted by drgameboy View Post
i work for bestbuy, so using my employee discount, i can get the beats for a little over $150
The issue here is that the beats by dre are active noise cancelling and operate on battery.
They will stop functioning without a fresh battery in them. Oh and theyll start to sound worse when the battery loses power.
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post #11 of 33
10/27/09 at 4:54am
If you have the choice between these two only go for the sure, a bit big but you can actually talk about sound quality when describing them.

Headroom sold a bit of their soul in order to stay competitive (times are rough) so from now on their rating system should be ignored.
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post #12 of 33
10/27/09 at 5:18am
between those 2, definitely the shure.
but it isn't really for portable use
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post #13 of 33
10/27/09 at 5:19am
Tried the SRH440 and thought it was pretty nice for the price. Go for the Shure
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post #14 of 33
10/27/09 at 5:21am
shures .
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post #15 of 33
10/27/09 at 5:37am
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Originally Posted by roker View Post
3 headphones that incite riots on head-fi:

Bose

Skull Candy

and

Beats by Dr Dre

ah well ...
I bet they spent more money advertising than actually developing these phones.
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