Need some opinions (BEATS HATERS GET OUT) - Page 7

I've always wanted to damp a pair of Beats, especially because every pair I've tried had the cups literally rattle, which is a sign of shoddy plastic and damping. It'd certainly tighten the bass up if it had a nice treatment of dynamat or something. Cutting out the grill in front of the driver would probably let the mids and treble free too.

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Originally Posted by Ishcabible 

I've always wanted to damp a pair of Beats, especially because every pair I've tried had the cups literally rattle, which is a sign of shoddy plastic and damping. It'd certainly tighten the bass up if it had a nice treatment of dynamat or something. Cutting out the grill in front of the driver would probably let the mids and treble free too.

You void your warranty. And with that cracking headband and loose screws, you can't afford to lose your warranty.

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Originally Posted by 3602 

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Originally Posted by Ishcabible 

I've always wanted to damp a pair of Beats, especially because every pair I've tried had the cups literally rattle, which is a sign of shoddy plastic and damping. It'd certainly tighten the bass up if it had a nice treatment of dynamat or something. Cutting out the grill in front of the driver would probably let the mids and treble free too.

You void your warranty. And with that cracking headband and loose screws, you can't afford to lose your warranty.

I'm not insane enough to try that on a new pair! I'd buy a broken headband pair on ebay, but they seem to be going for over $100 still...idiots.

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I've always wanted to damp a pair of Beats, especially because every pair I've tried had the cups literally rattle, which is a sign of shoddy plastic and damping. It'd certainly tighten the bass up if it had a nice treatment of dynamat or something. Cutting out the grill in front of the driver would probably let the mids and treble free too.

You void your warranty. And with that cracking headband and loose screws, you can't afford to lose your warranty.

I'm not insane enough to try that on a new pair! I'd buy a broken headband pair on ebay, but they seem to be going for over $100 still...idiots.

You could probably find a fake pair of Studios. Reports say that they sound about the same as the real deal.

If that's your admission that head-fi is full of bass haters, then I concur. 

The reason your analogy fails in the broader sense, however, is that head-fi is not a "bass hater" site. 

It's a general headphone site that happens to have a large bass hating readership.

The distinction is subtle.  Maybe you'll grasp it; maybe not. 

Here's my final attempt at an analogy:

This is a candy store.  Most people here like hard candies, but there are a few chocolate lovers.

The hard candy people tend to dominate the discussion.

Bob, chocolate lover, wants an opinion from other chocolate lovers. 

Bob tries to pre-empt the hard candy people from weighing in.

Flame bait?  Hardly.

But there's a word for people who might suggest that it's flame bait:  intolerant.

I did the bidding of someone who intended to troll?  Maybe.

That really isn't the issue though, is it?

Because the original question, troll intent notwithstanding, could be a reasonable one. 

Therefore, what is actually germane to the issue is: 

why isn't it okay for a chocolate lover to solicit other chocolate lovers' opinions? 

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Originally Posted by nikongod 

What would you call if it you asked a bunch of yankees fans about the red socks? This is only inviting a heated response, and is commonly refered to as posting "flame bait"

 

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I've always wanted to damp a pair of Beats, especially because every pair I've tried had the cups literally rattle, which is a sign of shoddy plastic and damping. It'd certainly tighten the bass up if it had a nice treatment of dynamat or something. Cutting out the grill in front of the driver would probably let the mids and treble free too.

You void your warranty. And with that cracking headband and loose screws, you can't afford to lose your warranty.

I'm not insane enough to try that on a new pair! I'd buy a broken headband pair on ebay, but they seem to be going for over $100 still...idiots.

You could probably find a fake pair of Studios. Reports say that they sound about the same as the real deal.

Not too hard to admittedly. And they're still $150ish. As opposed to my fake ESW10JPNs which were $25 and made of actual wood. (Using them as donor phones) Not cool.
 

You have it completely wrong,

In the candy store, everyone likes chocolate.

There's this one guy who loves chocolate so much, all he wants is more chocolate regardless of the quality of it

Everyone tells him - "You have too much chocolate, so much that it overpowers the taste of everything else"

"YOU JUST HATE CHOCOLATE WWAAAAAH"