The hate on beats, why? - Page 3

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Originally Posted by Magicman74 

Lol, awesome. So what is the story behind this pic? Was he using M50's before he gave his name to Beats? 

Why Head-Fi members hate Beats: They got a 20dB bass boost in the bass region, and they look and feel cheap. Yet Monster calls them "studio headphones".

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Originally Posted by Headzone 

They got a 20dB bass boost in the bass region, and they look and feel cheap. Yet Monster calls them "studio headphones".

Even as a headphone nooby that makes me mad. People buy into that crap everyday too, truly believing that they are getting good studio headphones for recording and mixing.

I remember a few weeks ago I went to this one lady's house to get my hair braided.. her son classified himself as a studio "artist" and I asked him abruptly " What kind of headphones do you use to mix with?" And he replied with: " I use Beats"....Disgusted I flashed a smile...and remained silent.... my inner voice telling me to not tell him how garbage beats are...and that any artist that knows anything about music would know that you should get flat sounding studio headphones to monitor music with....... I tried as hard as I could to keep my mouth shut, but I couldnt... I told him: " Dude...why would you use beats?? Have you ever heard of Audio Technica, or Sennheiser?? They make amazing headphones, your Beats just add artificial bass." He looked at me sideways and simply said: "nope".... I drew the line here and didnt say anything else... no sense in trying to convert the damned.....

One thing I am almost 110% sure about though... is that the "music" he was creating would most likely sound like complete $h*@

When the Sol Republics came out, they were honest and attacking Beats.  They also sound much better for 1/3 of the price.  That's what people should be getting if they're looking at Beats.  They make rap and newer tearout style dubstep/drum & bass sound ridiculous.  Not audiophile but I do like the sound signature of them when I'm messed up.

Lol I'm pretty sure this has been repeated, but I would perfectly respect them if all the Beats models cost a third of their original price, and if Beats themselves didn't label their headphones as being "what the artist wants you to hear."

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Originally Posted by GigaFi 

 

The Beats are disliked here because they have a poor price to performance ratio. They're hated because it's cool to do so.

Why do people say that people hate on beats because its call to do so? I hate on them not to "be cool" but because I think people with them are stupid as hell.

Thats exactly how I feel. I conducted a small test in college to see how peoples grades where with beats headphones, and most of them were in the F/ D- grade range, while people with Sennheisers/ Audio Technicas and other Good brands usually were in the B+/A range... interesting'
 

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Originally Posted by blessedangel 

Thats exactly how I feel. I conducted a small test in college to see how peoples grades where with beats headphones, and most of them were in the F/ D- grade range, while people with Sennheisers/ Audio Technicas and other Good brands usually were in the B+/A range... interesting'
 

One more datum for your chart

-Owned 2 pairs of Sennheiser's

-Loving my HD 595's for the last 1,5 years

-First Semester of college, after never finishing highschool (no school in 3 years, half of what most come in with)

-B's

-only people I saw/heard complaining of poor grades/hard courses (which were all easy) were Beats/Apple owners 

99.8% of the headphones I see on campus are one of 4 things too, Bose, Beats, SOUL, or stock buds.

I don't care for the beats at all because I feel like, after everything I've heard/seen/tried/, the beats are ~100-150 dollars overpriced for their sound. Not to mention, almost every single person I've seen wearing/defending them has never researched anything else, and looks/sounds/acts like a completely mindless tool. 

I don't like the SOUL's either, though I'm not sure what specific model it was I had tried. The price wasn't terrible but I had tried them on in a campus bookstore, running off my Galaxy S3.... The sound was unimpressive. I heard mud. Mud everywhere. They were just dull and unenjoyable. And they weren't all that comfortable either. Much better in price, so I'm slightly more accepting.

The fact that I have nothing to do and that beats do really suck (a lot). But lol, If I had a flashlight I would shine a rainbow up the a--.

The bass is even that great for 200 bucks. Forget about everything else as well.

At that point its pretty much a 200$ fashion statement. If you can find a working model for say 70--80 bucks, they might be so-so, but since the lowest price I've ever seen them go was 180 bucks I don't think thats ever going to happen.

Same thing with beats pro, don't get me wrong they're okay headphones, but for 400 bucks you could do far better.

Here is why I think...

When people wear them in facebook profile pictures trying to show off,  I unfriend them.

Detox costs ~450$

I mean, how stupid can you get? 

It isn't even funny anymore how good they are selling these headphones just because they are expensive and "prestigious"