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Best closed headphones to recommend to replace the Beats Solo HDs.

post #1 of 18
11/29/12 at 7:22am
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My friend has a pair of Beats Solo HDs and the ****ty plastic headband is cracking. He is going to replace them with another pair, but I want to tell him what other phones he should get instead of those pieces of overpriced plastic. Ideas?

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post #2 of 18
11/29/12 at 7:27am

Any headphone would suffice I might say.very_evil_smiley.gif

Seriously though, we would need his music genre, budget, design preference.
 

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post #3 of 18
11/29/12 at 8:00am
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The budget would be anything the same or less than the Beats Solo HDs and music genre is mostly drum and bass pendulum type stuff. In terms of design, anything closed will do.

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post #4 of 18
11/29/12 at 8:02am
As nonamodnar mentioned it would help if we knew his music and budget.

But from the top of my head I can recommend The Denon AH-D5000 or the Ultrasones Pro 900 as closed headphones--generally for bass and isolation. Which is what I assume your friend is going for, considering the Beats.
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post #5 of 18
12/2/12 at 4:15am
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I was thinking perhaps down the lines of the V-Moda M80

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post #6 of 18
12/2/12 at 5:12pm
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I was thinking perhaps down the lines of the V-Moda M80

 



DO it! This is what I came to this thread to say haha

 

If you have the money and don't need noise isolation or portability the D5000's are amazing, hands down my favorite right now, but I'm guessing you need at least one of those, do id say M80, M100 or UE6000's. The M80's in black are $150 on amazon right now FROM AMAZON not 3rd party.

 

Then just give the solos to some little kid who will probably break them haha.

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post #7 of 18
12/2/12 at 5:21pm
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As nonamodnar mentioned it would help if we knew his music and budget.
But from the top of my head I can recommend The Denon AH-D5000 or the Ultrasones Pro 900 as closed headphones--generally for bass and isolation. Which is what I assume your friend is going for, considering the Beats.

 

This. Miles better than what he's currently using.

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post #8 of 18
12/3/12 at 9:14am
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He said he's going to replace them with the Monster Beats because "Beats are the don"... Arrogant people damnit.

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post #9 of 18
12/3/12 at 9:39am
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He said he's going to replace them with the Monster Beats because "Beats are the don"... Arrogant people damnit.

Maybe you should Beat some sense into him wink.gif

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post #10 of 18
12/3/12 at 9:44am
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Maybe you should Beat some sense into him wink.gif

I see what you did there :D

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post #11 of 18
12/3/12 at 11:15am
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Maybe you should Beat some sense into him wink.gif

+1

 

laughed in class reading this one. ^_^

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post #12 of 18
12/3/12 at 11:40am
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He said he's going to replace them with the Monster Beats because "Beats are the don"... Arrogant people damnit.

 

Wait so what is he getting? LOL

 

Does he not like the M80's or UE 6000's? They should be blinky enough. At least try to get him into the Studio's instead of the solos.

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post #13 of 18
12/4/12 at 7:26am
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Wait so what is he getting? LOL

 

Does he not like the M80's or UE 6000's? They should be blinky enough. At least try to get him into the Studio's instead of the solos.

I believe they're the studios. Either way, they're still beats..

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post #14 of 18
12/4/12 at 9:01am

LP2's are an alternative to m80s for a full-sized headphone with stronger bass response.

 

(Alternatively you can wait for m100s)

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post #15 of 18
12/4/12 at 9:34pm
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I believe they're the studios. Either way, they're still beats..


Yeah so there boomy and over priced but at least it kinda sounds like music the Solo's are like muffled poo.

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