LOL at all the Beats bashers........ - Page 24  

From a non-audio standpoint they are VERY overpriced in my opinion.  Closed source software.  Inaccessible batteries.   Having to convert anything to play on it.  Limited app choices.

There are better droid options for phones and tablets.  And as someone who does publishing and design work for a living I have never understood why Mac is preferred over PC.  I am in a minority though.   It's not that Mac is "bad", but it brings nothing to the table imho and costs so much more than a PC and creates too many limits.

Now, I don't do Apple, so maybe they sound great

But whenever I see people with all their Apple products I feel certain they have been heavily influenced by marketing just like the beats buyers.  At least their apples aren't junk, but they paid out the nose to do less than I can do for cheaper.

Surprised to see someone mention that these days.  Nightclubbing was one of the finest mastered LP's of all time.  The detail and dynamic range is exquisite.  Back in '81, it got significant reviews in High Fidelity magazine, especially for the quality of its recording and production.

For anyone with a turntable, this is a tour-de-force.  It's still pretty good on CD, too.

If you dont like em, dont buy em.  Its very simple IMHO.  I dont care for BMWs, guess what Im not gonna say they are overpriced and trash them.  I just wont buy one. 

Dre beats aren't BMW's......they're Dodge Chargers.  AKG, Sennheiser, Beyer......that's the Audi/BMW/Benz of the headphone game....Stax is Lexus, Sony is Acura, etc.

From a non-audio standpoint they are VERY overpriced in my opinion.  Closed source software.  Inaccessible batteries.   Having to convert anything to play on it.  Limited app choices.

There are better droid options for phones and tablets.  And as someone who does publishing and design work for a living I have never understood why Mac is preferred over PC.  I am in a minority though.   It's not that Mac is "bad", but it brings nothing to the table imho and costs so much more than a PC and creates too many limits.

Now, I don't do Apple, so maybe they sound great

But whenever I see people with all their Apple products I feel certain they have been heavily influenced by marketing just like the beats buyers.  At least their apples aren't junk, but they paid out the nose to do less than I can do for cheaper.

I buy Apple products because I've never owned a good Android. Ever. Convert anything? Good job on perpetuating a really outdated myth. Limited app choices? App Store is bigger. And even if it was "limited", I'll take "limited" over spyware ridden apps like Google. Mac is preferred over PC because it always works. Windows never really works and Windows ruined what they did have with 8.

That's a really naive and really stupid viewpoint. I haven't paid out the nose for what you can do for cheaper because Android has half-assed versions of just about every Apple feature.

They're not systems for people who don't want to plan ahead. They're systems for people who want reliability and ease of use. I have a high tech custom built gaming rig for games but I use my MacBook for everything else and it's a WAY better computer. I have a Nexus 7 and have gone through 4 Androids. Every single one of those pieces is inferior to iPhone or iPad.

STAX isn't Lexus, and it isn't BMW either. They both make (relatively) affordable cars. Not affordable to someone like me, but still, in the grand scheme of things, they offer cars that are nowhere near the most expensive available. STAX is more like Rolls Royce or Bentley. 

Also, Sony and Sennheiser are pretty big players outside the high end. Sony is more a Honda than an Acura. 

Why? ... They look pretty decent. Out of all the audiophile approved headphones, the M50's are definitely one of the nicer looking cans. 

Or maybe businessmen wear Bose because their ANC is second to none, and airplanes are quite loud. 

Lexus is quite literally a Toyota built copy of the Mercedes. Therefore I would not put Stax in that arena. More like the Ferrari, Awesome performance, power hungry, and hard to drive well.