[Mr Blonde]

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To be honest, I feel there's a huge market waiting for that killer combination of marketing savvy ( which monster has done VERY well ), a well-built goodlooking product and stellar sound.
 
Monster has 2. Probably the more important two also, considering that the masses generally are hearing anything thats not iBuds for the first time so beats are already audio nirvana for them.

That's it. And all those who came from iBuds are accelerating the hype around the beats.
So this marketing strategy works perfectly for Monster. And Dr Dre of course.
The only good thing is that maybe some of Beats buyers get more interested in headphones and they are already used to pay a huge for it.
Maybe some of them land here at head-fi.

 

[kiteki]

 
If they sound like the Shure SRH-940, cost $175 and have removable logos I will give them a solid chance.
 
I love steel and black leather.
 

 

[Mr Blonde]

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If they sound like the Shure SRH-940, cost $175 and have removable logos I will give them a solid chance.
 
I love steel and black leather.
 

 
That gave me a good laugh.

 
 

 

[kiteki]

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Headphones that use batteries = F A I L
 

Mmm...

 

[kiteki]

 

 
 
 

 

[J0nny]

For goodness sake, Iovine is going after business men now? The website is a telling story:
 
" These high definition headphones combine Beats’ legendary sound quality..." FAIL
 
"Noise cancellation..." FAIL
 
"...rich, elegant accents..." WFT? How can an accent be rich? BUZZWORD FAIL.
 
Not lookin' good already. 

 

[kiteki]

 
Do these actually use AA or AAA batteries? If a $400 headphone doesn't even have a rechargable long-life gumstick battery then it's purely a marketing experiment imho.
 
I remember when cheap portable CD players used AA batteries, and then the advanced ones had rechargable long-life gumstick batteries, a high-tech remote control, a stand, PC software, and optical out, and still cost less than half of this headphone.
 
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/SONY-DISCMAN-WALKMAN-PORTABLE-CD-PLAYER-D-NE900-BOXED-/24/!CFUrVpQEWk~$(KGrHqF,!jkE1Iz-2ChvBNUt)tNsK!~~_3.JPG
 
 
Portable audio, year 2012.
 

 

[ballerificalvin]

They use AAA batteries. I can't believe they haven't switched to something less ******* STONE AGE 

 

[Clockmaker]

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Probably because they're too busy trying to hear over that overpowering bass.
 

 

[kiteki]

 
A beats lover that has seen the light, +1 his video give him some support.
 

 
Skip to 3:40 he starts talking about the beets.
 
 

 

[J0nny]

Wheres the link kiteki? I want to give support to anyone who's against Beats.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

Just got word that these are on track for release later this year.  More info to come late August.
 

 

[lilboozy]

I really hope they sound good because beats are so damn sexy. I would seriously consider buying them and then wear some good IEMs under so i can get good sound and look good at the same time

 

[Swimsonny]

They are going to be the first headphone to be released with no help from monster, lets hope thats a good thing :L

 

[DaBomb77766]

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They are going to be the first headphone to be released with no help from monster, lets hope thats a good thing :L

I dunno, I've found that Monster tends to release better products themselves than the Beats line does.