I personally don't hate the headphones themselves, I dislike their price-to-performance ratio, the sleazy way they are advertised, and their build quality. The description of them as being the be-all-end-all headphone really bothers me. If people are oblivious to the fact that there are better headphones out there that is fine, it's the same as when I'm oblivious about better quality products in industries that I don't take an interest it. But when people that have been exposed to headphones that have the same sound signature and are clearly a superior product, and blindly follow Beats due to their popularity it irks me. I mean yes, some people like boomy, fluid bass that has a large impact... but there are many headphones out there that can provide that and still look decent, so why don't I see people walking around with these alongside Beats? I have no problem with the rest of Monsters line, probably because they aren't as common. It's just hearing how great Beats are 24/7 makes me want to bash my head off of a wall. I mean I'm sure some people genuinely think Beats are great and that's okay, but a lot of people (particularly on Head-Fi where we know the headphone industry) lie to themselves to justify the look of the headphone and I think that is wrong... I'm not talking about the OP or anyone in particular. I mean for 100,000 dollars I could buy an exotic sports car that has decent value and is popular, or I could buy a muscle car that could drive circles around it (I'm in North America by the way, and I don't know a lot about cars I was just trying to make an example). I think the problem with people bashing Beats around here is because people listen purely for performance. They would wear a torture device on their head if it gave them better sound quality, so when they see Beats it goes against what they believe in.
