Beats by Dr. Dre Tour In-Ear Headphones

juston

New Head-Fier
Pros: cheap
Cons: everything else but cheap
Bought these when being on vacation the past weeks, since "argl" I missed to pack my in-ears and thought, ok, for 2 weeks on the beach, let's pick the first ones I came across.
What I learned now, and since the first impression always counts, keep your hands back from packages with "Beats" on it.
I expected less, since that brand is well know by poeple with equipment causing ear-cancer, but I still expected a bit more but in-ear which aren't able to represent a clean sound of what the playback device sends them.
Ever heard of what "soundstage" stands for? This was the first ever in-ears which had no stage at all. Looks as if beats tried to produce a headphone set which lets stereo music sound as if being a mono recording.
 
I simpyl dropped them in the dustbin at the airport, since it wasn't worth thinking about carrying them back home. Each cent spent was for next to nothing.
 
Beats .... if you don't like crispy clear music.
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DigitalGrounder

New Head-Fier
Pros: Portable, many accessories, good isolation, good design
Cons: Bad audio quality, bad value, okay comfort
So I got a pair of these before i knew anything about audio, and since now i do, i rarely ever listen to these, these have bad sound quality, the comfort is okay, but i really like the design i think its very unique. Also these do isolate very well i could every rarely hear anything when I'm listening to music with these on.
Overall these have bad value, not worth $149.99

tmugt

WARNING: INCOMPLETE TRADES
Pros: Looks
Cons: Price, Value, Sound, and Durability
For me personally these are okay
 
Price -- I think these should be cheaper than they are priced. On the Apple website they are marked at $150 still but I think they are cheaper in the store. Anyways, they would be okay if they were $70 just because of the experience I had with them.
 
Pros:
They do come with a good carrying case, and a decent amount of tips to choose among.
They are good looking ear buds for sure. They look nice, color scheme is good. I love the red, white, and black. However that's about it.
 
Cons:
The main problem for me was comfort and sound.
Comfort: For me they stuck out of my ear too far and were constantly falling out.
Sounds: They sounded slightly better than the current apple Earpods, which cost less than 1/3 than the beats.
Cost: Overpriced
 
Value:
Honestly you are paying to have something that looks pretty. If you want to pay to have something that works and has the beats logo go for it. If you want something that sounds better, for less there are many options.
reddragon
reddragon
hahahaha this is interesting, theres a thread where the earpod users rave about how good earpods are and now you claim the beats in ears sound better. lol just for kicks, maybe you should go post on that thread and watch for responses :wink:

jc30168

New Head-Fier
Pros: Nice colour
Cons: Static, tinny, left ear intermittent, absolutely overpriced
Purchased these after losing my old earphones, notice straight away they were an awkward fit in the ear. As soon as I turned on the music there was sever crackling in the left ear, thinking it was my iphone I switched to my iphone5, then my ipad and finally my computer. Each one the same tinny sound and intermittent crackling in the left ear. Took back to the store, they exchanged for a new set, took them home and same thing again except both ears were crackling and tinny.
 
Took back to store the guy had a listen on his machines and agreed absolutely. These have to be the most overpriced tat on the market. I switched to the slightly more expensive Bowers and Wilkins and they are so so much better.

Save your money do not buy.
IEMagnet01
IEMagnet01
The Klipsch S4 and the JVC FX40 are just as craptastic as these, at their respective price points.

Mheat122134

100+ Head-Fier
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189906
Wow, such a detailed review!

ArEnJee

New Head-Fier
Pros: Soooooo. Bad.
Cons: so very not good
I bought these as I'd lost my sennheiser in ear headphones, but needed something of reasonable quality (yeah right) in a hurry. Can I summarise? Wolf in sheep's clothing. Expensive, but really rather rubbish. Not a good fit, uncomfortable, and, for anyone who is lucky enough to own a set of reference headphones, and a decent hi-fi and decent speakers and, fancy that an inexpensive set of sennheiser headphones, really rather utter tosh So wish I'd just picked up those sony 3-23kHz headphones at half the price. Skip these. And ignore the, "hey I've just bought these, and they're wonderful" reviews. Yep. They're dross. Dr. Dross. Soooo Pants. Avoid. Or just go with the fashion, hey? Glad I helped.

#Update 2012-02-16. Well I may have posted this review after a few pints of Rioja, but I still stand by it. Please God do not buy these headphones - you are making some seriously untalented and/or unscrupulous people richer than they really ought to be. Thank you..
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189906
Reviews like these... :c
But yeah they're not good.

EazyG

New Head-Fier
Pros: good sound quality
Cons: breaks very easily
I was very excited when i purchased this headphones. At first i used to carry them everywhere i went, and used them on all my devices to optimize my listening experience. after about 4 months i stopped carrying them everywhere and only used them when i needed them. just before i stopped carrying them around, i noticed that they would have static noises whenever i plugged them into any of my devices. after 6 months, i noticed that one of the ear pieces was no longer working properly. it would not work whenever i plugged them in to any device and normally had to re plug them in and press on the top to keep both ear pieces working properly. 
in short, they are very expensive headphones and one would expect them to work for a very long time considering their cost. but for them to have issues in less than 1 year, i would not recommend buying any other beats headphones especially the earpieces. they are just not worth it!

JonnyRocket

100+ Head-Fier
Pros: Cord is nice, decent in ear fit, looks great, I like the control talk
Cons: The sound quality!
I bought these a few days ago at Walmart. At first I thought they were broken, the treble was so far extended that it became shrill. After listening to these for 10 min I got a headache. I returned them and got another pair and i got the same sound again. I decided to let they burn in the rest of the afternoon and night. I tried them again the next day and they sounded almost the same with none of the shrillness removed. I've never had this problem with any iem I've ever owned and I've owned a lot of cheap ones. The bass was nice, but not $150 nice. I can see why people on here don't like them. Someone said they are like the abercrombie of headphones and I think they are right. The build quality seemed good except for the control talk which seemed a little flimsy.

Summery: Save your money. You can get better IEMs for a lower price such as the Shure 215 and S4i made by klipesh I think. If you just have to have the beats, get the Diddy Beats, i have them and they won't fatigue your ears like these do, just don't expect a lot from them. I'm returning these and going to check out the power beats tomorrow just for the hell of it. If someone gave me the beats tours, I'd give them back.

Best uses: decoration, AM radio, learning about ear fatigue
XxDobermanxX
XxDobermanxX
Best uses: decoration, AM radio, learning about ear fatigue :))
Supra Man
Supra Man
That best uses bit was hilarious.
Good to hear that these are just as terrible as I had imagined they would be after seeing all the pairs I do around campus...

Kpimsakul

New Head-Fier
Pros: Flat cable, decent sound quality
Cons: Build quality
Alright I got these as a birthday present so that's why I put their value so high. Would I buy these myself after owning them for almost 2 years.... Probably not now, mainly beacuse my taste in music have changed a bit and now don't need as much bass. Now if you listen mainly to hip hop/rap, techno and stuff then these headphones will sound fine. That is if your lucky enough to get a pair that doesn't fall apart on you. The cable is pretty sturdy but the problem is with the glue they use to hold the earbuds together it can weaken and fall apart leaving the esrbuds hanging by two little wires. Now I would to mention that i just fixed it with some superglue and no more problems, but my brothers won't stay together even with superglue. If your wondering what part I'm talking abobout its right by where it says L and R. Now my order all score is only because I got these for free and they've lasted fairly long with only a bit of quality issues, the b's on the earbuds also fell off but I like how they look even more now, if I payed for them I'd probably give them 3 stars.
Butler
Butler
I'm not sure "getting them as a present" should be factored into their value. You're evaluating the product, not the circumstances in which you acquired them.
wilky61
wilky61
"Decent" audio quality is listed as a pro for an IEM that retails for $150? No thanks.
vaibzzz123
vaibzzz123
only fakes r worth it. Reals are op (as in over priced)

Andrewnd

New Head-Fier
Pros: Good bass response, Good construction, Tangle-free flat cable, They look amazing
Cons: ControlTalk doesn't work with all phones, Hard to find a good seal
I know lots of users probably think these are crap, & you can get better earphones for the price, and I agree with them, you can get better sounding earphones for this price range but that doesn't matter to me, they work for what I use them for and they look far better than any other earphones available. Good SQ for me since I listen to mostly Rap/Hip-Hop music, Better bass response was my main focus point since that genre has lots of powerful lows & these handle it well, Other buds I've tried don't have the quality of these. Bass is far cleaner than most, mids are good & highs are clear. Monster does tune their Beats lineup for stronger bass so flat response is not what you get with these.
 
Build Quality seems good to me, never had a problem with them, I've heard & read reviews from a lot of people complaining about them breaking easily or in a very short time period but that's just not true for mine, I really like the flat cable, staying true to Monster's word, they don't tangle ever. I use them everyday and even when out biking or I'm at the gym and they are still fine, not a problem build-wise. Just to be safe when I bought them I got the extended warranty @ Best Buy for 20$ but I don't think I'll be needing it anytime soon.
 
I bought the model with the ControlTalk and my complaints are about the mic. Why can't they make it a Mic1 that works on every phone with a 3.5mm jack instead of the Apple Mic3 that works only with the iPhone/iPod/iPad? On the box it does say they work with BlackBerry, But sometimes when I use them with my BlackBerry it doesn't recognize the mic. Sometimes it will, sometimes it won't, I don't know if its my phone or the headphones but still, its irritating when you have to keep unplugging and plugging them back in until it recognizes the mic & pause/play functions.
 
The earphones are very long and do go very deep in your ear, and for some reason I cannot get any of the eartips included to fit and stay in comfortably for longer than a few hours. Either the smaller ones fall out after awhile or the bigger ones put excessive pressure on my ear canals causing pain, I've never had this problem with any set of earphones before but I am looking at getting different foamtips for these that should help with my fit problems.
 
Other than those 2 small problems that I can deal with overall they do the job I want them to do & look far better than any other earbuds I've ever come across.
 
*UPDATE: Fixed the issues with my BlackBerry, turns out it was a small problem with the way I was inserting it into the phone, kinda weird if you ask me but now it works fine with my BlackBerry Bold. And I now use Comply T-400's with the Beats and they are by far a welcome improvement, more balanced SQ, and even better sound isolation and way more comfortable.
issuzark
issuzark
They are fine, but IMHO, they sound the same with my Shure SE215, which is half the price, and has way better isolation. They share the same frequency response graph with Beats by the way. :)
Andrewnd
Andrewnd
Yeah I understand all your opinions but the simple fact for me is they do what I want in an IEM, look far better than any other earbud I've ever seen, no tangling, have a mic & sound good for me, but since i did this review I tried them with some Comply T-400 Medium foam tips and I must say they improve my fit issues by far & sound clearer & more balanced, If you have a chance try them, they work quite well on Beats!
Tommy1001
Tommy1001
the fact they aren't exactly durable has turned me away from them

ashinyforehead

New Head-Fier
Pros: Bass, Style, Tangle-less Cord, Sound Quality
Cons: A little heavy, Comfort
Overall, I am enjoying these earphones.  I am certainly not an audiophile, but these sound pretty great to me.  All I wanted from these, was good sound & good bass, but without the expense of not having any mids or highs.  I seriously do not see what all the haters have to say about these.  I'm just taking a guess, but some/most of those hating on these earphones got the fakes.  I may be completely wrong, but thats just my opinion.  If you are not an audiophile & just enjoy listening to music on your freetime, car rides, sleeping/resting, etc, then these are perfectly fine!  Oh, the cost might be a little high, but that was not too much of a deal for me.  These are good! I would recommend these to others.  
ashinyforehead
ashinyforehead
Sorry to bother you once again. But I am considering returning my Dr dre tours. The bass I must say is a little bit too much. I'm considering the Etymotics HF5. It seems very good for its price from its reviews. Do you believe that will be a good choice. I am into bass, but not as much. Like the Klipsch S4s sound pretty nice to me, so will the Hf5s be a lot better than those? I'm 16 so I like more modern music such as Hiphop/rap, pop, R&B. Please get back as quick as possible! Thanks! I want an honest opinion!
kyuuketsuki
kyuuketsuki
Tommy1001
Tommy1001
klipsch reference s4 or turbines
both good for modern music

jlopes89

New Head-Fier
Pros: Great construction - sturdy cord
Cons: too much bass, poor highs
Bought these to compare with my other IEMs. I have found that one can modify the bass content by changing the tips and I got them to he point where it was less bass but the high freqency performance is somewhat poor considering the price one pays for these. looking to trade now.

zyloc

New Head-Fier
Pros: Cable, storage
Cons: Overpriced for what your given
I LOVE the cable and design to be honest, with the storage pouch and how easily the cable rolls up into a circle without getting tangled later on. Flimsy/weak build after about 4months my jack was fine but my jack mount was giving up on me ]: . Your basicly just paying for the label, In my opinion I would say just buy a pair of turbines same price/cheaper pending where you buy them, but they sound a lot more worth your money.
 
(sorry for bad writing, im use to my blackberry fixing all my mistakes >_> )

Kelu

New Head-Fier
Pros: The cable is pretty cool and extremely resistant to tangling.
Cons: Feel odd when in ears, utterly barbaric quality.
Where to start?  I bought these in-ear headphones from Best Buy a while back.  They lasted me around 3 hours of total time out of the box before the left earphone began to produce crackled sounds and static.  I take incredibly good care of my belongings and my Apple In-Ear Headphones are still working fine after nearly 2 years of continuous use as my primary set of in-ears.  They did isolate sound a bit, but nothing about them made me want to continue using them.  Needless to say I returned them the next day.  Never before have I ever seen a headphone of such poor quality.
JK1
JK1
Some claim that the $25 JVC Extreme Explosive HA-FX1X sounds almost the same as the Tour. I haven't heard the Tour. I do have the HA-FX1X though.It has very strong bass and an overall bright sound with very detailed midrange and highs.

SlimShadyMJ
SlimShadyMJ
JK1, They sound better than the tours. At least in my experience. Everyone hears differently though.

joongee

New Head-Fier
Pros: design, good bass
Cons: price
I bought a refurbished one and so far I'm pretty satisfied with good bass and clear highs.
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