slaw slaw
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I haven't been here for long, but I can tell that alot of people here don't like Beats by Dre.
Today, I had a proper listen to them, like they should be, without an amp, DAC or lossless music and not off the test rack in my local Target.
All headphones were borrowed from a friend, they have been 'Burnt in' after months of regular use.
Beats Studio:
To start off, they feel light, look great (If that's what you're into) and are instantly recognizable in public. They arecomfortable and cancel sound better than any other headphone I've heard.
I listened straight from an iPod, just like how there supposed to be used. They have an amp built in and, when turned on but not in use, make a faint hissing sound. The bass is very powerful (just a bit too much for my liking) and drowns out the mids a fair bit, the treble is almost non-existant on most songs I tried. Bear in mind that the music used was Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden, these are made for Hip-Hop and Dance. After swapping iPods, I found these to not be bad headphones at all for heavy dance music, where bass is prominent (the clamp isn't overly tight so I don't know of any dancing that could be done with these on). If these were $150 cheaper, these would be the goto dance headphones.
Pro: very comfortable, good looking, light, noise cancelling
Con: Very expensive, feels flimsy, over powering bass, only good for a few genres.
Beats Pro:
These headphones are everything good about the Studios, plus more. For starters, they are made of a nice feeling aluminium so they no longer feel as though there going to break at any moment, they provide a good seal and don't require batteries. I think these headphones are bought more for a status symbol than for someone with alot of money, speaking of which, these are $550! They come in a nice box, have a sexy red cable, and have a second jack so that another pair of headphones (presumably beats) can be connected to listen to the same iPod.
Pro: comfortable, good looking, nice metal, recognizable
Con: $550!, same bass problem
All in all, these are good headphones, they're just incredibly overpriced and over hyped as 'the best headphones ever'.
Today, I had a proper listen to them, like they should be, without an amp, DAC or lossless music and not off the test rack in my local Target.
All headphones were borrowed from a friend, they have been 'Burnt in' after months of regular use.
Beats Studio:
To start off, they feel light, look great (If that's what you're into) and are instantly recognizable in public. They arecomfortable and cancel sound better than any other headphone I've heard.
I listened straight from an iPod, just like how there supposed to be used. They have an amp built in and, when turned on but not in use, make a faint hissing sound. The bass is very powerful (just a bit too much for my liking) and drowns out the mids a fair bit, the treble is almost non-existant on most songs I tried. Bear in mind that the music used was Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden, these are made for Hip-Hop and Dance. After swapping iPods, I found these to not be bad headphones at all for heavy dance music, where bass is prominent (the clamp isn't overly tight so I don't know of any dancing that could be done with these on). If these were $150 cheaper, these would be the goto dance headphones.
Pro: very comfortable, good looking, light, noise cancelling
Con: Very expensive, feels flimsy, over powering bass, only good for a few genres.
Beats Pro:
These headphones are everything good about the Studios, plus more. For starters, they are made of a nice feeling aluminium so they no longer feel as though there going to break at any moment, they provide a good seal and don't require batteries. I think these headphones are bought more for a status symbol than for someone with alot of money, speaking of which, these are $550! They come in a nice box, have a sexy red cable, and have a second jack so that another pair of headphones (presumably beats) can be connected to listen to the same iPod.
Pro: comfortable, good looking, nice metal, recognizable
Con: $550!, same bass problem
All in all, these are good headphones, they're just incredibly overpriced and over hyped as 'the best headphones ever'.
