[Zombie_X]

I was at BB over the past weekend looking to pick up some Blu-Rays, but noticed a Mon$ter Beats table by the entrance. It even had a jack so you can plug in your own phones, so I couldn't resist. Don't ask me why I have my K701's on hand but I know how they sound through my amp.

I listened to the beats first and was like a big rush of "Meh!" followed by the sorrow of ever trying them on. To sum up their sound I'd have to say I'm not impressed. They sound nothing like their price tag would suggest.. Well that's Mon$ter for ya.

But yeah I pulled out my K701's and plugged them in. Whoah, they EQ the fricking hell out of these display stands. The bass was so over exaggerated on K701's they clipped on bass notes and the mids sound very weird.

So overal meh..

 

[koven]

They came out with a headphone amp too?

 

[beez]

just wondering- if they eq the hell out of the stand, would that mean the beats might sound a lot better at home in a normal environment than at the display stand?

 

[Zombie_X]

No their display stand has an optional output jack to try your other phones on. That's what I meant... sorry bout that.

Yeah I would suspect that they do sound better at home than out of the display but god, they EQ'ed them far too much.

 

[dcpoor]

wait, so you were carrying k701's on you while shopping at Bestbuy? or you had them in the car or something?

either way... lol

 

[Zombie_X]

Actually was going to another Head-Fier's (well a lurker) house before that so he could listen to them. Had them in a back pack, my X-CanV8P was in the car. So I still had them on me.

 

[azncookiecutter]

You know you're a true Head-Fier when you take your full sized headphone everywhere. Because you never know when you need 'em.

 

[Sennshead]

I had a strong suspicion that that was the case (the EQ) and I was thinking about bringing in my 650s to check it out. Thanks for saving me the trip!

 

[Arctia]

I was at bestbuy yesterday also. They had those beats turned up so loud I wonder how the hell is anyone going to listen to them.

Yes I saw the optional jack there too where you can plug your own cans in. God I WISHED I had my K701 with me. But now that you mentioned the heavy EQ, I probably didn't miss much.