Beats Mixr First Impressions

[dbdynsty25]

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I actually just got a pair of these to give them a longer demo for a supra-aural review thread / video I want to do. Call it being 'fair and balanced' but I actually want to see how these compare against other headphones in this price class like the Sennheiser Momentum and Audio Technica ES10.
 
Just want to give my first impressions though:
 
1. Build quality is very, very impressive. 
2. Clamping pressure is insanely tight. I know these are DJ headphones and are meant to stay on the head but I feel like I'm in one of those mechanical-claw lucky dip machines.
3. Sound quality actually on first listen is surprisingly decent. A crowd pleasing sound for sure but so is the ES10. Definitely a substantial bass response but they aren't super veiled or murky by any stretch of the imagination. There is some mid / lower treble forwardness that makes everything a bit glossy. Clarity is quite good but the soundstage lacks a little definition compared to the ES10 and Momentum.
 
These are definitely not awful sounding though and I wouldn't dismiss them out of hand.

 
I'm with you on this one...I actually like my Mixrs.  I got em for free, so that probably has a bit to do with it, but they have a pretty enjoyable sound for the most part and I wouldn't be completely broken up if it were my only pair of headphones I owned.  People around here completely sleep on them because of the B...but apparently the B can make a decent headphone if they want.  I also think Monster did a good job with the DNA.  So apparently the split was beneficial to both parties.  But then again, the DNAs are always on sale at places like Amazon for a good 15-20% off of retail.  So clearly they aren't selling THAT well.