Rezound Sound
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I haven't worn them in a long long time but from what I remember the Studios are the most comfortable headphones I've worn.
Agreed.
I haven't worn them in a long long time but from what I remember the Studios are the most comfortable headphones I've worn.
I respect that the marketing group behind them knew exactly how to sell them and did so with authority. I see them in commercials that are not even music related now, like sports things. I see them on every show that there's a celeb or artist or something. They're in apple stores. Everyone knows what Beats are. They advertised so well that they literally gained a market. Everyone still knows what Beats are, and will continue to know the idea of "expensive headphones" in the casual public sector because of Beats. It's so heavy on advertising that you don't even realize that Soul and Sync exist. They've not matched Beats for advertising, yet. That's very good marketing to be able to just drown everyone and everything and saturate the planet of mobile-device users with Beats-this and Beats-that. That's impressive.
The advertising and marketing is so intense that when I'm at work and talking headphones with someone, someone else chimes in, "Oh man, try some Beats. They're sick!" I can't help but vomit a little in my mouth.
I respect the business perspective of it all. But let's just say, I'm completely over the whole Beats experience. I wish it would stop. I'm over the whole hip-hop craze too. I'm over "endorsed" anything at this point. But then again, this is why I don't even have TV. I'm often confused why someone wants "audiophile" grade equipment to listen to hip-hop (and most metal for that matter) in the first place. But that's just my not-so-humble opinion.
Very best,
Some hip hop is pretty well mastered. Audiophiles are just inherently snobbish.
What he's trying to say is that the type of people who enjoy beats probably listen to horrible rap music, which I don't blame him for since the image of rap music is absolutely horrendous (a bass beat and lyrics about womanizing and drugs).
There are a lot of well mastered, well recorded hip hop albums though. The Roots, Nujabes, and others come to mind.
Any particular reason? As a self-confessed noob, I'm not too sure why Hip-Hop isn't suitable for audiophilia.
I listen to predominantly Hip-Hop, with some Rock.
Some hip hop is pretty well mastered. Audiophiles are just inherently snobbish.
What he's trying to say is that the type of people who enjoy beats probably listen to horrible rap music, which I don't blame him for since the image of rap music is absolutely horrendous (a bass beat and lyrics about womanizing and drugs).
There are a lot of well mastered, well recorded hip hop albums though. The Roots, Nujabes, and others come to mind.
I respect the business perspective of it all. But let's just say, I'm completely over the whole Beats experience. I wish it would stop. I'm over the whole hip-hop craze too. I'm over "endorsed" anything at this point. But then again, this is why I don't even have TV. I'm often confused why someone wants "audiophile" grade equipment to listen to hip-hop (and most metal for that matter) in the first place. But that's just my not-so-humble opinion.
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This is not what I'm trying to say. See above. Please don't assume. It has nothing to do with snobbishness. It has everything to do with objective listening and the majority of a genre in relation to high end equipment and below. I've not listened to every hip-hop or metal album. But the majority of those that I have, I have found sound rather low quality compared to the majority of say classical genres (and note, I've heard many poorly recorded classical albums too). Again, it's about the majority, what you'll experience on average.
Very best,
I respect them for making a ton of money.