[Byakushiki]

Thankfully, when I go into Boston, I'm seeing much less beats around. Used to be crowded many people sporting beats, though I'm sure that'll change if I walk into a mall or something

. Maybe it's the area, I don't know.

 

[leng jai]

To be honest I wasn't aware such a concept existed before seeing this thread.

 

[zzzxtreme]

the problem here is, most beats buyers are not rich. 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anger_management
 
Unless you were trying to impress someone, in which case insert coin to try again.

 

 

[koolkat]

And who are you to tell someone how to spend his money?
 
 
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the problem here is, most beats buyers are not rich. 


 

 

 

[Byakushiki]

He's an informed consumer trying to inform a blind consumer!

 
Meanwhile, my Droid's sd card cries as I try to cram it full of music...I'm down to my last 200mb I can spare, out of 8GB. Need. Bigger. SD. Card.
Sadly, it lacks FLAC support, so I have to resort to 320kbps mp3...Could be worse!

 

[winkyeye]

it's hard to fit flac on these phones and their darn small storage

 

[chinesekiwi]

Quote:

He's an informed consumer trying to inform a blind consumer!

 
Meanwhile, my Droid's sd card cries as I try to cram it full of music...I'm down to my last 200mb I can spare, out of 8GB. Need. Bigger. SD. Card.
Sadly, it lacks FLAC support, so I have to resort to 320kbps mp3...Could be worse!

if you player supports AAC or Vorbis, I recommend you use those codecs instead or at the very least VBR -v0 mp3. There's no point using 320kbps CBR mp3 if you are converting from lossless. ~192kbps AAC or Vorbis is great (scientifically better than 320kbps CBR mp3). Also the space issue is big with lossless on portyable devices.
 
 

 

[Alghazanth]

 
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if you player supports AAC or Vorbis, I recommend you use those codecs instead or at the very least VBR -v0 mp3. There's no point using 320kbps CBR mp3 if you are converting from lossless. ~192kbps AAC or Vorbis is great (scientifically better than 320kbps CBR mp3). Also the space issue is big with lossless on portyable devices.
 
 

Source?

 

[Costia]

are there actually any beats reviews and comparisons on head fi?
seen lots of people complaining about the hype and price, but it seems i missed the the objective posts

 

[Shotor102]

There might be some posts reviewing the beats line up, just try typing it in the search bar.
 
But as far as what I've seen on this thread so far is far from objectivity.  The initial question deals with whether people who wear or sport some not overexposed set of headphones have been called out for not having or wearing the beats.  Clearly though, this has turned into a full on Beats flame.
 
The truth is that the only thing that is wrong with the beats lineup is the price-tag. Had they been reasonably priced, very few would actually hate on them.  They are definitely over-hyped, no doubts there. They're even arguably claimed to be advertized under false pretense (such as being professional grade headphones, which they're not.) However, they are far from being bad or horrible headphones.
 
Best thing to do is demo them, test them or purchase them for the purpose of experimenting with them, and then draw your own conclusions.

 

[matthewh133]

Not many "Beats" wearers in Australia

 

[Parall3l]

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Not many "Beats" wearers in Australia

 
Not the same over here in Perth, I was once trapped on a crowed bus with a group of 5 teenagers, each wearing a pair of beats, right in front of me talking about how good the beats are.

 

[J0nny]

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The truth is that the only thing that is wrong with the beats lineup is the price-tag. Had they been reasonably priced, very few would actually hate on them.  They are definitely over-hyped, no doubts there. They're even arguably claimed to be advertized under false pretense (such as being professional grade headphones, which they're not.) However, they are far from being bad or horrible headphones.

Thats not quite true. Yes, the Studios are a fair set of headphones but the noise cancelling doesn't really work and it does something inexplicable to vocals, the best I can do to describe them is that the vocals sound skewed. The Solo HDs, however, rank among the worst sets of earphones/headphones I've ever heard. The XB300 is a million times better. And they're only £25.
 

 

[chinesekiwi]

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Not the same over here in Perth, I was once trapped on a crowed bus with a group of 5 teenagers, each wearing a pair of beats, right in front of me talking about how good the beats are.

Parents are miners no doubt thus how they can afford them.
 

 

[chinesekiwi]

Quote:

There might be some posts reviewing the beats line up, just try typing it in the search bar.
 
But as far as what I've seen on this thread so far is far from objectivity.  The initial question deals with whether people who wear or sport some not overexposed set of headphones have been called out for not having or wearing the beats.  Clearly though, this has turned into a full on Beats flame.
 
The truth is that the only thing that is wrong with the beats lineup is the price-tag. Had they been reasonably priced, very few would actually hate on them.  They are definitely over-hyped, no doubts there. They're even arguably claimed to be advertized under false pretense (such as being professional grade headphones, which they're not.) However, they are far from being bad or horrible headphones.
 
Best thing to do is demo them, test them or purchase them for the purpose of experimenting with them, and then draw your own conclusions.

Well, they are $80 sound quality headphones, sold at $270. What gets to people however is not that, but more the shallow consumerist conformist fad culture surrounding them, including arrogance of owners and also ignorance brainwashed via marketing and product placement. Also Monster do gets praise when due: Their higher end earphones in the Miles Davis, Pro Gold and Pro Copper as well as their very good eartips in their Supertips get praise here because they are competitively priced and sound competitive to the competition in their price ranges.