[streetdragon]

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Polishing a turd, man, don't bother.  Not even the housing and headband are worth reusing for a driver transplant or something, unless you really love the look.

they look cheap and cheesey imo lol. not sure why so many people like the styling

 

[Mad Max]

Because they do look cool.

 

[nikongod]

R10, Qualia, K1000, and HD800 look cool.
 
Beats look like they are trying to look cool. 

 

[ijchan223]

The beats studio pro housing looks like it will be a good housing for some orthodynamic drivers.

 

[sygyzy]

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Well someone did swap out the drivers for Denon 7000 drivers from what I have heard .
 

 
Your story really piqued my interest. Do you remember where you read it? Can you link to a thread?

 

[qusp]

sounds like folklore, the story is that some producer or artist that was sponsored by beats actually cannot stand them, since they are so inaccurate and would be useless for a performer after a reference for stage or studio use. The problem is they have to appear as if they are using them, so they replaced the drivers.
 
not that the d7000 drivers would be all that much better here =) oops did I say that?
 
OP sell them and get something decent, they look as stupid as they sound IMO, funny how so many people think they are the bomb

 

[nikongod]

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not that the d7000 drivers would be all that much better here =) oops did I say that?
 

 
Winning!

 

[wakibaki]

When you've completely discouraged someone from taking on a bit of DIY experimenting, what kind of a win will that be?
 
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[streetdragon]

i wont experiment if the experiment costs as much as a D7000....

 

[qusp]

i'm all in favor of experimentation, but i'm also in favor of picking your battles. the path of least resistance here is to sell them, as the resale value for these will be pretty decent; then buy something that actually represents the value. hell buy some fostex and set about modding them if its DIY fun you are after. As with speakers the drivers need to be tuned to the enclosure with headphones, you cant just throw some decent drivers at the beats and expect good results, even if you can get past the looks. whos to say part of the of the beats fail isnt a badly tuned craptastic enclosure? does the OP have the gear to find this out? I doubt it.

 

[Mad Max]

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... whos to say part of the of the beats fail isnt a badly tuned craptastic enclosure? does the OP have the gear to find this out? I doubt it.

 
There's such thing as too much optimism. 

 

[streetdragon]

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i'm all in favor of experimentation, but i'm also in favor of picking your battles. the path of least resistance here is to sell them, as the resale value for these will be pretty decent; then buy something that actually represents the value. hell buy some fostex and set about modding them if its DIY fun you are after. As with speakers the drivers need to be tuned to the enclosure with headphones, you cant just throw some decent drivers at the beats and expect good results, even if you can get past the looks. whos to say part of the of the beats fail isnt a badly tuned craptastic enclosure? does the OP have the gear to find this out? I doubt it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YjbkLpcJhc&playnext=1&list=PL0551E6E1E7F4EDCE&feature=results_main see this from 2:20 and onwards where he opens the driver grill. you can see behind there is this wierd foam and a wierd grill that belongs to lower end headphones, im not sure how others look like though, but i do know that solo drivers are GOLD in colour

 

[Jome]

Haha alright thanks I think I'll just sell them but I want to hear everyone's opinions before I did.

 

[qusp]

yeah well that makes it less likely, you would have to utterly gut the headphones to fit anything half decent in there. is all that active circuitry bass boost etc?  ie is all that in there whether you have the wireless version or not? looks pretty weak. yeah real reference class headphones

 

[streetdragon]

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yeah well that makes it less likely, you would have to utterly gut the headphones to fit anything half decent in there. is all that active circuitry bass boost etc?  ie is all that in there whether you have the wireless version or not? looks pretty weak. yeah real reference class headphones

its not bassboost, its noise canceling syste- oh wait, does it have an integrated amp inside of it? o.o i heard from some unreliable sources that it does