[bowei006]

any body want to tell me what just makes beats so spectacular to the normal people? what is the regular beats headphones performance similar to and is it considered an audiophile headphone in your opinion.

 

[swbf2cheater]

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! pilot to bombardier, we are going DOWN repeat we are going down!!! 
*puts hard hat on for safety 
 
The beats are well marketed

 

[TMRaven]

When you have the marketing prowess to make professional basketball players, music artists and more wear your item, you're going to get thousands of people buying it.

 

[1337]

Yup, marketing.

 

[bowei006]

yeah i know its marketing. im wondering what the actual peformance of them are. never am i going to buy them but just wondering.

 

[TMRaven]

If they were an 80-100 dollar headphone, they'd be quite mediocre (the studio version.)  At 300 or whatever dollars, they're quite bad.
 

 

[bowei006]

so  they worth as much as $50-$60 so a grado 60i would essentialy top the studio versioni in enjoyability.

 

[hoboy456]

Don't forget the "Cool" looks, I just don't understand the appeal of it. I mean look at Ultrasones, heck even AKG... those are nice looking headphones with good build quality and SQ. I don't really like the plasticky looks of Beats and when I hold one of them in an Apple store, they felt so flimsy compared to my Pro750.

 

[swbf2cheater]

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If they were an 80-100 dollar headphone, they'd be quite mediocre (the studio version.)  At 300 or whatever dollars, they're quite bad.
 

 
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so  they worth as much as $50-$60 so a grado 60i would essentialy top the studio versioni in enjoyability.

They are correct.  The DBI pro 700 is only $40 and is significantly better in audio quality.  The beats should be priced around $30 respectively, there are literally dozens of other sets for $25-75 that I would recommend over the Dre line