Eagle_Driver
Headphoneus Supremus
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Oh, I gotta post in this thread, I gotta get this off my chest.
So I go to Apple Store like 2 weeks ago and listen to beats solo 2 I believe, it was a $300, wireless, over ear headphone. I know beats usually don't sound good, I remember listening to beats studio when they first came out and how uncontrolled the bass was. So I put these on and listen, knowing full well beats sound quality is pretty sub par, and I was legit SHOCKED at how BAD these headphones sound.
I don't know what it is, maybe I've been listening to more and more good quality sound, but these are just so SO bad. And not sound signature wise, I mean objectively, clarity, separation, these kinda stuff are just so incredibly low quality. I was in a pretty crowded store tho, so maybe that had something to do with it.
It caught me so off guard because some the more well known YouTube reviewers were saying they're actually pretty good now. I don't know what's going on, but yea, I'm pretty much done taking any of their opinions at face value, lol.
Before this experience I never considered myself a beats hater, I think they look great (and have absolutely zero issues with people buying headphones based on looks), I also think they have done a LOT for the entire headphone market, so I gotta respect them for that.
But I was legit a little pissed off when listening to them, they were UNEXPECTIDLY HORRIFIC, with msrp of $300!!! Holy crap! But like shown in the post earlier, if you can find these for $80 at least it's a little more understandable. Id still call it over priced, but that's prob cuz I just have zero interest in them. I don't know why they were so expensive at Apple, they were some kinda special looking colors (similar to sennheiser momentum on ear) maybe that's why. I don't know.
Funny thing is, I'm a bass head and a hip hop head, got 2 12's in my car and I stay slumpin!! I was under the impression that given my preferences I should at least think these are ok, but my god, no, HOT GARBAGE!
Anyway, sorry, I just had to let that out. I wanted to post about it that day, I saw the beats solo thread, but I don't wanna do that, just trash them in a thread for beats owners, that ain't cool or necessary. But since this is a hate thread, I had to, lol
But to any owners that enjoy the sound of these, hey, more power to you. We all have our preferences, who's to say who's right and whose wrong. They def look sick as hell too, which is something I value
Did that Apple Store have those headphones wired? Or were they running wirelessly?
Plus, store demo headphones of any type tend to be seriously, if not severely, abused: Many people who demoed them before you listened to them tended to raise the volume to the maximum many times, thereby causing major damage to their drivers.
That said, I have a Beats Solo HD and a Solo 2 (both wired), and found neither of them to be worth their original asking prices. Looking back now, I found the Solo HD to be horrific on an absolute scale, all murk and no depth or clarity. The Solo 2 is better, but still no more so than some studio monitor headphones that cost half its asking price. And the reason why the Beats Solo 2 and Studio wired headphones are priced so low at Best Buy right now is that Apple is planning to discontinue them with no direct replacement, leaving only their more expensive wireless versions in production.
I still use the Solo 2 occasionally, but I feel too self-conscious about being on the street with them on. I am now using the Audio Technica ATH-M50x as my main pair right now, but they are completely different from any Beats headphones.
By the way, a microphone and a remote tend to cheapen the quality of the headphones while keeping the prices high - in other words, degrade any bang for the buck.