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My point is Sennheiser has been using cheap plastics in HD 600's and 650's for years and have gotten away with it far longer than Beats have been around, and I have a graveyard of broken cans to prove it.
Yet they get no hate from audiophiles because well...........why? They're obviously overpriced if you go by materials. They also claim to be the best sounding headphones in the world, and have been for years. Yes they sound different than Beats but I would venture to say that Beats have far higher customer satisfaction than Sennheiser owners. Why? Because Beats are loud with a lot of sub bass. Sennheiser on the other hand, if bought by an audiophile, are always going to have competition in the hi fi world that does something better than them.
I don't think you quite understand what you're talking about, no offense. What Sennheiser used is not cheap plastic. Plastic can be very expensive and advanced. The fact that some people managed to crack their headbands on the HD600 or HD650 is to me...unbelievable. Having owned the HD650's for 2 years, I DO NOT SEE how someone can break them. They stretch far enough to fit on any size head, no problem. They feel very solid in hand, and the plastic used on the HD650 has a ceramic-like feel of solidity to it, without the fragility of course. That plastic used on HD600/650 is made with best acoustic properties in mind, not for showing off to your friends by how far the headband can be flexed without cracking. If that was the case, than headbands would be made out of rubber. And if ANYONE manages to break the HD650's, then he is a careless person. No other way to put it. Throwing them around a lot, dropping them on the floor very often, generally not taking care of them, etc...is the only way to break them, and someone who is not responsible enough to take care of 500$ headphones, does not deserve 500 dollar headphones. Its a prime example of people having more money than common sense.
As for Sennheiser being the best headphones in the world...please, give me a single quite where anyone from Sennheiser has EVER claimed that. On the other hand Beats main marketing line is "With Beats, people are going to hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should: the way I do." - by Dre himself.
Sennheisers are NOT the best headphones in the world, because there is no such a thing as THE BEST. But, anyone who denies the fact that Sennheiser is one of the giants in the headphone world, and one of the best headphones makers in the world, simply doesn't know anything about this topic.
You're claiming a few very far fetched and in essence wrong things:
"Yes they sound different than Beats but I would venture to say that Beats have far higher customer satisfaction than Sennheiser owners." - I highly doubt that, and it has nothing to do with headphones, but the person. Someone is more satisfied with 5$ earbuds than someone else is with 1500$ HD800's. Does that make 5$ earbuds better? No.
"Because Beats are loud with a lot of sub bass." - and they're the only headphone who fits that category?
"Sennheiser on the other hand, if bought by an audiophile, are always going to have competition in the hi fi world that does something better than them."
- yes it going to have competition from other high quality headphones. Does that make it bad? And you're saying as if Beats dont have any competition...they do, and huge majority of it BEATS it, no pun intended.
Sennheiser is NOT overpriced anymore than any other headphone out there. Beats are overpriced, far more than probably any other headphone maker out there. That's a fact. Best Beats which cost 350-400 dollars, the Pro's, cant even be compared to a 300-400$ Sennheiser headphone. Because we're talking about HD600 and HD650. And sorry, but comparing these is like comparing a Dodge Charger with a 100,000 dollar price tag to a BMW 7 series. Both are sedans, and both have 4 wheels, and this is where the comparison ends.
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