[kimvictor]

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Beats is not terrible, but overpriced... way overpriced.

Doesn't that mean that it has terrible value?

 

[Mach Supremacy]

Doesn't that mean that it has terrible value?

Yes

 

[Mach Supremacy]

Doesn't that mean that it has terrible value?

Yes

 

[extrabigmehdi]

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Doesn't that mean that it has terrible value?

yeah, but this was not the feeling I  got, when I  demoed them.
I  didn't recognize  the bashing , perhaps just the recessed  treble.

 

[kimvictor]

Did beats get retuned constantly? I'm hearing that newer versions of beats are retuned.

 

[ev13wt]

Yea, they sourced cheaper drivers, now it sounds different...

 

[pallentx]

if the studios and solos are muddy then i guess muddy is my preferred sound signature

Then you should be happy with any old pair of $30 headphones. Beats Solos sound like cheap headphones. If you want to pay a lot more for trendy cheap headphones, that's cool.

 

[extrabigmehdi]

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Then you should be happy with any old pair of $30 headphones. Beats Solos sound like cheap headphones. If you want to pay a lot more for trendy cheap headphones, that's cool.

Well perhaps with some koss stuff, I  don't think that good sounding headphone for 30$ is the norm.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

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yeah, but this was not the feeling I  got, when I  demoed them.
I  didn't recognize  the bashing , perhaps just the recessed  treble.

 
If you go through the anecdotal accounts measured here, the thing is much of the bashing is - for lack of a better term - counter-bashing. Some guy on Beats thinks it's the best in the world, your K701 and HD600 is screw*** ugly, and Dr.Dre (or any others they like) don't use them, etc.

 

[kimvictor]

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If you go through the anecdotal accounts measured here, the thing is much of the bashing is - for lack of a better term - counter-bashing. Some guy on Beats thinks it's the best in the world, your K701 and HD600 is screw*** ugly, and Dr.Dre (or any others they like) don't use them, etc.

Actually, a Korean forum(non audiophile) placed the K701 in top 10 best looking headphone.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

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Actually, a Korean forum(non audiophile) placed the K701 in top 10 best looking headphone.

 
I'm not saying non-members of Head-Fi all think they're ugly. Go through all the Beats-bashng threads here and you're bound to run into one of those rants.

 

[techboy]

Because they are perceived better than they actually are. Overrated and overpriced in short. Besides, they are exactly what audiophiles don't want, excessive bass.

 

[ohmicide]

I think my number one biggest complaint about the Beats was looking like a ****** bag when wearing them in public
 
at least feeling like one, but most the time I wore them in public because I was working at Starbucks waiting to pick up my girlfriend from college so it's not like I walked around like an idiot with them on my head like I've seen many do around here
 
it's like a fashion statement which is quite sad, at least I had the silver ones with absolutely no red on them so they weren't that obnoxious

 

[kimvictor]

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I think my number one biggest complaint about the Beats was looking like a ****** bag when wearing them in public
 
at least feeling like one, but most the time I wore them in public because I was working at Starbucks waiting to pick up my girlfriend from college so it's not like I walked around like an idiot with them on my head like I've seen many do around here
 
it's like a fashion statement which is quite sad, at least I had the silver ones with absolutely no red on them so they weren't that obnoxious

fashion statement is right... people should be award of that. they are a mere fashion accessory, not a great sounding headphone.

 

[meyner]

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fashion statement is right... people should be award of that. they are a mere fashion accessory, not a great sounding headphone.

 
well ppl have their priorities. But you know in all honesty most of us look down on these beat users (especially since a good majority of them are not aware of the alternatives) and think to our selves "if only he/she knew that there is better stuff out there for the similar price" but would they really be better off? If anything i can't say i am. I love headphones and i can never go back from where i am now but man its like that feeling that no matter how much money you spend, no matter how much you upgrade you get that feeling, "i think it can be better than what it is now" and your endless obcession to nowhere starts. If anyhting the path of a audiophile is much like a blackhole. atleast the beat users can live contently thinking what they're listening to is the best. If you know of all your alternatives yet choose to love the beats good for you, but i personally feel like most of the ppl that use the beats are not aware and i honestly believe most of them (not all) would choose alternatives if he/she knew but maybe its for the better. But regardless they may not appreicate music as much but they may feel more satisfaction from music than us from the audiophile community
 
If anything ignorance is bliss