Beats by Dre
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- HijoDMaite
So my little brother in Mexico City is totally set on getting a pair of these. He doesn't want the wireless ones that are $360 he wants the HD ones at $299 in the orange color.
He is going to send me the money to purchase them I told him he can spend his money on whatever he wants but he is crazy!
These are the ones he wants:
He keeps seeing them on a bunch of hip-hop videos and since he can't buy them down there they are a must have for him.
Has anyone actually listened to these yet? What is so special about them? He is not a DJ he's only going to use them at home and on the subway.
- prophetone0
all i know is i see them in future shop as try-ons and the always busted up. i think they're about 50% hype per $ ratio.
- necromation0
PROPER SHIT!!!
I just got a refund on the earbuds version after the volume/phone control went for the 3rd time! Dr Dre needs BEATS for putting his name to this crappy product.
He's most likely to get jumped by some lame ass gang bangers for a bunch of cheap plastic put together in some Chinese workshop!
- Frosty_spl0
Monster makes shit tons of money on overpriced crappy cables.
They come out with headphones that are overpriced and suddenly they are of amazing quality? Get real.
I tried my 19 dollar cheapo ear buds VS the expensive beats ones, and they sound the same.
I have $150 Shure DJ headphones, and they rock my face off.
- idiots0
Musician marketed headphones are a bad idea, these and and the ones by Ludacris are trash. Does he want it to sound good or look like a brand whore? Those are his options.
something something, a fool and his money
- emilkorngold0
The bass response and overall frequency response are good, not great. They are however in constant noise cancelation mode (you can't use them without it), which makes your ears grow tired after long listening sessions. Noise cancelation causes a sensation you either get used to or grow to hate, kinda feels like constant air pressure on your ears.
- fooler0
yeah, you're just paying for the Dr Dre name, Monster has a terrible reputation.
- ben_0
How old is your brother?
- he is 20HijoDMaite
- There's hope yet then, show him the light.
ben_ - i need to show him some quality dj headphones but they won't be as flashyHijoDMaite
- HijoDMaite0
unfortunately I think he is going for the look. maybe this will be a good lesson for him if they break and he spends $300 on them. I doubt I will be able to talk him out of it. Jesus, just thinking, 'china/plastic/marketing' makes me cringe..
- do you own a smartphone of any brand? because well, "Deal with it"idiots
- yes i have droid samsung. it doesn't feel cheap. but i know it isHijoDMaite
- 23kon0
Paying for a brand name!
There's a few good headphones threads on here if he's actually after something that's WORTH the money.
- nb0
http://www.amazon.ca/Beats-Studi…
They're on sale on Canadian Amazon for $200 CDN. Today only.
- Thanks these are the 'HD' ones I was mistaken he wants the 'Studio"HijoDMaite
- 23kon0
Get him these ....
http://aiaiai.dk/store/headphone…Endorsed/Tested by a number of DJ's and not just Dre lol
Seriously though, they are meant to be great headphones!
- I posted the same thing. I have them and they are wonderful.mg33
- mg330
Please buy him these instead:
http://aiaiai.dk/store/headphone…http://www.theghostlystore.com/c…
Get them at the Ghostly International website store:
Tell him that Dr Dre can kiss these headphone's ass. I guarantee you they are a better quality than that Dre stuff.
- nice. do they come in orange? :-/HijoDMaite
- no and you have to have a mustache to wear themflashbender
- hahaHijoDMaite
- or a beard, I have a beard :)
These are the best phones I have ever owned.NONEIS
- 23kon0
- pretty funkeh! but still minimal and well designed23kon
- i have these!cruddlebub
- ben_0
Find the headphones Dre REALLY USES in the studio and show him those.
- LOL!HijoDMaite
- you mean an array of event 20/20 reference monitors and more? but on the subway?idiots
- connected with a headband, yes.ben_
- fooler0
If I was 20 and into Hip Hop I'd probably want them too but if I was an older brother I'd probably want to get my little bro something just as good quality, cheaper and stealthier so they don't get jacked on the subways of Mexico City.
- I told him that!HijoDMaite
- Thats what said up top...
necromation
- emilkorngold0
send your brother this NY Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/2…
- idiots0
Just save your brother some money and buy something that works with a good reputation.
http://www.akg.com/site/powersla…
- idiots0
“In terms of sound performance, they are among the worst you can buy,” says Tyll Hertsens, editor in chief of InnerFidelity.com, a site for audiophiles. “They are absolutely, extraordinarily bad.”
- yup, that's what the NY Times article says. :)emilkorngold