Beats by Dre
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- luckyorphan0
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There are very few brands that measure up to AKG, frankly. They've been around since the 40's, are used by everyone from Sinatra to Quincy Jones to the Pope, and are the standard for in-studio performance. Many artists won't go on stage without their AKG microphones, and the brand signs up more every month.- < Full disclosure - I work for the parent company that makes AKG.luckyorphan
- monNom0
- ACCESS FORBIDDEN. Your IP is being logged for investigation into the matter. 108.193.192.106idiots
- See...now someone's talkin' sense.luckyorphan
- so you're a picture guy then?
http://www.qbn.com/t… because I already said it.idiots
- HijoDMaite0
fuckin LOL
I just went down the street to the Mac store and they had two sets of the 'studio' beats by Dre headphones on display. I picked one up to listen and it did not work, I asked one of the kids what was up and he said he didn't know, that someone had maybe pulled on the wires (as he started to fumble with the chords)
So I go to the next display and as soon as I pick these up the right speaker is broken and hanging limp. I put them on and started to scroll through the music options on the store's iPod touch, finally I find Lauryn Hill and press play. Only the left speaker worked! hahaha I just laughed. I did pick up the new box that the orange ones come in, very nice packaging and very heavy box. $299.99 .
The sound quality was just 'loud' I could feel a speaker kind of 'bumpin' on my ear and the sound cancelation was good. Of course I only had one side to gauge by.
- you may just have killed your bro,
jk jkgeorgesIII - yeah at the Beats display at Best Buy everyone was broken but I guess they see a lot of usefooler
- you may just have killed your bro,
- raf0
I always use this review megathread for headphones reference: http://www.head-fi.org/t/433318/…
- colab0
Recommend others but if he still wants them get him the ones he wants. It's his money.
Let him learn the quality lesson on his own.
- mg330
- & if spending $300 was important
http://www.amazon.co…idiots
- & if spending $300 was important
- idiots0
This thread is what's wrong with consumers (not corporations), not the highway robbery of branded over marketed shit, but the willingness to swallow that $300 pill because it gives some false sense of happiness without doing what it's sole intention is at 100%.
You can keep hating the 1%, but it's really dumb to pay them then hate them. QBN hypocrisy, Fuck yeah.
- holy assumptions galoreprophetone
- there no assumption is calling a consumer of those things a fool. see Occupy Wall St thread for other side of storyidiots
- "fuck corporations" followed by "I know they suck but they're cool" followed by purchase & repeatidiots
- and what did you post this hypothesis with? an abacus? please. i hate consumerism too snowflake.prophetone
- HijoDMaite0
thanks for all your input. speaking of consuming, my girlfriend just asked if I wanted to go to the mac store with her and i jumped up and said, yes!
be back later.
- section_0140
DO NOT buy these. Buy AKG, Sennheiser or Beyerdynamic. Even without listening to those, I can tell their shit. The companies I mentioned are top notch.
- < Truth. Only I'd skip Senn and Beyer. AKG is used by all the real producers in-studio...and the POPE.luckyorphan
- prophetone0
- such a great idea, pairing headphones w artists, like if they were t-shirts, these guys are making bankMiguex
- HijoDMaite0
- they look like sonys, with nicer color options, never heard of themMiguex
- they look cheapcruddlebub
- Miguex0
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yeah mon, that's what he wants, they are hard to get there, you send him a pair and he will love you eternally. You are a good brother man.
- benfal990
Montreal is a super safe city, surely safer than your brother's city, and people get punch in the face in the street at 2PM in front of people for those gadget... so.
Video of one of those 'attack' > http://www.cyberpresse.ca/videos…
- DAAAAAAAAAMN that's not cool man, what a cowardMiguex
- it's cool dude, your brother can hold his ownidiots
- thats fucked up, reminiscent of the 90's and Air JordansHijoDMaite
- HijoDMaite0
The truth is he definitely wants them for status, he listens to an iPod for crying out loud. They will probably sound ten times better than his earbuds, so he'll love them and praise their quality. None of his friends own a pair of the latest color (orange), he said he may even wait for the lime green ones to come out. Clearly not thinking about sound quality.
I could school him regarding headphones and push some German or Japanese product but do I really want to do that? I may just get them on that Canadian Amazon site for $199, they won't be orange but at least he'll save $100. I'll let you know what he decides. I will also force him to take a pic so we can make fun how douchey he looks. lol
as far as him getting jumped or stabbed for them h can handle his own, i don't worry about that. he doesn't live in a that bad of a neighborhood.
- yes, as his brother you want to help him not be a dipshit consumer. that and his wingman when necessaryidiots
- Ramanisky20
Miguex:
is there a music store I can go to where they sell most of those brands? ... I like to be able to test drive some of those
- Miguex0
Ramanisky2:
If you are looking for audio quality, check out this list.
Notice that neither Beats or Bose are ever mentioned:http://www.headphone.com/selecti…
I wouldn't be surprised if you will find Dr Dre using any of these while at work at his own studio when cameras are off.
- sennheiser's all the way!cruddlebub
- thanks buddyRamanisky2
- benfal990
The list of overpriced overhyped items people are buying is very long. Welcome to marketing, welcome to consumerism, welcome to capitalism, those are our new Gods.