You lost me completely at 6:54 "I don't care how great they sound if they are ugly". That is the dumbest reason I've ever heard to not purchase HEADPHONES a device made specifically for SOUND. Congrats on caring about brand recognition instead of quality.
I laughed at that, I myself have ATH-AD900X, Razer Krakens, Shure SRH940, SENNHEISER Momentum and AKG K712's and comparing Beats to my collection the sound slightly better than the Razer Krakens which were AUD$90
Jonathan Guerrier He means that the guy in the video is basically saying "I have no clue what good headphones are supposed to sound like, so it's okay for me to enjoy smearing dog crap on my ears and claim that it sounds good."
Beats are targeted towards the same people who buy Jordans, they do it to fit in. If you are not wearing Beats and Jordans their peers consider them uncool and poor.
I can agree on that 120%.... Why? Because I go through it everyday. And its hell. I hate it. And i hate bullies, and people who run their mouths because you don't have the right shoes, or the right face, or right body maybe...so i feel you people who get bullied. Because i do too. Now, i won't lie, i do have beats, but not for fashion, to impress anyone, to make anyone jealous. I PERSONALLY i have beats because they are good sounding quality, with AMAZING BASS, and because i want to be an artist, and a music producer, Thats the reason i have beats.
I wear Jordan's and I have the solo wireless beats and I can tell you I have them NOT to fit in lol if something is cool people will buy it regardless of how others feel
Crayola Master I have a "beats" laptop, and everything "beats" is complete shit. a $1200 touchscreen laptop with the shittiest sounding audio ever. the headphones are the same thang. I've compared them to my ath-m50s... they are complete shit. A nazi fashion statement.
I expected to have some kind of audial orgasm with cum gushing out of my ears. But that didn't happen... They're just good headphones. Not really extraordinary.
6:45 so this guy just said he prefers how headphones look moreso than how they preform, no matter how good sound quality it is. you are exactly the type of person beats by dre is marketed to.
this is what average consumers are like.to care more how they look to other people than the quality of the product.how awesome is that?i burst to tears from laugh when he said that.btw i look more cool when I wear my A-T M50 and that coiled cable just hang around
***** Why not be a smarter average consumer? Its not like theres no good looking headphones out there that are cheaper than beats and sound better as well. I myself is getting an ATH-M50xBL and it looks sexy as fk and from reviews ive seen and heard it has an amazing sound quality. I mean its not like i cant by a denon for 1.5k bcus i can lmao but im not stupid enough to do such a thing like that.
Sebastian Bodine That's fine if you can't afford the more luxurious items, but don't live in a delusional world thinking the performance you're getting at that low price can compete with more "legit" higher priced headphones.
Look i aint paying $300 dollars that feels like its crushing ur skull and they want to trick people to buying them and i have alot if money im just smarter and not a baka
I don't know what's your definition of *An average consumer* but for me an average consumer's first priority would always be _value for money_ and Beats by Dre sucks at that. End of story.
Vana Nadzar who gives a shit how they look? do you listen music with your eyes? plus headphones are not a damn fashion accessory. i can't say for comfort cause i've only tested on store. they sound good... for less than $50 headphones
Dude you can buy 80-150 dollar headphones from Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic ect that litterly blow away the beats executives (their best sounding headphone) when it comes to SOUND QUALITY and usually have better built headphones all around. You can find a comparison video between sennheiser urbanites, beats studios and v -moda m100 nd the beats soubnd like the mids and highs are being sucked by a vacume while the urbanites atleast sound accurate to the source.
Hey just saying I own the beats studios 2.0 and they are way better than the audio technicas ath m50xs which I own as well the bass is way crisper on the studios and everything is just better. The technicas have way too much treble and focus on vocals way too much. Audio technicas may be better than the older beats but until u have compared it the the bests studios 2.0 u shouldn't be talking u haters.
+Abigail Laycock well I don't hate beats, they have a lot of good points but the fact that they charge you that much money is not worth it in my opinion. Look at the radio frequency between those beats and ath m50x. It is very different and does not sound that great (I listen to most genres and an audiophile. I think beats are for people who enjoy a more specific genre of music and is not for audio heads). It also depends on the consumers preference and their perceived value. Beats delivered, Audio technical delivered, everyone wins as long as you could buy your preferred brand of headphones. Cheers.
But the AVERAGE consumer shouldnt have to pay $300 for a pair of headphones. You dont need to be an audio file to know the music coming out a beats product isnt worth the money. Anyone with common sense would know that they could get better sounding music from a cheaper pair of headphones. The only real problem is that Beats are too damn pricey for average sounding music, bringing down the price will bring down the haters.
***** "Okay" Try listening to a judas priest album (Juggulator for instance) on them for a few hours and then tell me it sounds "Okay". Those cheap throw-aways pre-packaged with portable CD-players sound better than this crap.
***** Cheap meaning? The "quality" of these headphones are worth about a 100 bucks. If you're spending anything more than $150 (being generous) for these headphones, then you've been screwed. But don't let my opinion depress you (even though they're *objectively* horrid).
The average consumer doesnt HAVE to buy a pair of beats they sound better than most brands except about 8 other s they look sleek and are comfortable have very nice cases and accesories if you dont like them dont buy them.
Objectified Cross Why are you telling people to listen to metal for a headphone that is endorsed by mostly hip-hop/rap artists? You dont see me going around telling people to not buy a pair of headphones because hardstyle or hardcore doesn't sound good on them. And telling someone to kill themself is just plain stupid and rude, you're literally telling him to kill himself cause you don't like his opinion, im guessing i should kill myself also because i dont like metal or rock....
+Omer Cinar The Momentums and Urbanites are targeted for the millennials (GEN Y). They do have a little bit more bass than typical sennheisers but they do retain the details of the mids and highs. That's why the Momentums and Urbanites have such a style. They are not accessories (a product used just for their aesthetic design).
You said that anyone who hates Beats probably hasn't tried them, but I think anyone who likes Beats probably hasn't tried anything other than what came with their phone. The main purpose of a speaker is to produce quality sound, everything else is secondary. The Beats sound too muddled, with highs nearly absent and over powering shallow base. A good headphone will have a wide sound stage with crisp deep base, with clean focused mids, and highs that almost sound as if they are coming from a different corner of the room.
Sikh Atheist - I've tried Beats, Sony, and Bose. I'm currently using Bose. I like it as much as I liked my beats. They both have great sound quality. Sony, on the other hand, was horrible and I returned them right away.
Timothy Tran Sony litterally has hundreds of headphones and earbuds, it all depends which one you get. the MDR xb950bt are pretty good, they are only about 90 bucks right now but I think they beat the beats solo 2 in some aspects
You're not fooling anyone. Beats is more of a status symbol for spoiled rich hipsters than for people who go for raw audio quality. And no, its not about not being able to afford beats or that im jealous. I would willingly buy Senheiser or Audiotechnica for double the price of Beats.
***** I'm a young sound engineer, and i've got a big problem with brands selling overpriced shitty stuff that messes up our whole work, not allowing people to enjoy sound quality as they should. The truth is maybe that some people don't deserve it.
While I agree with what your trying to get across your wrong beats straight up runs the headphone market with over 60% of headphone sales being beats so the avg consumers are actually buying beats
+Labotomyy They run the headphone market in the 200$ and up price range. That's what that statistic is from.Does the average consumer spend that much on headphones?
Peace.US As someone who's listened to Beats I can tell you this, my Sony MDR-Xb500's sound so much better than them, and I got them 4 years ago. Much more defined bass. If you can find a pair of them for what I paid for them ($80, now $300) get them.
+Peace.US nah, theres a reason why young working professionals buy luxury goods like gucci LV prada. A lot of people will pay a markup for perceived value of something. Something expensive makes people feel better even if its not the best. Its like why do people buy high end cars when some cheaper cars get the job done just as well? Demand curve for luxury goods is not that elastic. A huge increase in price would not result in a huge decrease in consumers.
***** if i was really into tv's maybe, its like i dont like LV because its too mainstream, i prefer bottega veneta and hermes. huge price difference for a similar product at that point. my point is people buy things they like, money is no object for some people, the happiness from buying an item is more than the monetary value to them if they so choose to purchase it.
"Is tagerted at the average consumer, not someone who knows that much about sound quality" So what you're saying is they're targeted at innocent ppl who will think they sound good because they cost 200$ and have some stupid message on the back of the box that says they sound how the artist wanted it to sound. Even though the artist probably uses 800$ headphones by shure.
***** you are most likely coming off of skulcandies or apple earpods or sharper image, beats are amazing compared to those, but when you compare them to audio technica or sennheiser, they lack sound quality.
WeAreTheBL4D3RZ And that's the problem with Beats, the Audio-Technicas and Sennheisers offer better sound quality for half the price of Beats. Beats look nice and have lots of bass, which if you like that, you'll be happy, otherwise they're overpriced celebrity endorsed crap.
I dont love beats or hate them. Its a product with amazing marketing and style. They look awesome. They are overpriced. It is what it is. Ferrari is over priced (a simple tuned 70.000 dollar car has more torque+bhp, has more space and better milage) Ralp Lauren is overpriced, hell even Nike is overpriced. Almost all top brands are overpriced for what they offer. Doesnt make me hate it. But it doesnt mean i want to buy it either.
Tarik Berkhof Having said that, a cheap $40 dollar wired sony headphone can actually compete with beats in terms of tight basses, smooth mids and pitched highs.
+Tiago Camilo Ferrari's aren't necessarily overpriced but mostly unnecessary luxury supercars handbuilt using expensive materials. Ralph Lauren is a "fashion" clothing brand where you are paying for brand recognition. If their clothes are made in the same factory as clothing bound for walmart's then they are overpriced. Lol at nike.They cost around $10-$20 TO MAKE depending on many factors but thats far far far less than the $200-$300 tag for a pair of new jordans. Also keep in mind they're mass produced shoes that don't fit everyone perfectly and begin wearing out as soon as you put them on and take your first step.
>I can understand why they think beats are overpriced >Maybe the sound quality is pretty bad also >Maybe they are putting out false info about their headphones as well >"Beats have great bass" kek >So what if there are a lot of better and cheaper options available >Maybe they are just fashion accessories >Maybe they are just misinforming people with false advertisements >but none of that stuff really matters and anyone who says otherwise is just a troll.
I dun hate people who buy Beats but I hate people who claim Beats has the best quality build, looks, sound and design compared to others. Beats may have pretty design but there are other great designs out there and audio Technica does have some good designs to be fair to them
Bandon Lim If you want something that looks cool and sounds great just go for Beyerdynamic's custom one pros. They look great, are super customizeable, have an adjustable bass, sound way better than beats, and they're cheaper.
+Jeven Price While I wouldn't like to have $10 headphones (because I produce music and really don't like bad sound quality) I think I'd rather have those than the beats by dre.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME! at half the price of any BEATS headphones you can get Sennheiser's that sound better than anything in the BEATS range FULL STOP!!!!!! There is no argument here what so ever!
the key is most people buy beats because of the style or because a rapper or other ritch guy is making the beats look like the world`s beats girlfriends magnet that could ever exist, just like other popular brands....you don`t need to hate beats you just have to understand that beats are made from publicity and they are the excelent exemple of exelent marketing
el dorado No actually, I do. People need to realise that BEATS are of poor quality sound and do not even compare to entry level headphones from reputable manufactures.! I'm appalled that people think these are good cans! LOL
haha i use sennheisers all the time BUT they look like shit, i got 4 pairs of different sennheisers but Im about to buy a pair of beats studio 2.0's because they look awesome and are good for being out were there is a lot of sound then the active noise canceling is great + you get really good sound my beats. if you aren't a kid who sitts in your cellar all the time playing games and watching youtube the beats are one of the best choice.
I have tried alot of different headphones from different companys (sony, skullcandy, bose, beats, etc..) and I honestly like the beats studios the best. I have never tried sennheisers but I have heard alot of ppl say they r good headphones so I might give them a try.
I don't care about people who buy Beats, they can buy what they want, but when they say it's good, I scream. Let me explain. I've listened to Beats before. And guess, what? Here's what I heard: Tinny, bass-less, terrible range of highs and lows. I've heard $20 headphones and Beats are right there. Now you may say, "Bet you listened to older ones." Hate to break it to you, but one, you proved my point that Beats are or were at one point shit. And two, I listened to the newest model last year, and man, that was disgusting sounding. V-Modas are still the best I've heard and that was 2013. This is why so many people say Beats are the worst, even me, and I'm not an Audiophile. From what I see, you seem like someone who listens to the "pros" and say Beats are the best. Buy some Bose, or Audio-Technica, or V-Modas, and I'm sure your opinion will change. P.S. you don't see advertisements from Audio-Technica or V-Modas because they don't use as much money for advertising as Beats, meaning Beats basically takes the whole system for advertising. And these headphones carry better sound quality for way less. If anything, Beats is targeted not at the modern day consumer, but people who believes Beats are needed to fit it. Audio-Technica is severely cheaper which is great for teens like me with a lower budget. There are JVC Xtreme Xplosives which are $20 and still carries a sound quality, imo, better than the Beats I listened to. This is of course my thoughts and opinions. Think what you want, but there were impressions, and they were bad to me. They sounded terrible
"OMGGG SHUT UPP BEATS ARE GUD THEY HAV THE BUST SUND QUATY EVER AND U HATE DEM CUZ U CANT BUY DEM HAH BORKE LUZER" The sentence above is a demonstration of a beats lover.
Resielma Headphones that need a specific group of music to sound good aren't good headphones, even if it "sounds good" with certain songs. I don't ever want that limit
I don't understand why a lot of people say that people who hate on Beats are only hating on them because they can't afford them. If I hate grapes, does that make me too poor to afford them? And also, if Beats are so "Focused" on bass, why does the bass sound so muddy? You might as well tape 2 vibrators to your ears.
I have a pair of Beats and a pair of Bose. I got my Beats like 7 months ago. I just got my Bose recently. I did not know the kind of sound I have been missing out on until I got the Bose. I'm not a fan boy. I like them both... but OMG the clarity and clearness of the Bose won me over. Like the sound on the Bose is unbelievable. I tried using my Beats the other day and I just couldn't do it, I got so used to the Bose that my Beats sounded like a tin can with bass, I felt really mislead. I couldn't understand why I even bought the Beats.
That's how I felt. I just wish they took the body of the Beats, upped the durability, give it a matte finish, and shove all the audio drivers that Bose use into it, and let Bose innovate even further in comfortability. A man can only wish.
I have audio technica ws99s and bose qc15s and my friends have beats studios and when i showed them the bose they said how they were more comfortable and better sound and when they tried my audio technicas they were amazed at the clarity. Beats arent bad, but it can be much better
Mooooooment! Do u really think its simply normal and ok to wear 300$ Headphones because they are looking cool? What a destroyed world, where u have to spend 300$ to be cool (read that sentence as often as u need it to understand how crazy that is)! The Problem isnt that people buy beats, the Problem is, that people think you are cooler when u wear beats. If i could speak English as well as german i could explain that better, but its so hard for me to see more and more people everyday wearing beats to look cool. Wasted money, but the count of Idiots is too high. Destroyed World...
daniel ramos ok, i'm german but my english should be good enough that people unterstand what i mean. I think you're just to dumb to unterstand me. Read my first comment again and then u can complain again.
Android has so much fragmentation over 75% of people that have android phones don't even have the latest software over 85% of people that have Apple phones have the latest software Windows phone app store cannot be compared to the others because it's not really there and BlackBerry that's enough said about that Amazon fire phone yeah I don't know.
5:09 "What really gets me is when people say that Beats by Dre sound worse than a 20 dollar pair of headphones...Seriously?" Yes, seriously. Go look up and try using the Koss KSC75. They are 15 dollars... They sound almost as good as my 200$ Sennheisers, and they definitely blow Beats away. www.head-fi.org/t/638757/koss-ksc75s-dont-forget-this-giant-killer-in-all-the-hidden-gem-hype Because remember folks, brand name is more important than sound quality.
FuzzyUp Why? Cuz you don't like my opinion? Real mature. It's not even my opinion that 15 dollar little Koss has less distortion, better soundstage and a vaster frequency response. That's just fact. Sound is subjective...But I owned the qc15 and Beats pro and the little Koss were superior to both, and that's technically and in my opinion sound wise.
the difference between an expensive watch and beats headphones is that an expensive watch (Patek Philippe, Louis Moinet, and even Rolex) is that the watch is always better quality than one thats cheaper- better materials, more accurate time is kept, build quality is superior. Beats are not superior, so when youre paying extra money its all for look, an expensive watch does in fact serve its purpose better than a cheap one
I am in no way a beats "hater". Buy beats headphones all you want. I couldnt care less if you imho want to waste your probably hard earned money. In the end it is your life. But I think you are wrong on many levels. This just comes across as one big apoligize for the people who blindly trust the mainstream to follow it without questioning a thing. But lets get to my criticism: You said it yourself. For what they deliver they are overpriced. In the end they ARE headphones so whether or not you may think they look good the sound quality that EVEN the average consumer can notice does not deliver. And that has nothing to do with me being "an audiophile" (seriously that term is terrible and people should stop calling themselves that...). The Heaphones sell because of the snob effect their price creates. The big price creates an illusion of good quality asa guaranteed result. It is like it is with many other things. Problem is though that people forget how the price for the beats is put together. A large portion of the price is because of marketing for the headphones. Actually it is the biggest part of the price combined with package and retail costs. The smallest part goes to the hardware and i cant blame the company for doing so as they need to profit and spending too much on the hardware when everything else is highly expensive would just lower their profit. But dont tell me they sound good. Do blind tests with other headphones over a longer period of time and you will see that it is highly unlikely for you to think they sound the best. It is true though. They have an emphasis on bass but so do other headphones and even ones who are WAAAAY cheaper. The JVC Ha-s500 costs about 50 bucks and it is doing what the most beats are doing but NOTICABLY better overall. So saying that 20dollar headphones sound better is not a huge exaggeration and you saying that you cant expect good audio quality ourt of cheap gear is just another example how even you are influenced by the snob effect. And they arent even ugly headphones which is astonishing. The reason why people dont pick these up because they are too lazy to inform themselves before purchasing these headphones so they just go with what everybody else goes with. Cant go wrong with that, eh? ;) But of course another part of it is the companies not "marketing their headphones to the average consumer". This in my opinion is absolute bullshit. It takes 2 clicks on the internet to get informed about good headphones. The information is there. And it is in no way hidden. just because some companies try to keep prices for marketing lower by not producing overly expensive commercials doesnt mean they hide themselves in bushes and caves and pass on the information about their secret standpoint through secret tribes and organisations of audiophiles. NOPE. They provide the info. If the so called average consumer doesnt have 5 minutes of time to go on the internet but gets influenced then that is clearly a sad sign of you as a average consumer being so called brainwashed bacause if we are being serious it is nothing more. Blindly believing TV commercials without asking to me quite obvious question then you are sheep. And be so if you want to. I think it is sad but that may just be only my opionion. But dont come out and say you are not. Oh and that example about the watches... pretty bad one. watches all do the same with the same quality and that is telling you the time. If they dont do it and they just stop at random times or get out of synch after a period of time you would say that that "watch" is not a watch because it doesnt do what is meant to do. The point that sells them IS in fact the design. And of course it is. When something offers you the EXACT SAME functionality the design will be the next selling point. The difference between watches and headphones is though that 1st of all they dont all do the SAME and 2nd of all the design in no way indicates better quality. With a 400$ watch you can pretty much be sure you are getting better materials being used as when you buy a 20$ swatch. Look at beats by dre headphones. They dont offer NEARLY enough quality to legitimate the price because see above. And they are even not even close to being as functional as other headphones for even less. That should just show you that their market point is mainstream peer pressure and human lazyness leading to being easily manipulated. THAT is what sells beats Will make a few trips to other videos of yours but unfortunatly for now i cannot agree with you on the most things you say and will give this a thumbs down and not subscribe. I know you people dont care but this is me criticizing this video so it is only fair to tell my end result.
Yes, hes arguing that its ok that Beats rips off its consumers because as long as the ignorant masses are happy, and Beats makes a profit then there isnt an issue
Thanks for enlightening us! I never was a beats fan, but you made me realize the true power of marketing. I always judged them from a music industry standard instead of an everyday listeners perspective that don't have developed engineer ears, but now I see that beats intentions wasn't to target people like me. THANKS for this clarity (no pun intended)
Beats are overpriced. It's the cold hard truth. Sennheiser has way better drivers. The target audience are not average consumers, they are targeted at black people if you want to be honest. I'm sorry to offend, but it's true. It's also ironic that a black person is defending Beats as well. I'm not racist though.
Sensei Dekkers These are all things I wanted to say, but felt like I'd get hate for it. Well, now I kinda have...whoops. Thank you for being truthful. Also not racist, but yeah the only white guys I know that own Beats are the ones that almost exclusively hang out with black guys. And at my school whites are pretty much a minority so I have enough data to go off of.
I wouldn't say it was aimed towards black people, cause that's pretty ignorant to say. More less average people that don't really know much about good headphones
it is funny when he says to not judge before you hear them. and then when people say their 20$ headphones sound better he says they are exaggerating. my 30$ headphones actually do sound better then these beats crap
+TheDesius I would say that when you cross the $70 mark you can get better headphones that Beats. And in the $70-150 and above you get extra futures, built quality and styling. What are the headphones you talk about?
In short: Beats are pretty, but they sound like shit, but since the average consumer is stupid, they'll buy it. Also, I really hope that you're getting paid to do this. For real.
I smell woman logic. LETZ PEPLO DO WHAT DEY WANT !!!!!!!! GROW UP HURR DURRR !! How is that relevant to anything anyone here has said? Of course you can do whatever you want to. No one is going to stop your stupid ass from buying shit.
The thing with most luxury/"premium" items like, say, a German car is that they are actually high performing. Beats are more like putting an old beater engine in a Porsche; you'd literally just be paying for the hype.
people that hate on beats usually just can't afford them.... not taking shots at anyone but literally that's the only REAL arguement is that they are a little overpriced, but if you're into music ... they are friggin great. Stop the hate and actually listen with them.
If you are really into music you run some grado, hifiman ...and you run your headphone form some kind of dac. Beats are made from peoples who want a lot of bass and only listen to hip hop, rap, dubstep and pop.
Another reason for the anger and hatred towards beats, is because quite a lot of people who own beats, think they are incredible sound quality, and say that they are WAY better than all other headphones. They think they are superior not only in style, but sound quality. These people are ignorant, and it is VERY frustrating.
Just buy headphones for 200-300 from one of theese brands and youre all good Audio technica AKG Audeze BeyerDynamic Dennon Shure Hifiman Sennheiser Grado Fostek These are all reputable brands, just go with one of these brands for the same price as beats and you will get a much better headphone. Feel free to add any that I missed.
Inquisition RyobI that's racial profiling man. For all you know, he could listen to Mozart. Not all black people listen to the same music which I assume you think is 2 Chainz or Chief Keef
MultiMrCookieMonster Really though. That's pretty dumb. I have 99% rap songs and 1% techno on my iPod, and I'm white! But that guy is half stupid. So because he's black he probably doesn't buy good songs (256 Kpbs) or go lossless with around 900 Kpbs. Nice logic man.
I think the hate comes from the disappointment in those who know good audio watching the ignorant masses throw away their money on such a bad product. It would be immoral to lie to your buddy and tell him " yeah bro your Beats are cool and sound great!" That is why we must be honest and continue to point out how retarded it is to drop $300 on those shitty headphones.
Beats is kind of a "fashion headphone" instead of a "good audio headphone." But, beats is still pretty good. It's not really "terrible", it's just "average."
The same thing could be said of many different headphones, in all different sorts of directions. My Sony MDR-V6s pretty much sound worse than my $15 JLab Intros. My Sennheisers sound even worse.
Tom Wilson No offense, but you must not know very much about headphones if you think their sound quality reduces as they age. The only reason I kept my Sony MDR-V6s is because so many people report having had them for decades, with their sound having only improved as they aged. Anyway, my Sennheisers are about 7 or 8 years old. But being old hardly has anything to do with impaired sound quality.
Matt Schwartz My guess is you are not a fan of a flat or neutral frequency response headphones cause the V6 and the sennheisers are designed to sound natural so BASS will only be heard when the song you are listening to has is. So Bass will be in rap, R&B, pop, dubstep but not in Vocals, high pitch instuments,
Jimmy R Now you should try out some real headphones from a reputable company like Audio-Technica or Sennheiser. Then you will never go back to your beats, because beats are overpriced and are consistently outperformed by headphones that are half of their price.
My mother got me the Solo 2s for Christmas. I'm honestly debating on telling her to take them back and save the money. There's not much difference from my $10 skullcandy earbuds to this $179 pair of headphones. Should I ask her to return them?
Just subbed!! I agree with every single word you said. Mine are on the way, and I'm excited to wear them and listen to my music on my summer trip. It seems like a lot of people are just hating on beats by dre, or maybe they just can't afford them. Everything you said was just so spot on...great video!
beats are bad headphones i had earphones and headphones and i can tell the difference between beats and bose. beats: from best buy not noise canceling bad base over base corrupted base bad sound quality bad plastic quality bad cable quality cable gets messed up fast and sound leak ears hurt after 20 min head hurt get sick after listening to them cant wear them on the neck while doing something heavy easy to brake overpriced Bose: light weight sounds so much better you can listen for hours and dont feel sick or bad no head ears pain sits perfect on the head can run with them good cable no over base good quality sits good on the neck and not in the way never broke them
Beats are 'expensive' yes, but for the price they ask, they are worth it *my opinion*. Yes there may be other headphones that produce better quality sounds for a much cheaper price but what you have to remember is that the Beats headphones are not all about the quality of sound but the aesthetics too. There is a market out there for people who will pay top price for great looking products, regardless its functionality. Just look at cars, you can pay £5000 for a standard car or you can pay £75,000 for a luxury car however, they both near enough perform the same function yet, there are people who are willing to spend at top prices. People have their own opinions yes, but the hate is childish, it's just jumping onto the bandwagon and 7 times out of 10, those have probably never tried a Beats headphone. There are many other headphones out there but personally, I haven't seen a better 'looking' headphone than the Beats, yet.
Beats are not at ALL about the quality of sound** Fixed that for ya, you're welcome :) I'd much rather have a set of cans that sound good, for 2 reasons: Who gives a shit about how my cans look, they're on my ears. Last I checked, I can't look at my own ears without a mirror. Out of sight, out of mind (plus, other people's opinions about my headset are irrelevant to me, I bought the headphones for MYSELF, not them) ;) Headphones are meant to produce sound, not be a fashion statement. To me, Beats aren't really all that good looking... they remind me of Fisher-Price toys. It's not ALWAYS a trade-off between looks or performance. Grado makes some of the best-looking phones I've seen, plus they sound spectacular... And for the money you'd spend on some "made in China" molded plastic toys with a rapper's name on them, you could easily buy 3 or 4 AMAZING sets of cans.
Sean McNeely - Fair enough if that is how you feel, that is fine by me. One thing I would like to point out though is that they *ARE* about quality of sound. They have to be in order to be a successful high market product *however*, they may not be up to par with the sound quality on other existing headphones but again, this is opinionated and down to consumers interpretations of *quality sound*. Yes you may not care whether products look great or not, or how you look to others but that is *you!* There are people out there that *do* care and will pay that extra bit of money to achieve that. Again you state that headphones are meant to produce sound and not be a fashion statement, this is your opinion, you are entitled to that however I disagree and believe that they can be both, if not should be both. *my opinion!* Yes these headphones are very expensive and you probably can buy 3 or 4 other amazing headphones for this sort of price, but what you have to understand is that there is a market for those individuals that spend that extra bit for aesthetics. Just like cars, why spend £75,000 on a car when you can get one, second hand for under £1000 yet they both perform similar functions?
***** Beats are only cost as much as they do because of the name attached to them. There are far far better looking, and better sounding products for similar prices. In the case with most cars, there is a HUGE difference. People pay top dollar for cars such as the Bugatti Veyron because of the engineering and the enormous amount of time spent to make them. Your Beats, are like paying for the Aston Martin Cygnet which is literally just a Toyota iQ with the Aston name badges on it.
PLxFTW - I totally understand your point, yes! They are expensive because of many reasons and yes, the name attached is *one* of them, but there are many companies out there that have similar traits for example *Apple, Alessi, Bose*, so why is it that a lot of people give really bad criticism towards the Beats? I could purchase an iPod for £100, or I could purchase a MP3 player device for as little as £3. Why do the majority of people still purchase the iPod? There are many reasons, but it could be because they look great, unique materials, sophisticated technology, micro size or the overall high quality finish but function wise, it performs exactly the same, or near enough as a standard MP3 player that I could purchase for little as £3. This is a perfect example to show that there is a market out there who are willing to pay top dosh (sometimes ridiculous amounts) for products that look and feel great. Yes Beats may not be the best quality wise, but a good majority of people will admit they look really great and that itself can be enough to persuade a potential consumer to purchase it. *Although there will be people out there that hate the aesthetics!* So if people are willing to spend that much, why not!? I'm sure if anyone brought out a product, they would want to achieve the greatest potential whether realistic or not. As for the car example in my previous comment, I wasn't trying to imply that a £5000 car is better or the same as the Bugatti because the contrast then really is different, I was suggesting a £5000 and another car that is similar performance wise however, because of the *design*, the price can jump significantly higher. Would love to hear feedback! (:
***** Aesthetics is important, I'll give you that much. And Apple, Alessi, and Bose also share traits with Beats. All valid points, but: There is such a thing as *overpricing*. People say that an item is worth whatever people are willing to pay, but in my mind that saying is just a knee-jerk justification introduced by companies to explain their high prices. As long as the majority of people can say "wow, these are so pricey" or "wow, this is such a great deal" about an item, then that item is either overpriced or underpriced. Apple, Alessi, and Bose share the traits, but you're *incorrect* if you think they don't get the same criticism as Beats. I'll admit I don't know much about Alessi, but Apple and Bose are criticized to the extreme *every single day*. It's a serious oversight to not recognize the huge amount of criticism those two companies get. So no, Beats is not singled out by the Hate Train. It is not a victim, it is not a scapegoat.
I used to be one of the haters, but now I've TRIED many of them. And I was shocked about the sound quality, I thought it was going to be absolute crap but I actually liked them a lot. My wallet doesn't though....
You can get a Sony MDR-XB500 for €35 It already got the same OVERPOWERED BASS as the Beats Studio. Screw it open change the cables by some higher quality cables for about $20 - $30 and you maybe even have better sound quality Then the overpriced beats..... i don't care how it looks or how durable it is
Enlightened perspective! It's very encouraging to hear someone talk about the hate. The $300 price tag on the studio 2.0s turned me off for some time, but i just bought them on sale for $150. Great video, man. Use those beats to drown out the hate ;). Love your videos.
Yeah, ugly headphones. Beats have good sounding headphones, great design and a fucking massive marketing. So, obviously, it's "overpriced" than some unknowns great sounding ugly headphones without marketing. Like watches, shoes, clothes, cars and everything. :)
Not everything. People know that a Nissan GTRs is better overall then a Ferrari 458. And people still buy the GTR over the 458. Even though Ferrari spend more money on marketing and is more exclusive. If you gonna argue check your facts before posting shit with no source. (:
I like your reviews because well, you are putting yourself in our shoes, in fact, I am you, and you are me. We are your average consumer. And I love that. Thanks for what you're doing for the average consumer. Peace.
You can't use "most people can't tell the difference" as a reason for their existence. On principle selling beats is no different than selling holy water. And if they didn't exist and more people bought proper headphones people would learn the difference. Not only that but there would be more competition between proper brands and thus better prices making them only more "AvgConsumer" friendly. Beats suck big time!
Some I agree some I don't. most people really can't tell the difference unless you have two different product and keep on comparing them. I am in music production field and only way to know clearly is by getting music training. Most of the products are really similar in sound wise but they have there own special place that they are good at. For beats they have good bass and bose is equal in everything in sound. So, if I have to buy one of them i will pick bose cuz I need something that is equal not over powered bass. So in headphone quality wise I agree beats focused too much in bass so the sound hinders and only appealing part to me is design. Beats need to throw the bass out and improve based on how other headphones play.
I feel like most of the people who disliked the video didn't listen to what he had to say and instead came in with their opinion on beats and aren't going to change their opinion, because they are close minded. I am not a beats fanboy and I do not own a pair of beats, but the people I know who do own a pair bought them purely off of aesthetics, not sound quality. Think when the last time you saw somebody walking around in public wearing beats vs the last person you saw wearing Senheisers or a pair of Audio Technicas. Beats are not meant for great sound quality, they are more of an expensive fashion accessory and most people who buy beats buy for looks and don't really care about sound quality, because if they did they would buy another pair of headphones. If you don't like beats and knew the video wasn't gonna change your opinion even before you watched it, why come spread hate in the comments section just go to another video.
i just wonder what kind of idiot buy headphones and take looks more than sound quality of the product. what kind of muppet does it. i understand you want them look good. im sure with just little effort ( using you brain actually, so big effort for many) you could find headphones thay you like look at but they sound better and they are way cheaper than beats. so if you bought them for look, you wasted planty of money and in my opinion you are absolute moron and your driving licence should be taken away along with your voting right
That's something people say all the time, and I just don't get it, my first pair of headphones were the beats Studio 2.0, and the only reason I did it was because I liked the sound quality, period.
Beats are very low quality when it comes to lasting long periods of time after extended usage. My Skullcandy Hesh 2s were $50 and I bought them3 years ago and they still work (with one blown speaker) they have gone through some of everything and still work. People I know who bought beats go through a pair every damn month. Overall Beats are cheap headphones targeted towards people who think that they're good headphones when they're really shit.
Arrrgghhhh....... I wanna get Beats but then I heard people say its bad and people say its good and i'm watching so many videos and I just can't decide. Please help??
Go to a store that sells music instruments, and ask them if you can listen to some of their headphones (with your music, of course). Do this once a day for 15-20 minutes, for a month... Then you will know which pair sounds best in your opinion... and that's all that matters, right?
Sebastian Ramadan Thanks for the tip but I live in Australia and don't know where any stores that sell beats are so i'm going to be "Googling" hard to find one and thanks for the idea :)
Harvey Norman sells beats, but don't just go there... Also go somewhere like Allans Music and listen to what they have. I guarantee you'll find something MUCH better than beats for this price.
No one is bitching about the advertising, or why these headphones are popular, they just care about how good they are. For the most part, they are pretty low quality, for a VERY high price for the headphones! More base doesn't equal high quality, and if someone with a pair of decent quality earbuds, would not really care to much about the beats in comparison. Hes just a beats fanboy, and its quite apparent when in a lot of his videos, hes wearing them!
Beats really discourages the audio companies from further putting their efforts on researching the sound qualities, what that means is other companies might follow what beats had done, and putting more money on the marketing than focusing on making better headphone. The result would be very simple, the overall qualities of head phone market will fall. A headphone company's first priority should be focusing on making a better headphone.
Coming from the perspective of a musician and an average consumer that does care about sound quality allow me to say this...beats by Dre offers the best of both worlds when it comes to style, functionality, and value. Even though they may not be audiophile sound worthy, things like detachable cables, hard cases, stylish curvy looks, and over all portability make them more desireable than something that sounds great but melts when you expose it to oxygen... (That was a joke)... I own a pair of beats pros, and tbh, akg, Bose, and audio technica all sound better... But they don't function or feel the same.. No detachable studio cable, no folding, no case... I'd rather sacrifice a little sound for style and functionality if I'm not in the studio... If you are in a studio, yes, there are better options. But if you are the "average consumer" beats will give you what you need.
Headphones are like cars. It's subjective. "Better" is a opinion. I can buy a car that looks, sounds, drives, and has almost the same tech specks as a Ferrari. But it's still not a Ferrari.
I already have. Beats don't compare in terms of sound to some headphones like Bose and akg... But they are marketing to people who care about sound more than anything. Now days, people actually think headphones LOOK cool. And that's what they will buy. I own 2 pairs of beats plus some sony over ears. Sony sounds way better, but it doesn't look or feel as good
Chandler Thomas The Bowers & Wilkins P7 looks better than ANYTHING from Beats and get this... Sounds better. There, we have your headphone. Also, I own the Beats Pros. Check my channel.
In MY OPINION the reason people get Beats to look good because they have a low self esteem. They have to have the "most luxurious looking thing" that they can find and jut hang it around their neck. I have Skullcandy's and they get the job done just fine without being too fancy.
99% of hate is generated on these premises. Someone who sees beats as a function accessory and not a fashion accessory. The same person sees jeans as not a function accessory, but a fashion accessory. Thus, they end up spending $80 on ripped jeans while hating on beats as they have inadequate audio quality for their price range.
+Ben M i agree ben, i also can't understand the angry of the people about this. The same people who bought their Samsungs, Iphones and Macs overpriced each year that comes a new version. The angry for the beats is pure hypocrisy
+AmateurEverything If you're the one who's spending the money then obviously you wouldn't think you overspent. If someone else with different tastes were to look at what you spent your money on, that is a different story.
I'm just saying that people justify purchases for themselves, so in their minds they are not overpaying. This is not the case for some people who are more interested in empirical value or just have too much money.
The "pros" say the Beats have the best audio quality? Maybe, just maybe, they get paid by the company to market this shit to trick regular, unknowing people into buying these headphones for their so called "best sound quality". You pay for a good looking pair of headphones, a sleak box design and the name. If the fashion statement, or whatever you wanna call it, is more important than the content (in this case, the actual sound), be my guest and walk around with a polished turd around your head.
I've heard them, and compared to other real headphones such as the Audio-Technica AD700, AKG K240 and even the $40 Superlux HD681 EVO, they're a muddy, bloated boomy mess. The lack of separation and skull-vibrating bass makes for one of the most messy and unpalatable sound signatures in existence. Also $20 headphones sounding better than Beats is not an extreme exaggeration as I outlined, the Superlux HD681 EVO cost $40, and without any doubts sound better than Beats. The HD681 non-EVO's can be had for as low as $30 and probably sound better too. But at the end of the day, the kind of people buying beats don't want clear accurate sound, tight punchy bass, detailed highs with good separation, any of that. They just want their music to thump as you said. So I'm fine with Beats, as long as they don't start a trend for other companies to follow suit with their boomy mud cannon sound. As for Sennheiser, they've really broken into the mainstream market lately, and with it their headphones have started getting muddier and warmer, and their build quality has dropped too. Kind of sad.
That about sums it up! Anyone who likes beats obviously has never heard good head phones or, any good audio for that matter. Over powering bass with distortion is not good audio . BTW, I do not hate bass as I'm actually a bass player but, I do hate bad audio and Beats is the epitomy of bad audio!
You don't have to be an audiophile to know that Beats are horrible. It's not just that the quality is bad or that it's overpriced. There are a large group of people that use these headphones because they think it's cool and they think that music is supposed to sound that way. When you use garbage, you get used to that garbage and think that everything is supposed to sound like garbage. Educate yourself before you turn your ears into poop.
How can you call a sound garbage? A lot of criticism is focused on frequency reproduction of the headphones, which is shifted lower - more BASS. If people LIKE that sound, then its GOLDEN. Its like back in the day when Elvis was garbage, and now that he's a classic its that generations turn to call Metal garbage, and now classic metalheads call Dubstep garbage. I guess as human beings we'll forever listen to garbage.
If turds were the only food you have ever had, that's what you get used to tasting. It doesn't make it good. When somebody then feeds you regular healthy food, you're less likely to enjoy it. The problem is that since most people listen to streaming services and low-bitrate MP3's, there is less room to accurately reproduce audio. Boosting the lows not only damages your hearing but it also misrepresents whatever it is you're listening to. If everybody starts to think that Beats are "GOLDEN" then those streaming services will start to think that decreasing their quality to cut costs won't matter because people are essentially using a low-pass filter on their heads. I've talked about this before. There was a Mastering Engineer who did a survey of regular people who listened to a variety of music genres. He found that those who listened to hip-hop identified the lowest quality samples as sounding the best. An audiologist determined that all that time around subwoofers had permanently damaged their hearing and their ability to recognize certain frequencies. The other group that had similar issues (though not as severe) mainly listened to pop music. THAT is why it's garbage. It is literally hurting you and making you dumber at the same time. Btw, who thought Elvis and metal were garbage?
Hearing loss is a valid point but is attributed to improper use. Sennheisers playing a bass heavy song at equivalent volume are just as mom-dissaprovingly bad to little pre teen ears as Beats are. Granted Beats love to highlight their bass, but If I had to explain why a front row metalhead cant hear birds chirp, I would say "he listens to his music too loud" rather than "he uses Beats by Dre" The argument of hip hop is moot. You're using the brands target market (hip hop) to prove why the device is garbage. And you're biased by your derogatory view of the genre. Moments ago I listened to Beethoven with my Beats wireless. There was no genre-alert klaxon or hearing loss, but my unsophisticated, distateful ass proudly declares I'd rather have been listening to LFiasco or something. I say lets burn the world today. Lets fill corporate pockets and lower stream quality. Lets pump the bass on Beethoven. Misrepresent the music. And while networks ban Elvis' air humping and parents protest Twisted Sister lyrics...while hip hop is called simplistic, uninventive and shallow, I'm going to buy a painting...by Mark Rothko. This painting is a square. Literally...a square. Its name is, No 1. It would probably take me 10 seconds to reproduce it. .05 seconds to come up with the name. What does it mean? No one has a clue. Its value is $75,000,000. Because people, in some way, shape or form...LIKE it. Eat turds. We as the AverageConsumer dont have titles, so we cant really stamp our analysis on something. But with snobby people: "Beats Suck" -PhD Audio Engineering MIT Valedictorian "Suck our Dicks" -People of the World
WoahSalmo First off, Sennheisers aren't as bass heavy as Beats. Second, since Beats already boost lows, there's a greater chance of hearing damage at lower volume because the amplitude is not necessarily the same but is usually higher. You're actually proving my point with the metalhead statement. If you're uninformed about how your hearing can be damaged then you're more likely to suffer the consequences. My argument isn't against hip hop, especially considering that I've been listening to it all my life. I pointed to an example of a genre that has a large portion of listeners that are uninformed about the outcome of bad choices concerning gear. The same can be said about metal, pop, etc. which I already mentioned. If Metallica or Slayer came out with headphones that accentuated mids and highs, it would be the exact same thing. Relax, nobody is attacking you because you listen to hip hop or Beethoven. It sounds like you have some personal issues you need to work out. Either that or you never got to visit Graceland. "Who cares if it sucks??? We, the people, have the right to make stupid decisions because we don't know shit. It just looks cool, ok???" -You "lol" -Everybody else
I completely agree with this video, people just following the train and hating and more than half of them never wore beats before, and it's the average consumer not the poor consumer so saying the average consumer can't afford beats is dumb cause they are selling a lot especially when they first came out.
If I was the average consumer, I would get the best price to performance ratio headphones. Instead of geting a ridiculous Beats Solo HD $30 sounding headphone, I would get the V-Moda XS for the same price while having superior sound quality by a *huge* marigin...
You are wrong. Its actually the "cool" thing to say you love beats. Its not the other way around. People hate beats because they are overpriced for average sound quality. Even if people can't tell the difference between sound qualities, its okay to overprice them? 9/10 people wouldnt buy the beats headphones if you take out the logo. Every beats fan uses the same argument- "i only care about base." Bullshit. Take out the beats logo and put it on an acoustic-based headphones, these same people will go buy those.
I consider www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B6ZGSVI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00B6ZGSVI&linkCode=as2&tag=m0494a-20 These Wireless headphones will never make you want to go back to headsets, or www.amazon.com/dp/B0094S37GS/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=urav-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0094S37GS&adid=0JGJTDD5TWZ6EAXS90NV
nope not true. Sol republic headphones are becoming popular because they offer bass and a great design. Do they need a beats logo? no. Also, a lot of people don't like Studios because they don't have as much bass as the solos.
Bass is really insignificant. It's the fidelity and accuracy that counts. EQ's are for bass, treble, vocals, etc... Beats are dogsh*te and cost 10x more than they should.
Ferdi 078 With beats you cannot hear the highs. The m50x still have clear sound mostly. Sorry, what I meant to say was that they have a little bit of exaggerated lows and highs but still sound amazing. They just aren't completely neutral.
I dont hate beats, they are some of the nicest looking headphones out there but what i do hate is that kids get their parents to buy it and act as if they are the best things in the world but all they do is wear it around their necks but don't actually listen to any music. Then they say it sounds AMAZING and everything else sucks
+swagrelader440Pvp READ THIS IF YOU CARE ABOUT AUDIO QUALITY If you have received this comment, that means I have read your comment and you're misinformed about headphones. I can't be bothered to type a manual comment, as I've tried to inform people about headphones and most people simply ignore it. I've been in the headphone game for years now, and own a bunch of different ones (Superlux HD668B, Sennheiser HD800, MrSpeakers Mad dog 3.2, Alpha dog, Alpha prime, Hifiman he-300, JVC HA-SZ2000, just to name a few. I've got more than these.) Thus I feel like I can rightfully say that I know my fair share about headphones. Your comment is most likely about a headphone or brand that isn't up to it's price. Mainly Beats, Bose, Monster, SMS, Skullcandy, House of Marley, Soul, Razer, Turtle beach, Steelseries, Corsair, Tritton, B&O and there's a few more out there. If you're serious about headphones, consider selling the one you have, and go to either head-fi.org, reddit.com/r/headphones or www.innerfidelity.com/ to seek for help, as your headphone is awful for the price. If you don't care, simply ignore this comment. In the past, I have bought some headphones that also weren't up to it's price, let's take the Beats Studio V1 as example here, as I still own that headphone (But it gets beaten by a 30 euro's Superlux HD668B. I paid 300 back in the day for the Beats studio). Whenever I saw someone say that the Beats Studio was bad, I just assumed they were jealous. Later I found out that the Beats studio actually was really bad, and that it could indeed be beaten by way cheaper headphones. Please don't take this comment as an insult, I'm just trying to help you out here. There's also a huge marketing scam going on in the gaming world. Lots of gaming headsets boast about their "5.1" and "7.1". There is no such thing in headphones. Ask yourself, are you really going to hear 7 small drivers circled around your ears? Most of them come with software too, and when this software is disabled, the headset will sound even shittier. This is because the headset is awful and the software makes it slightly better. This is done to cut down on costs creating the already cheaply made headset. A few quick recommendations from me are: If you want a cheap headphone with decent quality for on the go, take a look at the Creative Aurvana Live. If you want a cheap headphone with decent quality for home use, take a look at the Superlux HD668B. If you want an affordable gaming headset, take a look at the HyperX cloud. This is simply the best gaming headset out there, crushing other headsets that are 4x it's price like the Razer forged If you want an affordable headphone with a LOT of bass (Good quality bass, not muddy untextured bass like all the brands I earlier named have), take a look at the JVC HA-MR77XX. If you want a semi-affordable headphone with very good quality for either home use or on the go, take a look at the Beyerdynamic DT770 32 ohm and Beyerdynamic Custom one Pro. If you don't care about the price, and want a headphone with absolute killer bass, take a look at the JVC HA-SZ2000 If you don't care about the price, and want extremely high quality for home use, take a look at the Sennheiser HD600 If you don't care about the price, and want extremely high quality for on the go, take a look at the MrSpeakers Mad Dog 3.2 You can make any of these named headphones into a gaming headset, by simply buying a clip on mic like the Zalman Mic001 or Antillion Modmic. If you have any questions, feel free to comment on this comment, and I will gladly answer them for you. If you will start flaming at me, I will simply ignore your comment, so don't bother. If you've read this whole comment, you clearly do care about audio, and I would HIGHLY recommend you to sell the overpriced headphone/headset you have and get a good headphone/headset. On a last note I'd like to say: More expensive does not always mean better. I have owned a Beats pro Detox which was an insane 549 euros (which I have sold a while ago now), and a 30 euro's superlux HD668B is simply better. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get a good headphone/headset. Thanks for reading, and again, if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to comment as I will read it.
Brad Murphy The beats pro indeed sounds way better than anything Razer makes.. Although that doesn't mean the beats pro is worth it's price. I sold my beats pro detox because I found out a superlux HD668B is better, and only 29 euros (40 bucks). That's over 500 euros cheaper, and better quality!
EliteGlitcherClanHD You seem to be formulating an opinion without reason. Your impulse-driven comments just show your immaturity. Have you ever TRIED any REAL headphones? Based on your comments, I would assume that BEATS are all you know...... By the way, Beats are actually mediocre for the price range. Not bad, just bad for the price. Look up ATH M50 vs Beats pro Please reply to this comment, so we can have an actual argument in the comment section....
You may have your opinion, but that doesn't give you the right to be discriminate to other opinions. Beats might be good out of your current choices, but you may not know of any other better choices.
When it comes to sound quality, I feel that Beats basically just raise the subs up to fucking INFINITY, lower the shit out of the mids, and don't give enough highs to clarify the sound.
You seem extremely reasonable for Beats! For about 2 years now, I have been using Audio Technica M50x's. They are really good, and do great in sound quality. About a month later, my cousin got me Beat's Solo 2 headphones, and I was starting to have a bad impression on them because of all the hate they were getting. I started listening to them and they didn't sound bd at all! But they just didn't seem to be priced in the 200-300 dollar mark. To the people who hate the Beats, I can understand immediately why people hate Beats. Get it straight guys, they are kind of a rip off, but that is the reality, people do stuff like that, selling something that isn't worth 300 dollars. But we should at least be thankful for any type of headphones we get, even Beats because the main purpose of these kind of headphones are to deliver music, and we need music in our life. So why not just stop the hate, and buy a better pair of headphones that are cheap. I'm not a very picky customer, as long as it delivers music to me, I enjoy it. Thank you for this very good video!
Adam grayspeed Beats By Dre have a placebo effect. All the marketing telling you that it's an exclusive product gives you the illusion it's better. But it's not.
Daan Gerssen nah you just hating cuz you watch all these vidios on the down side of beats but i bet you have never used beats to show proof of why you dont like them try some out you just might like them
I personally don't look forward to buying any beats anytime soon. BUT I do think they're pretty good headphones in terms of music. THe only problem people have with them is that they're overpriced.
I have tried one of the Beats Solos (I don't know which version it is since I used it in an Apple Store) and it has so much bass that I could barely hear it even at high volume.
You lost me completely at 6:54 "I don't care how great they sound if they are ugly". That is the dumbest reason I've ever heard to not purchase HEADPHONES a device made specifically for SOUND. Congrats on caring about brand recognition instead of quality.
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If it's the best PC out than yes I would.. you dumb shit.
I laughed at that, I myself have ATH-AD900X, Razer Krakens, Shure SRH940, SENNHEISER Momentum and AKG K712's and comparing Beats to my collection the sound slightly better than the Razer Krakens which were AUD$90
Amen to that
***** What do you think of your Razer Krakens?
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+cipiripper Hahahahhahahahahahahaha... Literally Laughed!!! :'D
Saying "I'm not an audiophile" as a reason to consider Beats is like saying, "I'm no connoisseur, therefore I should only eat from the waste basket".
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Pri yon Joni so true
Pri yon Joni what you said makes no sense
Jonathan Guerrier He means that the guy in the video is basically saying "I have no clue what good headphones are supposed to sound like, so it's okay for me to enjoy smearing dog crap on my ears and claim that it sounds good."
I don't hate beats, I hate the people who look at my sennheisers and say "man, if only you had beats. Those are so nice."
i take my senn's very seriously
DomesticatedApez me too bro
everyone be having senns here? xddd get to beyerdynamic level
Naruto Uzumaki can't afford them but id love some one day
Naruto Uzumaki I had Sennheisers hd202
got Marshall major II recently
Beats are targeted towards the same people who buy Jordans, they do it to fit in. If you are not wearing Beats and Jordans their peers consider them uncool and poor.
Real Talk ^
So true i just get stuff that is good quality for the cheapest
+Cliff Reeser Um, where the fuck do you come from? I'm in high school, junior year, no one really cares.
I can agree on that 120%.... Why? Because I go through it everyday. And its hell. I hate it. And i hate bullies, and people who run their mouths because you don't have the right shoes, or the right face, or right body maybe...so i feel you people who get bullied. Because i do too. Now, i won't lie, i do have beats, but not for fashion, to impress anyone, to make anyone jealous. I PERSONALLY i have beats because they are good sounding quality, with AMAZING BASS, and because i want to be an artist, and a music producer, Thats the reason i have beats.
I wear Jordan's and I have the solo wireless beats and I can tell you I have them NOT to fit in lol if something is cool people will buy it regardless of how others feel
everything beats is pure Garbage, end of story. A marketing ploy that only dumb people fall for.
***** Yep. Beatz suck. It's the strait up truth, it's all marketing.
Do you even have beats😝
Crayola Master I have a "beats" laptop, and everything "beats" is complete shit. a $1200 touchscreen laptop with the shittiest sounding audio ever. the headphones are the same thang. I've compared them to my ath-m50s... they are complete shit. A nazi fashion statement.
Well if that's how you feel great but im just A average consumer do i like my head phones
So*
Priorities:
1. Sound
2. Comfort
3. Looks
Then Beats are not the headphones you are looking for.
I know
I got Audiotechnica M50s 3 days ago.
Anirudh Hari Master race!
I expected to have some kind of audial orgasm with cum gushing out of my ears. But that didn't happen...
They're just good headphones. Not really extraordinary.
***** You did sound twice. So is sound "Check" or "meh"? I'm guessing you meant "meh", because that's what they are.
Here is my opinion. Beats are good.
But for the price of Beats you could get much better headphones.
Agreed. I do like them, they're just too damn expensive
they certainly don't look expensive, they look like some cheap $5 headphone bought from flea market
I agree too.
"Beats are good"
In what way?
***** Cmon dude don´t be ´´that`` guy, Beats are good headphones. Good looking, Comfy, Good sound. But as i said, for the price. Hell no
6:45 so this guy just said he prefers how headphones look moreso than how they preform, no matter how good sound quality it is. you are exactly the type of person beats by dre is marketed to.
Hahahaha exactly. Nicely put.
Couldn't have said it better ... this was hilarious to watch.
this is what average consumers are like.to care more how they look to other people than the quality of the product.how awesome is that?i burst to tears from laugh when he said that.btw i look more cool when I wear my A-T M50 and that coiled cable just hang around
No man... he's saying that the headphones have to have both characteristics. He wants a headphone that sounds great and looks great!
No he doesn't. He says if they look great but sound crap, then he doesn't care.
If Beats are what you say "targeted for the average consumers" then why are they $400?
*****
Why not be a smarter average consumer? Its not like theres no good looking headphones out there that are cheaper than beats and sound better as well. I myself is getting an ATH-M50xBL and it looks sexy as fk and from reviews ive seen and heard it has an amazing sound quality. I mean its not like i cant by a denon for 1.5k bcus i can lmao but im not stupid enough to do such a thing like that.
He means by the average listener of music.
Aaron Andrade that doesnt constitute the $400 price tag.
400$ is not that much compared to 1000$ headphones for professionals.
No every beats cost 400$ only the Pro.
Most people are jealous because they can't afford them
Not really, we have headphones costing thousands of dollars. Beats just doesn't offer sound quality worthy of its price tag.
I have headphones at the same price range that offer a lot more value...
No we have more brain to buy cheaper headphones than $300 i have krakens and they were $60 and its the same headphones pewdiepie wears:3
Sebastian Bodine That's fine if you can't afford the more luxurious items, but don't live in a delusional world thinking the performance you're getting at that low price can compete with more "legit" higher priced headphones.
Look i aint paying $300 dollars that feels like its crushing ur skull and they want to trick people to buying them and i have alot if money im just smarter and not a baka
I don't know what's your definition of *An average consumer* but for me an average consumer's first priority would always be _value for money_ and Beats by Dre sucks at that. End of story.
+The Ancient Sauce no one can fail as hard as you did
Not true. Beats look great, are really comfortable and have good sound
Vana Nadzar who gives a shit how they look? do you listen music with your eyes? plus headphones are not a damn fashion accessory. i can't say for comfort cause i've only tested on store. they sound good... for less than $50 headphones
Dude you can buy 80-150 dollar headphones from Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic ect that litterly blow away the beats executives (their best sounding headphone) when it comes to SOUND QUALITY and usually have better built headphones all around. You can find a comparison video between sennheiser urbanites, beats studios and v -moda m100 nd the beats soubnd like the mids and highs are being sucked by a vacume while the urbanites atleast sound accurate to the source.
have you listened to some headphones with legit good sound? once you do, you gonna hate them because they suck
if you want to see just how bad Beats are buy a pair of Audio Technica headphones for under $200
I don't understand why you think it matters how they look
+Ihal Gaming Audio Technicas are sexy af man.. M50x's look so nice.
+Ihal Gaming Or a pair of Grado cans for $200.
Hey just saying I own the beats studios 2.0 and they are way better than the audio technicas ath m50xs which I own as well the bass is way crisper on the studios and everything is just better. The technicas have way too much treble and focus on vocals way too much. Audio technicas may be better than the older beats but until u have compared it the the bests studios 2.0 u shouldn't be talking u haters.
+Abigail Laycock well I don't hate beats, they have a lot of good points but the fact that they charge you that much money is not worth it in my opinion. Look at the radio frequency between those beats and ath m50x. It is very different and does not sound that great (I listen to most genres and an audiophile. I think beats are for people who enjoy a more specific genre of music and is not for audio heads). It also depends on the consumers preference and their perceived value. Beats delivered, Audio technical delivered, everyone wins as long as you could buy your preferred brand of headphones. Cheers.
But the AVERAGE consumer shouldnt have to pay $300 for a pair of headphones. You dont need to be an audio file to know the music coming out a beats product isnt worth the money. Anyone with common sense would know that they could get better sounding music from a cheaper pair of headphones. The only real problem is that Beats are too damn pricey for average sounding music, bringing down the price will bring down the haters.
*****
"Okay" Try listening to a judas priest album (Juggulator for instance) on them for a few hours and then tell me it sounds "Okay". Those cheap throw-aways pre-packaged with portable CD-players sound better than this crap.
***** Cheap meaning? The "quality" of these headphones are worth about a 100 bucks. If you're spending anything more than $150 (being generous) for these headphones, then you've been screwed. But don't let my opinion depress you (even though they're *objectively* horrid).
Now try listening to rock or metal on them. LOL
The average consumer doesnt HAVE to buy a pair of beats they sound better than most brands except about 8 other s they look sleek and are comfortable have very nice cases and accesories if you dont like them dont buy them.
Objectified Cross Why are you telling people to listen to metal for a headphone that is endorsed by mostly hip-hop/rap artists? You dont see me going around telling people to not buy a pair of headphones because hardstyle or hardcore doesn't sound good on them. And telling someone to kill themself is just plain stupid and rude, you're literally telling him to kill himself cause you don't like his opinion, im guessing i should kill myself also because i dont like metal or rock....
Who the fuck would use headphones as an accessory
thought so.
+Life's Algorithm Not only them. The Momentums and Urbanites as well.
+MLG Otaku tbh my high svhool
+Omer Cinar The Momentums and Urbanites are targeted for the millennials (GEN Y). They do have a little bit more bass than typical sennheisers but they do retain the details of the mids and highs. That's why the Momentums and Urbanites have such a style. They are not accessories (a product used just for their aesthetic design).
+kemboy323 i am not saying they sound bad. i am saying that they are also fashion headphones
You said that anyone who hates Beats probably hasn't tried them, but I think anyone who likes Beats probably hasn't tried anything other than what came with their phone. The main purpose of a speaker is to produce quality sound, everything else is secondary. The Beats sound too muddled, with highs nearly absent and over powering shallow base. A good headphone will have a wide sound stage with crisp deep base, with clean focused mids, and highs that almost sound as if they are coming from a different corner of the room.
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Sikh Atheist True
Sikh Atheist I've tried them the tyre meh. not terrible but not worht the price.
Sikh Atheist - I've tried Beats, Sony, and Bose. I'm currently using Bose. I like it as much as I liked my beats. They both have great sound quality. Sony, on the other hand, was horrible and I returned them right away.
Timothy Tran Sony litterally has hundreds of headphones and earbuds, it all depends which one you get. the MDR xb950bt are pretty good, they are only about 90 bucks right now but I think they beat the beats solo 2 in some aspects
I`m cringing so hard at what he says about the fashion accessory...
+Segeb Gaming thats probobly y ur a basement dwelling neckbeard virgin lol. u probobly dont mind looking like johnny test with ur 20 pound headphones
+beef rat the fuck...
A watch is a fashion accessory so the point he makes is completely irrelevant
+beef rat Beats suck.
Steve Jones watches now a days are more or less fashion accessories than they are tools, most ppl use phones to tell time.
He said he cares more about aesthetics than sound quality lmao I can't even
K
Would you put a trash can on your head if it had good sound ???
+theonebuckethead and the problem with that is?
+Henriqthegamer ! Let me get this straight...you're asking a guy who calls himself Buckethead whether he'd wear a "trash bucket" on his head?
A E S T H E T I C S
You're not fooling anyone. Beats is more of a status symbol for spoiled rich hipsters than for people who go for raw audio quality. And no, its not about not being able to afford beats or that im jealous. I would willingly buy Senheiser or Audiotechnica for double the price of Beats.
***** How are you quoting him when he didn't type anything that you just typed?
***** I'm a young sound engineer, and i've got a big problem with brands selling overpriced shitty stuff that messes up our whole work, not allowing people to enjoy sound quality as they should. The truth is maybe that some people don't deserve it.
***** I'm affraid we misunderstood each other, I'm making sound, not sound devices. I'm concerned about what people hear, not about who makes profit.
Robin Labadie
>I'm concerned about what people hear,
really mate Get your head out of your ass
I do care.
Beats are not bad, they are just not worth their price.
Random Commenter yep. I'd say around 70$ not like 400$
got beat solo 3 for 80 dollars
ding ding ding
Then simply don't buy em , nobody is forcing anyone to buy em, name one pair of headphones that are worth the money, I'll wait
I saw your profile pic and thought a Fly was on my screen
@@MrAnderson2744, Klipsch r6i II
An avg consumer will buy a cheaper headphones which sound good
While I agree with what your trying to get across your wrong beats straight up runs the headphone market with over 60% of headphone sales being beats so the avg consumers are actually buying beats
20$ ear buds are enough for me
+Labotomyy They run the headphone market in the 200$ and up price range. That's what that statistic is from.Does the average consumer spend that much on headphones?
now yeah they do sadly lol
Like Hesh 2 wireless
If the average consumer isn't an audiophile then they should buy a Beats equivalent for ~$60.
+Anthris B if you buy a gaming heafset for the use of headphones and listening to music you arefucking insane
Peace.US As someone who's listened to Beats I can tell you this, my Sony MDR-Xb500's sound so much better than them, and I got them 4 years ago. Much more defined bass. If you can find a pair of them for what I paid for them ($80, now $300) get them.
+Peace.US nah, theres a reason why young working professionals buy luxury goods like gucci LV prada. A lot of people will pay a markup for perceived value of something. Something expensive makes people feel better even if its not the best. Its like why do people buy high end cars when some cheaper cars get the job done just as well? Demand curve for luxury goods is not that elastic. A huge increase in price would not result in a huge decrease in consumers.
The average consumer wants what is advertised because that's what consumerism is... Dipshit
***** if i was really into tv's maybe, its like i dont like LV because its too mainstream, i prefer bottega veneta and hermes. huge price difference for a similar product at that point. my point is people buy things they like, money is no object for some people, the happiness from buying an item is more than the monetary value to them if they so choose to purchase it.
What exactly was the point of this video? Were you trying to make a point? You basically contradicted every point that you made.
This dude is just a fanboy.
+Joe Dirt "Fangirl" actually.
+Paul Lowe hes making a counter argument but hes doing it wrong!
+Paul Lowe Check out my channel if you want instant beats , not this fake bs !
"Is tagerted at the average consumer, not someone who knows that much about sound quality"
So what you're saying is they're targeted at innocent ppl who will think they sound good because they cost 200$ and have some stupid message on the back of the box that says they sound how the artist wanted it to sound. Even though the artist probably uses 800$ headphones by shure.
yeah they have artists wear them in music videos but in reality they are probably using shures or something professional
Ahren W I have seen a lot of pros use the beyerdynamic dt770s. But i love shure XD
If Beats were actually good, you wouldn't have to make an excuses video like this defending them, nor would they have so many haters.
BEATS are really good they have good sound quality
*****
you are most likely coming off of skulcandies or apple earpods or sharper image, beats are amazing compared to those, but when you compare them to audio technica or sennheiser, they lack sound quality.
WeAreTheBL4D3RZ And that's the problem with Beats, the Audio-Technicas and Sennheisers offer better sound quality for half the price of Beats. Beats look nice and have lots of bass, which if you like that, you'll be happy, otherwise they're overpriced celebrity endorsed crap.
If it wasn't good then people wouldn't buy them
FrStProductions Uneducated people buy bad products all the time.
I dont love beats or hate them. Its a product with amazing marketing and style. They look awesome. They are overpriced. It is what it is.
Ferrari is over priced (a simple tuned 70.000 dollar car has more torque+bhp, has more space and better milage) Ralp Lauren is overpriced, hell even Nike is overpriced.
Almost all top brands are overpriced for what they offer. Doesnt make me hate it.
But it doesnt mean i want to buy it either.
Tarik Berkhof Having said that, a cheap $40 dollar wired sony headphone can actually compete with beats in terms of tight basses, smooth mids and pitched highs.
someone smart :-)
+Tarik Berkhof Ferrari overpriced. Kek, insanity here
How is Ferrari, Ralph Lauren and Nike overpriced?
+Tiago Camilo Ferrari's aren't necessarily overpriced but mostly unnecessary luxury supercars handbuilt using expensive materials.
Ralph Lauren is a "fashion" clothing brand where you are paying for brand recognition. If their clothes are made in the same factory as clothing bound for walmart's then they are overpriced.
Lol at nike.They cost around $10-$20 TO MAKE depending on many factors but thats far far far less than the $200-$300 tag for a pair of new jordans. Also keep in mind they're mass produced shoes that don't fit everyone perfectly and begin wearing out as soon as you put them on and take your first step.
>I can understand why they think beats are overpriced
>Maybe the sound quality is pretty bad also
>Maybe they are putting out false info about their headphones as well
>"Beats have great bass" kek
>So what if there are a lot of better and cheaper options available
>Maybe they are just fashion accessories
>Maybe they are just misinforming people with false advertisements
>but none of that stuff really matters and anyone who says otherwise is just a troll.
DaftHero97 Greentext? What the hell are you talking about?
DaftHero97 no but seriously,i don't understand what greentexting is either...
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sdjhujw1007 this is RUclips not an online shopping place
***** 4chan? Who is 4chan?
I dun hate people who buy Beats but I hate people who claim Beats has the best quality build, looks, sound and design compared to others. Beats may have pretty design but there are other great designs out there and audio Technica does have some good designs to be fair to them
Bandon Lim If you want something that looks cool and sounds great just go for Beyerdynamic's custom one pros. They look great, are super customizeable, have an adjustable bass, sound way better than beats, and they're cheaper.
Nathaniel White really i always wanted the sennhiser hd800s
Nathaniel White no offense it kinda looks generic just saying
Bandon Lim Customize them then, every part of the look can be changed (headband, cups, plates, ring)
+Thomas Lam white m50x look sexy af i dont understand what u r talking about and you can also get skins for them
I have a $10 pair of earphones and they are good for what I need them for 1 youtube 2 music.
+Jeven Price While I wouldn't like to have $10 headphones (because I produce music and really don't like bad sound quality) I think I'd rather have those than the beats by dre.
+Jeven Price
i had a 7 dollar pair of headphones, it was really monochrome and bussed when I turned them up. happy with my audio technicas now :D
You forgot about the porn
+Jeven Price I have $22,5 headpones from canyon and they're like razer ! LoL
ifrogz and skull candy lol. that's what I use. $12 for RUclips, music, and anime.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME! at half the price of any BEATS headphones you can get Sennheiser's that sound better than anything in the BEATS range FULL STOP!!!!!! There is no argument here what so ever!
the key is most people buy beats because of the style or because a rapper or other ritch guy is making the beats look like the world`s beats girlfriends magnet
that could ever exist, just like other popular brands....you don`t need to hate beats you just have to understand that beats are made from publicity and they are the excelent exemple of exelent marketing
el dorado No actually, I do. People need to realise that BEATS are of poor quality sound and do not even compare to entry level headphones from reputable manufactures.! I'm appalled that people think these are good cans! LOL
haha i use sennheisers all the time BUT they look like shit, i got 4 pairs of different sennheisers but Im about to buy a pair of beats studio 2.0's because they look awesome and are good for being out were there is a lot of sound then the active noise canceling is great + you get really good sound my beats. if you aren't a kid who sitts in your cellar all the time playing games and watching youtube the beats are one of the best choice.
I have tried alot of different headphones from different companys (sony, skullcandy, bose, beats, etc..) and I honestly like the beats studios the best. I have never tried sennheisers but I have heard alot of ppl say they r good headphones so I might give them a try.
***** Have you ever heard or seen the Sennheiser Momentum series? Your argument is invalid :)
He sounds like a beats fanboy
Nathan Hager You’re not fucking helping
He sounds like a fucking idiot. His opinions are poorly though out, ineloquently communicated, and just downright wierd.
Beats are the apple of headphones.
Beats is owned by apple...
Apple is decent but are way too overpriced. Beats are not even decent. They're shit.
ur right there's a common theme here. beats headphones, macbooks, starbucks venti's. toolheads! lol.
apple owns beats....
Vir Khullar I didn't know that, but that just makes it better.
I don't care about people who buy Beats, they can buy what they want, but when they say it's good, I scream. Let me explain.
I've listened to Beats before. And guess, what? Here's what I heard: Tinny, bass-less, terrible range of highs and lows. I've heard $20 headphones and Beats are right there. Now you may say, "Bet you listened to older ones." Hate to break it to you, but one, you proved my point that Beats are or were at one point shit. And two, I listened to the newest model last year, and man, that was disgusting sounding. V-Modas are still the best I've heard and that was 2013. This is why so many people say Beats are the worst, even me, and I'm not an Audiophile. From what I see, you seem like someone who listens to the "pros" and say Beats are the best. Buy some Bose, or Audio-Technica, or V-Modas, and I'm sure your opinion will change.
P.S. you don't see advertisements from Audio-Technica or V-Modas because they don't use as much money for advertising as Beats, meaning Beats basically takes the whole system for advertising. And these headphones carry better sound quality for way less. If anything, Beats is targeted not at the modern day consumer, but people who believes Beats are needed to fit it. Audio-Technica is severely cheaper which is great for teens like me with a lower budget.
There are JVC Xtreme Xplosives which are $20 and still carries a sound quality, imo, better than the Beats I listened to.
This is of course my thoughts and opinions. Think what you want, but there were impressions, and they were bad to me. They sounded terrible
"OMGGG SHUT UPP BEATS ARE GUD THEY HAV THE BUST SUND QUATY EVER AND U HATE DEM CUZ U CANT BUY DEM HAH BORKE LUZER"
The sentence above is a demonstration of a beats lover.
sounds like reddit more than fanboy haha
Resielma It was my friend's music. Rap music, and bought from iTunes. It wouldn't be shit audio
Resielma Headphones that need a specific group of music to sound good aren't good headphones, even if it "sounds good" with certain songs. I don't ever want that limit
Resielma I respect that m8y
I don't understand why a lot of people say that people who hate on Beats are only hating on them because they can't afford them.
If I hate grapes, does that make me too poor to afford them?
And also, if Beats are so "Focused" on bass, why does the bass sound so muddy? You might as well tape 2 vibrators to your ears.
I have a pair of Beats and a pair of Bose. I got my Beats like 7 months ago. I just got my Bose recently. I did not know the kind of sound I have been missing out on until I got the Bose. I'm not a fan boy. I like them both... but OMG the clarity and clearness of the Bose won me over. Like the sound on the Bose is unbelievable. I tried using my Beats the other day and I just couldn't do it, I got so used to the Bose that my Beats sounded like a tin can with bass, I felt really mislead. I couldn't understand why I even bought the Beats.
That's how I felt. I just wish they took the body of the Beats, upped the durability, give it a matte finish, and shove all the audio drivers that Bose use into it, and let Bose innovate even further in comfortability. A man can only wish.
Now it's time to get a Sennheiser headphone. BOSE is average.
yeee man I want a pair of Sennheiser's or hell lets go even higher end with ya pair of Bang & Ofulsen. I WISH.
Sennheiser is about as high end as it gets in headphones. Comparable company's are Beyerdynamic, Audeze, Hifiman, AKG, Shure, Audio Technica, etc...
I have audio technica ws99s and bose qc15s and my friends have beats studios and when i showed them the bose they said how they were more comfortable and better sound and when they tried my audio technicas they were amazed at the clarity. Beats arent bad, but it can be much better
The difference between rolex and beats is that rolex is expensive and does its job right when beats is more expensive but don't do their job right
they deserve more hate than they already get
u mad bitch
Mooooooment! Do u really think its simply normal and ok to wear 300$ Headphones because they are looking cool? What a destroyed world, where u have to spend 300$ to be cool (read that sentence as often as u need it to understand how crazy that is)! The Problem isnt that people buy beats, the Problem is, that people think you are cooler when u wear beats. If i could speak English as well as german i could explain that better, but its so hard for me to see more and more people everyday wearing beats to look cool. Wasted money, but the count of Idiots is too high. Destroyed World...
Why not just let people do what they wanna do with money that they are earning.
daniel ramos ok, i'm german but my english should be good enough that people unterstand what i mean. I think you're just to dumb to unterstand me. Read my first comment again and then u can complain again.
unableteam hipster detected.
Diego Bustamante hm, maybe i'm a hipster. Beeing a hipster just means that ur not doing that what everybody on this fucking planet does
Diego Bustamante - So only hipsters demand quality audio from their headphones? Interesting...tell us more?
0:52 to 1:05 is all you need to hear
Does Jack Bonham work for sennheiser or something?
yep done
Pablo Chaconn but Apple products are terrible as well hahaha, they both go for looks over performance
Android has so much fragmentation over 75% of people that have android phones don't even have the latest software over 85% of people that have Apple phones have the latest software Windows phone app store cannot be compared to the others because it's not really there and BlackBerry that's enough said about that Amazon fire phone yeah I don't know.
***** What version and android are you on?????
5:09 "What really gets me is when people say that Beats by Dre sound worse than a 20 dollar pair of headphones...Seriously?"
Yes, seriously. Go look up and try using the Koss KSC75. They are 15 dollars... They sound almost as good as my 200$ Sennheisers, and they definitely blow Beats away. www.head-fi.org/t/638757/koss-ksc75s-dont-forget-this-giant-killer-in-all-the-hidden-gem-hype
Because remember folks, brand name is more important than sound quality.
34Floaty shut your ass up
FuzzyUp
Why? Cuz you don't like my opinion? Real mature. It's not even my opinion that 15 dollar little Koss has less distortion, better soundstage and a vaster frequency response. That's just fact. Sound is subjective...But I owned the qc15 and Beats pro and the little Koss were superior to both, and that's technically and in my opinion sound wise.
These headphones are shit I just got them. Make your ears hurt, snapped in half. Wow very disappointed...
When you brought up the watch comparison you locked it down lol, very good video and good statements and opinions.
the difference between an expensive watch and beats headphones is that an expensive watch (Patek Philippe, Louis Moinet, and even Rolex) is that the watch is always better quality than one thats cheaper- better materials, more accurate time is kept, build quality is superior. Beats are not superior, so when youre paying extra money its all for look, an expensive watch does in fact serve its purpose better than a cheap one
A $10 watch can tell time just as good as a $5000 rolex
Jessi Lee That is not actually true
Sorrowful didn't expect seeing you here
jay dot I'm everywhere and no where ;)
I am in no way a beats "hater". Buy beats headphones all you want. I couldnt care less if you imho want to waste your probably hard earned money. In the end it is your life.
But I think you are wrong on many levels. This just comes across as one big apoligize for the people who blindly trust the mainstream to follow it without questioning a thing.
But lets get to my criticism:
You said it yourself. For what they deliver they are overpriced. In the end they ARE headphones so whether or not you may think they look good the sound quality that EVEN the average consumer can notice does not deliver. And that has nothing to do with me being "an audiophile" (seriously that term is terrible and people should stop calling themselves that...). The Heaphones sell because of the snob effect their price creates. The big price creates an illusion of good quality asa guaranteed result. It is like it is with many other things. Problem is though that people forget how the price for the beats is put together. A large portion of the price is because of marketing for the headphones. Actually it is the biggest part of the price combined with package and retail costs. The smallest part goes to the hardware and i cant blame the company for doing so as they need to profit and spending too much on the hardware when everything else is highly expensive would just lower their profit. But dont tell me they sound good. Do blind tests with other headphones over a longer period of time and you will see that it is highly unlikely for you to think they sound the best. It is true though. They have an emphasis on bass but so do other headphones and even ones who are WAAAAY cheaper. The JVC Ha-s500 costs about 50 bucks and it is doing what the most beats are doing but NOTICABLY better overall. So saying that 20dollar headphones sound better is not a huge exaggeration and you saying that you cant expect good audio quality ourt of cheap gear is just another example how even you are influenced by the snob effect. And they arent even ugly headphones which is astonishing. The reason why people dont pick these up because they are too lazy to inform themselves before purchasing these headphones so they just go with what everybody else goes with. Cant go wrong with that, eh? ;) But of course another part of it is the companies not "marketing their headphones to the average consumer". This in my opinion is absolute bullshit. It takes 2 clicks on the internet to get informed about good headphones. The information is there. And it is in no way hidden. just because some companies try to keep prices for marketing lower by not producing overly expensive commercials doesnt mean they hide themselves in bushes and caves and pass on the information about their secret standpoint through secret tribes and organisations of audiophiles. NOPE. They provide the info. If the so called average consumer doesnt have 5 minutes of time to go on the internet but gets influenced then that is clearly a sad sign of you as a average consumer being so called brainwashed bacause if we are being serious it is nothing more. Blindly believing TV commercials without asking to me quite obvious question then you are sheep. And be so if you want to. I think it is sad but that may just be only my opionion. But dont come out and say you are not.
Oh and that example about the watches... pretty bad one. watches all do the same with the same quality and that is telling you the time. If they dont do it and they just stop at random times or get out of synch after a period of time you would say that that "watch" is not a watch because it doesnt do what is meant to do. The point that sells them IS in fact the design. And of course it is. When something offers you the EXACT SAME functionality the design will be the next selling point. The difference between watches and headphones is though that 1st of all they dont all do the SAME and 2nd of all the design in no way indicates better quality. With a 400$ watch you can pretty much be sure you are getting better materials being used as when you buy a 20$ swatch. Look at beats by dre headphones. They dont offer NEARLY enough quality to legitimate the price because see above. And they are even not even close to being as functional as other headphones for even less. That should just show you that their market point is mainstream peer pressure and human lazyness leading to being easily manipulated. THAT is what sells beats
Will make a few trips to other videos of yours but unfortunatly for now i cannot agree with you on the most things you say and will give this a thumbs down and not subscribe. I know you people dont care but this is me criticizing this video so it is only fair to tell my end result.
You sir, just wasted your time because I'm sure nobody has read that comment
munster1999 might just have, you are right. Wasnt so much a comment for the people watching this as for the video maker himself.
Nicely done.
***** thanks, i guess :)
***** thank you!
"its targeted at the average consumer, do you think they know?" so what youre saying is their too stupid to understand what good sound quality is
Yes, hes arguing that its ok that Beats rips off its consumers because as long as the ignorant masses are happy, and Beats makes a profit then there isnt an issue
I believe the average consumer will notice not being able to hear Tori Amos's piano, Eddie Van Halen's guitar or Buddy Rich's snare drums and cymbals.
Thanks for enlightening us! I never was a beats fan, but you made me realize the true power of marketing. I always judged them from a music industry standard instead of an everyday listeners perspective that don't have developed engineer ears, but now I see that beats intentions wasn't to target people like me. THANKS for this clarity (no pun intended)
Beats are overpriced. It's the cold hard truth. Sennheiser has way better drivers. The target audience are not average consumers, they are targeted at black people if you want to be honest. I'm sorry to offend, but it's true. It's also ironic that a black person is defending Beats as well. I'm not racist though.
Sensei Dekkers These are all things I wanted to say, but felt like I'd get hate for it. Well, now I kinda have...whoops. Thank you for being truthful.
Also not racist, but yeah the only white guys I know that own Beats are the ones that almost exclusively hang out with black guys. And at my school whites are pretty much a minority so I have enough data to go off of.
Cameron Durham I'm glad you understand, and I'm not prejudice as well. Cheers!
I wouldn't say it was aimed towards black people, cause that's pretty ignorant to say. More less average people that don't really know much about good headphones
I'm white and I'll defend them I mean they are overpriced but they have good sound quality and are comfortable
Landy Burkland But they don't have good sound quality. All of it is muddy except for the bass...
it is funny when he says to not judge before you hear them. and then when people say their 20$ headphones sound better he says they are exaggerating. my 30$ headphones actually do sound better then these beats crap
Just stop
Hahaha
+TheDesius I would say that when you cross the $70 mark you can get better headphones that Beats. And in the $70-150 and above you get extra futures, built quality and styling. What are the headphones you talk about?
+TheDesius Check out my channel if you want instant beats , not this fake bs !
+The Leaks Stfu scammer
In short: Beats are pretty, but they sound like shit, but since the average consumer is stupid, they'll buy it.
Also, I really hope that you're getting paid to do this. For real.
I smell woman logic.
LETZ PEPLO DO WHAT DEY WANT !!!!!!!! GROW UP HURR DURRR !!
How is that relevant to anything anyone here has said? Of course you can do whatever you want to. No one is going to stop your stupid ass from buying shit.
He should get paid for a rational, well argued opinion? Really? You and the guy below are the ones that are brainwashed. They sound great btw.
The thing with most luxury/"premium" items like, say, a German car is that they are actually high performing. Beats are more like putting an old beater engine in a Porsche; you'd literally just be paying for the hype.
people that hate on beats usually just can't afford them.... not taking shots at anyone but literally that's the only REAL arguement is that they are a little overpriced, but if you're into music ... they are friggin great. Stop the hate and actually listen with them.
If you are really into music you run some grado, hifiman ...and you run your headphone form some kind of dac. Beats are made from peoples who want a lot of bass and only listen to hip hop, rap, dubstep and pop.
Go ahead, tell that to someone with a Stax sr-009 :)
mine are way more expensive than beats, Yet I would NEVER touch a beats, I have tried them, the sound is rubbish.
another hater ^
Not at all, I don't hate them, but the sound quality is so poor for the price, so poor! for the same price mine are 7.2 and so much better!
With beats your not paying for the headphones .. your paying for the logo.
Sorry but do you drink soda?
Erick Tapia
I'm asking if you drink soda
Erick Tapia Lmao
Actually I looked at the specs and bought the headphone without knowing they were beats so shit the fuck up
Another reason for the anger and hatred towards beats, is because quite a lot of people who own beats, think they are incredible sound quality, and say that they are WAY better than all other headphones. They think they are superior not only in style, but sound quality. These people are ignorant, and it is VERY frustrating.
Bit have you ever heard the sound quality
Just buy headphones for 200-300 from one of theese brands and youre all good
Audio technica
AKG
Audeze
BeyerDynamic
Dennon
Shure
Hifiman
Sennheiser
Grado
Fostek
These are all reputable brands, just go with one of these brands for the same price as beats and you will get a much better headphone. Feel free to add any that I missed.
Sony
+Nuelan Ian Atienza pioneer
Grado headphones are absolutely phenomenal
+hsXD31 Bose, even Sound Magic
+hsXD31 You forgot beats! jk XD brainwavs is a good brand
so the music artists want their music to sound like a walnut hitting the bottom of a teacup?
This guy is pretty much just Ur Avg black guy.
Inquisition RyobI why does his race have to come into this? Wtf..
His race takes part with his type of music that he listens to. Prob not even high enough quality to take advantage of a good pair of headphones.
Inquisition RyobI that's racial profiling man. For all you know, he could listen to Mozart. Not all black people listen to the same music which I assume you think is 2 Chainz or Chief Keef
MultiMrCookieMonster Really though. That's pretty dumb. I have 99% rap songs and 1% techno on my iPod, and I'm white! But that guy is half stupid. So because he's black he probably doesn't buy good songs (256 Kpbs) or go lossless with around 900 Kpbs. Nice logic man.
I think the hate comes from the disappointment in those who know good audio watching the ignorant masses throw away their money on such a bad product. It would be immoral to lie to your buddy and tell him " yeah bro your Beats are cool and sound great!" That is why we must be honest and continue to point out how retarded it is to drop $300 on those shitty headphones.
Thank you!
Beats is kind of a "fashion headphone" instead of a "good audio headphone."
But, beats is still pretty good. It's not really "terrible", it's just "average."
IM USING BEATS EP RIGHT NOW I LOVE BEATS
WIERDNOOB 2016. People that hates beats. are the. ones. that can't. afford. them tbh
Tell that to someone having a 400$ Schiit Stack and a 300$ HD 600 sittin on the desk!
Mr.Magnificent. if we talking about electronics and cash I have them beats are great fuck the prices
Good with what? specify... ive got headphones in mind with better bass than those cheap chinese plasic toys if thats what you mean...
+WIERDNOOB 2016 How loud do they go?
I'm getting them for christmas!
The solos sound literally just like a 40$ pair of headphones i can buy at my local Walgreens.
I'd bet the $40 headphones would sound better if you shopped around.
The same thing could be said of many different headphones, in all different sorts of directions.
My Sony MDR-V6s pretty much sound worse than my $15 JLab Intros. My Sennheisers sound even worse.
Matt Schwartz Unless you have some like 10 year old sennheisers you're clearly lying.
Tom Wilson No offense, but you must not know very much about headphones if you think their sound quality reduces as they age. The only reason I kept my Sony MDR-V6s is because so many people report having had them for decades, with their sound having only improved as they aged. Anyway, my Sennheisers are about 7 or 8 years old. But being old hardly has anything to do with impaired sound quality.
Matt Schwartz
My guess is you are not a fan of a flat or neutral frequency response headphones cause the V6 and the sennheisers are designed to sound natural so BASS will only be heard when the song you are listening to has is. So Bass will be in rap, R&B, pop, dubstep but not in Vocals, high pitch instuments,
Beats are the type of headphones a rich 10 year old buys who never heard about "Sanheizer" ! He only wants these heads cause his friends have them !
Sennheiser*
I'm 11 and before I got mine I saw reviews and audio tests and did my research and now that I got my beats solo hd 2.0 I'm never going back
That's because you're 11. Spend some money on some better headphones.
Jimmy R Now you should try out some real headphones from a reputable company like Audio-Technica or Sennheiser. Then you will never go back to your beats, because beats are overpriced and are consistently outperformed by headphones that are half of their price.
Phoenix Hotch If you want really good budget headphones, get Griffons Over-the-Ear WoodTones. They are SO much better than the Beats.
My mother got me the Solo 2s for Christmas. I'm honestly debating on telling her to take them back and save the money. There's not much difference from my $10 skullcandy earbuds to this $179 pair of headphones. Should I ask her to return them?
No
Yes, instead, ask her to get you something better. Tons of options in the market dude.
yes and get sennheisers instead like the urbanite or momentum
The solos aren't as good as the studios the solos I admit have to much bass but the newer studios Are balanced get the studios
Kadesher DONT
Just subbed!! I agree with every single word you said. Mine are on the way, and I'm excited to wear them and listen to my music on my summer trip. It seems like a lot of people are just hating on beats by dre, or maybe they just can't afford them. Everything you said was just so spot on...great video!
beats are bad headphones
i had earphones and headphones and i can tell the difference between beats and bose.
beats: from best buy
not noise canceling
bad base
over base
corrupted base
bad sound quality
bad plastic quality
bad cable quality cable gets messed up fast
and sound leak
ears hurt after 20 min
head hurt
get sick after listening to them
cant wear them on the neck while doing something
heavy
easy to brake
overpriced
Bose:
light weight
sounds so much better
you can listen for hours and dont feel sick or bad no head ears pain
sits perfect on the head
can run with them
good cable
no over base
good quality
sits good on the neck and not in the way
never broke them
I think you mean "bass." :p
LarryDaMusicGuy
In beats it's not just "bass", it's "OVER POWERED BASSSSS!!!!"
Filip Krawczyk truth I thought I said that
This is beats studio and beats pro vs Bose QuietComfort and Bose AE2
Sennheiser HD 419 , 90 Dollar Headphones.
Beats 450$ Headphones, worse performance.
why waste your money.
Briar Foley yeah but people like to show of that their mom bought them those headphones
Beats are 'expensive' yes, but for the price they ask, they are worth it *my opinion*. Yes there may be other headphones that produce better quality sounds for a much cheaper price but what you have to remember is that the Beats headphones are not all about the quality of sound but the aesthetics too. There is a market out there for people who will pay top price for great looking products, regardless its functionality. Just look at cars, you can pay £5000 for a standard car or you can pay £75,000 for a luxury car however, they both near enough perform the same function yet, there are people who are willing to spend at top prices. People have their own opinions yes, but the hate is childish, it's just jumping onto the bandwagon and 7 times out of 10, those have probably never tried a Beats headphone. There are many other headphones out there but personally, I haven't seen a better 'looking' headphone than the Beats, yet.
Beats are not at ALL about the quality of sound** Fixed that for ya, you're welcome :) I'd much rather have a set of cans that sound good, for 2 reasons: Who gives a shit about how my cans look, they're on my ears. Last I checked, I can't look at my own ears without a mirror. Out of sight, out of mind (plus, other people's opinions about my headset are irrelevant to me, I bought the headphones for MYSELF, not them) ;) Headphones are meant to produce sound, not be a fashion statement. To me, Beats aren't really all that good looking... they remind me of Fisher-Price toys. It's not ALWAYS a trade-off between looks or performance. Grado makes some of the best-looking phones I've seen, plus they sound spectacular... And for the money you'd spend on some "made in China" molded plastic toys with a rapper's name on them, you could easily buy 3 or 4 AMAZING sets of cans.
Sean McNeely - Fair enough if that is how you feel, that is fine by me. One thing I would like to point out though is that they *ARE* about quality of sound. They have to be in order to be a successful high market product *however*, they may not be up to par with the sound quality on other existing headphones but again, this is opinionated and down to consumers interpretations of *quality sound*.
Yes you may not care whether products look great or not, or how you look to others but that is *you!* There are people out there that *do* care and will pay that extra bit of money to achieve that. Again you state that headphones are meant to produce sound and not be a fashion statement, this is your opinion, you are entitled to that however I disagree and believe that they can be both, if not should be both. *my opinion!*
Yes these headphones are very expensive and you probably can buy 3 or 4 other amazing headphones for this sort of price, but what you have to understand is that there is a market for those individuals that spend that extra bit for aesthetics. Just like cars, why spend £75,000 on a car when you can get one, second hand for under £1000 yet they both perform similar functions?
***** Beats are only cost as much as they do because of the name attached to them. There are far far better looking, and better sounding products for similar prices. In the case with most cars, there is a HUGE difference. People pay top dollar for cars such as the Bugatti Veyron because of the engineering and the enormous amount of time spent to make them. Your Beats, are like paying for the Aston Martin Cygnet which is literally just a Toyota iQ with the Aston name badges on it.
PLxFTW - I totally understand your point, yes! They are expensive because of many reasons and yes, the name attached is *one* of them, but there are many companies out there that have similar traits for example *Apple, Alessi, Bose*, so why is it that a lot of people give really bad criticism towards the Beats? I could purchase an iPod for £100, or I could purchase a MP3 player device for as little as £3. Why do the majority of people still purchase the iPod? There are many reasons, but it could be because they look great, unique materials, sophisticated technology, micro size or the overall high quality finish but function wise, it performs exactly the same, or near enough as a standard MP3 player that I could purchase for little as £3. This is a perfect example to show that there is a market out there who are willing to pay top dosh (sometimes ridiculous amounts) for products that look and feel great. Yes Beats may not be the best quality wise, but a good majority of people will admit they look really great and that itself can be enough to persuade a potential consumer to purchase it. *Although there will be people out there that hate the aesthetics!* So if people are willing to spend that much, why not!? I'm sure if anyone brought out a product, they would want to achieve the greatest potential whether realistic or not.
As for the car example in my previous comment, I wasn't trying to imply that a £5000 car is better or the same as the Bugatti because the contrast then really is different, I was suggesting a £5000 and another car that is similar performance wise however, because of the *design*, the price can jump significantly higher. Would love to hear feedback! (:
*****
Aesthetics is important, I'll give you that much. And Apple, Alessi, and Bose also share traits with Beats. All valid points, but:
There is such a thing as *overpricing*. People say that an item is worth whatever people are willing to pay, but in my mind that saying is just a knee-jerk justification introduced by companies to explain their high prices. As long as the majority of people can say "wow, these are so pricey" or "wow, this is such a great deal" about an item, then that item is either overpriced or underpriced.
Apple, Alessi, and Bose share the traits, but you're *incorrect* if you think they don't get the same criticism as Beats. I'll admit I don't know much about Alessi, but Apple and Bose are criticized to the extreme *every single day*. It's a serious oversight to not recognize the huge amount of criticism those two companies get. So no, Beats is not singled out by the Hate Train. It is not a victim, it is not a scapegoat.
I used to be one of the haters, but now I've TRIED many of them. And I was shocked about the sound quality, I thought it was going to be absolute crap but I actually liked them a lot. My wallet doesn't though....
You can get a Sony MDR-XB500 for €35 It already got the same OVERPOWERED BASS as the Beats Studio.
Screw it open change the cables by some higher quality cables for about $20 - $30 and you maybe even have better sound quality Then the overpriced beats.....
i don't care how it looks or how durable it is
Bradley Gijsen
I was actually going to get those, but my friend bought the very last ones at the store. And now they don't have them anymore.
cruz eubanks Sorry i don't know, i'm from the netherlands
cruz eubanks You can find them on Amazon.com
Enlightened perspective! It's very encouraging to hear someone talk about the hate. The $300 price tag on the studio 2.0s turned me off for some time, but i just bought them on sale for $150.
Great video, man. Use those beats to drown out the hate ;). Love your videos.
LET ME EXPLAIN THE HATE.
YOU CAN GET BETTER HEADPHONES OVERALL FOR THE SAME PRICE.
+ at the end you talked about anger. It makes me mad to see my friends throw their money in the bin, really.
This is the only comment anyone needs to read.
Yeah, ugly headphones. Beats have good sounding headphones, great design and a fucking massive marketing. So, obviously, it's "overpriced" than some unknowns great sounding ugly headphones without marketing. Like watches, shoes, clothes, cars and everything. :)
Not everything. People know that a Nissan GTRs is better overall then a Ferrari 458. And people still buy the GTR over the 458. Even though Ferrari spend more money on marketing and is more exclusive. If you gonna argue check your facts before posting shit with no source. (:
How long it takes? That was not the argument you made. Please go finish school then come back. I will not reply any more nonsense you write.
If you want mediocre headphones for stupid money, go for it. Come back when you want good audio.
I love Love LOVE the sound of beats, the sound the plastic makes when it clacks of course, not the sound quality lmao
I buy beats because they look good, sound nice and they're nice to show off.
yeh nothing wrong with it
***** dont bother me. money well spent
***** u obviously buy headphones for different reasons
***** calm down
have u ever bought beats?
I like your reviews because well, you are putting yourself in our shoes, in fact, I am you, and you are me. We are your average consumer. And I love that. Thanks for what you're doing for the average consumer. Peace.
You can't use "most people can't tell the difference" as a reason for their existence. On principle selling beats is no different than selling holy water. And if they didn't exist and more people bought proper headphones people would learn the difference. Not only that but there would be more competition between proper brands and thus better prices making them only more "AvgConsumer" friendly. Beats suck big time!
someone is biased..
someone already wasted their monies and needs to make themselves feel better....
Some I agree some I don't. most people really can't tell the difference unless you have two different product and keep on comparing them. I am in music production field and only way to know clearly is by getting music training. Most of the products are really similar in sound wise but they have there own special place that they are good at. For beats they have good bass and bose is equal in everything in sound. So, if I have to buy one of them i will pick bose cuz I need something that is equal not over powered bass. So in headphone quality wise I agree beats focused too much in bass so the sound hinders and only appealing part to me is design. Beats need to throw the bass out and improve based on how other headphones play.
The beats headphones are the best ones I've ever owned and still happy with them :)
Same with me. I only own the urbeats and they rule...
same with the studios
I got wireless and they work perfectly
Jaiman Kang They work perfectly like they are supposed to, I think you mean. There are other headphones that are cheaper and do the same job better.
They probably the only headphones you ever owned so you don't know better anyways...
I feel like most of the people who disliked the video didn't listen to what he had to say and instead came in with their opinion on beats and aren't going to change their opinion, because they are close minded. I am not a beats fanboy and I do not own a pair of beats, but the people I know who do own a pair bought them purely off of aesthetics, not sound quality. Think when the last time you saw somebody walking around in public wearing beats vs the last person you saw wearing Senheisers or a pair of Audio Technicas. Beats are not meant for great sound quality, they are more of an expensive fashion accessory and most people who buy beats buy for looks and don't really care about sound quality, because if they did they would buy another pair of headphones. If you don't like beats and knew the video wasn't gonna change your opinion even before you watched it, why come spread hate in the comments section just go to another video.
+jonathan wahono maybe check out the sony xb950 if you like bass
I actually do that lmao
they are little m50s fanboys who think that they are the best for there price
i just wonder what kind of idiot buy headphones and take looks more than sound quality of the product. what kind of muppet does it. i understand you want them look good. im sure with just little effort ( using you brain actually, so big effort for many) you could find headphones thay you like look at but they sound better and they are way cheaper than beats. so if you bought them for look, you wasted planty of money and in my opinion you are absolute moron and your driving licence should be taken away along with your voting right
That's something people say all the time, and I just don't get it, my first pair of headphones were the beats Studio 2.0, and the only reason I did it was because I liked the sound quality, period.
Beats are very low quality when it comes to lasting long periods of time after extended usage. My Skullcandy Hesh 2s were $50 and I bought them3 years ago and they still work (with one blown speaker) they have gone through some of everything and still work. People I know who bought beats go through a pair every damn month. Overall Beats are cheap headphones targeted towards people who think that they're good headphones when they're really shit.
+3LightningBolt Skullcandys... Lol
Marcus DeFilippis SOLs last long asf too.
3LightningBolt Skullcandys aren't very good bruh.
I use mine every day and I've had them for almost 3 years
Marcus DeFilippis yeah they are.
Arrrgghhhh....... I wanna get Beats but then I heard people say its bad and people say its good and i'm watching so many videos and I just can't decide. Please help??
You look like a desperate teenager trying desperately to look cool! Get the Beats.
Emyl Holguin Haha thanks for the advice and the surprisingly true depiction of situation XD lol
Go to a store that sells music instruments, and ask them if you can listen to some of their headphones (with your music, of course). Do this once a day for 15-20 minutes, for a month... Then you will know which pair sounds best in your opinion... and that's all that matters, right?
Sebastian Ramadan Thanks for the tip but I live in Australia and don't know where any stores that sell beats are so i'm going to be "Googling" hard to find one and thanks for the idea :)
Harvey Norman sells beats, but don't just go there... Also go somewhere like Allans Music and listen to what they have. I guarantee you'll find something MUCH better than beats for this price.
No one is bitching about the advertising, or why these headphones are popular, they just care about how good they are. For the most part, they are pretty low quality, for a VERY high price for the headphones! More base doesn't equal high quality, and if someone with a pair of decent quality earbuds, would not really care to much about the beats in comparison. Hes just a beats fanboy, and its quite apparent when in a lot of his videos, hes wearing them!
Beats really discourages the audio companies from further putting their efforts on researching the sound qualities, what that means is other companies might follow what beats had done, and putting more money on the marketing than focusing on making better headphone. The result would be very simple, the overall qualities of head phone market will fall.
A headphone company's first priority should be focusing on making a better headphone.
Coming from the perspective of a musician and an average consumer that does care about sound quality allow me to say this...beats by Dre offers the best of both worlds when it comes to style, functionality, and value. Even though they may not be audiophile sound worthy, things like detachable cables, hard cases, stylish curvy looks, and over all portability make them more desireable than something that sounds great but melts when you expose it to oxygen... (That was a joke)... I own a pair of beats pros, and tbh, akg, Bose, and audio technica all sound better... But they don't function or feel the same.. No detachable studio cable, no folding, no case... I'd rather sacrifice a little sound for style and functionality if I'm not in the studio... If you are in a studio, yes, there are better options. But if you are the "average consumer" beats will give you what you need.
But they are not very durable and do break very easily
Headphones are like cars. It's subjective. "Better" is a opinion. I can buy a car that looks, sounds, drives, and has almost the same tech specks as a Ferrari. But it's still not a Ferrari.
I already have. Beats don't compare in terms of sound to some headphones like Bose and akg... But they are marketing to people who care about sound more than anything. Now days, people actually think headphones LOOK cool. And that's what they will buy. I own 2 pairs of beats plus some sony over ears. Sony sounds way better, but it doesn't look or feel as good
Chandler Thomas The Bowers & Wilkins P7 looks better than ANYTHING from Beats and get this... Sounds better. There, we have your headphone. Also, I own the Beats Pros. Check my channel.
+Chandler Thomas I couldn't have said it better myself the average person is more concerned with style rather than sound quality
In MY OPINION the reason people get Beats to look good because they have a low self esteem. They have to have the "most luxurious looking thing" that they can find and jut hang it around their neck. I have Skullcandy's and they get the job done just fine without being too fancy.
99% of hate is generated on these premises. Someone who sees beats as a function accessory and not a fashion accessory. The same person sees jeans as not a function accessory, but a fashion accessory. Thus, they end up spending $80 on ripped jeans while hating on beats as they have inadequate audio quality for their price range.
+Ben M i agree ben, i also can't understand the angry of the people about this. The same people who bought their Samsungs, Iphones and Macs overpriced each year that comes a new version.
The angry for the beats is pure hypocrisy
That's a large assumption to make. I dont overspend ever.
+AmateurEverything If you're the one who's spending the money then obviously you wouldn't think you overspent. If someone else with different tastes were to look at what you spent your money on, that is a different story.
+Ben M If i spend 200 dollars on mediocre headphones, im still overspending, but i just dont care because i either have money or im a drone.
I'm just saying that people justify purchases for themselves, so in their minds they are not overpaying. This is not the case for some people who are more interested in empirical value or just have too much money.
The "pros" say the Beats have the best audio quality? Maybe, just maybe, they get paid by the company to market this shit to trick regular, unknowing people into buying these headphones for their so called "best sound quality". You pay for a good looking pair of headphones, a sleak box design and the name. If the fashion statement, or whatever you wanna call it, is more important than the content (in this case, the actual sound), be my guest and walk around with a polished turd around your head.
Beats Pro you fucking idiot
I've heard them, and compared to other real headphones such as the Audio-Technica AD700, AKG K240 and even the $40 Superlux HD681 EVO, they're a muddy, bloated boomy mess. The lack of separation and skull-vibrating bass makes for one of the most messy and unpalatable sound signatures in existence.
Also $20 headphones sounding better than Beats is not an extreme exaggeration as I outlined, the Superlux HD681 EVO cost $40, and without any doubts sound better than Beats. The HD681 non-EVO's can be had for as low as $30 and probably sound better too. But at the end of the day, the kind of people buying beats don't want clear accurate sound, tight punchy bass, detailed highs with good separation, any of that. They just want their music to thump as you said. So I'm fine with Beats, as long as they don't start a trend for other companies to follow suit with their boomy mud cannon sound.
As for Sennheiser, they've really broken into the mainstream market lately, and with it their headphones have started getting muddier and warmer, and their build quality has dropped too. Kind of sad.
Thank you for giving a real reason.
That about sums it up!
Anyone who likes beats obviously has never heard good head phones or, any good audio for that matter.
Over powering bass with distortion is not good audio .
BTW, I do not hate bass as I'm actually a bass player but, I do hate bad audio and Beats is the epitomy of bad audio!
beats get hate for the exact same reason Drake does. lol, people who never had anyone pay attention to them hate popularity
***** shut up trash
***** my point proven
You don't have to be an audiophile to know that Beats are horrible. It's not just that the quality is bad or that it's overpriced. There are a large group of people that use these headphones because they think it's cool and they think that music is supposed to sound that way. When you use garbage, you get used to that garbage and think that everything is supposed to sound like garbage. Educate yourself before you turn your ears into poop.
How can you call a sound garbage? A lot of criticism is focused on frequency reproduction of the headphones, which is shifted lower - more BASS. If people LIKE that sound, then its GOLDEN.
Its like back in the day when Elvis was garbage, and now that he's a classic its that generations turn to call Metal garbage, and now classic metalheads call Dubstep garbage. I guess as human beings we'll forever listen to garbage.
If turds were the only food you have ever had, that's what you get used to tasting. It doesn't make it good. When somebody then feeds you regular healthy food, you're less likely to enjoy it. The problem is that since most people listen to streaming services and low-bitrate MP3's, there is less room to accurately reproduce audio. Boosting the lows not only damages your hearing but it also misrepresents whatever it is you're listening to. If everybody starts to think that Beats are "GOLDEN" then those streaming services will start to think that decreasing their quality to cut costs won't matter because people are essentially using a low-pass filter on their heads. I've talked about this before. There was a Mastering Engineer who did a survey of regular people who listened to a variety of music genres. He found that those who listened to hip-hop identified the lowest quality samples as sounding the best. An audiologist determined that all that time around subwoofers had permanently damaged their hearing and their ability to recognize certain frequencies. The other group that had similar issues (though not as severe) mainly listened to pop music. THAT is why it's garbage. It is literally hurting you and making you dumber at the same time. Btw, who thought Elvis and metal were garbage?
Hearing loss is a valid point but is attributed to improper use. Sennheisers playing a bass heavy song at equivalent volume are just as mom-dissaprovingly bad to little pre teen ears as Beats are. Granted Beats love to highlight their bass, but If I had to explain why a front row metalhead cant hear birds chirp, I would say "he listens to his music too loud" rather than "he uses Beats by Dre"
The argument of hip hop is moot. You're using the brands target market (hip hop) to prove why the device is garbage. And you're biased by your derogatory view of the genre.
Moments ago I listened to Beethoven with my Beats wireless. There was no genre-alert klaxon or hearing loss, but my unsophisticated, distateful ass proudly declares I'd rather have been listening to LFiasco or something.
I say lets burn the world today. Lets fill corporate pockets and lower stream quality. Lets pump the bass on Beethoven. Misrepresent the music. And while networks ban Elvis' air humping and parents protest Twisted Sister lyrics...while hip hop is called simplistic, uninventive and shallow, I'm going to buy a painting...by Mark Rothko.
This painting is a square. Literally...a square. Its name is, No 1. It would probably take me 10 seconds to reproduce it. .05 seconds to come up with the name. What does it mean? No one has a clue.
Its value is $75,000,000. Because people, in some way, shape or form...LIKE it. Eat turds.
We as the AverageConsumer dont have titles, so we cant really stamp our analysis on something. But with snobby people:
"Beats Suck"
-PhD Audio Engineering MIT Valedictorian
"Suck our Dicks"
-People of the World
WoahSalmo First off, Sennheisers aren't as bass heavy as Beats. Second, since Beats already boost lows, there's a greater chance of hearing damage at lower volume because the amplitude is not necessarily the same but is usually higher. You're actually proving my point with the metalhead statement. If you're uninformed about how your hearing can be damaged then you're more likely to suffer the consequences.
My argument isn't against hip hop, especially considering that I've been listening to it all my life. I pointed to an example of a genre that has a large portion of listeners that are uninformed about the outcome of bad choices concerning gear. The same can be said about metal, pop, etc. which I already mentioned. If Metallica or Slayer came out with headphones that accentuated mids and highs, it would be the exact same thing. Relax, nobody is attacking you because you listen to hip hop or Beethoven.
It sounds like you have some personal issues you need to work out. Either that or you never got to visit Graceland.
"Who cares if it sucks??? We, the people, have the right to make stupid decisions because we don't know shit. It just looks cool, ok???"
-You
"lol"
-Everybody else
I completely agree with this video, people just following the train and hating and more than half of them never wore beats before, and it's the average consumer not the poor consumer so saying the average consumer can't afford beats is dumb cause they are selling a lot especially when they first came out.
His basic defense of dre beats is there for average consumer so it doesn't matter that the quality is shity and the price is outrageous lol wow
If I was the average consumer, I would get the best price to performance ratio headphones. Instead of geting a ridiculous Beats Solo HD $30 sounding headphone, I would get the V-Moda XS for the same price while having superior sound quality by a *huge* marigin...
You are wrong. Its actually the "cool" thing to say you love beats. Its not the other way around.
People hate beats because they are overpriced for average sound quality.
Even if people can't tell the difference between sound qualities, its okay to overprice them?
9/10 people wouldnt buy the beats headphones if you take out the logo.
Every beats fan uses the same argument- "i only care about base."
Bullshit. Take out the beats logo and put it on an acoustic-based headphones, these same people will go buy those.
I consider www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B6ZGSVI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00B6ZGSVI&linkCode=as2&tag=m0494a-20 These Wireless headphones will never make you want to go back to headsets, or www.amazon.com/dp/B0094S37GS/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=urav-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0094S37GS&adid=0JGJTDD5TWZ6EAXS90NV
musa ali that looks gayy
nope not true. Sol republic headphones are becoming popular because they offer bass and a great design. Do they need a beats logo? no. Also, a lot of people don't like Studios because they don't have as much bass as the solos.
alex nix Really? Gay? Those are amazing and better than most of the beats in ear.
People who use Beats are so condescending. They think they're studio engineers and yet they listen to music that's 160kbps lmao.
Bass is really insignificant. It's the fidelity and accuracy that counts. EQ's are for bass, treble, vocals, etc...
Beats are dogsh*te and cost 10x more than they should.
and I own the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x. Love it.
Agreed. I also own a pair of ath m50xs. Wish they had a larger sound stage though.
+Ryan Veyr The m50x have no soundstage and have V shaped sound.
+Darkon Ookami Lol that's exactly what the beats have
Ferdi 078 With beats you cannot hear the highs. The m50x still have clear sound mostly. Sorry, what I meant to say was that they have a little bit of exaggerated lows and highs but still sound amazing. They just aren't completely neutral.
I dont hate beats, they are some of the nicest looking headphones out there but what i do hate is that kids get their parents to buy it and act as if they are the best things in the world but all they do is wear it around their necks but don't actually listen to any music. Then they say it sounds AMAZING and everything else sucks
TBH my Razer kraken 7.1 chrome sounds allot better than the beats studio. My headphones are $100.
+swagrelader440Pvp
READ THIS IF YOU CARE ABOUT AUDIO QUALITY
If you have received this comment, that means I have read your comment and you're misinformed about headphones.
I can't be bothered to type a manual comment, as I've tried to inform people about headphones and most people simply ignore it.
I've been in the headphone game for years now, and own a bunch of different ones (Superlux HD668B, Sennheiser HD800, MrSpeakers Mad dog 3.2, Alpha dog, Alpha prime, Hifiman he-300, JVC HA-SZ2000, just to name a few. I've got more than these.)
Thus I feel like I can rightfully say that I know my fair share about headphones.
Your comment is most likely about a headphone or brand that isn't up to it's price. Mainly Beats, Bose, Monster, SMS, Skullcandy, House of Marley, Soul, Razer, Turtle beach, Steelseries, Corsair, Tritton, B&O and there's a few more out there.
If you're serious about headphones, consider selling the one you have, and go to either head-fi.org, reddit.com/r/headphones or www.innerfidelity.com/ to seek for help, as your headphone is awful for the price.
If you don't care, simply ignore this comment.
In the past, I have bought some headphones that also weren't up to it's price, let's take the Beats Studio V1 as example here, as I still own that headphone (But it gets beaten by a 30 euro's Superlux HD668B. I paid 300 back in the day for the Beats studio).
Whenever I saw someone say that the Beats Studio was bad, I just assumed they were jealous. Later I found out that the Beats studio actually was really bad, and that it could indeed be beaten by way cheaper headphones.
Please don't take this comment as an insult, I'm just trying to help you out here.
There's also a huge marketing scam going on in the gaming world. Lots of gaming headsets boast about their "5.1" and "7.1". There is no such thing in headphones. Ask yourself, are you really going to hear 7 small drivers circled around your ears? Most of them come with software too, and when this software is disabled, the headset will sound even shittier. This is because the headset is awful and the software makes it slightly better. This is done to cut down on costs creating the already cheaply made headset.
A few quick recommendations from me are:
If you want a cheap headphone with decent quality for on the go, take a look at the Creative Aurvana Live.
If you want a cheap headphone with decent quality for home use, take a look at the Superlux HD668B.
If you want an affordable gaming headset, take a look at the HyperX cloud. This is simply the best gaming headset out there, crushing other headsets that are 4x it's price like the Razer forged
If you want an affordable headphone with a LOT of bass (Good quality bass, not muddy untextured bass like all the brands I earlier named have), take a look at the JVC HA-MR77XX.
If you want a semi-affordable headphone with very good quality for either home use or on the go, take a look at the Beyerdynamic DT770 32 ohm and Beyerdynamic Custom one Pro.
If you don't care about the price, and want a headphone with absolute killer bass, take a look at the JVC HA-SZ2000
If you don't care about the price, and want extremely high quality for home use, take a look at the Sennheiser HD600
If you don't care about the price, and want extremely high quality for on the go, take a look at the MrSpeakers Mad Dog 3.2
You can make any of these named headphones into a gaming headset, by simply buying a clip on mic like the Zalman Mic001 or Antillion Modmic.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment on this comment, and I will gladly answer them for you.
If you will start flaming at me, I will simply ignore your comment, so don't bother.
If you've read this whole comment, you clearly do care about audio, and I would HIGHLY recommend you to sell the overpriced headphone/headset you have and get a good headphone/headset.
On a last note I'd like to say: More expensive does not always mean better. I have owned a Beats pro Detox which was an insane 549 euros (which I have sold a while ago now), and a 30 euro's superlux HD668B is simply better. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get a good headphone/headset.
Thanks for reading, and again, if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to comment as I will read it.
***** Razer* But yes, it's an extremely shitty brand. Honestly, I would rather have a pair of beats than a Razer. And I really, really hate Beats.
+swagrelader440Pvp And my Beats Pro sound much better than my Razer Kraken 7.1 Neon pro's...
Brad Murphy The beats pro indeed sounds way better than anything Razer makes.. Although that doesn't mean the beats pro is worth it's price.
I sold my beats pro detox because I found out a superlux HD668B is better, and only 29 euros (40 bucks). That's over 500 euros cheaper, and better quality!
+kilspeed111 Really good comment, read through it, was amazing
I hate beats.
I got some Solo HDs and I was so disappointed. They weren't very comfortable, sound quality was crap. I used them and they SUCKED
bullshit xD
EliteGlitcherClanHD You seem to be formulating an opinion without reason. Your impulse-driven comments just show your immaturity. Have you ever TRIED any REAL headphones? Based on your comments, I would assume that BEATS are all you know......
By the way, Beats are actually mediocre for the price range.
Not bad, just bad for the price.
Look up ATH M50 vs Beats pro
Please reply to this comment, so we can have an actual argument in the comment section....
Pushing.Random.Buttons i have a pair of Solo HDs and their great xD i got mine for $115 (Black Friday) the bass and fashion is amazing
You may have your opinion, but that doesn't give you the right to be discriminate to other opinions.
Beats might be good out of your current choices, but you may not know of any other better choices.
Could be fakes
I've actually listened to a pair of beats vs cheaper headphones.... I must say they were amazing
When it comes to sound quality, I feel that Beats basically just raise the subs up to fucking INFINITY, lower the shit out of the mids, and don't give enough highs to clarify the sound.
as a semi audiophile I've tried beats and yeah... they are equivalent to a $40 pair of sonys.
you obviously got fake ones
GTFO
TLNamekian MC Zackaree Hutton Yes because beats don't have treble or mids all they have is bass and volume I had fake ones and i need to gtfo.
Ryan Cravens watch the video
+Marques Brownlee
You seem extremely reasonable for Beats! For about 2 years now, I have been using Audio Technica M50x's. They are really good, and do great in sound quality. About a month later, my cousin got me Beat's Solo 2 headphones, and I was starting to have a bad impression on them because of all the hate they were getting. I started listening to them and they didn't sound bd at all! But they just didn't seem to be priced in the 200-300 dollar mark. To the people who hate the Beats, I can understand immediately why people hate Beats. Get it straight guys, they are kind of a rip off, but that is the reality, people do stuff like that, selling something that isn't worth 300 dollars. But we should at least be thankful for any type of headphones we get, even Beats because the main purpose of these kind of headphones are to deliver music, and we need music in our life. So why not just stop the hate, and buy a better pair of headphones that are cheap. I'm not a very picky customer, as long as it delivers music to me, I enjoy it. Thank you for this very good video!
I think that it's generally agreed upon that the 2nd generation of beats headphones are a vast improvement from the originals.
yes definitely! they are a vast improvement! But people are just complaining about the price! But I do agree with you!
I'm wearing Studios right now! They are amazing!
Lol, all Beats owners have an unspoken bond..
I also have beats studio and I recommend these headphones
I got Studio 2s and they have amazing bass!
Adam grayspeed Beats By Dre have a placebo effect. All the marketing telling you that it's an exclusive product gives you the illusion it's better. But it's not.
Daan Gerssen nah you just hating cuz you watch all these vidios on the down side of beats but i bet you have never used beats to show proof of why you dont like them try some out you just might like them
This guy is simply not smart enough to accurately and effectively break this subject down.
Are you really trying THAT HARD to justify beats to be good?... there bad its a FACT not opinion
I personally don't look forward to buying any beats anytime soon. BUT I do think they're pretty good headphones in terms of music. THe only problem people have with them is that they're overpriced.
EXACTLY!
then what make a good headphone
Wait what where is the bad
Toliver Thompson True, beats are just a fashion accessory, and I can step on my skullcandys and they wont break.
I have tried one of the Beats Solos (I don't know which version it is since I used it in an Apple Store) and it has so much bass that I could barely hear it even at high volume.