yeah, they shouldve known better than to charge 350. give it 6 months, i bet they drop the price or fall off the shelf. 3 AAA’s? most noise cancellers only need one. i dont think they look that great either. comfort is so important to headphones cause the edges of my ears hurt like hell after a while. i guess the dr. dre name is expensive as hell, warm mids is very important tho

Yeah, I’m cool with my Bose(s)

Bose blows the competition out the water. Mine are comfortable and sound quality is very impressive. The best part — no need for 3 AAA batteries.

what headphones are the best investment?

Had trouble fitting them on your head?? This is headphones we’re talking about, right? Don’t they all kind fow rok the same way? LOL…

Dre should stick to finsihing Detox!

BOSE = BuyOtherSoundEquipment

You could have gotten so much better cans for the price you paid for those

^^Got my Bose on and they sound like speakers.

You can read more about what i said in my previous comment here: http://www.firstadopter.com/fa/archives/001749.html#more

But anyway, if you like `em, then thats fine with me

@Krels
Depends on your priorities.

Quality earbuds – Try Shure, esp. Shure SE530.

Noise cancellation – I had the SE210s when I first got my iPod Touch and they’re excellent as far as noise cancellation goes. I found the earbuds a bit irritating though but that’s just cause I have big ears.

Bluetooth/Headphones – Try the Jabra BT8030.

Sound quality, comfort, durability, etc – Try BOSE, especially the on-ear or in-ear headphones.

$350 + AAA batteries? Christ!

Gotta agree with the Shure recommendation.

I have the SE310. great headphones, crystal clear with separate bass drivers in the earbud.

Ultimate ears are good as well.

Funny story, me and my boy went to Best Buy last weekend and saw the little kiosk with Dre’s headphones…yeah, one headphone was broke, hanging by the crappy wires that made it up and the other was intact. There were nasty, greesy fingerprints left behind and there was no way in hell I was placing them on my ears…I’ll stick with my Bose..

^^Now that’s very strange. One headset was also broken apart at the Best Buy I visited.

While the Beats weren’t the most comfortable headphones I’ve ever tried, I must say they aren’t all that bad (in terms of comfort). In terms of sound, I’m rather spoiled, so I’d say for $350, you can get some superb Sennheiser cans.

I haven’t tried them, but for $100, the Sennheiser HD-280s are better than both the Beats and Bose headphones.

I’ve owned these for about 4 months. Previously, I owned a pair of $75 Sony headphones that I used for 4+ years.

My thoughts;

1) They are comfortable. Slightly more so than either Bose (over-ear or on-ear) headphones and my prior Sony’s.

2) I do not like the trend in headphones that “require” batteries to operate. These are no exception. While there is a small LED on the right headphone, I hate the fact I *have* to have batteries to use these. At the least, they should work (in limited form) with dead batteries. Call me lazy, but I often forget to turn them off (there is a switch under the LED on the right headphone) and often wear down the batteries quicker than I should.

3) The noise-cancellation is quite good. I’ve had at least one experience with noise-cancel ling headphones forcing me to rip them off my head because of whatever ambient/computer-fan/background television noise not being processed correctly, causing a deafening’ “whoop-whoop-whoop”. One of these was a Sony headset (that said, not trying to bash Sony..)

4) They are definitely overpriced. The packaging alone must have cost $20-30. I’m sure it would impress in a Hollywood gift-bag, but it annoyed me and was trashed everything but headphones and case as soon as I opened them. Sheeeeiiit, cut the cost and sell them in a Ziploc. More cred, less overhead.

5) Cables are fully detachable and the headphones break down nicely and store in the case. The design shows through a bit here, at least.

6) The “battery mechanism” is crap. A plastic cover that you have to turn 20-30 degrees by pressing it in and rotating. I could see myself breaking this at some point, probably from breaking one of the two tabs that secure it to to the headphone. Shame on whoever designed this, as they should have at least used metal, or made a mechanism with a bit more technology than your average $10 toy.

Overall, these are the best headphones I’ve owned. However, they are “high-maintenance” in that they require battery upkeep and would probably not far very well in a studio environment where they were heavily used by multiple people. Monster (the company who made these) is notorious for high-pricing. While I am pleased to see the headphone market try to evolve, I’d recommend looking hard at some other brands before buying these.

AKG >

Grado has some amazing sounding headphones too..

I have a friend who loves his Bose but I couldn’t hear what he was hearing. No way did the Bose sound better than the sound/comfort/quality u get with Grado or AKGs.

Never heard of Grado

I have the beats, I love em. A Relative of mine works at bose and I have had the QC2s and QC3s and I would say after these headphones breakin they are the best headphones I have ever had. If you listen to music that has something to it the mids and highs are more represented in the dre beats with a nice deep bass that does not rattle….

Stick with Sennheisser, HD25 all the way. Ive used alot of headphones and they are the best. But Dre is still the Man of the century!!! Keep up the killa beats Dre…

Have the Beats. LOVE the Beats. I travel a lot for business and got the Bose mostly for the noise cancellation feature, but thought the sound would be really good as well. After a few weeks, I gave ‘em to my 12 year old daughter. I think she has them on some teddy bear in her room. While the noise cancellation worked really well, the sound was awful for the price, unless you are a classical music fan, then you‘d love them. For folks like me that enjoy ear-piercing highs, incredible mids, and just plain ridiculous, ground shaking lows (driven by the three “AAA“ batteries), get the beats. I’ve read posts referencing the poor quality because the display set was broken. Put any other headphones out for every pimply-faced kid on the planet to manhandle and you’ll get the same result. Here’s an idea, and I know it‘s a crazy one: if you pay $350 for a set of headphones, oh, I don’t know…TAKE CARE OF THEM!!! Believe the hype. The Beats By Dre are the real deal.

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Okay, I own beats by dre, and I’ve got to say some things.

1. they only require 2 AAA that last about a week of constant litening
2. they were not very comfortable the first week or so but after I found the correct sizing and I don’t even feel the headphones on my head they fit so well.
3. I’ve compared these to Bose, and Bose is shit. Beats, in the testing enviorment, cancled noise much better, and were much lowder with the bass coming through much clearer. The only brand of cans that can stack up to Beats are AKG, Grado, and Sennheiser, all of which are in a diffrent class because they have the advantage of open design, not very suitable for a plane or workplace.
4. It’s called the internet, I bought these for $300 with a 30-day no questions asked return policy, the same as Bose. I’m sure by summer they will be around $250.

Overall, Beats are the best closed ear deisgned out there, and their portability is a plus. I love the sound and wouldn’t trade them for the nicest pair of Bose.

Of course the ear cups rattle and the cord is broken. You tried them on at fucking BEST BUY!

buy your own pair before rating it.

Lots of great feedback on the beats here. I’d suggest anyone who hasn’t done so tries out a pair to see what you really think of the sound & fit and then decide what you think. You can find them at a variety of stores to try on.

u fucking dumbass no shit they would b broken…people are assholes and fuck with em everything on display wont be perfect.and obviously ur just a hater u prolly didnt even test em….cuz if u did u would no that it takes 2 not 3 and dont say that u wouldnt no that cuz y would u no that uneed em at all times dumbass

to be clear, the Beats only take 2 AAA batteries. it wouldn’t be a problem if they were re-chargeable.

i agree wit usuckdick

Man, I have to say that my review on the drephones is totally opposite. You might have a misshaped head or something, and the fact that they’re broken doesn’t say much about the drephones. They are specs for sample at Bestbuy. We take better care of our drephones.

i highly doubt several of even read half the specifications, let alone trying them before writing the beats off, the most obvious point being, look around a bit, they take TWO AAs, not THREE AAAs, THREE AAAs sounds significantly more ominous than the actual 2 AAs

First of all, the Beats need 2, not 3 batteries. You must have a awkward head if they dont fit becasue they are the same size as Bose. They are broken, if you are telling the truth, because they are a sample at Best Buy and many people try them on every day. They are comfortable, the earpads are softer and feel better than Bose. Yes, they are expensive, but it doesn’t change the fact that the sound quality of Beats is AMAZING. you attacked these headphones with a negative aspect, get your facts straight before you try to review Dumb Ass!

By the way, they cost the same amount as Bose, and some Bose types cost EVEN MORE