You can't put velvet in these earcups and call 'em nice headphones! As Mr. Chappelle would likely attest, there are no better headphones in which to drop the beat into than Dr. Dre's "highly anticipated" Beats. The master of chronic himself has slapped his all-but-forgotten name onto a set of cans (which we
spotted originally at CES), and is now ready to introduce 'em to the world. Starting on July 25th, the crunk-inducing headphones will be available exclusively at Apple and Best Buy (both online and in-store), though the buying experience would likely be way more gangsta if checking out at BeatsByDre.com. Still, for $349.95, we'd recommend looking at more
respected names in
sound, but if your street cred is sitting at rock bottom, you may have no other choice. Thug life, fool.
posted Jul 22nd 2008 10:02AM
Only a fool or apple fanboy would buy that at that price, when there are better makes like sony or senhieza for less than that
Oh please, this is a typic PC fanboy reaction. The difference between Apple products at this kind piece of bling is these earphones are gangster lipstick on a corpse. Style with no substance. Branding without a decent brand.
Racist lingo aside, it would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
Now to play devil's advocate here, have either of you even heard what these sound like? It's really hard to make these judgments when you *probably* have never even heard what they sound like.
Yes, it most definitely is a marketing ploy having Dre's name on a set of cans, but who knows, they might sound great (but probably not $350 great).
Did you mean "Sennheiser"? Come on dude, you weren't even trying.
Ugh, now I have the tune stuck in my head ... it's nine-deuce all over again ...
"Ring, ding, ding ... ring-ring-ring-ding-ding ... "
Who is this gangsta headphone company, "Senhieza", and why should i give them my hard earnt pimp dough?
Well, most reports are saying that these speaker just as good as BOSE and SONY in the same price range; so what's the issue. Hum, we know why.......
"as good as Bose"
So, not that good...
Remember, this is a product we should all boycott; Beats is a product put out by the highly litigious Monster Cable who will sue anyone for trademark infringement that even says the word Monster. Beats, by Monster Cable.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWYacrS9xHU
For $350 you can have the top of the line (last gen anyway) Sennheiser 600's, or the glorious AKG K701's, or the Beyerdynamic DT880's (very similar to the K701's, though I dumped my K701's because the DT880's are more comfortable). Then again, hopefully noone actually reading this needs to be told that paying 350 dollars for these headphones is dumb.
I just peed in my pants from laughing so hard!!
Please keep that to yourself...
pee more
I'm not sure whats more wrong about this article: The fact that there is so much horrible colloquialisms in it or that these headphones exist at all...
I'm not an expert, but I've heard that there are other places that you can go to on the net.
Before we get too critical, what are the specs?
Dr. Dre being such a perfectionist with his music (Detox *still* being worked on), I would think that these headphones will be great.
You would think that...until you realise that Dre probably isn't a headphone design expert.
$350? I'd rather buy a less branded, better set from Costco for half the price.
Please stop
I give it 2 weeks before we hear about some kid getting a beat down for some beatsbydre ...
let the irony ensue ...
Lol wow the racial slurs are almost offensive.
How is it racial at all? It's a product being marketed with Dr. Dre's name on it. It's annoying how people get offended so easily...
Those are colloquialisms. You clearly have no actual idea what a racial slur is towlie.
@JCA
Ah, I see what you did there... That was mean :(
/sarcasm on the last sentence for you less buoyant folks...
Uh... it was a joke for all you idiots who rose to my comment? Try living in modern day Britain and you'll understand that almost everything is falsely interpreted as a 'racial' comment - politically correct culture and what not. *sigh* It's a sad day when something has to be explained like this.
Born and bred English... what's the towlie comment about?
Usually jokes are funny or have a sarcastic tone. This one seems to be missing both.
@ JCA
That last comment was unnecessary and juvenile. If your meaning was anything close to the simplest interpretation, you are an immature little person.
Or you're just products of Friends, The Office US, or The Class etc. I prefer to be low ranked from people like you. It furthers my proof at how you just don't get it :)
It really doesn't.
I suggest you stop digging that hole further while you can.
These cans are made by Monster, pretty respectable brand. If they charge a grand for speaker wire why not a nice chunk for the actual speakers
What? Since when is Monster considered a reputable brand? Did my sarcasm detector go wonky there?
I thought they looked quite cool until I read your post. No way I am buying anything even remotely related to Monster.
if related to Monster, there's another sale that would go away...
I have no interest in subsidizing their mystical magic copper mining somewhere off the 4th moon of Jupiter or wherever they think they're getting that copper that warrants those prices...
Maybe the magnet materials are coming from Pluto or something... that should make them worth $350 right? right?
I'll stick with my Sennheiser's for on-ear (the Grado's are too uncomfortable for long wear), and my Shure's for in ear. And I'll probably be happier for it too. :P
I just read somewhere that they are made by monster cable..bet they just used the drivers from their backstock of iFreePlay headphones....these things are gonna be thugas rugas!!
You just read somewhere? It couldn't be the Monster Cable logo plainly visible on the side of the headphones, could it?
thugas rugas? whaat??
"No mo Dre' Day, Arrivederci"
Seriously though, how about some specs?
Best title ever.
The logo on the side appears to be very similar to, or a direct rip-off of, the BBC 6 music radio station logo:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/images/blq/pixel.gif
I wonder which one was in existence first?
Ignore that link, it's on this page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/
It's clearly a B here, while the BBC 6 is clearly a 6... isn't that obvious?
So if I rotate the apple logo 30 degrees clockwise it's no longer an apple?
There are only so many ways you can make a b and a 6. IMO, they look different. The b is a much thinner font with a larger center. I think you're just drawn to the circle around them or something... I don't see a problem.
I'm pretty sure a change in color, a change in thickness of the lines and a rotation of the stick to vertical would qualify as enough difference in court.
Why the hell does everyone immediately cry 'ripoff' these days? If everything that was newly created could bear zero resemblance to anything currently in existence, we'd never have anything new.
@forrest You mean the same way Monster cries in court?
If Monster doesn't go and protect their beats logo, it's gonna set a precedent.
BBC 6 Music be damned.
/facepalm
Crunk-inducing? What the heck...
Do you know who Dr. Dre is?
Apparently it's the same fellow who coined "thug life", too.
Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got somethin to say
But nothin comes out when they move their lips; just a bunch of gibberish
And motherfuckers act like they forgot about Dre
Was there a meaning behind that string of words?
best comment ever
It's an Eminem song mentioning Dr. Dre
Actually it's a Dr. Dre song that features Emenim.
TIMMY!
Ahh kk, I'm not much into rap, wouldn't have recognized that
@Blayed
Most people that call it "rap" aren't much into it... you are excused.
More like it's a Dr. Dre song totally written by Eminem
My bad guys... Last time I listened to that song was when it was a radio hit... I thought it was an eminem song...
shizzle
I'm guessing these are Studio headphones, as they definately aren't built like DJ headphones (swivel cups vs 'hinged cups'). The push-to-mute button is a nice touch though.
I don't think I'm gonna replace my RP-DJ1200s with them though.
Check the read link though, there are a few reviews floating around the web, for you drug dealer cum producer types :P
"for you drug dealer cum producer types"
w t f
all but forgotten name? you guys are dumb.
and crunk inducing? you guys are dumb.
i can forgive the all but forgotten if that was a "Forgot About Dre" reference, but crunk? Wrong genre!
WOW. Talk about FAIL. Crunk had nothing to do with that.
So, these aren't available at the Compton Swap Meet? Man, Dre really sold out!
I figured they would look cooler coming from Dre. They're produced by Monster so I'm sure they're decent quality, but I can't find any specs on their website really.
The headphones.....not speakers
"Thug life?" Umm...TuPac often said that, not Dr. Dre. Don't confuse us black folks! We all don't look alike!
I don't believe he said anything about race, did he? I think you're the one that automatically suggested he was stereotyping "thugs" as black people.
oh come on now... we all do *kinda* look alike. You know, in the way that keeps the white girls coming back for more.
@RyanTV
Almost destroyed my keyboard spitting out water. +2 sir.
I'll stick with my Ultrasones, thank you very much.
MONSTER! Like WTF. They don't headphones.
Plus they're probably DOUBLE the price.
- Monster HDMI cables cost $70 while you can Monoprice for $10.
- Monster Power Conditioners start at $300 - Belkin's PureAV cost less than $100.
Question is does Dre actually USE them for WORK. Or is he just lapping up the royalties ;)
laughing my ass off. Nice post!
I got the chance to try these out last week during a training session that monster did with my company, and I know that everyone there agreed that they were awesome headphones. These are active noise cancelling as well, and when switched on you couldn't even hear the person next to you talking. Try not to knock the price and quality till you try them.
A few points:
Don't be suprised to see Monster's product line expanding to all sorts of stuff over the next couple of years. Guitar amp. That's all I'm saying on that one.
There is a decent chance that Dre or one of his engineers did indeed have input on these, even if it was as simple as saying "Make them full isolation, and loud as fuck."
Personally, I'm not about to forget about Dre anytime soon. Forget about your 128k MP3's and break out an original copy or FLAC of either of his records... That shit hits hard as fuck, and set a high mark for good non-rock recordings.
You're just paying for the name. That's about it.
These headphones aren't like regular headphones. They steal music from real headphones and slightly refines the sound.
"Thug Life, fool"? How ignorant can we get? This just propels the stereotype of blacks that listen to Dr. Dre are for some reason thugs.
They probably are good headphones, but why would you need them to listen to rap/hip-hop? it's hardly music...
Nice, but for $350.00? I mean if they are on the same level as Bose why not cut the price to compete? I mean yea they're Dre's headphones, but why not cut it back to something less like maybe 229.00?
Just my .2
you mean .02?
unless you're the new TWNTY
350 is too much for me, but the review i found makes them sound like pretty good headphones:
http://www.switched.com/2008/01/24/hands-on-with-monsters-new-dr-dre-beats-headphones/
Dre is actually a legend and a hell of a producer.
$350 is a pretty mean price tag, but if a guy not really known in the past for putting his name on too many marketing ploy-ish products comes out with something like this, I might actually be willing to believe that they sound good.
A lot of you guys are reacting as if this was like Nelly putting out a $1,000 set of headphones that come with a free gold-plated grill.
Anyone else think that they are fugly?
+1 Dre
-1 Monster
So does that mean you're only supposed to steal them?
YEEEE! BOOYYYYY! G G G GUNIT!
seriously if i had the dollar on the low, i would buy this yo. but i dont care if headphones gave u a 'better then live' experience i would not pay more then $80. sorry fella!
check my name. oh ye ud better believe it! BITCH!
j/ks.
Tried them with a wide range of music, little play with EQ and they sound great, even better than the quiet comfort 3.
True that people might stop speaking before seeing, trying and experiencing.
lol, i was just watching TV and...
These 'phones feature in Busta Rhyme and Linkin Park's new video.
Usually I would say that most stuff from monster is over priced, but good quality. Unlike most of the people who have posted comments on this and the writer of this blurb, I have heard these headphones side by side with Bose QC3 noise canceling headphones. Guess what... Their better.
Contrary to what you might think of something attached to a hip hop artist this are high quality well put together headphones that have a significant sound quality edge over the the Bose product I compared them to, at the same price. These headphones have an exceptional clean response through out it's wide sound range.
They do tend to be a bit on the warm side, but not muddy like the Bose QC3 headphones. I kind of feel like people are pigeonholing this headphones. if you want to be a one of those people who talk about things with authority without having background information, just remember when you're completely off base it makes you like as stupid as you are.