Replacement Headphones? Beats VS Apple

Mister-M5

Hey All,

Just a quick question, I've lost my apple headphones for my iphone and while I was looking on ebay to replace them and I came across Beats by Dr Dre. This is the actual auction.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Monster-Beats-Dr-Dre-Tour-Earphone-Headphone-Ear-New-/260680823966?pt=UK_AudioVisualElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Headphones&hash=item3cb1c9b49e

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with these and could compare them to the official apple ones. I've used the full studio version of Dr Dre's Beats and found the sound quality very good and was hoping that these in-ear versions may follow suit?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Hornd

Unfortunately, they are almost certainly fakes. There is no way they are the genuine article at that price. Ebay sells a lot fake Beats products.

Interestingly, I have bought what I suspect are fake Sennhiser cx-500s not off ebay but buyincoins.com - effectively the same supplier. I have a genuine pair of cx-500s as well so I compared them. The ones from china were only 15 quid and it was extremely difficult to tell the two products apart to the point you wouldn't know. The sound was honestly unbelievable, to the point they sounded exactly the same. I couldn't believe this tbh because i thought they would definitely sound different. The packaging was near perfect except the way the edges were cut were slightly different. The giveaway was the in-line volume control was a fair bit different. The plastic was cheaper and moulded in a different way. To be fair I have no conclusive proof these are fake but i reckon they are.

To cut a long story short, the beats products are really good in my opinion, over priced but really good(I own the studio beats). Just be aware that when your buying off ebay for that price they are nearly definitely fake. But as I've said above you can be lucky with fakes and they can be great! The "fake" ones I have are worn most days by a mate and they're still running strong!

Mister-M5

Thanks for the advice, turns out they were in fact fake as are most on the site

Spotted these on Done Deal, he assures me they are real so I might go check them out

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/phones/1625105

Fingers crossed