Beats Studio by Dr. Dre

evolutionqy7

Call it bargain or not, Peats in Parnell Street and on their website have the on ear headsets for 220 down from 300.

I know some might argue that its crap and not worth even the 220, but they are one of the nicest looking headsets out there, not something your scared to wear outside your house.

keithclancy

Not a comparitively bad price.

I'd spend that kind of money on a set of Sennheisers though.

I have a set of foldable sony headphones and their fine for wearing outside.

Allyall

How much are beats normally?

Beats Studio in Zavvi with code THGBEATS for €129 (Or it was a couple of days ago anyway..)

I will google THGBEATS.

EDIT.

Studio were €129 and SOLO HD were €159. - Code expired now. sorry...


Double edit... That must be the wrong way around, because the solo are €109 on Expansys.

I don't know anything about the Dr Dre Beats, other than beats also released a version for Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Britney and P diddy.

Enough to make me consider they are marketed at kids for a ridiculous price, because they know parents will pay. (Overpriced)

xpletiv

I would imagine this is for the Professional version, which I have (though didnt pay that either... long story.)

Recommend spending it on a pair of Bose QC15s. Best headphones on the market if you ask me. Though dearer.

BostonB

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

....not something your scared to wear outside your house.

I kinda read that opposite to the way you meant it....

https://www.google.ie/search?q=Beat+earphones+mugging&oq=Beat+earphones+mugging&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.4614&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

evolutionqy7

BostonB wrote: »

I kinda read that opposite to the way you meant it....

https://www.google.ie/search?q=Beat+earphones+mugging&oq=Beat+earphones+mugging&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.4614&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Would like to see them try

I didn't mean it in that way. I meant as their good looking. They have a nice simple design.

As I said it's up to the person weather they like them or not our they think that their worth it. I just think they look really good vs. The rest of them

Allyall

They do free delivery here. Or $10 if you want them extra quick.

But the most expensive pair are only €139 ($189) for the Ferrari red ones. All the rest are around €129.

Am i missing something? Or are the real good ones not on that site?

Solo/Pro Solo HD/Pro Studio etc.. They're all there..

http://www.monstercity.us/

collie0708

If they are the pro's that's not a bad price... If buying online be careful loads of sites are selling fakes..

evolutionqy7

And youll get done on customs fee. Tried ordering motorola w10 bt headset before. Item was bought 70 euro. Revenue wanted 60 euro

Cherry_Cola

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

And youll get done on customs fee. Tried ordering motorola w10 bt headset before. Item was bought 70 euro. Revenue wanted 60 euro

Did you send them the receipt showing the amount paid?

evolutionqy7

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

Did you send them the receipt showing the amount paid?

No. I told UPS to take it back to Amazon.

Either way, If your importing from the US your going to get hit, unless your very lucky. I know its cheaper there, you can try ordering from Monster themselves, but in my experience, anything I ever ordered unless it was very small value (like phone cases from China) your going to be hit with import tax or whatever you want to call it.

On a personal basis every time I found a headset that I liked, no retail stores had it, I got bored of searching and just went for it when I saw it. Havent got any complaints with sound quality, build quality or anything else for that matter.

antocann

Allyall wrote: »

They do free delivery here. Or $10 if you want them extra quick.

But the most expensive pair are only €139 ($189) for the Ferrari red ones. All the rest are around €129.

Am i missing something? Or are the real good ones not on that site?

Solo/Pro Solo HD/Pro Studio etc.. They're all there..

http://www.monstercity.us/

fake site , you will receive nothing or receive aload of crap

pplant

I want Beats solo ones, seen them in PC World for €179.99, Anyone know if they are any cheaper anywhere else???

Allyall

antocann wrote: »

fake site , you will receive nothing or receive aload of crap

It's very well done.. But that means nowt.

pplant wrote: »

I want Beats solo ones, seen them in PC World for €179.99, Anyone know if they are any cheaper anywhere else???

Expansys have them for €109.


I don't know anything about BEATS. I don't mean to take from the OP. I just thought they sounded a bit expensive. I'm probably wrong. There are so many of them.

Creamy Goodness

beats are terrible headphones, made by the same people who sell gold plated HDMI cables for that "better picture" quality.

do yourself a favour and buy a nice pair of sennheisers/shure's

WhiskeyGoblin

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

beats are terrible headphones, made by the same people who sell gold plated HDMI cables for that "better picture" quality.

do yourself a favour and buy a nice pair of sennheisers/shure's

Or Beyerdynamics, Audio-Technicas, JVCs or Denons... The list goes on.

Reati

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

beats are terrible headphones, made by the same people who sell gold plated HDMI cables for that "better picture" quality.

do yourself a favour and buy a nice pair of sennheisers/shure's

There not that terrible, just way overpriced for what they are. Unfortantly that's because there is a market of "trendy" people who want and are willing to pay over the odds for them. Same people who buy a new phone every time the next one with the .3inch bigger screen comes out. Nothing to do with the item, just want to be the first to have it etc

If they were like 30 - 50 euro, I'd buy them.

phasers

Everyone I've met with Beats headphones bought them off a stall on Henry St for €15. Do many people actually buy the real ones?

I've tried them in a shop and I prefer my €25 Sennheiser 201s

Gaw_

Why you're a moron for buying/considering Beats by Dre

Creamy Goodness

Gaw_ wrote: »

Why you're a moron for buying/considering Beats by Dre

no one is a moron for buying beats, or any product for that matter.

maybe under informed of whats available but certainly no means a moron.

take for example if i was considering taking a pair of beats off a friend or won them in a competition, therefore am i a moron?, nope i'd be a genius cause i'd sell them second hand and buy a few pints

theidiots

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

beats are terrible headphones, made by the same people who sell gold plated HDMI cables for that "better picture" quality.

do yourself a favour and buy a nice pair of sennheisers/shure's

I own a pair and also have a pair of sennheisers. If your into rap and hip hop and songs with heavy beats then they are excellent headphones. If you are into Indie, Rock, Pop etc then sennheisers are the better headphones.

I find with beats they are excellent headphones and theres like a seperate channel for every note, audio etc. Hard to explain but its awesome. I listen mainly to hip hop and rap

evolutionqy7

phasers wrote: »

Everyone I've met with Beats headphones bought themenry St for €15. Do many people actually buy the real ones?

I've tried them in a shop and I prefer my €25 Sennheiser 201s

I seriously doubt it. I never had Sennheisers but from playing music through my phone in PC world their nowhere near as good as beats.

For the last time for people who cant read. No one cares if you think their worth it or not. Its a good bargain for a good 80 euros off.

Personally I don't think any headset under 220 can look as good as that one while producing good sound. I had my eyes set on a sony headset for 150 euro which sounded just as good as beats, but no one in Dublin had stock. I though the rest of the headsets just looked ugly.

I do like rnb ,hip hop, hard dance and edm and for those things its great .Watching movies from my phone is just as good

Kylo Ren

V Moda M-80s look good and sound brilliant. They are the #1 rated on ear headphone on audiophile. Get yourselves a pair of them or the Sennheiser HD 25 II if you want a great pair of cans.

Beats are sh1t.

theidiots

Keno 92 wrote: »

V Moda M-80s look good and sound brilliant. They are the #1 rated on ear headphone on audiophile. Get yourselves a pair of them or the Sennheiser HD 25 II if you want a great pair of cans.

Beats are sh1t.

Do you own a pair of beats?

eamonnq

theidiots wrote: »

Do you own a pair of beats?

Why would he own a pair if he thinks they are sh1t ?

theidiots

eamonnq wrote: »

Why would he own a pair if he thinks they are sh1t ?

Because people slate them without trying them, see my previous post regarding the sennheizer and beat headphones. I own both

Kylo Ren

theidiots wrote: »

Do you own a pair of beats?

My cousin has a pair and I used them when he came down for a week.

sink

Spent 15-20 mins in a Currys listening to Beats Studio and comparing them to my Sennheiser MM-450 X. I plugged in my own iphone and compared them on Rap, House, Rock, Punk, Folk and Indie and the muddiness of the beats in the high tones was shocking. Listening to some multi-layered instrumentation I could barely distinguish some of the sounds that were clear as day on my Senns. About the only thing the Beats had going for them were they were louder especially in the bass, but I would still say the Senns had a deeper more even bass.

mememo

I have owned about 40 sets of headphones including beats they are appallingly bad for the price or any price for that matter the bass and lower tones overpower everything else i personally do like base alot but the beats are just far to unbalanced . I have heard a lot of people praise beats for the bass sound saying they are great for R&B Rap but thats total bull any headphones that are as unbalanced as beats are only ment for people who want the latest fad and don't really care about how good the headphones really are . Do your self a favor get Audio-technica/Sennheiser/AKG . As my portable cans i use the AKG 450s and they are better than beats in every way

eamonnq

theidiots wrote: »

Because people slate them without trying them, see my previous post regarding the sennheizer and beat headphones. I own both

but if you thought they were sh1t, would you still own them ?

People can try things without having to own them, would not make sense to buy something you think is ****, or to hang on to something you did buy if you then decided they were ****.

bassey

Beats are terrible

PPC

Beats are great, they have made spending €300+ on actual high quality headphones acceptable.

Brian

PPC wrote: »

Beats are great, they have made spending €300+ on actual high quality headphones acceptable.

Have they really though? I don't know that the "acceptable expense" thinking extends beyond their marketed brand niche.

theidiots

How much do beats and other expensive headphones cost to make? No more than 20 quid i'd say

Morf

Brian wrote: »

Have they really though? I don't know that the "acceptable expense" thinking extends beyond their marketed brand niche.

Or does it drag prices up and standards down?

mememo

Brian wrote: »

Have they really though? I don't know that the "acceptable expense" thinking extends beyond their marketed brand niche.

You assume any thinking at all is involved by the mass marketing zombies :rolleyes:

hairyleprechaun

xpletiv wrote: »

I would imagine this is for the Professional version, which I have (though didnt pay that either... long story.)

Recommend spending it on a pair of Bose QC15s. Best headphones on the market if you ask me. Though dearer.

I've had a pair of QC15s for just over a year now, they are great. The noise cancelling is unbelievable. Great for flights, can't hear the engines. It's also nice to be able to hear the in flight film, the crappy headphones airlines hand out are shocking!

But each to their own, 80 euro off sounds alright if you like those headphones...

Morph the Cat

Headphones for posers who know nothing about music or audio.

PPC

Brian wrote: »

Have they really though? I don't know that the "acceptable expense" thinking extends beyond their marketed brand niche.

It does for sure, especially when people hear other headphones in the same price range who have listened to Beats before.

smackyB

To quote one comment from this interesting piece on Beats by Gizmodo

"I for one am grateful for Monster's efforts in bringing Beats headphones into the world. It used to take between several seconds and a few minutes to tell someone was a complete tool. Now for a large subset of the population... merely a glance."

Johnny_Fontane

Getting back to a bargain alert.....I picked up a pair of Audio Technika ATH M-50s's for $110 from a us company.
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=ATH-M50-PROMO&source=froogle
They are now $118 (thats €88). Delivered for free to anyone in the US.
They are currently €156 on amazon....

Beats are like tiger woods in golf, they have created more market and greater sales for all the other sellers and generally created a buzz about headphone hifi, which in my books is not a bad thing at all.

evolutionqy7

I think most of ye are missing the key point. Theres few headphones that look as good, especially to the average joe. Its like the iphone. Over priced compared to the rest of the market. Yet extremely good looking.

Most of ye guys are posting links to on ear headphones rather than over the ears.

blastman

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I think most of ye are missing the key point. Theres few headphones that look as good, especially to the average joe. Its like the iphone. Over priced compared to the rest of the market. Yet extremely good looking.

Is it just me or is this the wrong criterion on which to base your choice of headphones?

evolutionqy7

blastman wrote: »

Is it just me or is this the wrong criterion on which to base your choice of headphones?

What ever matters to you. I want good a great looking headset that sounds good. I think beats does that great.

I think most headsets out there are plain damn ugly and I wouldn't be caught wearing them even if they had the best sound quality.

Some posted by people here are good looking but not great.

Morph the Cat

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I think most headsets out there are plain damn ugly and I wouldn't be caught wearing them even if they had the best sound quality.

You wouldn't wear the best sounding headphones in the world unless they looked cool? You've substantiated my previous post that stated that Beats are for posers who only care about image & label - not for serious audiophiles or music fans.

"I don't care how they sound - do I look cool when I wear them!?"

ghostdancer

theidiots wrote: »

I own a pair and also have a pair of sennheisers. If your into rap and hip hop and songs with heavy beats then they are excellent headphones. If you are into Indie, Rock, Pop etc then sennheisers are the better headphones.

I find with beats they are excellent headphones and theres like a seperate channel for every note, audio etc. Hard to explain but its awesome. I listen mainly to hip hop and rap

considering there are many different types of Sennheiser headphones, your post doesn't really make any sense.

ghostdancer

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

What ever matters to you. I want good a great looking headset that sounds good. I think beats does that great.

I think most headsets out there are plain damn ugly and I wouldn't be caught wearing them even if they had the best sound quality.

Some posted by people here are good looking but not great.

whatever works for you indeed.

personally, I'd be embarrassed to wear them out. I think they look tacky as hell, not to mention their comparatively poor sound quality, or the fact that 90% of people who wear them seem to be tools who don't have a clue about audio quality.

for the people who treat headphones as fashion accessories, the ones in the OP aren't really much of a bargain. better off just getting fake ones to listen to some crap bitrate mp3s on your ipod while walking around....

evolutionqy7

Well guess what. Most people don't have a clue about headphones. I certainly wouldn't be able to tell the difference from looking at stop spec.

It's an easy choice for them and once again is going to guarantee good sound quality.

I don't see anything wrong with them. I use Power AMP on my phone which has a very good EQ they let me get a huge amount of bass. Which is what I want. It doesn't crackle or give any hassle either.

lifehouse

this became a discussion thread/debate already instead of bargain alert..

Cantona's Collars

Listening to music on grooveshark with my 'replica' beats.Less than a fiver and the sound is perfect,I'm pleasantly surprised considering my usual headphones are Sennheiser.

I simply couldn't justify spending over €200 simply for a logo.

princemuzzy

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

And youll get done on customs fee. Tried ordering motorola w10 bt headset before. Item was bought 70 euro. Revenue wanted 60 euro

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