DR BEATS EAR PHONES

snugburger

i bought dr beats ear phones last september great sound of them did any else buy a pair,and what you think of them.are worth spending over 200,euro on a set of head phones.

AnonoBoy

Dr. Dre shilling his own merchandise on boards.ie

How the mighty have fallen!

SteelyDanJalapeno

Thinly Veiled I'm Dr. Dre thread

Celly Smunt

Sennheiser for life mofo.

krudler

In short no, you can twice the quality for half the price

Outkast_IRE

Sennheiser superior in my opinion.
Beats arent that good, they are just a fashion accessory.

NothingMan

The idea of spending more than 50 or 60 quid on earphones to listen to highly compressed mp3's is ridiculous. The bass and noise cancellation quality can be gotten for a fraction of the price.

Mr.Prodston

To be honest I'd prefer Guiney's own brand head phones. Cost 50 cent but they do a job.

kingtiger

simple answer is NO

do yourself a favour and get decent pair of Sennheisers or comparable top end headphones

even a 50 quid pair of Sennheisers are better than €200 Beats

Dravokivich

What's so special about'em?

zero19

First thing that came into my head reading the thread title.

Have never tried them. How do you pronounce Dre anyway?

kneemos

snugburger wrote: »

i bought dr beats ear phones last september great sound of them did any else buy a pair,and what you think of them.are worth spending over 200,euro on a set of head phones.

Marketing victim.

kneemos

Deleted User wrote: »

Have never tried them. How do you pronounce Dre anyway?

Dray.

Sauve

Why anybody would pay 200e to look like mickey mouse is beyond me.

"Look at me I'm listening to me choons"

Grayson

You can get a pair of these for the same price and they are so much better

http://www.gradolabs.com/page_headphones.php?item=c56e04009f99e060f4c39dfdadb98549

Beats are highly overrated.

BostonB

NothingMan wrote: »

The idea of spending more than 50 or 60 quid on earphones to listen to highly compressed mp3's is ridiculous. The bass and noise cancellation quality can be gotten for a fraction of the price.

If you have good quality MP3 (ok most don't) most people can't hear the difference between than an lossless. I assume what you are saying is most people who buy these beats won't have bothered to get descent source material be it Mp3's or lossless.

Sauve

Sauve wrote: »

Why anybody would pay 200e to look like mickey mouse is beyond me.

"Look at me I'm listening to me choons"

You wouldnt understand. Nobody does.

Kev_2012

They seem to be the accessory of choice in gyms. Seen a guy doing shoulder work the other day with them on and I just hoped that he'd break them with the weights. Stupid looking headphones.

BostonB

Its a fashion thing not a music thing.

Zab

Beats were created by Monster, and Monster have made a business out of ripping people off since the beginning of digital communications. Dre should be ashamed for teaming up with them. As others have said, do some research as you can get much better for much cheaper.

Boscoirl

my €16 Beats are great

biko

Overpriced for what you get, but then again most things in fashion are overpriced.

OP, what's with the all caps titles?

The Barefoot Pizza Thief

Ironically, they look chronic.

Almaviva

Grayson wrote: »

You can get a pair of these for the same price and they are so much better

http://www.gradolabs.com/page_headphones.php?item=c56e04009f99e060f4c39dfdadb98549

Beats are highly overrated.

+1. Try Grado. You wont go back.

Sauve

biko wrote: »

OP, what's with the all caps titles?

He's listening to music- has to shout to be heard.

Birneybau

What the fcuk are Dr. Beats?

The Lidl/Aldi version?

Irishcrx

€200 for headphones? No thanks...€2 in poundworld will get the job done.

€500 for a phone?..No Thanks...Nokia 3210 ftw.

Birneybau

Irishcrx wrote: »

€200 for headphones? No thanks...€2 in poundworld will get the job done.

€500 for a phone?..No Thanks...Nokia 3210 ftw.

No, it wont.

MadYaker

Once you have used a really nice set of headphones using crappy cheap ones is torture.

NothingMan

MadYaker wrote: »

Once you have used a really nice set of headphones using crappy cheap ones is torture.

Completely agree. Just don't agree you have to spend €200 to get a really nice set.

awec

MadYaker wrote: »

Once you have used a really nice set of headphones using crappy cheap ones is torture.

I have a good pair I wear at my desk but I can't wear them out and about as they're way too big.

Just have the standard samsung in-ear ones that I use when walking and it's awful really.

You can get good headphones for ~ 100 euro, it all depends on how much you listen to music as to whether going above the 100 euro mark is worth it.

kylith

I splashed out around €20 on a pair of Marley earbuds, and they're great.

garv123

Have to laugh at most people who own them. They pay 2-300 euro for them and then used them to listen to songs they downloaded with a youtube converter that downloads crap mp3's with the volume all over the place.

Irishcrx

Birneybau wrote: »

No, it wont.

Has been for me for the past year and guess what?...I still have ears and have listened to many song....many song!

Nemeses

Tesco Value Headphones FTW!

Tar.Aldarion

They're ****. 200 lol

optimistic_

I automatically think less of someone wearing Beats.
If you're really REALLY into your music you may spend 150 on casual listening headphones - But if you're really really into your music you won't use Beats.
As said above - Sennheiser. Only way to go.

krudler

MadYaker wrote: »

Once you have used a really nice set of headphones using crappy cheap ones is torture.

It really is, I have a paid of Sennheiser headphones for watching movies on as I mostly watch stuff in bed at night, great for blaring the volume without disturbing anyone. and a pair or ear bud ones as well for at work or on the go, they cost 40 quid in hmv and they sound great for what I need them to, cheap headphones are crap.

calnand

What I hate is people who have an iPhone and beats and then go around claiming that they're both the best and better than anything else. While I'm just there with my Xperia z and akg headphones costing a sum total of 280. While they spent over a grand for their combination.

garv123

I bought a pair of 25euro sennheiser headphones recently and use them for watching stuff on the laptop and the volume is fine on them. They're not very loud if im in that kind of form for that kind of music but for everything else they're good and comfortable.

Beats are €100euro plus for the name alone.

I got a pair of these in Xtravision recently for €20. Good sound and they're comfortable to wear.

How anyone can justify spending €200 on a pair of headphones is beyond me. I can somewhat understand people spending more than that on a good phone, because you can do a lot more with a powerful phone, but something that is essentially a fashion accessory?

Andy-Pandy

I do love a good pair of earphones and own a couple of quality pairs. These are my favourite for walking around and piss on anything by Beats. For the price you get a top quality product. These are my home set, and once again piss over anything by beats. There are other great sets of headphones/earphones for around the same price as beats, they all "beat" them hands down in terms of quality and if its important to you, looks.

Birneybau

Irishcrx wrote: »

Has been for me for the past year and guess what?...I still have ears and have listened to many song....many song!

Well, it wont make a difference on your walkman.

optimistic_

Theres a lad in work wears Beats around his neck in the office on casual Fridays.
Says it all really.

clintondaly

Sennheiser CX300

anncoates

TBH....

--Kaiser--

I'm a earphone/headphone snob but even I would baulk at paying 200 notes for some.
Sennheiser FTW

jam_mac_jam

Well I think they look silly..

Hangballlouie

A junkie tried to sell me a set of Boats by Dro Headphones at Christmas on Talbot St.

The things were falling apart. Are these the same things?

theidiots

SennHeizers are overated imo. Dr. Dre gives you cocaine and hookers for buying them.