Beats by Dr. Dre Solo 2.0 On-Ear Headphones - Black €130 @ Argos

bromley52

Loads of stock around the country

Dancor

Headphone debate in 3....2.......

winston82

Dancor wrote: »

Headphone debate in 3....2.......

Cracking price for an excellent pair of headphones.

MagicMarker

Dr Dre touches children.

Dr Nic

When i was a kid boot runners, big manky headphones and cheap leather jackets were just going out of fashion and good riddance i thought. They were disgusting. Now they're all back in again and they're all still sh1te

tinodz

I spent a bit too much money on these....



Much better than Beats if you going €100+ on headphones

Notch000

tinodz wrote: »

I spent a bit too much money on these....



Much better than Beats if you going €100+ on headphones

What are these, link please

samhail

which magazine aren't very impressed with them
http://www.which.co.uk/technology/audio/reviews/headphones/beats-by-dre-solo-2/review/

Anyone who has them... Are they really worth it?

tinodz

Notch000 wrote: »

What are these, link please

This is them
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007TTD7VO/

Very expensive on Amazon new right now. My pair were from Amazon Warehouse, and were €150. They were identical to new to my eyes though. Packaging was untouched. Best Headphone I ever owned.

Gone West

Just because they used to be massively overpriced and crap doesn't mean that they are now not crap. Nor are they a bargain.

Vic Vinegar

12 dollars to make or thereabouts.

Yours for at least ten times that amount.

Wonderful.

EuskalHerria

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

12 dollars to make or thereabouts.

Yours for at least ten times that amount.

Wonderful.

What you've done there, quite cunningly, is described every product that has ever gone on sale.

Some companies charge more than cost price for items? Shocking.

Vic Vinegar

EuskalHerria wrote: »

What you've done there, quite cunningly, is described every product that has ever gone on sale.

Some companies charge more than cost price for items? Shocking.

Brilliant deduction. The vast majority don't charge over a 1000% mark up though, as I'm sure you're aware.

Atomic Pineapple

samhail wrote: »

which magazine aren't very impressed with them
http://www.which.co.uk/technology/audio/reviews/headphones/beats-by-dre-solo-2/review/

Anyone who has them... Are they really worth it?

Nope, if you're after decent headphones they aren't worth, if your fashion conscious and want them in that regards then their value is really a personal thing for you to decide.

PrettyBoy

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

12 dollars to make or thereabouts.

If I give you $12 will you buy the materials required and manufacture a pair for me?

onform

Dr. Dre didn't spend 7 years in headphone college to get his PhD for nothing, you know...

Vic Vinegar

PrettyBoy wrote: »

If I give you $12 will you buy the materials required and manufacture a pair for me?

Yeah, go on then.

sabat

If anyone is looking to splash out a bit on headphones, the B+O H6 are £180 on amazon-this is for the blue version which was made for a Pepsi promo but has the exact same electronics as the rest of the range which retail for £330 or €400 in the B+O shop here. Alternatively, the very highly rated Philips Fidelio X1 has been discontinued by the manufacturer and can be got for about €150 from various websites instead of its original €300.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bang-Olufsen-Limited-Edition-Headphones-Blue/dp/B00KKGNUWO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420144393&sr=8-1&keywords=bang+and+olufsen+headphones

boreder

The Solo 2's are actually very well received with the 'audiophile' folks. Decent headphones for that money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcpIba9SSjE

samhail

I actually went with these, even though that last video did sound a bit dodgy for some reason

Which.co.uk magazine says that the bass and the mid-tones are a lot higher than expected (but they only tested with Jazz, Blues, and classical I think)
Spent the last hour playing Call of Duty and was very impressed... so far so good.

AGoodison

samhail wrote: »

I actually went with these, even though that last video did sound a bit dodgy for some reason

Which.co.uk magazine says that the bass and the mid-tones are a lot higher than expected (but they only tested with Jazz, Blues, and classical I think)
Spent the last hour playing Call of Duty and was very impressed... so far so good.

Yep, I went ahead and got them too, thanks op. The problem with the apparently better headphones is that the cups are huge on the. The solo are nice and compact.

bladespin

PrettyBoy wrote:

If I give you $12 will you buy the materials required and manufacture a pair for me?

Not as big a challenge as you think, many Chinese manufacturer's will be more than happy to oblige.

TimeToShine

Solo 2 are a tight pair of headphone. Please don't comment unless you know what you're talking about. Now you could get a pair of HD-25 II or Amperiors for a bit more money but they aren't nearly as markedly superior as they were to the old ones.

At 130 this is good value.

Corholio

TimeToShine wrote: »

Solo 2 are a tight pair of headphone. Please don't comment unless you know what you're talking about. Now you could get a pair of HD-25 II or Amperiors for a bit more money but they aren't nearly as markedly superior as they were to the old ones.

At 130 this is good value.

Seriously? in 2015?

The Amperiors are actually quite a step above the Solo's, especially in clearness, loud heavy tracks the difference is noticeable.

jacksie66

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TimeToShine

Corholio wrote: »

Seriously? in 2015?

The Amperiors are actually quite a step above the Solo's, especially in clearness, loud heavy tracks the difference is noticeable.

I know, I have a pair. The difference is noticeable but not to a point that renders the beats worthless. Couple that with the fact that some people actually like the way beats look and it's nearly a no brainer. Applying the "beats suck" tag to a product that is clearly trying to leave that label behind is unfair.

DoYouEvenLift

Lol do people still care about and buy beats? Amazing

boreder

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Lol do people still care about and buy beats? Amazing

It's a decent set of headphones, at a decent price.

Perhaps keep your lol's for the headphones forum over there ->

Trond

For the money I reckon these headphones are one of the best out there. Probably not for everyone in terms of looks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Technica-ATH-M50-Studio-Monitor-Headphones-Black/dp/B000ULAP4U

PrettyBoy

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Lol do people still care about and buy beats? Amazing

I know! I bet they don't even lift!