A small little Rant on Beats by dre headphones

In my engineering(audio) class a few weeks ago, we did a bit of side by side comparisons with dre’s, senny hd25, senny HD280. The Hd25’s won for best response. The Dre’s were OK, but way too much bottom end.
Senny’s for me have the best range of headphones.
oh and yep dre’s are marketing well and truly.
Then look at price point, dre’s are $Au499, the hd 25’s are $399. There is also a reason why pro audio outlets dont sell dre’s.

Dr Dre Beats are just a fashion thing. I defy anyone to listen to both Beats and my Allen & Heath’s and say the Beats sound better.

Besides, mixing isn’t all about bass. In fact treble & mid-range is more accurate due to the sharper transients.

DJ T3ch Hu5ky, post: 28441, member: 721 wrote: (exerted from my facebook. some profanities have been censored to comply with forum rules)

Okay, so this just might be ****ing to the crowd on this but…i honestly f***ing hate people who say that Dj’s are only good if they use “beats by dre”. trolling or not it just bugs the s*** out of me!

Are there seriously people that say this? The only DJ I’ve ever seen using Beats headphones is Skrillex. Most DJs I know are pretty obsessive about their gear, and know there are better headphones out there, almost all of which cost less.

i have a pair of on-ear skullcandy that in my opinon are not only better sounding but much cheaper and *much* more comfortable.

to me beats are to bottom heavy. I prefer headphones that are balanced for the most part, mostly cause i use them for more then just DJing. I use my headphones for production as well.

DJing existed long before Beats by Dr Dre…

Guys, honestly. Don’t you think you’re a little bit one sided? I agree with you, the beats are overpriced, they are a fashion statement, but they’re definitely not “crap”. The price far exceeds the quality, but if you’d be so lucky as to find a pair of beats pro’s, used as a demo headphone, and sold half price, it wouldn’t be a BAD deal. I’m not saying it’s DJ-headphones, but I’m not willing to say they suck.

And while we’re on it. Even though we might think it’s sad, fashion statements are a big thing! Branding is a serious business. Deadmau5 uses his led-mask-thingy, and it’s probably quite expensive – Though gives nothing to the actual music. David Guetta and Skrillex have their Beats headphones, and like it or not, it’s a part of their image and probably made them “cooler”.

Some people try to copy them. F*** that. But honestly! The branding. I acknowledge it’s existence, and furthermore, it’s importance.

I think it’s really funny/ironic how portable music sources have become really small, (remember walkmans or discmans?), but now the headphones people wear have become massive (irrelevant of djing). As far as celebrities of any kind go, they re usually paid to use, wear, drink, drive and eat certain things, and of course they are usually given them free.