Dr. Dre's Beats headphones keep they heads ringin' for $350
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
^ @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:10AM
Only a fool or apple fanboy would buy that at that price, when there are better makes like sony or senhieza for less than that
Eric @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:49AM
Oh please, this is a typic PC fanboy reaction. The difference between Apple products at this kind piece of bling is these earphones are gangster lipstick on a corpse. Style with no substance. Branding without a decent brand.
Racist lingo aside, it would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
RyanTV @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:59AM
Now to play devil's advocate here, have either of you even heard what these sound like? It's really hard to make these judgments when you *probably* have never even heard what they sound like.
Yes, it most definitely is a marketing ploy having Dre's name on a set of cans, but who knows, they might sound great (but probably not $350 great).
Langdon Alger @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:06AM
Did you mean "Sennheiser"? Come on dude, you weren't even trying.
Ugh, now I have the tune stuck in my head ... it's nine-deuce all over again ...
"Ring, ding, ding ... ring-ring-ring-ding-ding ... "
Josh @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:07AM
Who is this gangsta headphone company, "Senhieza", and why should i give them my hard earnt pimp dough?
The1 @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:09AM
Well, most reports are saying that these speaker just as good as BOSE and SONY in the same price range; so what's the issue. Hum, we know why.......
CraigJ @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:12AM
"as good as Bose"
So, not that good...
I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:43PM
Remember, this is a product we should all boycott; Beats is a product put out by the highly litigious Monster Cable who will sue anyone for trademark infringement that even says the word Monster. Beats, by Monster Cable.
I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:01AM
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWYacrS9xHU
BananaBoat @ Jul 24th 2008 1:11AM
For $350 you can have the top of the line (last gen anyway) Sennheiser 600's, or the glorious AKG K701's, or the Beyerdynamic DT880's (very similar to the K701's, though I dumped my K701's because the DT880's are more comfortable). Then again, hopefully noone actually reading this needs to be told that paying 350 dollars for these headphones is dumb.
Keisha Kornbread @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:11AM
I just peed in my pants from laughing so hard!!
Mark @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:03PM
Please keep that to yourself...
chickenator @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:07PM
pee more
hiko36 @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:12AM
I'm not sure whats more wrong about this article: The fact that there is so much horrible colloquialisms in it or that these headphones exist at all...
Lowest Ranked @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:26PM
I'm not an expert, but I've heard that there are other places that you can go to on the net.
Shaun @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:13AM
Before we get too critical, what are the specs?
LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:33AM
Dr. Dre being such a perfectionist with his music (Detox *still* being worked on), I would think that these headphones will be great.
j_g_puff @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:48AM
You would think that...until you realise that Dre probably isn't a headphone design expert.
Matthew Mastracci @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:16AM
$350? I'd rather buy a less branded, better set from Costco for half the price.
ScreamingSkull @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:17AM
Please stop
HAI 2 U @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:20AM
I give it 2 weeks before we hear about some kid getting a beat down for some beatsbydre ...
let the irony ensue ...
Raheem @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:20AM
Lol wow the racial slurs are almost offensive.
hiko36 @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:23AM
How is it racial at all? It's a product being marketed with Dr. Dre's name on it. It's annoying how people get offended so easily...
JCA @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:43AM
Those are colloquialisms. You clearly have no actual idea what a racial slur is towlie.
hiko36 @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:49AM
@JCA
Ah, I see what you did there... That was mean :(
/sarcasm on the last sentence for you less buoyant folks...
Raheem @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:04AM
Uh... it was a joke for all you idiots who rose to my comment? Try living in modern day Britain and you'll understand that almost everything is falsely interpreted as a 'racial' comment - politically correct culture and what not. *sigh* It's a sad day when something has to be explained like this.
Born and bred English... what's the towlie comment about?
curtisrutland @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:03PM
Usually jokes are funny or have a sarcastic tone. This one seems to be missing both.
Rogue_Genius @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:24PM
@ JCA
That last comment was unnecessary and juvenile. If your meaning was anything close to the simplest interpretation, you are an immature little person.
Raheem @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:55PM
Or you're just products of Friends, The Office US, or The Class etc. I prefer to be low ranked from people like you. It furthers my proof at how you just don't get it :)
Eli @ Jul 22nd 2008 4:38PM
It really doesn't.
cheng @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:42PM
I suggest you stop digging that hole further while you can.
Steveborough @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:28AM
These cans are made by Monster, pretty respectable brand. If they charge a grand for speaker wire why not a nice chunk for the actual speakers
Dave @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:37AM
What? Since when is Monster considered a reputable brand? Did my sarcasm detector go wonky there?
smilespray @ Jul 23rd 2008 4:06AM
I thought they looked quite cool until I read your post. No way I am buying anything even remotely related to Monster.
Jaws @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:46PM
if related to Monster, there's another sale that would go away...
I have no interest in subsidizing their mystical magic copper mining somewhere off the 4th moon of Jupiter or wherever they think they're getting that copper that warrants those prices...
Maybe the magnet materials are coming from Pluto or something... that should make them worth $350 right? right?
I'll stick with my Sennheiser's for on-ear (the Grado's are too uncomfortable for long wear), and my Shure's for in ear. And I'll probably be happier for it too. :P
Jesse Dula @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:29AM
"No mo Dre' Day, Arrivederci"
Seriously though, how about some specs?
Doug @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:30AM
Best title ever.
brooks @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:31AM
I just read somewhere that they are made by monster cable..bet they just used the drivers from their backstock of iFreePlay headphones....these things are gonna be thugas rugas!!
RyanTV @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:02AM
You just read somewhere? It couldn't be the Monster Cable logo plainly visible on the side of the headphones, could it?
Rogue_Genius @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:26PM
thugas rugas? whaat??
Paul Barrett @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:31AM
The logo on the side appears to be very similar to, or a direct rip-off of, the BBC 6 music radio station logo:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/images/blq/pixel.gif
I wonder which one was in existence first?
Paul Barrett @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:33AM
Ignore that link, it's on this page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/
Mike Razzino @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:35AM
It's clearly a B here, while the BBC 6 is clearly a 6... isn't that obvious?
Paul Barrett @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:39AM
So if I rotate the apple logo 30 degrees clockwise it's no longer an apple?
Allan @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:59AM
There are only so many ways you can make a b and a 6. IMO, they look different. The b is a much thinner font with a larger center. I think you're just drawn to the circle around them or something... I don't see a problem.
Forrest @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:22AM
I'm pretty sure a change in color, a change in thickness of the lines and a rotation of the stick to vertical would qualify as enough difference in court.
Why the hell does everyone immediately cry 'ripoff' these days? If everything that was newly created could bear zero resemblance to anything currently in existence, we'd never have anything new.
skulldriveshaft @ Jul 23rd 2008 4:17AM
@forrest You mean the same way Monster cries in court?
If Monster doesn't go and protect their beats logo, it's gonna set a precedent.
BBC 6 Music be damned.
Steven @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:31AM
/facepalm
Will H. @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:33AM
Darren Murph said "Thug Life, fool", that's gold.
Kobe_No_Means_No @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:34AM
Crunk-inducing? What the heck...
Do you know who Dr. Dre is?