Posted by Talon

What is your honest opinion on these?
I'm not thinking of buying one - never will - but I'm interested in what the Graalians population has to say.

Skullcandies are still better per price.

There are plenty of lesser known brands that way out due dr.dre. They seem to be op on bass to me and ive never ben intrested in listening to music so loud im deaf by the time im 30

Posted by Seeker99

Beats are so overrated. I have $20 Sony headphones that are comfier and a lot better. It's just like iPods, everyone has to get them just to hate them.

Peoplehate ipods?

Posted by Crono

sounds like brand naming and nothing more

skullcandy can **** off too, no self respecting person should be purchasing products from either one.

And ill take that offensively.  

Posted by Pazx

I thought the people in this forum would be smart enough not to buy beats/skullcandies... I was wrong.

Why? I don't see any other brands advertising their headphones.
One might say the same about PC vs Mac back in the day...
Bill Gates decided to advertise.

I still only know about Beats and Skullcandy, as well as random sony crap...
Which is why I feel that the list might be a good idea for others. Some people aren't born with a list of headphone companies in their mind...

I know Apple sells some, but they don't look all that great.. Or comfortable for that matter...



Also, I found the other link... this thread has more info.. x.X; Actually the other one doesn't have anything... what happen to the list. @.@;;  

Posted by David K?

Why? I don't see any other brands advertising their headphones.
One might say the same about PC vs Mac back in the day...
Bill Gates decided to advertise.

I still only know about Beats and Skullcandy, as well as random sony crap...
Which is why I feel that the list might be a good idea for others. Some people aren't born with a list of headphone companies in their mind...

I know Apple sells some, but they don't look all that great.. Or comfortable for that matter...

And bose. They make some of the best quality stereos  

Posted by spades of feare

And bose. They make some of the best quality stereos

lol I thought you were making a reference "Like a boss" at first... yeah, I've slightly heard of the name Bose.. once or twice.. If I was asked, I wouldn't know what they were though..

This is why I would think a thread like this would be good with a slightly organized list of headphones...  

We have a Bose home theatre system. It's a really cheap one but nice. The Bose headphones are really nice. I want to buy the $900 Bose and Yahama AV receiver sound system for my computer one day.  

If you can get them for 60 dollars, get them.

Then sell them online for $200 and get some good headphones. Because in all honesty, there are headphones under $50 that sound as good, if not better than any headphone in the Beats line. Here's accurate pricing for the Beats, in my opinion.

Beats Solo/Mixr: $20
Beats Tour IEMs: $25
Beats 'Studio' 'HD' 'High-fidelity': $50 (being generous here)
Beats Pro: $170 - Because these are decent, but any headphone at the $450 price point blows them out of the water.

And for Skullcandy's house sound, the highs are extremely aggressive and tinny, mids are almost non-existant, and the lows are a far cry from any IEM at the price range (Ink'd might be an exception, maybe). In short, Skullcandy's ear-piercing treble makes my ears bleed, then the Beats sound like the cotton balls I just put in my ears to stop the bleeding from the Skullcandies.  

the monster beats look sexy. skullcandy looks like crap imo.  

Posted by Bas!

the monster beats look sexy. skullcandy looks like crap imo.

-cracks knuckles-  

To the top.

And I'll have to disagree with any statement made defending Bose. They have great noise-cancelling headphones, but everything else (for their price) is subpar compared to other audio companies. Same goes for Skullcandy. Skullcandy's house sound seems really repetitive in all of their products. My old $60 FMJs sounded just like my friend's $20 Ink'd. I guess they aren't horrible headphones... but any $60 Sennheiser will destroy any $60 Skullcandy. The Beats problem really extends to Skullcandy and Bose just as hard.  

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Posted some pics because I doubt some people knew what we were talkin bout  

I use the $25 skullcandy red ink'd earbuds.
come at me bros  

Deez babehs http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?p_id=8320  

Posted by Dusty

Deez babehs http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?p_id=8320

I guess we will see if they do better than my $70, $60, and $30 Skullcandys. o.o

 

Actually, the Monoprice 8320 is reputed to be a very, VERY good earphone for the price. A well-known Head-Fier estimates their sound quality to be in the $60-70 tier. Good job Dusty.

So yes, I think I would rate them above Skullcandy. How are they Dusty?  

I'm not someone who cares that much about sound. I always buy cheap headphones, though they're better than what I usually get. I haven't bothered to properly seal out the outside sound like advised though(by filling the ear-bits with foam from earplugs or something).