Beats vs Bose. I know I know... but hear me out

[madwabbit]

I'm a musician and appreciate excellent quality in my headsets. For MY music I have sennheiser studio's that i'd never leave the house with.

But to wear to the gym, are Beats the best "bang for buck" over-ear headset available? I've had countless pairs of junk earbuds for the gym and I always hate the sound.

139.99 new, but they are all over ebay for 40-75.00. Reliability certainly questionable, but is this a tier 1 headset to have in the gym bag/plane ride/road trip?

I mean, at 140 you can have Bose QC for 170 which is absolutely no contest but not necessarily something I'd want to drag to the gym.

At 50-70.00 I'm having a hard time not splurging. Anyone own a pair? Anyone take it to the gym/plane/etc?

Comfort?
Quality?
Sound?
? anyone?

 

[topgunz1]

beware of knockoffs, only buy from trusted sellers. There were tons of Beats knockoffs in the markets in London, I bet it's the same here I just never noticed.

 

[madwabbit]

welp, that explains the price discrepancies on ebay.

dang. any idea how to tell the fakes? They all say "with original box/booklets" but I know that doesn't mean much.

I certainly don't think these headsets are comparable to other 150.00 headsets. Dre needs to reevaluate if he seriously thinks hes competing with bose dollar for dollar.

Moreover, I'm not paying that much for a headset for the gym. 50-70 bucks I'd splurge on because I've used the same headset now for 5 years without damage/misplacing. Thanks for the tip, I hadn't considered that they were that popular to fake.

 

[mr.z28]

just buy some $50 skullcandy over ear headphones...I see no difference between them and the infamous beats by dre...

 

[themcfarland]

I would hesitate to buy a beats after having your set, or mine.. the sure se215 set.. for a few bucks more than you were wanting to spend, the 215 would get you over the ear, sound isolating and replaceable cables..

 

[mr.z28]

http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=4844694&pid=1218542607522&pcatId=abcat0204000

I have these...

 

[JHenley17]

I don't think anything by Beats is going to be a good value. There's a pretty high tax on being stylish. I'd try to find another set of Sennheisers.

 

[topgunz1]

Dre is marketing a brand towards a demographic. I've never cared enough to find out if they actually were good performance-wise compared to the industry leaders, I've always written them off as a fashion fad.

 

[TAS]

Daughter has Beats and the twins have Skull Candy. I actuall like the Skull Candy sound better. For $140 cheaper too!

 

[Suburbazine]

Beats doesn't have anything good except the Studio Pros (which are phenomenal live sound headphones). Anything less is fragile and has subpar sound.

 

[TEB]

welp, that explains the price discrepancies on ebay.

dang. any idea how to tell the fakes? They all say "with original box/booklets" but I know that doesn't mean much.

I certainly don't think these headsets are comparable to other 150.00 headsets. Dre needs to reevaluate if he seriously thinks hes competing with bose dollar for dollar.

Moreover, I'm not paying that much for a headset for the gym. 50-70 bucks I'd splurge on because I've used the same headset now for 5 years without damage/misplacing. Thanks for the tip, I hadn't considered that they were that popular to fake.

I'd say the vast majority you see for sale online are knockoffs. The fakes are pretty convincing, too - complete packaging, manuals, individual serial numbers, etc. That said, the real ones aren't all that impressive. I prefer my Bose as far as sound quality is concerned, but I've had huge problems keeping the cord from tearing where it meets the headphones. I've been through three in-ear and two around-ear sets, and none lasted me very long at all. One in-ear set didn't even last me a month, and I was extremely careful with it since I already knew how prone to breaking it was.

 

[asianpersuasion]

I actually just bought did a little research on this. Beats are good if all you want is BASS. Sorry since your looking for over ear I can't help you since I was looking for in ear