HiFiGuy528
Super Member
Audiophiles are so bossy. Let the kids buy what they like. Who cares if you think it sounds bad. It's not for you to use.
Not another bullshit Beats bashing thread. For the love of all things can you all just shut the **** up about them? If your arent buying them, ignore them. You know what I hate? Middle aged men bitching and moaning about the choices of a younger generation, especially middle aged men who have proven over and over to have their own audio biases for gear that has built in loudness, just like these kids.
While you are compelled to use your avatar to tell us how important Mercedes cars are to you. Imagining how cool you are?
Wheelz by Karl Benz.
haha i think the same stuff when I see someone in a new Mercedes, usually broken down already!
Audiophiles are so bossy. Let the kids buy what they like. Who cares if you think it sounds bad. It's not for you to use.
As a high school teacher, I've started a bit of an anti-beats revolution at my school, although not intentionally. They just see me listening to my headphones during my planning period or during lunch and ask about them. Inevitably, they want to try them out, and afterwards they are never able to look at their headphones in the same light.
Your in the perfect position to let the kids listen to a quality sounding Headphone.
I know that EVERYTIME I let one of My kid's friends that have Beats, listen to My Senns or My Sonys...I end up with a converted soul.
I always let em plug in to THEIR Ipod, Tablet or source of music output, and listen to THEIR kind of Music.
A Totally fair and even comparison...They mostly say things like.
"WOW, I'm selling these Beats to my Friend, Cousin, Etc, And get some of those Senns or Sonys.
Audiophiles are so bossy. Let the kids buy what they like. Who cares if you think it sounds bad. It's not for you to use.
As much as I appreciate the feeble attempt to try and correlate my Mercedes avatar picture with my view on beats headphones, none of your comments make very much sense on any level.
Its rather naive if you think that ALL who drive a Mercedes, BMW, Lexus etc do it for the same reason kids buy Dr dre headphones and Air Jordans.
Yea, there are people out there who buy cars for the badge on the grill.
And then there are people who buy them because they enjoy the engineering and design that a particular vehicle offers.
Its called having good taste and knowing quality when you see it.
Which reenforces the idea that kids ARE after quality, they just don't know where to find it.
I used to do advertising for Sony, I'm not surprised nobody knows of their quality. Disfunctional company if there ever was one. If they have a great headphone they'd want to advertise that you could plug it into a walkman, instead of anything about how it actually sounds. "But we want people to buy both!" and instead, they buy neither. Instead of bashing how Beats sells headphones, others should do the same thing but with a better product.
I've been gone from this site for a while. I'm surprised at some of the downright ill-tempered comments in this thread (hey....I learned my lesson real quick not to blatantly spill my opinions).
But about these so called BEATS. While I have no problem with whom ever wants to buy these (when you could easily buy Senn's or Audio Techs), I DO have a problem with them implemented in devices like phones and laptops. Some may buy products because of brands (Leica, Prada, Apple), but I tend to find myself steering from devices that have promote certain brands (like Apple products).
I can choose not to buy these products, but when they integrate them into laptops (Beats) or cars (Bose), that's not really my choice anymore (besides the moot point in not buying that specific laptop). I've seen phones that have this....DTS mobile on smart phones (couldn't tell you how that's going to improve the sound). I wouldn't brag about having Harmon/Kardon for speakers on a laptop either (or JBL).
Apparently, we have another contender (maybe two). I guess Luda-Christ has some HP's called "Soul". Should have figured 50-cent piece has one too: "Sync". But I'm sure that if they made band branded HPs from rock bands, metal-heads would buy them too.
Of course, I'd buy the rock band HPs for collector items (Allen Parson's Project: "Eye-Skies", or Van Der Graaf Generator: "K.I.M.E.'s" = Killer inside my ears, or "Man-Ear-go by Proxy")
Some may buy products because of brands (Leica, Prada, Apple), but I tend to find myself steering from devices that have promote certain brands (like Apple products).
I've been gone from this site for a while. I'm surprised at some of the downright ill-tempered comments in this thread (hey....I learned my lesson real quick not to blatantly spill my opinions).
But about these so called BEATS. While I have no problem with whom ever wants to buy these (when you could easily buy Senn's or Audio Techs), I DO have a problem with them implemented in devices like phones and laptops. Some may buy products because of brands (Leica, Prada, Apple), but I tend to find myself steering from devices that have promote certain brands (like Apple products).
I can choose not to buy these products, but when they integrate them into laptops (Beats) or cars (Bose), that's not really my choice anymore (besides the moot point in not buying that specific laptop). I've seen phones that have this....DTS mobile on smart phones (couldn't tell you how that's going to improve the sound). I wouldn't brag about having Harmon/Kardon for speakers on a laptop either (or JBL).
Apparently, we have another contender (maybe two). I guess Luda-Christ has some HP's called "Soul". Should have figured 50-cent piece has one too: "Sync". But I'm sure that if they made band branded HPs from rock bands, metal-heads would buy them too.
Of course, I'd buy the rock band HPs for collector items (Allen Parson's Project: "Eye-Skies", or Van Der Graaf Generator: "K.I.M.E.'s" = Killer inside my ears, or "Man-Ear-go by Proxy")
I see that you have a Canon in your avatar. As such, I am surprised to see you compare Leica to either Prada or Apple. Leica makes the best lenses in the 35mm format, and that is not just a ridiculous claim but something they can actually back up with real measurements.
I am legitimately curious what lens you would suggest to best a 50cronAA at that focal length. The only lens I've seen measure better than the 50 Lux ASPH in the normalish range which the former destroys is the Coastal Optics 60/4.
What claim to a best in world product do either Prada or Apple have, exactly? Leica may have an air of man jewelry, or even worse just rich d-bag syndrome, but at least they can back it up.
If you want to pick on a company I suggest Gibson guitar before the custom shop had a plekking machine. I'd never seen a >2 grand guitar with awful frets before I played my first R9. Of course machines ameliorate all problems and even that has changed.