Beats by Dr Dre Pill (?)

[slow_jazz]

I'm seeing cars now with Dr. Dre as an option...

Yikes....

 

[deadphish]

My new HP all in one has Beats audio....the sound isn't too bad....but the most annoying thing is that the "B" button on the black keyboard is sporting a dark red beats logo instead of a white B.

sorry man, but that sounds kinda cool to me

 

[KeninDC]

At least SOMEONE is publicly acknowledging that sound quality exists and is something to be concerned about. For that, at least, Dre should be commended.

I agree.

My kids now want something more than Apple ear buds. I'd like to hear the Dre car system in the new Chrysler 300, too.

If some folks want to feel smug with "bargain" cans, go right ahead, but I've got no problem with Dr. Dre making a good-looking, bass-heavy audio product that folks want to purchase. If you are happy with your own cans, why do you care if others dig Beats?

 

[KrisM]

It's kind of funny really. Three years ago my buddy was giving me crap over spending $50 on a pair of headphones. Over the past three years he's gone through something like 10 or 15 pairs of $10-20 earbuds while I'm still using the same $50 AKGs. Beyond a few chips in the paint from me throwing them across the room in my sleep they look just like new. :scratch2:

I really don't get why marketing is so effective, when I see a product advertised as much as Apple stuff or Beats my first reaction is "they're spending their R&D money on advertising instead of the product itself, stay away". Good products speak for themselves, just look at Stax, Grado, and the many other good audio companies who have made a name for themselves with little to no advertising at all.

I must be lucky because I can't recall seeing all that much advertising for Beats stuff.
Also, Apple makes some fine products. Sure, they advertise, but I bet they've spent a few dollars on R&D, too.

I wonder how much of the hate for his products is because of his style of music. If Jimmy Page released some over priced headphones would the reaction here be different?:scratch2:

 

[thebeez85]

I must be lucky because I can't recall seeing all that much advertising for Beats stuff.
Also, Apple makes some fine products. Sure, they advertise, but I bet they've spent a few dollars on R&D, too.

I wonder how much of the hate for his products is because of his style of music. If Jimmy Page released some over priced headphones would the reaction here be different?:scratch2:

possible...can't say I don't get the Led out every so often...but few genres revolve around booming (read "overly bassy") music like hip-hop/rap and DJ club music...all I hear on the radio anymore is poppy club music...which is why I quit listening to radio :sigh:

 

[KrisM]

possible...can't say I don't get the Led out every so often...but few genres revolve around booming (read "overly bassy") music like hip-hop/rap and DJ club music...all I hear on the radio anymore is poppy club music...which is why I quit listening to radio :sigh:

I was referring to how it is pretty common for music like Dre's to be brought up here, and for it to be called "music", or with a (c) in front of it, like this (c)rap. Just wondering how much this attitude of musical superiority has to do with the quick dismissal of his products.

 

[thebeez85]

I was referring to how it is pretty common for music like Dre's to be brought up here, and for it to be called "music", or with a (c) in front of it, like this (c)rap. Just wondering how much this attitude of musical superiority has to do with the quick dismissal of his products.

Probably a lot.
people who don't like rap think they're too bassy and too pricey.
people who don't mind rap just think they're overpriced.

personally, they don't sound bad at all, just a little bass heavy for my tastes.

 

[frankxbe]

I'm seeing cars now with Dr. Dre as an option...

Yikes....

Chrysler is one that I know of the hardware made by is Panosonic

 

[bad400]

Chrysler is offering the 300 with Beats audio. i believe jeep will have it in next years models as well.

I have a friend the has one of the beats box's speaker dock. it doesnt sound to bad actually at low to moderate levels, but it does play out pretty bad at higher volumes.
I wouldn't spend 400 bucks on it like he did, but i wouldn't call it pure junk either.

He has this one, http://www.beatsbydre.com/speakers/beatbox-portable/beatbox-portable,default,pd.html
the duel woofer model actually sounds better, but either way, still not worth 400 bucks to me.

 

[Rick Vestal]

I'd be willing to bet it actually sounds pretty decent, and as far as bluetooth wireless speakers go, it's good looking, and falls right into the right price range with similar stuff. I use the Tango TRX for my laptop audio, with my Apple devices remotely playing through it but the Tango is quite a bit larger.

I suppose it would be difficult to comment on whether it has "quality sound " without actually hearing it first though...

 

[thebeez85]

:sigh: and now the beats ads start popping up...lol

anywho, would y'all say that the manufacturer is aimed at a specific genre?

 

[rifftrax]

Beats headphones (at least the full circumaural ones) actually sound quite good to be honest. I just had dinner with a friend who owned one of the Jawbone jamboxes and for the size it was actually pretty surprising as well. I wouldn't doubt that for casual listening the Beat pill thing probably does alright.

 

[Littletoot]

Rap crap...

 

[thebeez85]

i remember telling a little kid on my school bus (who was trying to sound fly, dropping dope rhymes or whatever he was doin ) and saying "hey kid! You can't spell 'crap' with out 'rap' and it makes 75% of the word..."

the look on his face was priceless pretty much my only "bully move" of my entire life..

 

[Cruzah]

I'd probably play 70's music on it.

 

[Jon.]

FTFA, quoting Luke Wood, Beats' President and COO:

"[T]hat older consumer actually has some muscle memory to remember when audio was important."

... implying that audio isn't important anymore, and, furthermore, that when audio was important, it had more to do with knobs than with actual sound. Of course, now that audio is completely unimportant, Beats gear sells like hotcakes...

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[oscar09]

I agree.

My kids now want something more than Apple ear buds. I'd like to hear the Dre car system in the new Chrysler 300, too.

If some folks want to feel smug with "bargain" cans, go right ahead, but I've got no problem with Dr. Dre making a good-looking, bass-heavy audio product that folks want to purchase. If you are happy with your own cans, why do you care if others dig Beats?

What this guys said! ^ ^ ^

I personally feel sometimes people in this forum and other audio forums spend too much time bashing beats and other brands that are not "audiophile" quality. Just let people like their stuff and if they want to be like everyone else and just try to look "cool" like everyone else well then thats their stupidity. Life is too short to worry about other people. Give it a break already..... its annoying seeing all these beats and bose bashing threads....

Its like saying that my Snap-On tools can out preform the "Husky" or "craftsman" tools that im sure many of you own. See how stupid that sounds? at the end of the day they both do the same job, just better.

 

[JohnVF]

A bunch of people who fight tooth and nail for the loudness control pissing on people who like a product with a built in bass boost. Wha?

I've listened to the top tier Beats headphones. They really weren't bad. They were way too heavy to be comfortable for long periods but they seemed to be physically really well made, and had a nice "Thick" sound that, while not necessarily accurate, was a ton of fun.

This Pill thing is a sound-dock of some sort. A category with a lot of stuff in it. Its the boombox of today, and used for the same reasons. And just like you shouldn't put a boom box up against a stereo in 1982, this has no reason to be compared to 2-channel hi-fi today. It's something different, and at least people are trying. I think it looks cool. For what it would be used for, I wouldn't care how "hi fi" it was.

 

[Gang-Twanger]

"Beats Audio"..... Yeah, right... More like "Beat Audio", as in "tired"... "weak"... "fatigued"... Gimme' a break.

Beats Audio is the disease, not the cure... THIS is the cure...

 

[Ohighway]

maybe it's a suppository...

Is that administered by Dr. Dre himself? Huh? What's that?? Whaddya' mean he's not a REAL doctor !!??

(Dr Dre is a master marketer) .... Yes, sad, but true. In my opinion the kids (and I include those of college age), don't listen to music seriously so they don't care about overall sound quality, Just as long as it goes boom boom is what matters to them.

Actually Dre baits the kids into buying.... making him a master-baiter. True enough about kids not caring about sound quality. They care about boom boom. They also care if the device is small and can carry a bazillion songs.

Beats is relevant to C-Rap fans. And the techno fans.

cRAP fans.... indeed. Lol. But hey, lets leave the Techno guys out of this!!