So Apple bought Beats

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 05/09/2014 at 11:06 • Filed to: None

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For 3.2 billion dollars. Shows the power of marketing. Also, its probably for the music streaming platform, because the hardware really sucks to be honest.

macanamera > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/09/2014 at 11:07

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Some of the worst headphones in their price ranges that I have ever used.

minardi > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/09/2014 at 11:08

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Is this confirmed? I thought it was a rumor.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/09/2014 at 11:09

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CalzoneGolem > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/09/2014 at 11:09

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The story of Monster/Beats is really interesting. Dre is OG and don't you forget it.

CalzoneGolem > macanamera 05/09/2014 at 11:11

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They are nice $50 headphones.

macanamera > CalzoneGolem 05/09/2014 at 11:14

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Oh sorry, I was talking about the high end ones. A friend of mine got them (Studios, I think they're called, the noise-cancelling full size over-ear models) and we both compared them to my Bose QC15s and they were honestly laughable.

CalzoneGolem > macanamera 05/09/2014 at 11:16

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We're on the same page I meant that they are worth ~$50.

Anyways they aren't made for listening to music on.

McMike > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/09/2014 at 11:19

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Weirdest news ever.

http://time.com/74886/best-hea…

Apple's ear pods (the newer ones that shipped with the iPhone 5, I think) rated higher than Beats.

Shows the power of marketing, for sure.

Trevor Mohr > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/09/2014 at 11:34

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I really don't know why they did this. Awhile back, Apple was supposed to partner with Bang & Olufsen for the original iPod. That would of been awesome.

McMike > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 05/10/2014 at 11:06

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Over on Gizmodo people were defending these headphones. It was audiophiles vs everybody else. This was my reply.

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You know those kids? You know.. The ones that put a system in their car? For you only to later learn that this "system" is a 15" bandpass box and a 300w amp?

A couple of wire nuts and un-fused links later.... and they have the most trunk-poppin, window-rattling, car in the high school parking lot.

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They didn't update anything else and the factory GM radio and speakers are still in their Sunfire.

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These are Beats customers.

Just stop sticking up for Beats, folks. They aren't that good for what they're charging for them.