people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

[momaka]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

^ You do realize this is a 7-year old thread that's been dead with no purpose?? :|
Granted it was revived by a spammer... but still.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

I suspect I accidentally killed a Soundesign single-speaker system with a car speaker in a box.

It was a karaoke system. LOL!

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

I got free 6"x9"'s from the junk yard and put them in cabinets.

The only problem with vehicular speakers, is that they're 4 ohms and the like and I think I caused the death of a Soundesign amp, albeit it was cheap, anyways!

Lower ohms=more amperes!

I suspect I accidentally killed a Soundesign single-speaker system with a car speaker in a box.

I very recently got 2 Polk VT60 speakers and put them in a box! 2 boxes with 1 each in them. Heard that most of the wood was repurposed from an armoire!

And I don't regret that! (Unlike 6"x9"s or the like!)

It's now known as the "speakers made for ceilings in a box project", as they are rated at 8 ohms, the most common rating for home receivers.

[goontron]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

hmm guess i shouldn't post at midnight.

[turbozutek]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

that is what got me going audiophool, why becus the "engineering" part dont make any sense it's a project started in 2007 and some how it is better engineered than something that has been revised since the 30's, questionable at best.

The 'engineering' part was also sarcasm. Dr Dre lent his name to a brand for money: that's his contribution, he sold out to punt a product.

You should recalibrate your sarcasm detector, as my last post was set to 'blatant'.

Chris...

[momaka]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

could it be that it doesnt matter if they suck since the target customer is half deaf anyway?

Nah. My hearing isn't all that great anymore, but I can still hear the difference between crappy and good headphones. I think goontron pretty much answered it with the title - people are just ignorant (if sheep sounds too harsh ).

your post didnt seem to typed sarcastically by the way.

Any post with Justin Beiber mentioned should never be considered seriously

Research shows that the majority of people cannot hear beyond 1% and the limit is 0.1% for essentially everyone.

Not doubting you at all, but do you have any links to the articles containing this research? I'm just interested in reading it since I am probably with that 1%-insensitive majority. The headphone amp I build out of that TV amplifier states 0.3% typical distortion, but with a PC that properly drives it, I don't really hear any distortion. Hissing - yes.

I also built a simple class A headphone amp a few weeks ago out of general purpose transistors and it sounded quite fine IMO (but more on that in a future thread ).

[tom66]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

Hah... I'm working on a project at work -- it's a headphone amplifier. The specification states a certain chipset to be used -- in order to achieve ~0.000003% THD+N. I have to follow the customer's specification, but that kind of figure is insane. Research shows that the majority of people cannot hear beyond 1% and the limit is 0.1% for essentially everyone. But, the audiophools will buy it!

[goontron]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

Listen you guys, well known and widely respected audio scientist Dr Dre worked in conjunction with Justin Beiber to painstakingly engineer every aspect of the new BEATZ hardware. They are in short, design excellence.

that is what got me going audiophool, why becus the "engineering" part dont make any sense it's a project started in 2007 and some how it is better engineered than something that has been revised since the 30's, questionable at best.
your post didnt seem to typed sarcastically by the way.

[turbozutek]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

oh and sentry is 5$ so bugger off with that fifth of the price crap!

Audiophool?

The RHA's cost me $20 (15 British Pounds) and sound far better than BEATZ crap.

If you read and comprehend you'll see I'm slating the Beatz, which are nasty made in China hardware marketed by a sell out (Dr Dre). Google 'sarcasm' for help with that one, but the clue is where I say that Dr Dre is a scientist and imply that Justin Bieber is somehow important to music.

I've never tried Sentry, but I'm willing to bet they sound at least as good as BEATZ products costing three times as much. Looking at some youtube reviews of Sentry headphones, they look, well, like cheap made in China headphones and every bit as good as your $5 budget would suggest.

The RHA's on the other hand are designed and made in Scotland by some ex-LINN audio engineers and are damn near indestructible. I bought them to replace a set of Sen 212Pros and they were most bang for my buck I could find at the time and half the price of a new set of Sen's. I love 'em, they sound great.

Chris...

[goontron]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

i agree with that

[kc8adu]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

could it be that it doesnt matter if they suck since the target customer is half deaf anyway?

[goontron]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

/\
|| audio phool.

I listened to beats and sentry same song same computer and sentry won hands down! lower tones can be heard and don't degrade, indie/rock sounds a lot better on sentry than beats and beats had a scratching sound to it so I will stick to the better ones sentry!

oh and sentry is 5$ so bugger off with that fifth of the price crap!

[turbozutek]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

Listen you guys, well known and widely respected audio scientist Dr Dre worked in conjunction with Justin Beiber to painstakingly engineer every aspect of the new BEATZ hardware. They are in short, design excellence.



I'll stick to my RHA's. A fifth the price of that sh!t and sound 100 times better.

[mariushm]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

I own "a pair of" Sennheiser hd212pro.

I don't really use them much these days cause I'm satisfied with my Logitech 5.1 speakers but they're great.

[goontron]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

altec-lansing needs to make headphones

[Ami Sapphire]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

Never really liked any of the Beats headsets. Always thought they were overrated and overpriced.

Only ones I wear now are my Panasonic RP-HT360 monitor headphones. Abused my first set, now I use my second set most of the time. The first set stays at home, though.

Some years ago, I owned a pair of Jensen monitor headphones. I loved the way they sounded, then they had to die after a year of use.

@goontron: I vaguely remember owning a set of cheap Sentry headphones, and they actually did sound good for the price, so yeah.

[ben7]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

I am not fancy about having good earbuds/headphones, but the pair I use now are from apple - I got them with my ipod.

AND, they have lasted about 3-4 years longer than the ipod itself! (ipod randomly died one day, nothing at all.. out of warranty, didn't want to have to pay $100 to have it diagnosed; I took it apart and the battery was fine - there was a problem with some of the tiny circuitry)

[rhomanski]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

Bose has been denigrated since the 901's came out in the seventies. I guess they were ahead of their time because I see a lot of high end, read expensive, speakers use a similar arrangement today. Ten 6" speakers instead of one 12". I heard the 901's when they first came out, they sounded better than mine at the time. I got free 6"x9"'s from the junk yard and put them in cabinets. Ripped them out of early sixties Cadillacs before they were crushed. They sounded better than what came with my Sears close and play. Later, when I had money, I bought top of the line traditional speakers. There about half as big as I am and weigh about half as much. I hate having to move them. It was a lot easier 30 years ago.

[goontron]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

well I had to post a rant beaus my friend wasted 300$ on a pair and is sounds worse than my 5$ sentry headphones, me I just think that's ridiculous, sad, and Im glad im not the only one that sees that crap!

[edit]im glad altec-lansing is still around.[/edit]

[momaka]

Re: people are sheep when it comes to beats audio!

I can't say that these Beats by Dre headphones / earbuds / earphones are all cheap junk. My roommate let me try his earphone the other day. It didn't sound anywhere near as good as my cheap Sony MDR-032 headphones that I've had for 12 years now, but compared to most other earbuds / earphones I've tried, they were better. Now, if you ask me if I think they are worth their >$50 price (I think my roommate said something like $70 or $100, I don't remember) - absolutely not!

And whoever says Beats headphones / earbuds / earphones are overrated and overpriced - I agree with you 101%. It's nothing more than a pricey fad. For the money, you can get many headphones that sound way, WAY better.

Thank you for making this thread so that I didn't have to.