These are headphones I am looking forward to trying out. I am not a big fan of Monster Cable who are behind Beats but they are talking about new technologies in this headphone that haven’t been used before and I find that very intriguing. They are going to cost $400 which is the average price for pretty decent headphones but this also means they will have a lot of competing to do. Can’t wait to read the first review. [Link]
Update: Amazon is currently offering a $50 discount on the Beats by Dre. Click here to check it out. [Amazon Link]
34 replies on “Beats by Dre Headphones”
$400 is the average price for pretty decent headphones! 400$ is wayyyyyyy too expensive for a headphone for a NORMAL person and by normal i mean a person who will use them to listen to music or watch movies.unless you’re a DJ or someone who work in music i dont think thats a reasonable price for a headphone.
not very expensive if your a music fan, and beats studio sound and bass is epic.
You’re nuts, it’s a marketing gimmick….sure, they look pretty nice but there are way better headphones on the market for less.
from the looks: stylish
hope its as good as u say it is!
7ussein you don’t need to be DJ to need good headphones. Of course though you don’t have to spend $400 and you definitely shouldn’t spend $900, but for $100 to $200 you can get nice stuff.
KWT23 I didn’t say its good, it isn’t out yet but I am hoping the new technology inside them will turn out to be good.
Nothing beats Pioneer’s HDJ-1000, used by all kinds of DJs worldwide, and it only goes for about $150. With all due respect to Dr. Dre (grandaddy of rap), but I don’t think $400 headphones would quite sell.
but see now everywhere you go there are people using beats and when you use it you will become main attraction
wut im saying Mark is that u dont have to spend hundreds of dollars to feel a slight difference in sound between the 100-200$ headphones and that 500$ ones i just dont think it is worth it to spend that much money for that slight sound quality which u will barely notice and actually i’ve tried a 500$ bose headphone they sound great and everything but i didnt feel that vast difference in sound quality between it and my 120$ Sennheiser headphones.and of course you’ll need high end equipment to get the best quality out of that headphone im just saying that for everyday use i prefer reasonably priced headphones unless you have so much money to spend that’ll sort of justify buying a 500$ headphone:D its just my opinion.
7ussein of course you didn’t notice a difference between a $500 Bose and a $120 Sennheiser, its because Bose sucks and are overpriced. The $500 Bose and $120 Sennheiser are probably in the same league as quality but the Bose over price their stuff because they have a much higher marketing budget they need to cover. Any person who does just the slightest bit of research will know that Bose is the most over hyped brand in headphones and really don’t offer anything special and that Sennheiser has better headphones.
Now if you take Bose out of the picture and actually go with proper brands that are actually good then you will easily notice the difference between a $100 headphone and a $400 one.
Yousef these headphones, the beats aren’t targeted to DJ’s, DJ’s have other requirements in headphones and sound quality is not one of the most important ones. Keep in mind while the DJ’s are djaying they are in an extremely loud environment and so sound quality won’t really be noticeable as much as say comfort, weight, flexibility etc..
There is one word for headphones, SENNHEISER. Monster Cable sells overrated, overpriced wires, and now headphones. A stupid 1 meter HDMI cable from them costs 20 KD. I bought a generic 25 foot HDMI cable from Amazon for 15 Bucks, yes US Dollars!
Mark: Thats not true. DJs need the sound quality for beatmatching and vocals, plus most of the time your hearing from one ear, so the quality has to be especially good on the headphones to be able to hear through the noise. Comfort and weight are important elements, but quality of sound is just as important if not more. Plus I use the Pioneer with my Ipod and its beautiful, wouldn’t use any other headphones.
If you are djaying in a club you wouldn’t need quality because as you said you are listening through one ear and there is really loud music all around you so explain to me how you would notice a difference in quality? What you need is loudness.
Sorry to disappoint you but Pioneer’s HDJ-1000 isn’t counted as a good sound quality headphone neither does Pioneer make any good sound quality headphone. Even if DJs use it they arent using it because of sound quality, DJs also use Technics headphones but as i said its because these are made for djs they aren’t made for sound quality.
Of course you will disagree with me so thats why for further proof just visit headfi.org and ask in the forum there and see. Or just do a search for the Pioneer HDJ-1000 and see what has been said.
Just did a quick google on the HDJ-1000 and it seems its getting a lot of negative reviews…
Mark I’m not seeing what your seeing. I also did a quick google search on HDJ-1000 and I got the following:
DJBooth.com
Rating: 9.5/10
CNET
User Rating: 7.7/10
Audioreview.com
Rating: 5/5
DJmag.com
Rating: 5/5
I’m guessing our problem here is that my definition of sound quality is different then yours. What I look for is minimal sound distortion, good bass response, and no sound alteration at high volume. That plus not having to listen to any outside noise of course.
I’ve seen the HDJ-1000 used by DJs such as Bob Sinlar, David Guetta, Dirty South, and Eric Morillo live, and I don’t think these DJs would just use a headphone for loudness alone, and they wouldn’t use them if it had such bad reviews.
Yousef you’re serious dude?
DJBooth.com you said it got a 9.5/10
The review was 3 sentences long and doesn’t even discuss the sound quality of the headphones.
https://www.djbooth.net/index/dj-equipment/review/pioneer-hdj-1000/
CNET you said it got a 7.7/10
Well it wasn’t a review by CNET it was a review by the readers of the site but even so it got a 7.7 which isn’t high.
https://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/pioneer-hdj-1000-headphones/4505-7877_7-30520481.html
AudioReview.com you said it got 5/5
AudioReview don’t review products, the 5 rating was given by 1 reader of the site.
https://www.audioreview.com/cat/headphones-home-audio/headphones/pioneer/PRD_173595_2750crx.aspx
Anyway the issue here is that you don’t know what good sound quality is. Everything you mentioned as you definition of sound quality isn’t sound quality its what I pointed out before, its loudness. Minimal sound distortion and alteration at high volume isn’t good sound quality its loudness. Blocking outside noise is also not a judge of good sound quality.
If you get a closed type headphone you will block more sound then an open air headphone but thats two different types of headphones. There are some headphones that have electronic sound isolation does that mean they have good sound quality?
Anyway as you pointed out Bob Sinclair, David Guetta and whoever else are using the Pioneer, well yeah they are DJ headphones I never disagreed with you on that. As I mentioned before DJ’s have certain requirements from headphones that helps them out while DJing like the mono/stereo switch which is available on this Pioneer but is a feature that isn’t found on headphones. Doesn’t mean the Pioneer is better because it has these features, it means its targeted to a specific audience. Maybe these Pioneers are the best DJ headphones which I doubt because there are a ton of DJ’s using Sonys for example but say they were the best DJ headphones, that wouldn’t mean they were the best sound quality headphones, for the same price I can find you better quality none DJ headphones. Actually I think the Grado SR60’s have better quality and cost only $70.
I did mention the CNET review as USER review, and 7.7 for CNET is “very good”. I also noticed you left out DJMag’s review which gives you detailed analysis on the headphones, check it out.
Anyways, as I said, my definition of sound quality differs than yours. Because I use the headphones for different purposes doesn’t make me not know what good sound quality is, it just makes my requirements different. Plus the last time I spent $400+ on apparently “good sound quality” headphones, it turned out to be complete garbage, worst investment I ever made.
Now for me comfort is of course an important factor, plus weight and all that, and I don’t disagree with you that there are better sound quality headphones out there. I’m with you 100%. But when I come to compare a $400 plus headphone with a $150 one and I get the same quality, which I have done, to me it’s ridiculous to spend that much on the former. Go ahead and try the Pioneer headphones, I promise you’ll be surprised.
Yousef just because a headphone costs a lot doesn’t mean the sound quality is good. Like one reader mentioned above he tried $500 Bose speakers and they turned out to be crap. I also showed you a pair of $70 Grado’s that have better sound quality then a lot of +$100 headphones.
Price doesn’t matter.
And I agree that you have different requirements in headphones but all I said were the requirements you mentioned as sound quality were not related to sound quality.
Loud headphones doesn’t mean good sound quality
Expensive headphones doesn’t mean good sound quality
Bose headphones doesn’t mean good sound quality
This DJ uses these headphones doesn’t mean good sound quality
Sound isolating headphones doesn’t mean good sound quality
Anyway if you listened to the best $400 headphones in the market directly from your iPod I will guarantee you it will probably be the shittiest sounding thing you would probably hear and thats because once you get into the fairly decent headphones they all require to be pre-amped meaning you connect your ipod to a little amp and the little amp will power the headphones. You need to check the impedance, if the headphone has high impedance which the majority of good quality headphones have they won’t run properly. It would be as if you get 200watt speakers and power them up with a 20watt amp. Check the impedance, its usually recommended for ipods not to go higher then 32 but the Sennheiser HD600 for example is 300ohms so if those were the pair you tried they would have sounded crap. Your Pioneers on the other hand are 40ohms which is just slightly over the recommended.
heheh OK can I get your view on what sound quality is on headphones?
i am a small producer with only a couple artist and i like to do most of my mixing through head phones but with most head phones im not able to do so and get and accurate mix. each pair of headphones has a different sound. Dre’s new Beats are made specifically for makeing beats. they are designed so you dont have to continuaslly change between listening through monitors and headphones. these arnt designed for use with an ipod even though they could be used for personal listening purposes. MP3s that you listen to on your ipod are already in a low sound quality. for what i do i would easily pay $400 for these and i am not rich. how much your willing to pay depends on what you are using them for.
Sound quality can be many differant thing such as the bit depth and sample rate but quality headphones for me gives me a flat uncolored sound that i can rely upon in a mix.
anyone that knows about headphones knows “Grado”… not PIoneer, or Monster or any of those subpar piles.
Any REAL Audiophile will say Grado before you even finish asking which is the best headphone in the market. A $70 S60 Grado will outperform 99% of headphones in the $200 range and a $200 Grado will outperform everything left over…. a $400 Grado is juts heaven on earth.
Its great to see you guys haggle about headphones that you have not even heard. Get your hands on the Beats, they are now available at Al Ghanim. They rock, one of the sweetest things i have head in ages.
I think a selling point for Beats by Dre is that it’s featured in all the new high-profile music videos. So people can have the luxury of having the same headphones you see all the artists use in their videos.
I’m actually about to shoot a music video for a certain RnB artist and am considering getting a sponsorship from them. I’ll keep the headphones though. 😉
well ive used these headphones and i think there worth every penny. im gunna get some myself, i work in retail and have tried a vast range of headphones and not even sennheiser or shures that ive tried come even close to beats. they are simply amazing
has anyone compared the difference between a cheap HDMI cable and a Monster Cable.
These drephones are the best headphones I’ve ever used. I got the drephones like 2 weeks ago and it’s like being in the studio. Drephones allow me to hear all of these new sounds. I can almost hear Lil’ Wayne zip up his fly in the bathroom while Baby records his verse. Unreal. GO DREPHONES!
Try the beats out at a local best-buy, they are amazing headphones though, i’m hoping to get a pair.
Picked up these headphones. They are pretty awesome definitely comparable to 1000’s without question. Mind you, my girlfriend works @ future shop so I got a $120 discount. Very good seperation, comfort and quality.
is there anyone who can tell me wether any Grados (in the same price range) are really better than the beats? ive tried the beats on and theyre awesome, but ive also heard that Grado headphones are good aswell.
also if anyone could tell me wether the sennheiser 595s or 600s are as good (or better) than the beats? (i know that the sennheisers are cheaper, but do they actually sound better?)
Which Grados are you comparing to? I haven’t tried the grados but from what i read, they mostly lack bass but are pretty accurate. The Beats are not very accurate but more fun to listen to.
Well, I wasnt really comparing any specific grados, since i dont really know a lot about them. just wanted to know if spending $300 on grados would be better than spending the same on the beats. but if grados lack bass, then its beats for me.
What about the sennheisers i mentioned? ive read a lot of good reviews about them, and sennheiser 595 is a lot cheaper as well.
and about the beats; any idea how much they cost here? i ask because electronics generally tend to be more expensive here than in the US.
Haven’t tried them either but one thing you got to keep in mind is that with $300 headphones you most very probably need a portable amp to run them. the beats have a built in amp that run on 2 AAA batteries.
Ive Listened to these headphones and they hit so nice and sound so dam good its incredible and stop reading all the 400 dollar websites u can go to bestbuy and pick them up for 99-300 and there on sale there like all the time. there better then bose and the Pioneers . So Big Ups to Dre for perfecting one of his tools of his craft.
beats headphones are shit its a marketing scheme getting all the biggish artists in the pop genre to advertise them in songs, videos and even make there own edition, if you are looking for good headphones, as a dj, and producer I recommend sennheiser hd205’s, the sound is crystal clear, amazing isolation and look better then most the sennheiser range, other then that the pioneer 500 range are amazing, these are designed for more public use then djing but offer a nice crisp sound.
I love the talks above saying dj’s dont need a good quality headphone, although this is true in most cases its not always, some djs just need bass in there phones so they can beat match, others like me for instance like to use them for pretty much everything, I rarely take mine off I pre cue songs then also mix with them on, this allows me to keep my hearing and only listen at a low volume.
the beats break easy look them up on youtube, they are not a dj headphone nor that great for audio