What would you do if someone gave you a pair of these as a gift and you couldn't return them?

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they´re pretty big, but what´s the story with them? :not me:

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I've never personally listened to music through a pair but I've heard good things. and for the price they cost I can either assume that they are very good quality or people are fucking idiots. but if I were given a pair for free, i'd use them. probably not for djing, but i'd use them.

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[QUOTE=Garrick;1150909]or people are fucking idiots[/QUOTE]

this.

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I'm the only one who voted c) :lol:

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They say "douche" as little else.

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^^^ :lol: Yeah, I would probably agree with that.

They are probably the most faked headphones in the world. I remember coming out of the train station in Paris and there were all these young guys with handfuls of them :lol:

The odd review I have read hasn't been that good , particularly for the price.

I wouldn't have accepted them.

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well that settles that :lol:

you could resell them on ebay for one MILLION dollars....

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I think I would keep them and give them as a gift to someone that would really make their day happy… that someone would be a guido or someone from the jersey shore.

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[URL]http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/01/06/dr-dre-and-jimmy-iovine-sued-by-monster/[/URL]

Meanwhile, aided by having the [URL="http://beatsbydre.com/"]Beats by Dre[/URL] logo on the side of their headphones, [URL="http://www.monstercable.com/"]Monster[/URL] – the Brisbane, CA-based producer of audio and video cabling products known until this week as Monster Cable Products – took 53% of a US headphone market valued at the time by the NPD group at over $1 billion. Since that calculation, the market has grown 79% to $2 billion at the end of 2011, also according to NPD. Getting over 50% share in a largely commodified market is impressive work, and I believe has not been done in headphones since Koss, who had the first-mover advantage in a far smaller market.

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[QUOTE=KiwiTollway;1150964][URL]http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/01/06/dr-dre-and-jimmy-iovine-sued-by-monster/[/URL]

Meanwhile, aided by having the [URL="http://beatsbydre.com/"]Beats by Dre[/URL] logo on the side of their headphones, [URL="http://www.monstercable.com/"]Monster[/URL] – the Brisbane, CA-based producer of audio and video cabling products known until this week as Monster Cable Products – took 53% of a US headphone market valued at the time by the NPD group at over $1 billion. Since that calculation, the market has grown 79% to $2 billion at the end of 2011, also according to NPD. Getting over 50% share in a largely commodified market is impressive work, and I believe has not been done in headphones since Koss, who had the first-mover advantage in a far smaller market.[/QUOTE] Nasty !!!

Interestingly apparently Apple bought them because of the streaming , because America has this ridiculous system of a single judge being able to set streaming payment rates. Beats has this set at stupidly small amounts, which will come in very handy when Apple start to do streaming.

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If it´s free is good.

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New Sony Walkman - $3,000 + new Beats by Dre headphones $300, what's not to love? ;) :lol:

:roflmao: feather.

and I don't have a pair in case anyone was wondering, I heard they are too bass heavy and drowns out the other levels

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re-gift for sure or craigslist/ebay if you have the time. re-gifting can always be tricky though in case they know each other (og gifter and re-giftee) obviously.

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[url="http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world"]Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World[/url]

Beats are popular because of great marketing getting their product in the hands of stars...that's about the only thing notable about em.

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While FB buys whatsap , Google starts their project loon... what does apple do ??? they buy beats by dre. awesome! Seriously, Tim cook has made a lot of poor decisions. None of them go along with what Steve jobs had envisioned.

Back to the headphones, they sound like crap some of their models do have a decent isolation though.

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[QUOTE=Haziel;1150963]I think I would keep them and give them as a gift to someone that would really make their day happy… that someone would be a guido or someone from the jersey shore.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

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[QUOTE=unkle;1150975]If it´s free is good.[/QUOTE] Nah, Life is too short to listen to our music in crap quality. :)

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[QUOTE=Haziel;1150988]While FB buys whatsap , Google starts their project loon... what does apple do ??? they buy beats by dre. awesome! Seriously, Tim cook has made a lot of poor decisions. None of them go along with what Steve jobs had envisioned.

Back to the headphones, they sound like crap some of their models do have a decent isolation though.[/QUOTE]Apple will do just fine with this decision. It's what comes with the headphones. ;)

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$300 for garbage. That's sad.

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$300 for a brand, that's sad.

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Got a pair of the wireless powerbeats 2 for Christmas. I have been waiting to purchase a pair of wireless headphones for the gym/running, but hadn't found a pair I felt comfortable buying yet. I gave them a listen when running, and while the wireless part was convenient, they were way too bass heavy and I just couldn't keep them knowing they cost $200. Returned them and will put that towards another pair (if there's some ever made worth buying).

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^^ who wants too much heavy bass in their ears? what were they thinking?

"It's all about the bass, about the bass, no treble..." is just humorous song lyrics, not a good listening experience to most :lol:

some drum & bass mixes are like that for me though, they sound like murder, no thanks. maybe to others they're relaxing, idk. To each his own. :D

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I've never heard how any of their headphones sound, but they do employ a very good marketing team. I think they simply took the athlete-product association started by Nike and co. while back and applied to their product..it still works like a charm apparently.

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I read in a recent issue of Forbes that Dr Dre was the highest paid musician last year and holds the record for most ever made by a musician in a single year. This is because he sold Beats to Apple for $3 Billion....of which he personally pocketed $630 million dollars!!! Thats a crazy amount of money over some shite headphones

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^^ It wasn't about the headphones. :)

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A triumph of marketing over engineering for sure. They sound like shit

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[QUOTE=progressive420;1151191]I read in a recent issue of Forbes that Dr Dre was the highest paid musician last year and holds the record for most ever made by a musician in a single year. This is because he sold Beats to Apple for $3 Billion....of which he personally pocketed $630 million dollars!!! Thats a crazy amount of money over some shite headphones[/QUOTE]

He finally expressed himself!

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I mean...

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"D bagging.com" :roflmao: :roflmao:

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Hahahaha. Poster Boy!

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The article I linked talks about how they just put the headphones on athletes and musicians and got them to use them in their vids, thus how they became so popular.

I see people working out with those damn full earphones, how dumb is that? Use some damn earbuds.

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^^^Indeed

Also I can't help thinking that my team has a douchebag QB when he appears on every press conference with them.

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Prince Of Douche Manor himself:

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Scouse has-been:

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And a million others. They do tend to have really hot girlfriends, though.

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[QUOTE=res0nat0r;1151241]The article I linked talks about how they just put the headphones on athletes and musicians and got them to use them in their vids, thus how they became so popular.

I see people working out with those damn full earphones, how dumb is that? Use some damn earbuds.[/QUOTE]

Celebrity endorsement is nothing new and the world is full of sheep and the lowest common denominator who can't think for themselves.

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Yes but it still won't explain HOW all that can turn a fairly new company into a 3 billion monster.

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[QUOTE=Haziel;1151231]I mean...

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[QUOTE=sbando;1151249]Yes but it still won't explain HOW all that can turn a fairly new company into a 3 billion monster.[/QUOTE]

Nobody listens to me do they ? :lol:

[h=1]Q. When does $0.000126 = $3.2 Billion? A. When Apple Buys Beats Music.[/h]It's the streaming rates they are paying for :)

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Well, SOMEONE (Apple) paid three billions for that^, obviously considering it a good deal. Dre, who only provided his name and the reputation he used to have 20 years ago, earned 600 millions. What justifies that :)? Why pay that money :)?

Disney bought Pixar (run by Jobs) for 6,7, if I remember correctly.

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I have a hunch...

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