Headphone help

[smitty81]

Originally Posted by pektel

I wouldn't go so far as to call them junk. Overpriced? Definitely.

Yes, Junk as in you don't get what you pay for.

I have thought about buying some of these for my brother as he is in the music business. I started asking around and lots of random people that have bought them said their quality is comparable to a $20.00 set of headphones.

Originally Posted by smitty81

Yes, Junk as in you don't get what you pay for.
I have thought about buying some of these for my brother as he is in the music business. I started asking around and lots of random people that have bought them said their quality is comparable to a $20.00 set of headphones.

Quality and price of a product are two different things.

[smitty81]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Quality and price of a product are two different things.

no, if you pay $1,000 for a new tv at best buy, you have expectations for that TV to perform like the rest of the $1,000 TV's.

If it doesn't preform as it should for what you paid, you have bought "junk".

Price and Quality are directly related.

Originally Posted by smitty81

no, if you pay $1,000 for a new tv at best buy, you have expectations for that TV to perform like the rest of the $1,000 TV's.

If it doesn't preform as it should for what you paid, you have bought "junk".

Price and Quality are directly related.

So price=quality?

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

So price=quality?

this is a snare smitty

[smitty81]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

So price=quality?

I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for. You buy a $200.00 car thats in a car lot clear in the back, your going to get a $200.00 car, not a Bentley.

Those Dre headphones, for the price they sell for, they are junk.

If they sold for around $35.00 or so, I wouldn't have a problem with them. I have expectations, If I spend $35.00 on headphones, I will expect the quality to be $35.00 worth.

Now if I spend $175.00 on headphones, I expect the quality to be $175.00 worth, not $35.00 worth.

They are junk for the price they sell them at.

Originally Posted by smitty81

no, if you pay $1,000 for a new tv at best buy, you have expectations for that TV to perform like the rest of the $1,000 TV's.

If it doesn't preform as it should for what you paid, you have bought "junk".

Price and Quality are directly related.

ok, simply, price isn't determined by value or "quality", it's determined by the intersection of supply and demand... Value is very subjective remember

[Adriftpanda]

Originally Posted by smitty81

Yes, Junk as in you don't get what you pay for.

I have thought about buying some of these for my brother as he is in the music business. I started asking around and lots of random people that have bought them said their quality is comparable to a $20.00 set of headphones.

So you don't own a pair... have you tried them? How many of "lots of people" did you ask?

Granted that I did not pay for mine but the headphones are hands down one of the best headphones I've used.

btw price equals quality is absolutely ______ I'm sure you get it. Like most things.

[jkim05]

Originally Posted by Adriftpanda

So you don't own a pair... have you tried them? How many of "lots of people" did you ask?

Granted that I did not pay for mine but the headphones are hands down one of the best headphones I've used.

btw price equals quality is absolutely ______ I'm sure you get it. Like most things.

I've tried them, they're actually not bad, and they're way better than what most people are used to listening to, it's just that there are many headphones at lower price points which are considered by most experienced listeners to be much better, and many at much lower price points which most people would not be able to hear a difference in. Many people like them, and if you can afford them, who cares?

The thing that gets lost often in this discussion is headphone amps. A good headphone amp will make all music sound way better, and if you're carrying around a big pair of over the ears anyways, a little headphone amp isn't a big addition. It'll rock your world if you've never listened to your headphones through a real amp. For my money, there are a few cheaper headphones than the beats that look way cooler, imo, and coupled with a decent headphone amp would blow them out of the water, so my money would go that route, but I'm not hating on those that can and choose to afford beats. That being said, just check out head-fi, Beats are probably the most contentious discussion, lol.

If anyone is interested in a quick buyer's guide, I'm not endorsing the opinions, but just linking a resource some people might find useful, since the people who wrote it generally know what they're talking about. http://www.head-fi.org/t/618255/chec...2-buying-guide