So a lot of my friends insist that Beats are the best headphones around. I'll admit, they sound good. The price, however, is not worth it. I've tried to talk some people out of buying them but I don't know the best alternatives. Any of you know what products could perhaps change their minds?
I assume you want headphones with a good bass?
Literally anything is going to give you better sound than beats headphones. Try some Sennheiser or Klipsch headphones. The Beats will give you some nice bass and everything else is thrown out the window.
Beyerdynamic Custom One Pros are pretty good and have adjustable bass for around $200, Audiotechnica ATH M50 have been rated as some of the best headphones under $200. There are many more options it really depends on what you listen to and what you use them for.
It depends on what you want.. if you want Bass the Panasonic RP-HTF600-S really pack a lot of bass and they sound much better than what you would think seeing their low price.
Audio Technica ath-m50 are more expensive but fairly balanced for the price, they are actually rebranded by Denon as professional DJ headphones
AKG will make greater things at all price-points than Beats.
The Audio Technica ath-m50's are awesome and are better than alot of headphones in much higher price ranges
They are great, but a nice AKG 7 series will destroy them.
Yes but if he is just using his ipod or phone he wont notice much of a difference, at least I havent
Have you actually compared your M50s to AKG 7xx headphones?
not for an extended amount of time but yes
Really? Pray tell, which AKGs?
akg headphones also are a little more comfortable in my opnion either one is a good choice
the 701's
We're you to have a proper setup, with a powerful DAC and any decent amp, you'd tell a huge difference. On the gimped audio of the Apple devices, probably not.
yes i agree and anything is better than beats
Shure makes some great low-ish cost headphones. I have the srh440 which are great for the price ($100).
beats is a fashion statement.. i can not believe people willingly spend the amount of money they do. i prefer sennheiser. you can pick up their shittiest model and it will still spank beats audio.
Behringers are pretty good as well, that is for the price point
Sound and sound quality are very subjective. So some people might actually like that shitty, washed-out, and bass-heavy sound of Beats. In my view Beats are utter shit! They do not sound good, their sound quality is ok at best (for their top-of-the-line model) but they have way too much bass. Vortex88 said it, pretty much anything will have a better sound quality than Beats, in their price range, or even cheaper.
I personally use my Audio Technica M-50's most of the time. They cost less than $150 now and sound amazing. Crisp quality, mostly neutral sound with a slightly increased bass.
I also use Sennheiser HD280's (~$100). They also sound great, but they don't have the bass of M50's.
I don't understand this obsession people have with these fucking Beats. I'd say they look good, but that's about the only positive I can give them. You can tell by the variety of different answers here that pretty much anything is better than Beats at their price range. Sennheiser's, Audio Technica's, AKG's, Koss, I'd throw in Grado's as well.