#4828259

Corbus

2014-05-29 09:05

Overpriced company acquired by the overprice masters. Nice.

#4828290

lucidus

2014-05-29 10:01

Beats' streaming services was that big in the first place?!

#4828371

rflair

Moderator

2014-05-29 11:47

What a waste of cash.

#4828469

kosh_neranek

2014-05-29 14:10

Does this mean that DRE became the first rap billionaire? Jay Z must be fuming... 🙂 Anyway I'd love to know how do they come up with these numbers.. 3 billion?!? good for DRE

#4828473

Lane

2014-05-29 14:14

Does this mean that DRE became the first rap billionaire? Jay Z must be fuming... 🙂 Anyway I'd love to know how do they come up with these numbers.. 3 billion?!? good for DRE

This make a long time he's billionaire, he touch largely more of 1billions by year with Beat...

#4828495

Neo Cyrus

2014-05-29 15:00

What I'm wondering is who the hell buys Beats at full price? I'd only buy them at a fraction of the cost, that's the only way they're comparable. IIRC the earbuds I got were $200 at the time, I got them from $40 from my local computer shop (NCIX) who sold used ones packaged as new. I exchanged it thinking I got a new pair but that one turned out to be used too. So next I directly did an RMA with Monster. They contacted NCIX (which was an official reseller of Monster products) and some manager got upset and called me rather pissed off asking why I would report them to Monster. I basically told him his shop screwed up so I had to RMA it directly and I ended up having to pay for shipping to Monster. The manager then offered to reimburse me for the shipping and he did. NCIX blamed Monster, Monster blamed NCIX. The end. TL;DR - Monster/Beats prodcuts suck unless you can get them at 1/5th the retail price and even then legit resellers will sometimes sell used ones. NCIX also sucks.

#4828506

k1net1cs

2014-05-29 15:24

What I'm wondering is who the hell buys Beats at full price? I'd only buy them at a fraction of the cost, that's the only way they're comparable.

Full price? HTC knew Beats' price (well, 51% of the price) back then: $300-ish million.

IIRC the earbuds I got were $200 at the time, I got them from $40 from my local computer shop (NCIX) who sold used ones packaged as new.

Heh...for $200, getting a similarly priced Shure, Etymotic, or Ultimate Ears will drown the Beats down the deepest river. If there's a $200 Skullcandy buds I'm pretty sure it'll beat Beats as well. :P

#4828541

NoviceRei

2014-05-29 16:15

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#4828628

JulesCools

2014-05-29 17:53

You guys know that Beats audio make the highest quality and best sounding equipment ever made right?

#4828631

Rexob

2014-05-29 17:57

Beats succeeds by luring ignorant listeners & buyers aka fantastic marketing. Otherwise they are mediocre at best in a narrow range of genres, and outclassed by cheaper or similarly priced headphones. The best part is many people listen to streaming and/or low quality mp3s wearing expensive headphones. If the source is already bad, no amount of money is going to make it sound better. Furthermore, most listeners do NOT use amps which are typically required to power the large drivers found in these headsets.

#4828632

Rexob

2014-05-29 17:57

You guys know that Beats audio make the highest quality and best sounding equipment ever made right?

<3 the troll =)

#4828660

Loobyluggs

2014-05-29 18:33

Trust me, I'm a doctor. Love the way I summed this whole thing up in a 5 word sentence. /goes to pat self on the back.

#4828667

David3k

2014-05-29 18:42

Full price? HTC knew Beats' price (well, 51% of the price) back then: $300-ish million. Heh...for $200, getting a similarly priced Shure, Etymotic, or Ultimate Ears will drown the Beats down the deepest river. If there's a $200 Skullcandy buds I'm pretty sure it'll beat Beats as well. :P

Not to mention audiotechnica or sennheiser stuff. I really cannot comprehend how such a terrible brand of headsets that have dogturdspunkgargle reproduction by ANY TEST manage to get overvalued so much. I guess, in a way, it's a match made in heaven; Overpriced, over-marketed garbage-hardware company buying another overpriced, over-marketed garbage-hardware company. Makes perfect sense, now.

#4828702

Wicken

2014-05-29 19:34

Beats was acquired for their music streaming service (which is admittedly very good), NOT their craptastic headphones.

#4828734

Barry J

2014-05-29 20:12

Wonder when Apple patents hearing sound through devices placed on and in your ears there new ihear system more sound than you can hear only on ihear Next device will be isee glasses that help you see and do more

#4828776

Dch48

2014-05-29 21:11

Beats products are already overpriced. Look out now.

#4829552

k1net1cs

2014-05-30 18:51

Beats was acquired for their music streaming service (which is admittedly very good), NOT their craptastic headphones.

Ha-hah, yeah, no. If Cook wants just the streaming service, he'd just go for Beats Music, leaving out Beats Electronics. He acquired both mainly because of the fame being associated to the Beats brand, specifically Beats Electronics. Also, that made Apple being able to also sell Beats headphones through their stores. If Jobs is still around, he'd immediately throw any negotiation to the bin if Beats Electronics is included. As much as Apple is considered as peddlers of overpriced things, most of the time the quality is there, as in the hardware (and software) relatively speaks for itself. Beats Electronics...not so much. There's a reason most, if not all, of their stuff don't have the really important info printed on the box, like impedance and SNR. They thrive on oblivious people.