Good god, those speakers are how much!? : Beats by Dre Studio Review

Recently I’ve been seeing Beats by Dre everywhere. And honestly, I’ve gotta say, I’m appalled. These things are on the head of every idiot who thinks he’s a producer. The things are a goddamn three hundred dollars and the claim to be all that you need in headphones. Well, if you’re thinking about buying a pair and you don’t have a smart audio friend who’s already said this, DON’T. So anyway, here's my Beats by Dre studio review.

I like Dr. Dre for the most part, although I’m pretty sure he’s really only a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a Dr., but these past big moves of his are really starting to make me doubt whether I can respect him as an artist. I’m not a big fan of the Coachella Tupac thing, but if that goes anywhere I’ll have another separate post on that mess. As a businessman though, I really can’t think of anything more genius. Make a terrible pair of headphones for next to no cost, say they’re amazing, get Monster to endorse (ensuring quality ha ha), and laugh your way to bank twirling a tiny moustache and spinning your monocle.

First off you can tell the headphones are crap before you even buy them by checking online for specs. They can’t be found. No self respecting headphone company would put up “studio quality” headphones without AT LEAST frequency range. But check on Musiciansfriend.com, and there are none to be found. That being said, you could even read reviews because frankly, they’re not very good, to say the least. You could go to studios and search you’re little heart out for anyone professional using these headphones to ensure that Dre couldn’t have possibly lied to you. But alas, you wouldn’t find them. Lastly look at the damn price. 300 dollars for these junky things!? Why!? There are a million things you could do better with 300 dollars. Someone could start their own blog with that idea. “A million things that could be done with 300 dollars instead of buying Beats.” I’d read that blog. Everyday.

Besides all my ranting, I heard em’ the other day and they just sounded terrible. You can create the same bass boosting effect on you iPod’s EQ for nada. Don’t play into the fad and waste your money. Go buy some Sennheisers or if you really wanna drop some big dough, buy some Grados.

Anyway, off this subject, Me and Cody are starting up some freelance work out of the home studio called “Saxony Lane Studios.” I’ll be posting about what we do here when it starts to take off. If you want some work done or whatever after reading my rantings, I’m amazed, but as always go to the about page for some contact info.