Beats by Dr. Dre Studio 2.0 Review

[h264]

 

In my personal - somewhat obsessive - quest to find the world’s most perfect headphones, I have come back around to clearly one of the most famous headphone designs of all time, the beats by Dr. Dre Studio.  For those of you who are blissfully unaware, Dr. Dre is a once-famous and often overlooked super-genius of the modern hip-hop world who produced works in the early 90’s before finding ways to make even more money in producing without having to carry a tune, rhyme, or whatever it is a rapper actually does.  His other major passion, however, is hi-fi audio reproduction – specifically, speakers.  Fortunately for Dr. Dre, his good friend Jimmy Lovine was even smarter and got him to try designing headphones instead.  The pair’s amazing engineering collaboration led to this sleek, stylish masterpiece that is the envy of poor white millennials the nation over (Monster? Who’s that?).  So, take this moment to gather your jealousness my poor friends, for I am the new proud owner of this piece of audio nirvana.  I’ll have you know they’re everything you think they can be, and more.

 

Build quality is excellent.  Plush pads are soft on your head and the headphones are extremely light.  Lovine and Dre must have made a deal with the devil for such a super-light material that looks exactly like cheap plastic and aluminum but appears unbreakable.  The headband is padded and comfortable on your head.  There are no screws and the headband snaps with a tepid click.  I’m sure I could wear these forever and never knew I had them on.  Also, they’re very comfortable around your neck unlike the albatross that is the Audeze LCD-2.

 

Let’s get to the important part now.  The sound quality is what makes a Beats by Dre a Beats by Dre.  You feel the beats through your whole body, unlike other headphones where you feel nothing but regret for not buying Beats by Dre.  The high notes come through loud and clear, without sibilance or timbre.  The mid-range is well balanced and subdued.  What’s that you say?  You heard white noise when nothing is playing?  That’s clearly the soundtrack of your life played in reverse, just like the artist hears it when he’s mixing the track in the studio.  It’s almost as if the noise canceling feature is possessed by the great Dr. Dre himself.

 

Overall I think no conclusion is necessary.  If you don’t own the Beat by Dre Studios yet, you should consider that you’ve never heard any of your music correctly and that only this headphone will make any of it worth your time.  In that way, $300 is a small price to pay for audio exceptionalism.

[beebskadoo]

I would pay double or triple that price!!!

[helping]

Howcome yours look different? 

 

 

 

should i RMA?

 

OP you should call up support, I highly suspect yours might be counterfeit and not mine.

[Ryan Leech]

I have a full on man crush for Dr. Dre

[Benjamin G]

[beebskadoo]

Howcome yours look different? 

 

 

 

should i RMA?

 

OP you should call up support, I highly suspect yours might be counterfeit 

That is amazing..

I love you!

[h264]

Howcome yours look different? 

 

 

 

should i RMA?

 

OP you should call up support, I highly suspect yours might be counterfeit and not mine.

 

I bought mine from a reputable source.  I'm led to believe that the beats by dre have 30% less root vegetables this version.

[Fred Castellum]

*cough* lol

[helping]

I bought mine from a reputable source.  I'm led to believe that the beats by dre have 30% less root vegetables this version.

 

Well, ok.

 

 

I'm honestly conflicted though. I'm very willing to believe you,

It's just that most up to date logo gave me a different impression.

 

 

(knew I'd find a use for this one day)

[GamerDude]

Uh...OK, if you like the signature sound made by Beats cans, more power to you.

[CatCloud]

Nice april fools mate.

[Dragonzeanse]

Good one. I bet that actually would fool a lot of people.

[SrN95]

As I read that, I almost thought you were serious... Then I looked at the date, gg mate

[Heisenbleurgh]

*slow clap*

i opened this expecting either:

• reviewer hating the headphones
• forum hating the reviewer

but then I remember the date. Don't you know april fools is the 31st in the linus media group?

[CjlabanG]

I always fuckin' forget that it's April 1.

[ShearMe]

[Paralectic]

I'm laughing my ass off.

[Lays]

so much drama in the LBC

 

 

@ShearMe sup dood

 

 

 

@OP lol'd

[ObeseWalrus]

HAHAHAHAHA Good april fools

[Rekx]

That was kind a funny i knew this review would be something to do with trolling, when i saw h264 was reviewing them

[h264]

OK so

 

 

April Fools!

 

The real scoop on these headphones is simply that I have never been so disappointed in a headphone.  It actually SOUNDS GOOD, but the hiss that the noise canceling portion puts off destroys that entire concept.  What a shame, but really, the first thing anybody ever asks me when I show them one of my fancy headphones is: "does it have noise canceling?" So that's not going away anytime soon.

[helping]

  It actually SOUNDS GOOD, but 

Interestingly enough, I've read a few accounts of people making comparisons and claiming the counterfeit versions actually sounded a bit better in some cases

 

 

but then again I think it was on Headfi

[Dragonzeanse]

Interestingly enough, I've read a few accounts of people making comparisons and claiming the counterfeit versions actually sounded a bit better in some cases

 

 

but then again I think it was on Headfi

Technically the Noontec Zoros are a cheap knockoff but they aren't a counterfeit.

[kirashi]

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In my personal - somewhat obsessive - quest to find the world’s most perfect headphones, I have come back around to clearly one of the most famous headphone designs of all time, the beats by Dr. Dre Studio.  For those of you who are blissfully unaware, Dr. Dre is a once-famous and often overlooked super-genius of the modern hip-hop world who produced works in the early 90’s before finding ways to make even more money in producing without having to carry a tune, rhyme, or whatever it is a rapper actually does.  His other major passion, however, is hi-fi audio reproduction – specifically, speakers.  Fortunately for Dr. Dre, his good friend Jimmy Lovine was even smarter and got him to try designing headphones instead.  The pair’s amazing engineering collaboration led to this sleek, stylish masterpiece that is the envy of poor white millennials the nation over (Monster? Who’s that?).  So, take this moment to gather your jealousness my poor friends, for I am the new proud owner of this piece of audio nirvana.  I’ll have you know they’re everything you think they can be, and more.

 

Recognize the two in the picture below? Father-son duo Noel and Kevin Lee are the engineers responsible for formulating, manufacturing, and shaping the sound you and millions of others enjoy by way of Beats by Dr. Dre. (and Jimmy Iovine, hereby known as Mr. Chairman Rekording Engineer of all things Interscopical.)

Also, this intro was written in Comic Sans to demonstrate the lack of design Beats claimed Monster failed to bring to the table. Yet it was not design they were lacking; they simply didn't market and license their product to musicians and artists on their own. Instead they chose to trust in Mr. Chairman Rekording Engineer of all things Interscopical and Dr. Dre, failing to create a properly IP contract and thus lost to a pair with more money and lawyers.

 

 

 

What I'm about to tell you is not to rain on the parade that is Beats audio, nor is it to put down anyone's opinion on audio equipment. I respect whatever choice you make in terms of what sounds good to your ears, so please don't take this as any kind of downing or gripe towards Beats.

 

Dr. Dre and Mr. Chairman Rekording Engineer of all things Interscopical did NOT create Beats Audio, nor did they engineer the sound. What they did do is probably one of the most successful marketing campaigns of all time in getting one of the "best bad ideas in gadget history" of all time. Monster Audio, under father-son duo Noel and Kevin Lee, has been "making things for your ears since 1979" including those over hyped (and priced) cables and power regulator bars for home theatres, all in the premise that "your music doesn't sound as good as it could." Unfortunately, the deal that Monster secured with Beats left the Lees completely dry in terms of patents and ownership - they were merely referred to as suppliers or partners from there-on-out. "[Mr. Chairman Rekording Engineer of all things Interscopical] and Dre's side of Beats would retain permanent ownership of everything that Monster developed."

 

Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World

 

I'm not going to rewrite the article here; I mean, that would be very time consuming, not to mention plagiarism and all that copyright nonsense, so head on over to Gizmodo to read the full article. (And yes, I aware that lots of what Gawker media posts is... questionable. 

 

So, Monster, a company that screws people over by selling overpriced cables, got screwed over by Dr. Dre, et. all, on the overpriced headphones they screw people over on? Sounds about right.

OK so

 

 

April Fools!

 

The real scoop on these headphones is simply that I have never been so disappointed in a headphone.  It actually SOUNDS GOOD, but the hiss that the noise canceling portion puts off destroys that entire concept.  What a shame, but really, the first thing anybody ever asks me when I show them one of my fancy headphones is: "does it have noise canceling?" So that's not going away anytime soon.

Oh my goodness. Well now, this might cause quite a stir.

[aaronu]

i tested my cousins dr dre beats. I listened to some normal music. I took em off right away. they sound like im listening music through a tin can!!

 

Id rather buy Sennheisers 598s over any dr.dre beets!