Beats Studio 2

[xxMega11xx]

I have a pair of Beats Studio 2 will they be good for video editing and gaming?

 

(disclaimer) I do have a Blue Snowball so don't worry about mics

 

[Aytex]

They sure do "Beat" every other headphones on the market!

 

"badum tss"

[ImBleu]

I have a pair of Beats Solo 2s but use my ATH M50xs for anything more serious than just listening to spotify off my phone.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Depends what you want and expect. They'll work, but they're not going to give you great audio quality. 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

no

 

they are $200 

 

for $200 if you want a much better sounding headphone I recommend Audio-Technica MSR7/Sony MDR1-A

 

Audio-Technica for bass Sony for treble

[asiancorruption]

They will be fine for gaming, if you play games with a lot of action but you typically want relatively accurate headphones when video editing so you can make sure your audio sounds fine. 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

They will be fine for gaming, if you play games with a lot of action but you typically want relatively accurate headphones when video editing so you can make sure your audio sounds fine. 

Beats suck

 

For everything

 

Except Swag

[asiancorruption]

Beats suck

 

For everything

 

Except Swag

Everyone knows that. But it's not like you need extremely accurate sound while playing games unless you like to sound whore a lot. He has them so he might as well use them. 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

Everyone knows that. But it's not like you need extremely accurate sound while playing games unless you like to sound whore a lot. He has them so he might as well use them. 

If you want gaming headphones for $200 the sennheiser G4ME ONE is the way to go

[Guest]

What do you mean "good for" video editing?

[NeoZeon]

I'm not so sure beats are really as bad as you guys say... I think the newer ones are much improved, but thats just from testing in the apple store. I personally use CIEMs... so its not like I don't know what good headphones sound like. 

[Dackzy]

THEY ARE SHIT FOR EVERYTHING!

[KaminKevCrew]

I'm not so sure beats are really as bad as you guys say... I think the newer ones are much improved, but thats just from testing in the apple store. I personally use CIEMs... so its not like I don't know what good headphones sound like.

They are certainly much improved. However, most other options in the price range are still far superior, as far as sound quality alone goes.

THEY ARE SHIT FOR EVERYTHING!

No, actually they aren't. Please learn to actually try things before you say useless, unhelpful things about them.

Besides, OP already owns them, so telling him/her they their headphones are shit (which this particular pair isn't...) doesn't help anyone to learn anything.

[Guest]

They are certainly much improved. However, most other options in the price range are still far superior, as far as sound quality alone goes.

No, actually they aren't. Please learn to actually try things before you say useless, unhelpful things about them.

Besides, OP already owns them, so telling him/her they their headphones are shit (which this particular pair isn't...) doesn't help anyone to learn anything.

 

But we need to make it very, very clear how aware we are that beat are trash for plebs!!!

[NeoZeon]

They are certainly much improved. However, most other options in the price range are still far superior, as far as sound quality alone goes.

 

Maybe. But I'm not so sure sound quality is the most important thing in a headphone for most people, especailly for headphones that people will be using out and a bout. When you say 'far superior', I find sound quality difficult to quantify. And those things that make a headphone sound better tend to be completely neutralized by outside noises. That's probably why the Bose NC headphones are probably the best portable headphones: sure they are warm as hell but they at least you can hear the music at a reasonable sound level. 

 

There is something to be said about a consistent music experience: I think Beats gives you that. I reject the "head-fi" approach to music equipment that has been growing on this forum. 

 

Furthermore, I think sound editing (for the video) with beats is more likely to produce results that most people will like since beats have a sound signature closer to many lower end headphones than higher end headphones. 

[iShad]

Maybe. But I'm not so sure sound quality is the most important thing in a headphone for most people, especailly for headphones that people will be using out and a bout. When you say 'far superior', I find sound quality difficult to quantify. And those things that make a headphone sound better tend to be completely neutralized by outside noises. That's probably why the Bose NC headphones are probably the best portable headphones: sure they are warm as hell but they at least you can hear the music at a reasonable sound level. 

 

There is something to be said about a consistent music experience: I think Beats gives you that. I reject the "head-fi" approach to music equipment that has been growing on this forum. 

 

Furthermore, I think sound editing (for the video) with beats is more likely to produce results that most people will like since beats have a sound signature closer to many lower end headphones than higher end headphones. 

By those logic why upgrade from apple earbuds if outside noise neutralized any potential improvement and you can use them for sound editing since that's what most people use?

[Guest]

There is something to be said about a consistent music experience: I think Beats gives you that. I reject the "head-fi" approach to music equipment that has been growing on this forum. 

 

You have no fucking clue. This forum is nothing like head-fi. If it were, I would be gone immediately.

[KaminKevCrew]

Maybe. But I'm not so sure sound quality is the most important thing in a headphone for most people, especailly for headphones that people will be using out and a bout. When you say 'far superior', I find sound quality difficult to quantify. And those things that make a headphone sound better tend to be completely neutralized by outside noises. That's probably why the Bose NC headphones are probably the best portable headphones: sure they are warm as hell but they at least you can hear the music at a reasonable sound level.

There is something to be said about a consistent music experience: I think Beats gives you that. I reject the "head-fi" approach to music equipment that has been growing on this forum.

Furthermore, I think sound editing (for the video) with beats is more likely to produce results that most people will like since beats have a sound signature closer to many lower end headphones than higher end headphones.

What do you even mean by the head-fi approach? For this forum, that doesn't even make any sense. I mean, for me, I just started my first job, so that will open a lot of doors for gear should I choose to spend my spare money on that. But that's just the way of things with life and getting older.

Also, by far superior, beats have a terrible, hiss prone noise quality that nose doesn't have, if you insist on noise cancelling. However, for the VAST majority of people, noise cancelling isnt needed. And when I said far superior, there are many, many headphones that can beat beats in whatever qualities you enjoy about their sound.

[Dackzy]

They are certainly much improved. However, most other options in the price range are still far superior, as far as sound quality alone goes.

No, actually they aren't. Please learn to actually try things before you say useless, unhelpful things about them.

Besides, OP already owns them, so telling him/her they their headphones are shit (which this particular pair isn't...) doesn't help anyone to learn anything.

I am just telling the truth. If he wants a good pair of headphones get Sony MDR-7506 or Audio-Technica m50x.

[KaminKevCrew]

I am just telling the truth. If he wants a good pair of headphones get Sony MDR-7506 or Audio-Technica m50x.

Well, since you're recommending the m50x, you clearly don't know too terribly much about headphones in general. Not to mention that the mdr 7506 is okay, nothing special and nothing great (aside from durability, ofc).

[CierroMierdo]

The second gen beats are far better than their predecessors. The only problem with them, atleast IMO, is the price. They are still pricy for what they are, despite being incredibly better than what they were before. 

No point in hating beats right now if you ask me. They've listened to feedback from dudes who want to like Beats but can't because they sounded like ass, so they did it... while not entirely winning against the marketing department's demands or something.

[CierroMierdo]

There is something to be said about a consistent music experience: I think Beats gives you that. I reject the "head-fi" approach to music equipment that has been growing on this forum. 

The Head-fi community is allergic to measurements. The funny part is that majority of them don't know it yet.

[Dackzy]

Well, since you're recommending the m50x, you clearly don't know too terribly much about headphones in general. Not to mention that the mdr 7506 is okay, nothing special and nothing great (aside from durability, ofc).

I dont know his budget so i just said some headphones that are okay and dosn't cost that much. it's hard to say whats good for him when i dont know how much he is willing to pay.

[spwath]

The Head-fi community is allergic to measurements. The funny part is that majority of them don't know it yet.

Yeah.

From my 10 min total on head fi, I can tell how bad they are... "Your source should cost the same as your headphones"

[KaminKevCrew]

I dont know his budget so i just said some headphones that are okay and dosn't cost that much. it's hard to say whats good for him when i dont know how much he is willing to pay.

But the OP didn't ask anything, at all, about new headphones.