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On the one hand (recalling an article that was written about this), it seems Beats was pretty shady in its dealings with Monster, or just straight up tricked th
by swang 12y ago
On the one hand (recalling an article that was written about this), it seems Beats was pretty shady in its dealings with Monster, or just straight up tricked them / gained their confidence. On the other hand...
> In this case, Monster's Lee argues his specific expertise was something near and dear: cables. "As a company, Monster started when Lee recognized that not all audio cables sound the same," it says. "Lee formed Monster to bring better audio cables to the market, improving the sounds of all speakers, recording consoles, and video systems."
sigh
Edit: seems the article is linked at the end from Gizmodo...
- sliverstorm 12y agoWhile the spirit of the company is objectionable, none of that is really objectively false. Especially with headphones, whose cables all remain analog.
- swang 12y agoThe only difference between a monster cable and a generic cable is the marketing.
- retrogradeorbit 12y agoso... kind of like Apple.