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The article and tear down make no attempt to demonstrate that Beats design choices lead to worse sound. And neither identify other options, whether cheaper or
by pbreit 11y ago
The article and tear down make no attempt to demonstrate that Beats design choices lead to worse sound.
And neither identify other options, whether cheaper or better.
- chrischen 11y agoThey mentioned the commodity $19 speakers inside.
- cnvogel 11y agoWell yes, but those could, potentially, be made to sound great if put into a housing that has been very carefully designed and produced. And also: Do you really think the drivers used in a Sennheiser HD 630VB (I just randomly picked this model from a reputable vendor) couldn't be produced for $10 in mass quantities when aiming for a 1'000'000 piece production run? I think the problem of the article is that it's focusing on "look, how cheaply this has been produced", when instead it should focus on "look, how bad it sounds, how easy it breaks and how uncomfortably it sits on a head".
- JohnTHaller 11y agoThe speakers are generic off the shelf $1.80 drivers found in cheap headphones.
- JohnTHaller 11y agoThey mention the fact that Beats uses generic $1.80 off the shelf speakers within despite claiming things like "Fine-tuned acoustics for clarity, breadth and balance".