BeatsheadphonesLast featured Jan 2021
Beats by Dre headphones
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
Beats were never the best-sounding or best-value headphones, but brilliant marketing and bass-heavy tuning made them a phenomenon before Apple let the brand fade.
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- Price when I covered it
- £100–400
- Featured in
- 1 video · 2021
- Category
- Audio · Headphones
What I liked
- Fun colours and designs
- Bass-heavy sound impressed users coming from basic earbuds
- Brilliant celebrity marketing
What I didn't
- Never the best sound quality
- Not good value for money
- Neglected by Apple since acquisition
In my words
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“beats were never the best sounding headphones they were never the best quality headphones they were definitely not good value for money”
“it really does look like they're letting the beats brand die”
Every time I covered it
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0:00What happened to Beats by Dre?Beats were never the best-sounding or best-value headphones, but brilliant marketing and bass-heavy tuning made them a phenomenon before Apple let the brand fade.
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