Dr. Dre beats for £20, really?

Freddie589 · 6 Apr 2011 at 20:48

i have seen allot of places avertise "brand new" beat tours for around £20, has anyone ever bought them at this place before? becouse im seriously thinking of buying a pair, but at that price a bit worried that might not turn up

thanks
freddie589

mjones1 · 6 Apr 2011 at 20:52

More than likely fakes, quite a lot of fakes Dr Dre beats floating around even one of my friends ended up buying some for £80.

Freddie589 · 6 Apr 2011 at 21:02

yer i thought so

the shadow · 6 Apr 2011 at 21:05

TheEnosFam · 6 Apr 2011 at 21:27

I stumbled across a site from china that was selling fake beats by dre for £5 a pairif you bought 50 pairs. Wish i could get a real pair that cheap =/

lionheart766 · 7 Apr 2011 at 12:48

To be fair £20 is about all they are worth sonically.

AbsenceJam · 7 Apr 2011 at 13:17

Even if you find them for quite a bit more they'll likely be fakes. With headphones you really need to be careful of 'bargains' from eBay and unknown retailers as headphones are so heavily faked.

lionheart766 said:
To be fair £20 is about all they are worth sonically.

Sonically they're worth about 1/2-1/3 of their price depending on the model, they are decent. Sennheiser aren't much better when it comes to performance

rice.

Yas786 · 7 Apr 2011 at 13:39

Freddie589 said:
i have seen allot of places avertise "brand new" beat tours for around £20, has anyone ever bought them at this place before? becouse im seriously thinking of buying a pair, but at that price a bit worried that might not turn up

thanks
freddie589

They are fakes...usually chinese knock offs. My cousin bought a pair last yr for around the same price and within a day of use they had fallen apart plus the sound was terrible on them.

AMG · 7 Apr 2011 at 17:28

you would be lucky.

not for that

tumtums · 7 Apr 2011 at 17:40

Definitely fake. Check out youtube for video comparisons of the real vs fake beats. The chinese are really good at cloning ****. Probably the same blueprints just really cheap material. It's amazing how much fake crap is sold via amazon, play etc through those 3rd part market places.

If it's too good to be true, it most likely is.

lionheart766 · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:33

AbsenceJam said:
Even if you find them for quite a bit more they'll likely be fakes. With headphones you really need to be careful of 'bargains' from eBay and unknown retailers as headphones are so heavily faked.

Sonically they're worth about 1/2-1/3 of their price depending on the model, they are decent. Sennheiser aren't much better when it comes to performancerice.

All that said; I'd rather spend £200 on Sennheiser's then Dre's.

Apem · 7 Apr 2011 at 19:00

Well just had a look on the big river and wow im shocked they are allowing so many people to sell obvious fakes on their site.

shroomz · 7 Apr 2011 at 22:53

Apem said:
Well just had a look on the big river and wow im shocked they are allowing so many people to sell obvious fakes on their site.

To be fair, what are they going to do? Decree that all beats headphones must be sold >£100?

angela · 8 Apr 2011 at 14:47

£20 defo fakes, however I heard review from someone fake vs real £20 vs £100, and person said that fakes sound like real, probably inexperienced person would not notice difference.

nlr · 8 Apr 2011 at 16:17

lionheart766 said:
All that said; I'd rather spend £200 on Sennheiser's then Dre's.

WHY

Mercutio · 8 Apr 2011 at 17:37

Saves lining the pocket of an obvious muppet? Maybe Sennheiser is owned by a muppet too but i'd take my chances

lionheart766 · 8 Apr 2011 at 18:32

nlr said:
WHY

Do you think £200 is better spent on Dre's then Sennheisers?

Ok my HD650s were £270 but I wouldn't put Dre's in the same league .

Hen_Dawg · 10 Apr 2011 at 15:50

I've listened to a £25 fake pair and they sound reasonable for the money.

Somnambulist · 10 Apr 2011 at 21:56

The Dre's are awful and it saddens me people part with their money on them because they look shiny and seem more expensive than anything else on the high street, over far superior headphones from Sennheiser, Hifiman e.t.c. Classic case of style over substance. If the Beats were good, you'd see them getting a load of praise on Head-Fi... they don't.

evil_yo · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:38

beats are way overpriced for what they are. they leak sound like no mans business. not tried the new version "pro" but they look alrite. save your money