Beats by Dre Headphones taken apart and priced. Results shouldn't surprise you

[jinjuku]

The problem is that almost all the $ goes into marketing, very little $ went into serious engineering or quality parts.

Rather telling about the acumen of the average consumer...

 

[Alexandre]

The problem is that almost all the $ goes into marketing, very little $ went into serious engineering or quality parts.

And that usually shows in the reviews of those headphones.

 

[Alexandre]

Actually, I would love to see how that compares with headphones that are generally accepted as high quality, maybe a pair of Oppo PM1/2 or some Sennheiser HD600/800 or even some of the Grado headphones. Anyone has that info (my, admittedly very quick, google search didn't reveal anything)?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

speaking of marketing costs. The other day head of our company marketing dept asked to purchase few new domains (not an unusual request). What's new was he asked to purchase domain named -
[ourcompanyname].sucks

Care to guess how much it costs per year ? (hint - it's considered a premium domain)

Just got the word we will be buying it after all

 

[johnpass]

Looks like those were fakes in the original tear down.

http://www.core77.com/posts/38467/Uh-Oh-Beats-Teardown-Apparently-Used-Beats-Knockoffs

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Looks like those were fakes in the original tear down.

http://www.core77.com/posts/38467/Uh-Oh-Beats-Teardown-Apparently-Used-Beats-Knockoffs

Interesting...
The plot thickens ...

 

[slipperybidness]

Looks like those were fakes in the original tear down.

http://www.core77.com/posts/38467/Uh-Oh-Beats-Teardown-Apparently-Used-Beats-Knockoffs

That's probably just Propaganda put out by the Beats Marketing Machine!!!

So, the knockoffs are making even more $ than Beats! Brilliant!

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Update: This Time same person took apart REAL Beats and updates the cost accordingly.

Care to guess est. cost of REAL Beats??
https://goo.gl/lMEoAG

 

[j_garcia]

LOL, the previous ones were fakes but the real ones didn't fare much better.

 

[slipperybidness]

Real or Fake, They are probably made in the same Chinese manufacturing plant

 

[j_garcia]

Real or Fake, They are probably made in the same Chinese manufacturing plant

Yes, I'm sure they are, and that's why they have so many nearly identical similarities.

 

[jinjuku]

I have a controller tapped out and flowed at a small run PCB manufacturer in CT. I won't do it in China because they will simply order 2X the # of parts and make a 2nd run and sell it direct.