iPhone 5?s New EarPods Have More Bass Than Dre?s Beats Earbuds [First Impressions] | Cult of Mac
Apple?s new EarPods have better sound quality than Dr. Dre
Apple "Earpods" vs. Dre Beats earbuds
...1 second google search found these headlines right up top...keep searching and you'll find more over the last week. Of course one could argue these blogs are a bit biased, I'm sure we'll have some more general reviews from less Apple focused websites soon. I've also read that the dre beats earbuds don't even work on most cell phones...and let's not forget that the Apple earpods are also a handsfree device, letting you make calls using them as well.
Interesting conversation in this thread
I'm no studio engineer, not even associated with music in a professional sense but I do have a passion for great music and great sound! I do have a great deal of experience with different types of earbuds and headphones- 2 different sets of Tour Beats by Dre. (The left ear went out on the first pair I owned).
My thoughts are YMMV that there's a tool for every job out there and similarly certain types of music sound fantastic on certain types of headphones. I don't listen to music with an outsized amount of Bass- though in some films on the iPhone or iPad it can be helpful to have headphones or buds that can handle over pronounced bass without going all James Bond villain on me.
That being said Dre Tours? A bit over priced- in fact quite a bit over priced. The quality is Aces but the sound is not blow your mind $160 sound in my opinion. As for the EarPods I cannot say, but even after what I said about the Tour Beats I have a difficult time believing that the EarPods sound better than them. I'd be happy to be proven wrong- in fact I'd be absolutely delighted to be proven wrong. When they get here I'll update the thread and let everybody know what I think after I've burned them in...
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I don't really want to take the chance now, because, well, I don't like in-ear anything.
Talk about Earwax central. They should've just done 3 main types that fit most ears instead of 1, honestly I don't think the new ones are going to stay in my ears.
Earwax was my big complaint about the old design. I've always had quite a few different headsets lying about- pair on the counter in the kitchen, pair in the home office, pair at the work office, pair in the car, pair wadded up on the passenger floor in the car
You know the drill- you grab what's near and use them when it's convenient!
One of the things I've always noticed though is that the screens of the old Apple buds always became caked with earwax and therefore diminished the sound quality and volume. Perhaps my ears just produce more- heck, I don't know- but it did become a bit annoying and one of the main complaints that I always had.
Great point mertrion!
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I don't really want to take the chance now, because, well, I don't like in-ear anything.
Talk about Earwax central. They should've just done 3 main types that fit most ears instead of 1, honestly I don't think the new ones are going to stay in my ears.
Earwax was my big complaint about the old design. I've always had quite a few different headsets lying about- pair on the counter in the kitchen, pair in the home office, pair at the work office, pair in the car, pair wadded up on the passenger floor in the car
You know the drill- you grab what's near and use them when it's convenient!
One of the things I've always noticed though is that the screens of the old Apple buds always became caked with earwax and therefore diminished the sound quality and volume. Perhaps my ears just produce more- heck, I don't know- but it did become a bit annoying and one of the main complaints that I always had.
Great point mertrion!
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