ninjagaiden Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Mine arrived today and I just unboxed them. Results are interesting. Can't determine any active noise cancellation (though the cups do an excellent job of passive noise cancellation). Plugged them into my laptop and got some mains hum coming through the headphones and initially pretty dreadful sound. I then nudged the cable and the sound cleared up nicely. I would say they are on a par with my Bose headphones - slightly bright, tuned for a bassy response. Also the left right balance seemed a little off. I swapped to the black cable and the glitching got much better on my laptop. Then I plugged them into my Ipod and wow! Very impressive performance and the added punch of the active cans comes through. On an Ipod they sound better than my Bose cans. There is a little bit of a 'sound field' and compression effect with the powered headphones though. So ironically for a rep of a monster cable product, I think my cans are limited by the quality of the cable (or connectors). However, for use with mobile devices that are optimised for cr*ppy little low impedance earbuds, then these might just be the ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Just got mine yesterday too. Very nice for the 70 bucks it cost me. Bass is not as punchy as the real thing.. and they don't handle as much input (i tried the real ones last week). I really wish the bass was a bit more developed. The sound is overall VERY clear and very clean with a good amount of bass. I was hoping for more bass though I would venture to say the sound is as bright as my Westone UM1s (not as clear or defined as my westones (but those headphones are exceptional for being single drivers). Fit and finish is exactly as the original as far as I can tell. I even registered my fake Serial with Monster with no problems. They look great and sound decent. My only complaint would be the lack of mind blowing bass that the originals have. (still good bass.. just not ridiculous like the original). I really wanted to feel like the club was in my headphones.. but these phones don't do it. I'm not a bass head at all, as My favorite phones are my UM2's which are very balanced, I purchased these Beats specifically so that I could feel like i had a subwoofer on my ears, (and their design is sweet looking).. haha. Overall great purchase for 70 bucks.. as the coolest part about these headphones is their design and look. Let's be honest, if these headphones didn't have the giant "B" on the side of the earcups, I wouldn't even be interested.. Good sound, great look, and good price for getting something so close to the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 How did you guys pay? paypal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Id be interested to hear how these sound after the voice coils break in. Certainly 4 months of use is enough. So chime back in, purchasers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Mine still sound sweet. A little sibilant from some sources, but on my Galaxy S2 they sound great. And yes I paid with Paypal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks for the follow-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Sticking with my Senheisser HD650`s & AudioTechnicas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Which knob starts "Pac Man" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Mine still sound sweet. A little sibilant from some sources, but on my Galaxy S2 they sound great. And yes I paid with Paypal. I asked him yesterday but could only pay with western union...:-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I bet his paypal is frozen or something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I bet his paypal is frozen or something.. agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well I will go and give it a try via WU never paid with it before but the seller seems pretty trustworthy to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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