Monster up to more shady BS?

[darkswordsman17]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F4f6XqgQlg&feature=player_embedded#!

For those that can't or don't want to watch the video it shows person enabling Beats Audio, which jacks the tone controls (Bass/Treble) all the way up. Disabling it turns the Bass all the way down but leaves the Treble all the way up (which obviously sounds terrible).

Anyone with an HP with Beats Audio that can reproduce this?

 

[dighn]

what is this Beats Audio shenanigan?

 

[Locut0s]

what is this Beats Audio shenanigan?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats_by_Dr._Dre

HP also makes a Beats branded laptop which the OP is talking about.

 

[Tim_Derr]

which are manufactured and distributed under exclusive license by Monster Cable Products

So this has to be good right?

 

[dawp]

the [H] did a review of the headphones a while back and needless to say, they were not impressed.

The Bottom Line

The Beats by Dr. Dre Studio headphones are by no means a bad product; these are truly unique in appearance and quite good in the musical genres these were created for, but these are far from a good product when you look at the overall value.

Beats by Dr. Dre Studio headphones' high price, flimsy construction, lack of printed specifications, and poor technical support are four reasons for us to tell you that you should definitely look elsewhere for headphones at this or any price point. There are simply better, more capable products available in the same price range or much lower than the Beats by Dr. Dre Studio headphones. You are wasting your money on these unless you find the branding alone to be worth a couple hundred dollars.

http://hardocp.com/article/2011/06/...on_headphones_review_sorry_still_in_progress/

 

[darkswordsman17]

Yeah, HP has partnered up with Monster for a big cross promotion deal with the Beats by Dre marketing.

They're even getting it into phones and tablets. The sad thing is, they're finding success because most companies are not putting any effort into the audio on their products, so they can pretty easily sound better, but its still junk. Of course it looks like Monster is trying to pull their same old tricks.

the [H] did a review of the headphones a while back and needless to say, they were not impressed.



http://hardocp.com/article/2011/06/...on_headphones_review_sorry_still_in_progress/

Yeah the headphones are overpriced and were prone to breaking (sound like any other company we know?), although Monster does make some ok headphones. The Beats Studio are supposed to be better (more balanced sound, I believe they got rid of the electronics that the other Beats have, they have a built in noise-cancelling amplifier thing). The Monster Turbines were actually not bad (made me think of IEM version of the Denon headphones that are pretty well liked). With all the other worthwhile products and brands, I couldn't justify buying any of Monster's headphones though, especially if they keep pulling crap like this.

Sony's new headphones that are aimed at similar market often sound better and are considerably cheaper (also much below their MSRP). I actually like the look of them better (looks like a headband with two giant earpads, on the XB1000 its actually ridiculously massive).

Skullcandy is supposedly even getting serious about sound quality actually. The Aviators are actually supposed to sound good.

 

[Oyeve]

Quad speakers on a laptop. Yay. Man, thats so douche.