Beats Pill+ Speaker Launches Alongside New Colors for Solo2 Headphones

How about making them sound good instead of releasing new colors all the time?

How about making them sound good instead of releasing new colors all the time?

With almost a quarter million views, a lot of people have experienced my opinion regarding the original Beats Solo in this video ('//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipZY0qGrA9Y&list=UUs5A6Gg74iPHyTFJh69w-RA'). I've been quoted in the New York Times ('http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/business/beats-headphones-expand-dr-dres-business-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&'), Huffington Post ('http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/beats-headphones-reviews_n_5294628.html'), and numerous places elsewhere ('http://www.ketknbc.com/news/what-beats-by-apple-would-mean-for-music-and-you') expressing my distaste for their products. I now find myself with the unenviable task of reversing my opinion, at least in part, with the introduction of their new Beats by Dre Solo2—a very fine headphone indeed.

I know the article you're referring to and that only applies to the old pre-Apple Solos as far as I know. The new 2s are pretty great in both build quality at choice of materials used. I've felt them in hand at my local Apple Store and it certainly felt like a quality product, especially in terms of the plastic used. Not even accounting for the really nice, polished metal bits.

These new 2s are pretty excellent and completely destroys everything bad about the previous Monster influenced generation of Beats. I remember memes on headfi.org making jokes about "why can't we just give beats good sound quality" etc. and it finally happened. Good stuff.

If I mostly listened to pop(ular)/radio type or other bass friendly music I'd definitely consider them.

But my taste is wide ranging so I too prefer the more nuanced brands.

I wouldn't say can't compare at all - in some tracks I listened to they weren't far off at all. Again, these were electro and rap ones and they've always been Beats' target. But yes, the Senn's were far more consistent. I've never heard a better sound through headphones, the clarity is insane with them.

Did they make a new version of the Solo 2s? Pretty much everything I read trashed on the first ones and when the 2s came out it seemed like most people didn't like them. I've only listened to the earlier ones.



As I said above, only the first one which sucked. Reviews of the 2s didn't seem very favorable when they came out. Then I saw online that they're mostly plastic junk with cheap metal weights inside to make them feel premium. To me, that's shady at best and flat out dishonest at worst. I'm no audiophile, but I'd rather just go with some cheaper Audio Technica kit before Beats. But I also don't wear headphones out in public, so the design doesn't matter as much.