Headphones with controls? - HTC Amaze 4G

Doors anyone have wired headphones that have the volume and next track controls on them? If so what kind are they? Thanks in advance!
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The headset (earset that comes with the phone has all controls. But I think it sucks royally as the earbuds are horrible, even for my somewhat larger than average ears. I'm kinda looking for alternative myself.

I took Apple ear buds and fitted ear plugs on them. They works great you can't hear a thing with them in....only the music.... Oh yea
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Bdix said:
I took Apple ear buds and fitted ear plugs on them. They works great you can't hear a thing with them in....only the music.... Oh yea
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Do the volume and track skip controls work?
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mike96789 said:
Do the volume and track skip controls work?
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I know on my old incredible, the buttons don't work completely. Only some functions, I think that goes to say with all androids. There are apps that you can assign a different amount of presses to be pause,play,next though.
I know bestbuy has a pair of sony earbuds that are life $25, that have the "ipod" controls. They did work somewhat on my incredible, and there are a pair of skullcandy's that have the controls also. I assume they would work the same.

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Do the volume and track skip controls work?
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Yea double click for next song works but could not pause the song. I could answer the phone, but could not hang up.
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mike96789 said:
Doors anyone have wired headphones that have the volume and next track controls on them? If so what kind are they? Thanks in advance!
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I order these, they are the ones that came with my old vibrant, since I lose my earbuds at least once every two months I would never spend a lot on them. I'm happy with the quality, I doubt it is as bad as some people describe the stock headphones for the amaze-- but my theory is if they are using a rom with beats audio the headphones may not be capable of creating that kind of sound at higher volumes.
To the best of my knowledge no android(I've seen at least) has working volume control, tho I'll bet a few might.. I haven't tried any with volume control on my amaze.
I use poweramp music player, I press 1 time to pause/play, two times to skip, and then you can decide what you want three presses to do- I have it switch playlists. If someone calls I press once to answer, once to hang up, and if I was listening to music it comes back on.
I've never been totally sure, but I think the beats audio libs only work on the stock music app, so that might be why I don't have any complaints about audio quality(because I use poweramp)..
Anyways, thought I'd share in case it was helpful.

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Does anyone else think that Beats Audio sounds terrible?

Ok, so I have tried three or four different roms featuring Beats Audio and absolutely detest it. It's nothing more than super duper over compression and turning it off makes everything sound even worse.
The catch is, I LOVE my current rom (hydra 2.1) , but use my phone in my car to often to just ignore it. Is there anything I can do to uninstall beats or is there anything that I can install that sounds at least as good as the stock rom? Thanks in advance
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Sounds ok to me. Nothing to write home about for sure
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beats is for people who care about a brand name and bass, its not for improving sound quality
It definitely sounds different than stock.
What? Hero is evolving... Hero evolved into EVO 3D!
beats is trashhhhhhhh
ktulu909 said:
Ok, so I have tried three or four different roms featuring Beats Audio and absolutely detest it. It's nothing more than super duper over compression and turning it off makes everything sound even worse.
The catch is, I LOVE my current rom (hydra 2.1) , but use my phone in my car to often to just ignore it. Is there anything I can do to uninstall beats or is there anything that I can install that sounds at least as good as the stock rom? Thanks in advance
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Don't use the htc music app. Presto no beats.
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beats is a waste. i use poweramp or google music anyway.
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Don't use the htc music app. Presto no beats.
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A lot of the roms are building beats into the framework, not just htcmusic.apk
Beats sucks.
Get PowerAmp and set your EQ to your speakers for best sound
Anybody know what the Evo 3d signal to noise ratio is?
Poweramp here also. Let me tell you, the 3d kills the OG evo in the audio out dept.
I'm actually looking for something with a nice flat eq sound. I've been doing car audio and security for 19 years. While I understand that I will never approach cd quality, I just don't want super compression on everything any more than I already have to deal with from mp3.
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I set my trucks EQ to 0 on bass and mid. Use the country preset in HTC music app (because I am q hick). I set my treble to 2-4 depending on the song. 5 is highest setting.
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NewZJ said:
Beats sucks.
Get PowerAmp and set your EQ to your speakers for best sound
Anybody know what the Evo 3d signal to noise ratio is?
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http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_evo_3d-review-632p7.php
I find Beats to be great. I think it comes down to what headphones you have. If you have cheap headphones, nothing will do miracles for those, but if you have mid-range headphones $30-$60, it makes quite the difference and I don't need to fiddle with anything.
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I find Beats to be great. I think it comes down to what headphones you have. If you have cheap headphones, nothing will do miracles for those, but if you have mid-range headphones $30-$60, it makes quite the difference and I don't need to fiddle with anything.
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$30-$60 is still in the lower near mid range department.
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DDiaz007 said:
$30-$60 is still in the lower near mid range department.
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When did 30-60 become the "lower" to midrange?
There are headphones for $30 that sound great.
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When did 30-60 become the "lower" to midrange?
There are headphones for $30 that sound great.
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Lower midrange is what I meant haha
There are headphones/IEM's that cost $60 and sound great also.
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I like the beats. Not the headphones but the beats eq makes a big difference when I use my over ear Sennheisers.
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Just use audio manager or dsp manager, way better imo.
Also to me 30-60 is a cheap headphone. The headphones I play games with are 350. No, I'm not saying I have a lot of money because I don't, audio is one of many main hobbies (below android of course)
I really despise beats products, they are WAY overpriced. You can find 60 dollar headphones that are better than beats. I hate that people get taken for their products...
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Quick question, have the new roms with Beats Audio been able to do the Beats profile through Bluetooth or only through regular ones? Not sure if it's possible, but I can only do it through my regular headphones on the Hybrid+ rom.

Beats audio....

I am New To Beats Auido and it does sound great... But my speakers seem quiet.. The ringer and notifications need to be brought up more... I have been look for some kind of eq or Something (yes I did check.. All the volumes are up!).
I would. Just. Think that with beats audio I would get a app like voodoo....
So is There a. Beats audio app or am I going to have to wait. For a. Kernal and voodoo???
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I am New To Beats Auido and it does sound great... But my speakers seem quiet.. The ringer and notifications need to be brought up more... I have been look for some kind of eq or Something (yes I did check.. All the volumes are up!).
I would. Just. Think that with beats audio I would get a app like voodoo....
So is There a. Beats audio app or am I going to have to wait. For a. Kernal and voodoo???
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Beats Audio essentially IS an EQ (a bad one at that) that cranks your bass and highs, and muddles everything in between. Sound is pretty great with it turned off.
I have also found the volume on this phone to be annoyingly low though - no idea how to fix that one. Anything below "half" on the volume meter is almost inaudible.
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I am New To Beats Auido and it does sound great... But my speakers seem quiet.. The ringer and notifications need to be brought up more... I have been look for some kind of eq or Something (yes I did check.. All the volumes are up!).
I would. Just. Think that with beats audio I would get a app like voodoo....
So is There a. Beats audio app or am I going to have to wait. For a. Kernal and voodoo???
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I don't use your phone though... but a piece of advice to increase volume try volume + from market or you can get it at androidaudiohacks.com for free(not pirated, its the devs website)!! N btw its only for rooted users...
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And were back in the lifeless cycle of cranking up our phones and blowing our speakers.. The same scenario happened on the EVo 4g and a lot of Rom users complained of blown speakers.. Don't mess with it!
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Have you try volume plus on the play store that what I user on the nexus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FREE.android.lvh
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Well I find the sound very clear.. Well at least compared to my epic 4g... But it could be a lot louder. I will look into volume +... But I definitely don't want to blow my speakers.
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Well I find the sound very clear.. Well at least compared to my epic 4g... But it could be a lot louder. I will look into volume +... But I definitely don't want to blow my speakers.
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It won't blow them lop but when you set it too high it sounds weird, don't go crazy with it
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GPS Volume Control

Today, as I was driving, something dawned on me. Is there an app that can control the volume of my music based on the speed my vehicle is going? When unwashed approaching stop lights, my music was too loud, so I had to turn it down. When I was driving, the wind made it hard to hear the music. So, my question is, is there an app that can do this being my car doesn't have this feature built into the stereo?
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I just roll the windows down and listen to my engine
This would def be an app I would pay for!
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Well after searching a lot today, I found this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.richardsween.gpsvolumefree
It does the job. I wish it was more fluid when switching the volume, but for those looking for the same thing as me, give this a try.
my truck does this automagically
Wouldn't it make more sense to raise the volume based off ambient noise rather than speed? My guess is it would use much less battery power too to monitor ambient noise via the two microphones rather than keep GPS continuously running...
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Wouldn't it make more sense to raise the volume based off ambient noise rather than speed? My guess is it would use much less battery power too to monitor ambient noise via the two microphones rather than keep GPS continuously running...
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And bam 1.99 ad free app is born lol though after thinking about it mics would be tuff depending on how it would do with music blasting in the background
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racinwarrior said:
my truck does this automagically
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Yeah my mustang does too
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My mother's Buick does too. That said, I can't stand it. I set my volume where I want it. Most modern cars have enough nose reduction/sealing that the air conditioner is the loudest source of noise pollution, if you ask me. But nobody really asked me, did they?
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The Kia Soul does this too.
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My truck does it, but I turn it off because I hate it.

Pros of beats audio

Sorry if this a dumb question. I know the phone has beats audio built in but heres my question. When i jog i use my jaybird freedoms which are bluetooth headphones. What is it u should be doing/noticing to maximize the beats audio feature?
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bmoreboy02 said:
Sorry if this a dumb question. I know the phone has beats audio built in but heres my question. When i jog i use my jaybird freedoms which are bluetooth headphones. What is it u should be doing/noticing to maximize the beats audio feature?
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You should notice more boom in your trunk.. Or if you want to hear better quality, click that little disable button at the right in the to bar
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bmoreboy02 said:
Sorry if this a dumb question. I know the phone has beats audio built in but heres my question. When i jog i use my jaybird freedoms which are bluetooth headphones. What is it u should be doing/noticing to maximize the beats audio feature?
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Beats EQs the bass. Makes music boomier. I'm not sure it works with Bluetooth devices cause it doesn't with my plantronics 855. If u have headphone jacks you could use, try using them then disabling beats in notification to hear the difference.
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dyey said:
Beats EQs the bass. Makes music boomier. I'm not sure it works with Bluetooth devices cause it doesn't with my plantronics 855. If u have headphone jacks you could use, try using them then disabling beats in notification to hear the difference.
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Hes still got the box at his house. He just gave me the phone and case im even using a samsung charger lol....did any headphones come with the phone. I probally should of asked him
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Hes still got the box at his house. He just gave me the phone and case im even using a samsung charger lol....did any headphones come with the phone. I probally should of asked him
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nope, no headphones came in the box
Just an update i followed the instructions and.turned.on the beats audio and there is a NOTICABLE DIFFERENCE. All i can say is wow
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This phone rocks!
Being a musician for more than 12 yrs. I also have worked with several Eq and soundboards. I got to say Beats audio definitely sounds outstanding!
I really enjoy this phone. Best phone I ever owned period.
Beats is awesome. My EVO LTE is a Beast.
Depends on what I'm listening to, sometimes its great other times "Classical" & "Dance" are more fitting EQ settings.
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The beats audio check box that appears when music apps play turns the Beats EQ on and off. I've got much higher quality audio equipment than Beats brand, personally I think it sounds horrible over my Alpine head unit in the car, but sounds ok on my Motorola Rokr S9s on the right song. On my home surround it sounds like crap, and my Senheiser head phones also don't seem to like it.
As far as the phones audio it self? Outstanding in general.
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Where do you navigate to in the phone to adjust the eq settings. Is it even possible to adjust the eq settings?
jagox5 said:
This phone rocks!
Being a musician for more than 12 yrs. I also have worked with several Eq and soundboards. I got to say Beats audio definitely sounds outstanding!
I really enjoy this phone. Best phone I ever owned period.
Beats is awesome. My EVO LTE is a Beast.
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You're a musician and you think Beats Audio is impressive?? An EQ that cranks the bass and makes it boomy and muddies all of the mid-range? Eh, I think the DAC on this device does a great job in general, but Beats screws it all up. On a high quality set of speakers, tell me that turning Beats OFF doesn't help the sound quality and balance.
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I like Beats Audio when I'm using my bluetooth motorcycle helmet to listen to music, but that is ONLY because it makes the volume on it a little louder.
Once I plug in my Bose headphones I instantly disable Beats, I don't listen to the type of "music" that was designed for and it makes what I do listen to sound like crap.
Even my teenage boys, that have the same phone, think that Beats is overrated. It is fine on some songs, but generally using something like PowerAmp, which gives you a lot of flexibility, sounds better.
Beats is a one-trick poney.
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I like Beats Audio when I'm using my bluetooth motorcycle helmet to listen to music, but that is ONLY because it makes the volume on it a little louder.
Once I plug in my Bose headphones I instantly disable Beats, I don't listen to the type of "music" that was designed for and it makes what I do listen to sound like crap.
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Ill tell ya, Beats does help with the loudness of the music in my car via Bluetooth. Im just trying to figure out what kinda Headphones i wanna get. Not expensive of course. Just something to listen to a litle music, and some Podcasts...Any suggestions besides Beats headphone?
Im not as as technically incline as some of the guys replying to this post but only know that with my jaybird freedoms there louder and clearer then my e4gt and wayyyy louder then when i had my 3d. Only other time ive compared beats audio to anything else was car shopping. I test drove a new chrysler 300 with beats audio and thought it was really nice well i bought a 11 hyundai veracruz and that infinit audio system smashes hat beats audio one and my gfs alpine in her lincoln
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I alternate between the Beats and Sweeter eqs.. Sweeter is crisp while Beats does give more punch..
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Can anybody tell me how to turn on the beats audio???? I can't find anything related to setting???? Even when playing Auido??? Is it only when headphones is on??? I'm lost here....
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Can anybody tell me how to turn on the beats audio???? I can't find anything related to setting???? Even when playing Auido??? Is it only when headphones is on??? I'm lost here....
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It's always on when playing music. You can tell if you see the beats logo in the notification bar.
I have never seem anything beats related anywhere???? Can you post a screenahot shot???? I think it's odd we have no ed app or setting or anything..
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You're a musician and you think Beats Audio is impressive?? An EQ that cranks the bass and makes it boomy and muddies all of the mid-range? Eh, I think the DAC on this device does a great job in general, but Beats screws it all up. On a high quality set of speakers, tell me that turning Beats OFF doesn't help the sound quality and balance.
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This. I listen to bass heavy music (dubstep, electronic generally) on a pair of ultrasone DJ1 Pro's. Adding the beats audio makes everything rumble more than it needs to, especially with FLACs

Beats?

Hi,
I have beats by dre and the buttons that came with the wired are similar to the Samsung headphones. What I mean by that is that they both feature volume up and down and the button for switching tracks and answering calls.
However, my problem is that the button in the middle for switching tracks etc works but the volume up and down don't?
Is there a solution for this?
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Yeah.... Just burst it open and switch the small cables until it works then screw it back together again. OR you could cut the wire on both samsung earpiece and beats, just switch them around so you got samsung buttons with beats headphones attached, simple!
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Yeah.... Just burst it open and switch the small cables until it works then screw it back together again. OR you could cut the wire on both samsung earpiece and beats, just switch them around so you got samsung buttons with beats headphones attached, simple!
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Lmao!
Best advice ever!!!!
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Tried it never worked ;-)
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buy proper headphones? lol @ beats.
Lol..
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cyrax83 said:
buy proper headphones? lol @ beats.
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It's not a problem exclusive to beats though, i think many 3 button headphones have trouble working with android devices. Maybe if you'd care to share a pair that work without problems, the OP would consider them if the issue is bugging him that much, telling him to 'buy proper headphones' doesnt really help him.
I have beats also and the volume up and down buttons dont work, but it's not a major issue for me. I downloaded
Headset Button Controller from the google play store, it allows you to control everything using just the single button (double tap skips to next track, triple tap goes to previous track etc) works well..
Buy Samsung Hs6000 Headphones. There are awesome!
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Buy Samsung Hs6000 Headphones. There are awesome!
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My cousin bought those, the sound quality is extremely poor.
Flat and tinny, bass is non existent.
For that kind of money you could get high quality headphones.
I got sennheiser HD 202's for around 30 euro.
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Yeah I have sennheiser cx300 ear buds. £14:100%. Mate compared them to similar beats earbuds. Suffice to say the beats owner wasn't happy with the results
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rootSU said:
Yeah I have sennheiser cx300 ear buds. £14:100%. Mate compared them to similar beats earbuds. Suffice to say the beats owner wasn't happy with the results
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I have those too! I use them for when I'm out and about and the hd202's for around the house.
I think they are great quality and very reasonably priced!
When you buy beats 99% of the price is for the logo.
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I've got the Pro's and they're really good! Not saying that for the same price you don't get way better one's, but they are really good for trance music. I would have got something else instead, but they were a gift.
Got the same problem with the 3 button cable. Also the mic is not working properly, making funny issues.
I just use the simple cable with no button.
I have been looking for a adaptor from iphone made headphones to others, but none that work for the s3...
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nodstuff said:
I have those too! I use them for when I'm out and about and the hd202's for around the house.
I think they are great quality and very reasonably priced!
When you buy beats 99% of the price is for the logo.
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Yeah they're good for the price. Its pretty hard to distort them. I think if you Mix poweramp, full bass and any Hybrid track though, you're in trouble. But they do me.
Bit gutted, got up on the bus, caught the chord on the seat and ripped the left out of my ear. Must have strained the connection as the left is only 75% volume compared to the right
Beats is a marketing gimmick
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