Best Headphones under $200 that are better than beats

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Well christmans is coming up and that means presents. I filled up a shopping cart (amazon) with all the gear and audiophile/music producer could ever want and then deleted the things i could live without. now i have about 200 left to throw every which way and since my headphones just broke (im getting them fixed) i decided to get an upgrade. i have looked into open headphones but i am really worried about leaking since i travel a lot (i would buy the sennhieser HD 558s in an instant if they werent open). I would also like headphones that are stylish, over ear, and better than beats ( i have a friend that just loves to brag about his beats). :D :D :help: :help:

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Check this out, I got mine for €35.

Comes with 1m&3m detachable cables and pouch. Needs ~40hrs burn-in.
http://www.head-fi.org/products/superlu ... -b/reviews




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Beats are THE worst headphones I've ever heard.
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beyerdynamic dt770, closed, as flat as possible, in your price range. Realy good & trusty headphones.

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Mushy Mushy wrote:Beats are THE worst headphones I've ever heard.
Yeah true dat bro

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davidka wrote:Check this out, I got mine for €35.

Comes with 1m&3m detachable cables and pouch. Needs ~40hrs burn-in.
http://www.head-fi.org/products/superlu ... -b/reviews



Nice review. Just ordered these, exactly what i was looking for. :)

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Mushy Mushy wrote:Beats are THE worst headphones I've ever heard.
Agree! it is amazing what marketing can do.

To the OP:

Audio Technica MTH-50

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Not very stylish ;). Maybe my next studio closed headphone.

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Beats are made by Monster Cable. Enough said?
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budweiser wrote:beyerdynamic dt770, closed, as flat as possible, in your price range. Realy good & trusty headphones.
I second that.

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vaisnava wrote:Audio Technica MTH-50
You can't go wrong with these, and until something better comes along at this price, they will always be my go-to headphones. But if you do want to research for yourself, I'd recommend looking at Headroom's headphone graphs.
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Somehow a guy using a backdrop of a tool chest doesn't inspire me as a person who is an audiophile or an engineer.

The site offers up less credibility when reviews are displayed as forum thread posts.
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Shure SH 840. They definitely beat the audio technicas...
Finally!

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davidka wrote:Check this out, I got mine for €35.

Comes with 1m&3m detachable cables and pouch. Needs ~40hrs burn-in.
http://www.head-fi.org/products/superlu ... -b/reviews

Even at <$50, just about any Superlux headphone is gonna beat the Beats.

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Just a fact but, Dr. Dre makes all his current revenue ($100+ million was just the contract for his name on them, plus whatever high yearly profits generated) for his name on those Beats headphones, more than any of his music/production sales. That's the reason he was ranked as a one of the top 5 richest celebrities of the year the since those headphones went on the market.

I have never heard them, but I imagine they do suck, probably with the bass/low frequencies way over colored/emphasized. I just :lol: every time I see the $300 price tag for them too. Marketed to the same people that must have every $200 pair of Nike Jordan shoe that come out every few months. Simply put, "Bling for your ear/hearing" :wink:

Just as I saw an xmas tv commercial tonight advertising $150 Skull Candy headphones in roughly the same manner :roll:

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