Overclock.net › Forums › Consumer Electronics › Home Audio › Hi-Fi Gear › Beats By Dr. Dre Studio's or something else?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Beats By Dr. Dre Studio's or something else?

post #1 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:07pm
Thread Starter 
My budget is $299 of the Dr. Dre Beats Studio and I wanted to know if there's anything better for the same price or slightly cheaper.
Hackintosh
(22 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
Intel Core i7 3930k @ 4.84Ghz  ASUS Rampage IV Extreme EVGA GTX 680 2GB MSI GTX 680 2GB 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz 10-10-10-27 OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD Seagate 4TB External LITE-ON DVD Burner 
CoolingOSMonitorPower
H80i Windows 7 Ultimate I-INC 27" CORSAIR AX1200i 
CaseAudio
COOLER MASTER COSMOS II  Sennheiser HD-280 PRO 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Hackintosh
(22 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
Intel Core i7 3930k @ 4.84Ghz  ASUS Rampage IV Extreme EVGA GTX 680 2GB MSI GTX 680 2GB 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOptical Drive
16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz 10-10-10-27 OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD Seagate 4TB External LITE-ON DVD Burner 
CoolingOSMonitorPower
H80i Windows 7 Ultimate I-INC 27" CORSAIR AX1200i 
CaseAudio
COOLER MASTER COSMOS II  Sennheiser HD-280 PRO 
View all
  hide details  
Reply

Gear mentioned in this thread:

post #2 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:12pm
Something else. Audio-technicas are my vote.
Black Oxygen
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHz Intel DP45SG Extreme Series Gigabyte 6850 Windforce Edition 4Gb of Some Generic 1333Mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
320Gb Western Digital Blue 2Tb Hitachi Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
1280x1024 Sony SteelSeries Zboard (CounterStrike 1.6 Edition) Hercules 400W PSU Generic, Modded Case 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Razer Abyssus Windows 7 Mousepad Turtle Beach X12s 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Black Oxygen
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHz Intel DP45SG Extreme Series Gigabyte 6850 Windforce Edition 4Gb of Some Generic 1333Mhz 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
320Gb Western Digital Blue 2Tb Hitachi Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
1280x1024 Sony SteelSeries Zboard (CounterStrike 1.6 Edition) Hercules 400W PSU Generic, Modded Case 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Razer Abyssus Windows 7 Mousepad Turtle Beach X12s 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #3 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:15pm
Do not get beats, anything but beats.
Some other good headphones would be Sennheiser 380 PRO's that heave much better sound quality and are also cheaper.
MBA
(7 items)
 
A Better Name Then "My System"
(20 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsHard Drive
i5 2467m MacBook Air Intel HD3000 128G SSD 
Optical DriveCoolingOS
None 120nm apple fan OSX Lion 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
FX-6100@5.01Ghz M5A97 EVO ASUS HD5850-DC-1GD5 Kingston HyperX (2x2) 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Kingston HyperX T1 (2x4) WD Caviar Black 500GB WD Caviar Green 1TB Seagate Momentus (Soopa Fast 5400RPM!!!) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 1TB (It's really fat) LG GH24NS70 Cooler Master Hyper 412 Ubuntu 12.10 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
WIndows 7 Home Premium VM Dell 22" 16:10  Cooler Master Storm Trigger (Blues) Seasonic SI2II 620W 
CaseMouseAudioAudio
CoolerMaster Scout II Logitech G400 Asus Xonar DG Sennheiser HD439's 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
MBA
(7 items)
 
A Better Name Then "My System"
(20 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsHard Drive
i5 2467m MacBook Air Intel HD3000 128G SSD 
Optical DriveCoolingOS
None 120nm apple fan OSX Lion 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
FX-6100@5.01Ghz M5A97 EVO ASUS HD5850-DC-1GD5 Kingston HyperX (2x2) 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Kingston HyperX T1 (2x4) WD Caviar Black 500GB WD Caviar Green 1TB Seagate Momentus (Soopa Fast 5400RPM!!!) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 1TB (It's really fat) LG GH24NS70 Cooler Master Hyper 412 Ubuntu 12.10 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
WIndows 7 Home Premium VM Dell 22" 16:10  Cooler Master Storm Trigger (Blues) Seasonic SI2II 620W 
CaseMouseAudioAudio
CoolerMaster Scout II Logitech G400 Asus Xonar DG Sennheiser HD439's 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #4 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:24pm
Dont ever buy beats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_PWifUd1w


Audio Technica ATH-M50

http://www.amazon.com/Technica-ATHM50-Studio-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1350095013&sr=1-1&keywords=audio+technica+ath-m50
d
1/2 the price,2x the sound quality.
iSeven
(12 items)
 
Big Red
(11 items)
 
Ultimate rig 2013
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k Gigabyte z77X-UD5H XFX 6850 Corsair XMS3 8GB 
Hard DriveCoolingOSKeyboard
WD Caviar Blue 500GB Custom water loop (soon) Windows 7 Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
750w Switch 810 Logitech G9x Mionix Sargas 900 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
FX-8320 ASRock 970 extreme 4 XFX Radeon HD 6850 XMS3 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Western Digital Blue Windows 7 x64 Acer 21 inch x3 G510 
PowerCaseMouse
Cooler master 750w None ATM G9x 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX 8350 ASRock 990FX Extreme 9 Asus Radeon HD 7970 32 GB Kingston 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Force GT 240 none Hyper 212 Windows 7 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Dell 27 inch Razer blackwidow Silverstone Strider Switch 810 
Mouse
Razer Naga Epic 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
iSeven
(12 items)
 
Big Red
(11 items)
 
Ultimate rig 2013
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 3770k Gigabyte z77X-UD5H XFX 6850 Corsair XMS3 8GB 
Hard DriveCoolingOSKeyboard
WD Caviar Blue 500GB Custom water loop (soon) Windows 7 Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
750w Switch 810 Logitech G9x Mionix Sargas 900 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
FX-8320 ASRock 970 extreme 4 XFX Radeon HD 6850 XMS3 
Hard DriveOSMonitorKeyboard
Western Digital Blue Windows 7 x64 Acer 21 inch x3 G510 
PowerCaseMouse
Cooler master 750w None ATM G9x 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX 8350 ASRock 990FX Extreme 9 Asus Radeon HD 7970 32 GB Kingston 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Force GT 240 none Hyper 212 Windows 7 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Dell 27 inch Razer blackwidow Silverstone Strider Switch 810 
Mouse
Razer Naga Epic 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #5 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:28pm
AKG K550
The Nameless
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7-3930k Asrock x79 Champion GTX 470 Hydrocopper 32GB Samsung 30nm low voltage 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
256GB Samsung 830 + 22TB LG BD burner + 3 DVD burners W7 Professional 64 bit LG 37" 1080p LED TV 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Eclipse III AX1200 NZXT Phantom (white) NZXT Avatar (v1) 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
The Nameless
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7-3930k Asrock x79 Champion GTX 470 Hydrocopper 32GB Samsung 30nm low voltage 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
256GB Samsung 830 + 22TB LG BD burner + 3 DVD burners W7 Professional 64 bit LG 37" 1080p LED TV 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Eclipse III AX1200 NZXT Phantom (white) NZXT Avatar (v1) 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #6 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:31pm
For gaming, movies, or music? Or all 3?

Audio Technica AD700's are all you need for gaming.

If you want something with thump base you could check out the closed back AD900's I have been told they have much more profound bass then the 700's but i have never tested them. AD700's are the best for gaming though.
My Rig
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2700k@4.8GHZ Gigabyte UD5H Z77 EVGA GTX 670FTW 2GB X2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 1.5V RAM 4X4GB=16GB 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Western Digital 1TB HDD 7200RPM Caviar Black M4 Crucial 128GB SSD(boot Drive) LG Blue Ray Player Corsair H100 with 4 Cougar vortex fans push/pull 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Asus VG278H 3D 120HZ monitor CM QuickFirePro(Cherry Brown) and CMquickFire R... OCZ 1000W Full Modular 80+Gold 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Cooler Master HAF X 942 Cooler Master Recon PureTrak Talent + SteelSeries QCK Heavy Logitech Z623 
AudioAudioAudio
Audio Technica ATH-AD700 Open Air Dynamic headp... Asus Xonar DGX PCI-E sound card Zalman clip on headphone mic 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My Rig
(19 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2700k@4.8GHZ Gigabyte UD5H Z77 EVGA GTX 670FTW 2GB X2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 1.5V RAM 4X4GB=16GB 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Western Digital 1TB HDD 7200RPM Caviar Black M4 Crucial 128GB SSD(boot Drive) LG Blue Ray Player Corsair H100 with 4 Cougar vortex fans push/pull 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Asus VG278H 3D 120HZ monitor CM QuickFirePro(Cherry Brown) and CMquickFire R... OCZ 1000W Full Modular 80+Gold 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Cooler Master HAF X 942 Cooler Master Recon PureTrak Talent + SteelSeries QCK Heavy Logitech Z623 
AudioAudioAudio
Audio Technica ATH-AD700 Open Air Dynamic headp... Asus Xonar DGX PCI-E sound card Zalman clip on headphone mic 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #7 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:32pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by lapengu View Post

Dont ever buy beats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_PWifUd1w
Audio Technica ATH-M50
http://www.amazon.com/Technica-ATHM50-Studio-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1350095013&sr=1-1&keywords=audio+technica+ath-m50
d
1/2 the price,2x the sound quality.

2nding the ATH-M50's, they're awesome. Beats are crazy OP without the quality to go with it.
AMD :D
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD 1055T Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3 XFX 6950 Flashed 6970 BIOS Patriot Extreme Performance Sector 5 G Series 8GB 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Patriot Pyro 60gb, OCZ Agility 3, 2x 7200.11 50... CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Acer 230HL 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer BlackWidow Delta 750w Antec 600 v2 Logitech G400 
Mouse Pad
SteelSeries 4HD 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
AMD :D
(13 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD 1055T Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3 XFX 6950 Flashed 6970 BIOS Patriot Extreme Performance Sector 5 G Series 8GB 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Patriot Pyro 60gb, OCZ Agility 3, 2x 7200.11 50... CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Acer 230HL 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Razer BlackWidow Delta 750w Antec 600 v2 Logitech G400 
Mouse Pad
SteelSeries 4HD 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #8 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:36pm
  • Joined: Apr 2011
  • Location: Montreal, Canada
  • Posts: 2,075
  • Rep: 160 (Unique: 143)
  • Folding Team Rank: 1,048
  •  
    Name Team Rank Points / May Work Units / May
    snowmen 1,048 1,750,521 / 2,656 822 / 3
     
  • Select All Posts By This User
First, we need to know what kind of music you listen to and what the uses will be (music, games, movies, etc.) before being able to make a recommendation. Without that, any recommendation will most likely be a bad one and you wouldn't want to waste 300$, would you? wink.gif
My Gaming Rig
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4,5GHz - 1.296 volts MSI P67A-GD55 MSI Geforce GTX 570 OC 786/1572/2100 Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto 2x4GB 1333... 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB Corsair Hydro Series H60 Windows 8 Professional x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
BenQ G2420HD 24" 1920x1080 IBM Model M2 French Canadian Layout '93 Mushkin Enhanced Joule 1000W Modular Antec DF-35 (Modded) 
MouseMouse Pad
Razer Deathadder Steelseries QCK+ 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My Gaming Rig
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4,5GHz - 1.296 volts MSI P67A-GD55 MSI Geforce GTX 570 OC 786/1572/2100 Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto 2x4GB 1333... 
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB Corsair Hydro Series H60 Windows 8 Professional x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
BenQ G2420HD 24" 1920x1080 IBM Model M2 French Canadian Layout '93 Mushkin Enhanced Joule 1000W Modular Antec DF-35 (Modded) 
MouseMouse Pad
Razer Deathadder Steelseries QCK+ 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #9 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:38pm
Beats are over-hyped.

A good $99+ pair of Sony studio headphones or equivalent will match any $199+ Beats.
Inspiron 1546
(16 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
[AMD® Turion™ X2 RM-75 ~2.20GHz] [AMD® Mobility 780G Chipset] [ATI® Radeon™ HD 4330 512MB] [Kingston® 2X2GB DDR2 800] 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
[Samsung® 250GB 5.4K SATAII] [Optiarc® DVD+/-RW] [Artic Silver® 5 Thermal Paste] [Windows XP Professional x86] 
MonitorPowerMouseAudio
[15.6" HD 720p] [90W Power Brick] [Dell USB Optical] [Creative® SB X-Fi Go Pro] 
Other
[Bose AE2 Headphones] 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Inspiron 1546
(16 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
[AMD® Turion™ X2 RM-75 ~2.20GHz] [AMD® Mobility 780G Chipset] [ATI® Radeon™ HD 4330 512MB] [Kingston® 2X2GB DDR2 800] 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
[Samsung® 250GB 5.4K SATAII] [Optiarc® DVD+/-RW] [Artic Silver® 5 Thermal Paste] [Windows XP Professional x86] 
MonitorPowerMouseAudio
[15.6" HD 720p] [90W Power Brick] [Dell USB Optical] [Creative® SB X-Fi Go Pro] 
Other
[Bose AE2 Headphones] 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #10 of 18
10/12/12 at 7:39pm
ill say it again, beats are over prices and not that good, beyerdynamic are 100times better and 770 dt pro's are 199, amazing sound and comfort
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Hi-Fi Gear

Gear mentioned in this thread:

Overclock.net › Forums › Consumer Electronics › Home Audio › Hi-Fi Gear › Beats By Dr. Dre Studio's or something else?