Beats Pro Reviewed

Beats. 
One of the most sought after headphone companies in todays day and age. Controversially popular through the world, there is no stopping Beats Audio. Some casual listeners might expect these 400$ top of the line beats to be audio “nirvana”, or, at the same time, some so-called “serious audiophiles” might be still looking down at the American audio giants whilst sporting their Senheissers and Audio Technicas wondering what Beats has done wrong this time...? Nothing, hopefully.

Specs:

• Weight (kg): 0.40 (damn that’s heavy, DJ’s might need this)
• Height (mm): 197 
• Length of Cable (m): 1.523 
• Type of Jack: 3.5mm
• Swiveling cups 180 degrees

Appearance:

This is probably where the beats win. These beasts look stunning and will definitely leave people drooling. Right from the gunmetal finished housing to the full leather headband, these are downright desirable. 

Durability:

These headphones are tough and when used, they feel tough. Unlike their rivals, Beats refrains from using any materials that might feel cheap in any way possible. All those plasticky adjusters and driver covers are replaced by beautiful aluminum gunmetal. All of this screams strength and durability, and allows your 400$ to be a long term investment. These should last someone at least 3 years and for people like me that snap their headphones in months, 3 years is a long time.

Accessories:

These headphones come in a giant box, that intimidates bypassers. The box has exactly what someone might need to make these headphones usable.

A  3.5 - 3.5 mm iPhone remote cable (yes, it’s included this time!)

When Beats Audio broke up with Monster Cable, I worried for beats and wondered if they would be able to provide us with great cables with an iPhone remote as responsive as it’s predecessor’s... In a nutshell, they’ve outdone themselves. These cables feel great and the remote looks far sleeker and simpler to click on.

A Lock On Coiled Studio Cable- 3.5mm -1/4 inch-

This cable is fantastic and because of its thickness, it’s virtually un-tangible too. As a “professional” studio cable, this really makes the difference to the volume and clarity of your music. DJ’s would find this particularly useful as this would help them block out the crowd and bring in the loud.

A Felt Beats Carrying Pouch:

When someone spends 400$ on headphones, they would almost be certain that they’d get a sturdy carrying case with their investment, but in this case...Absolutely not. What we are given is a soft carrying pouch that is absolutely useless and will do naught when it comes to protection.

 

The Sound Quality:

Bass:

Beats Audio are known for their heavy booming bass and as expected, these headphones are bass-head bliss. Unlike the Pro’s younger sibling, the studio, the bass is beautiful, but by no means as overpowering and extraordinarily muddy.

Highs:

At the hefty 400$ price tag, it would be fair for a customer to expect their money’s worth while using these headphones. They’d expect booming bass (check), mids that are “just right” and lastly sparkly and fine highs (not really).... The highs aren’t hidden and being sheltered from your songs, they aren’t really making a difference, much like that kid at school who had friends, but wasn’t exactly popular. The highs can be classified as ideal and okay but by no means “sparkly”, “fine” or any other adjectives that could be used with the ever so blissful Senheisser HD 598s.

Mids:

The mids aren’t really making much of a difference either. Again, they’re present but just not amazing. You feel them, but they just don’t give you the best feeling in the world, it most definitely isn't what you’d expect from 400$ mids.

Conclusion:

After putting these headphones to the test, it’s easy to figure that these aren’t made for serious Audiophiles, but rather, eager listeners and DJ’s who want something that is heavy enough to stay on while they dance and jump around and is also bassy / loud enough to make the difference during gigs.

The swiveling cups and the leather and build all make sense but it may be impossible for these headphones to be regarded as “great” with the price tag being what it is. I’d love these a lot more and would approach this review differently had the price been 200-250$.

Final Scores :

Taking design cues right out of the apple books, the Beats win us over with sophisticated simplicity. These Beats don’t fail to “wow” us. So we award these with a Appearance Score of 9.5

These headphones are tough and will never EVER feel cheap in your hands. A listener might not ever experience creaky noises while adjusting, unstable clicks while listening and the sole fact that these last long, allows us to give the Pros a Build Score of 8.0

The Accessories that come with this headphone are of an ample amount and should do you good, but the carrying pouch was nothing but egg on the customer’s face. The Beats get a shaky score in Accessories 6.5

These headphones sound good, but at the same time, they’re nothing at all like 400$ and luckily nothing at all like a lot of the other beats (that sound terrible). That makes the sound score a acceptable 6.0

All sounds outside are easily blocked with the volume at 70% and the leak is nowhere near as obnoxious as that of its siblings. 8.5

Final Player Score- 38.5/50 = 77% B+

Check out our Beats Comparison Here