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Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by egeozcan »

TomGullen wrote: post #5

Not a fan of Beats. Tried a pair of their headphones in a shop and they sounded terrible. Build quality was flimsy as well. I think the only new thing they bring into the market is style, and that's not enough for longevity imo. This new service, $10 a month. Not quite sure what it offers over Spotify. Anyway, past experience with their product means I'm just not going to be interested in this.

I own a pair (got them as a present) and didn't sell them just to make people listen to them and compare them to my other headphones (I'm not joking). I hate them (because of the false marketing first, and the low quality product second) and also most people realize at the 10th second of the music that they're not good at all. But for some, in a strange way, they sound excellent. I just don't get it. Maybe humans developed two different hearing mechanisms and we're still not aware of our differences =)

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by Edmond »

brentm wrote: post #12

Whenever a brand like Beats lends their name to or builds a service like this with a much hyped press launch I feel like it's almost always doomed. I tried my account this morning and that's probably the end. It's just another streaming radio app, nothing at all new. Their entire value claim is based around the idea that not just an algorithm is picking the music, humans are involved too. That's great, who cares? Hum…

Agree..I am skeptical given that it is basically an industry play...The guys behind it are music industry veterans (Dre et al) and bad habits die hard.

Unless they show that they actually know what they are doing and not just trying to use technology to gain more control over music consumers, I'll have to wait this one out.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by whizzkid »

This looks to me more like an app designer/developer company's showcase than a music service (sorry for being negative, i might still have the monday feeling)

What are the advantages I will gain if I switch from Spotify?

- The answer seems to be the nice layout!

What are the disadvantages?

- Spotify gives me limitless account (with ads) for free, this one not.

- Spotify is even available as a web app,and desktop client which i use most. This one???

- "The item you've requested is not currently available in the Swedish Store, but it is available in the U.S. Store."

I am not trying to be disrespectful to what these guys had done. It looks beautiful.

Music industry is really really tricking area when it comes to application development. Even Spotify had hard times to make its service up and running for years.

I might be totally wrong. That's why if you believe in something, just don't mind negative people. keep going!

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by phren0logy »

I am (was?) a fairly happy MOG subscriber. Some thoughts:

1. No way to transfer my MOG playlists and favorite bands/songs? That sucks.

2. Tried to sign in through the AT&T family plan for 90-day free trial. Got a text with a code, which AT&T says was accepted, and Beats says was not. ???

3. No web-only option for $5/month. I suppose that was too much to hope for.

4. No information about how the 5-person family plan works. Do we share one login (and favorite bands)? I hope not; we have very different tastes.

This service seems really half-baked. Might end up being good, but for the moment is behind were MOG was, which is pretty bad. MOG was basically a zombie service for the last few months, as they obviously had all their attention focused on this launch. The web interface never had basic stuff like their featured playlists.

Here's to hoping they get it all ironed out.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by k-mcgrady »

whizzkid wrote: post #33

This looks to me more like an app designer/developer company's showcase than a music service (sorry for being negative, i might still have the monday feeling) What are the advantages I will gain if I switch from Spotify? - The answer seems to be the nice layout! What are the disadvantages? - Spotify gives me limitless account (with ads) for free, this one not. - Spotify is even available as a web app,and desktop clie…

>> "- Spotify gives me limitless account (with ads) for free, this one not."

I'm happy about this. Maybe they can convince people music is worth paying money for and instead of wasting time selling ads they can spend time and money building a good product.

>> "- Spotify is even available as a web app,and desktop client which i use most. This one???"

It's available on Android, iOs, Windows Phone AND the web at http://listen.beatsmusic.com

>> - "The item you've requested is not currently available in the Swedish Store, but it is available in the U.S. Store."

Like most music/video services it's launching in one location (US) and planning to expand to others soon. e.g. iTunes Radio is still US only. Spotify took years to branch out of Europe.

>> What are the advantages I will gain if I switch from Spotify?

After a few hours of use the main benefit seems to be playlists. I've described how they work in another post on this thread so won't repeat but they seem infinitely more useful to me on this than playlists on Spotify (which I've been using for around 5 years).

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by epaladin »

TomGullen wrote: post #5

Not a fan of Beats. Tried a pair of their headphones in a shop and they sounded terrible. Build quality was flimsy as well. I think the only new thing they bring into the market is style, and that's not enough for longevity imo. This new service, $10 a month. Not quite sure what it offers over Spotify. Anyway, past experience with their product means I'm just not going to be interested in this.

I can hardly believe that people buy them at all, let alone pay so much. I have to give them credit for the marketing, but still- my $50 refurb Sony MDR-V6 sound much better. Maybe if we paint decent headphones blue/red/green/pink we can resell them for $300? Anyone know if the beats products are better or worse since their deal with Monster Cable ended?

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by ironchef »

w1ntermute wrote: post #28
TomGullen wrote: post #5

Not a fan of Beats. Tried a pair of their headphones in a shop and they sounded terrible. Build quality was flimsy as well. I think the only new thing they bring into the market is style, and that's not enough for longevity imo. This new service, $10 a month. Not quite sure what it offers over Spotify. Anyway, past experience with their product means I'm just not going to be interested in this.

You and I might have quickly picked up on the fact that Beats headphones are trash, but the vast majority of consumers have no idea. I see Beats everywhere these days. A lot of seemingly intelligent people I know are using Beats. And you can't even tell them that Beats sucks, as I learned the hard way. It's not socially acceptable to inform someone that they wasted several hundred dollars, especially when they identi…

If the majority of consumers are using headphones that are a 1 to 3 on a 10 point scale and beats are, for example, a 4 or 5, then they're better for most consumers. Are they as good as some ATH-M150s? No...but the market is saturated and it's difficult for the consumer to understand what's good and what's not. Enter the marketing/brand dollar and consumers will pick what they hear about plus what sounds better than what they're used to.
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