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Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by k-mcgrady »

aaronmoodie wrote: post #56
k-mcgrady wrote: post #20

I've been using this for the last 4 or 5 hours. I'm not in the US but have a dormant US iTunes Account so I was able to download it through that. Design: Really slick. I like the Rdio app but recently it's been getting a bit confusing. I've always hated the Spotify app even though I was a paying customer since it first arrived in the UK. The Beats app admittedly has a lot going on but I found it pretty easy to naviga…

>> "Overall I think they have two things up on everyone else: design and playlists. On Spotify and Rdio finding good playlists is difficult. Spotify has been getting better at this but it isn't great yet. Beats seems to have spent a lot of time crafting A LOT of really great playlists and they seem to be where I'm spending most of my time. The human curation thing seems to have worked." Totally agree. Beats has taken…

Totally agree, the website is lacking compared with the app. I guess launching solid apps on three separate platforms in the same week meant dedicating fewer engineers to the website, hopefully it'll improve quickly. I do most of my listening on my laptop and having to listen on my phone is quite annoying as I'm using it for dev purposes all day.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by runamok »

Naga wrote: post #53
w1ntermute wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

You assume that sound quality is the only thing that matters in a pair of headphones. A lot of people care more about how they look and the branding then the sound, which is totally fine. I work in a small tech store and I've convinced people to buy better headphones to have them come back a few days later and exchanging them for Beats. Yes, they sound horrible, but different people have different needs and desires.…

I have heard they are very bass heavy which is what most people like. They could not care less about nuance and realism in music. Bose speakers proved that.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by uses »

cmicali wrote: post #27

Selection, UI, and curation/recommendation all are very good. I hope this creates some competition for Spotify, because I think they need a fire lit under their product plans. (It's 2014 and I still can't save a collection of music outside of playlists) But is it just me, or can you not fast forward / seek in Beats Music?

You have to tap the "now playing tray", then there is a circular progress bar which you must track your finger around. It's incredibly easy to move from 99% to 1%...especially problematic when the circle turns into a volume slider.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by whizzkid »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #38
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://…

Reasonable arguments I have to agree except the first one.

Spotify takes my time which is valuable to me instead of my money for the free version, and I like listening those ads about the new released albums, not really annoying. So "music is worth paying money" and they are getting money from those ads because Spotify users listen them. Like youtube, but there you don't earn anything though :)

Other than that, It is always good to have competitors and i wish them good luck :)

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by tcpekin »

vinceguidry wrote: post #57
w1ntermute wrote: post #51

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> 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. You're not factoring in price. Beats are very expensive for mediocre quality sound. Those headphones that are a 1 to 3 (where Beats is 4 or 5) are only 1/10th the price of Beats. And for 1/3rd the price of Beats, you can get headphones that are a 7 or…

For Beats' target market, they don't factor in price either. When I personally go to buy stuff, price is third or fourth down on my list of concerns. I've bought two pairs of over-the-ear headphones in the past few months, and sent them both back. I was shopping on price/value, but the headphones I was getting were way too loud for an office environment. For whatever reason, whenever I'm looking for decent headphones…

Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones are pretty good at isolating yourself from the outside, and the outside from you. Definitely sound different than a set of open ear headphones though. Just a recommendation. I have a pair and they're pretty solid. They can grip your head tightly though depending on your head size, but I haven't found them uncomfortable.

http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-280-Pro-Headphones/dp/B0...

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by sehr »

warfangle wrote: post #55
egeozcan wrote: post #31

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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 dev…

Many people think more bass == better sound. Go figure.

Many people listen almost exclusively to bass heavy music, which does turn out sounding 'better' compared to more balanced headphones.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by w1ntermute »

vinceguidry wrote: post #57
w1ntermute wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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. You're not factoring in price. Beats are very expensive for mediocre quality sound. Those headphones that are a 1 to 3 (where Beats is 4 or 5) are only 1/10th the price of Beats. And for 1/3rd the price of Beats, you can get headphones that are a 7 or…

For Beats' target market, they don't factor in price either. When I personally go to buy stuff, price is third or fourth down on my list of concerns. I've bought two pairs of over-the-ear headphones in the past few months, and sent them both back. I was shopping on price/value, but the headphones I was getting were way too loud for an office environment. For whatever reason, whenever I'm looking for decent headphones…

> For Beats' target market, they don't factor in price either.

Then they should be buying from good brands - for $300, you can get a 9 or 10.

> For whatever reason, whenever I'm looking for decent headphones, nobody indicates whether I'll be broadcasting what I'm listening to to my workmates or not.

Of course they do, you're just not familiar with the terminology. What you're looking for is circumaural (around the ear) headphones, rather than supraaural (on the ear) headphones. I would recommend the Sennheiser HD-280 PRO: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-280-Pro-Headphones/dp/B0...

I've had a pair for several years, and they still sound great.

> It might not be long before I'd be willing to shell out the cash for Beats just to not have to fuck with it anymore.

Getting Beats isn't going to fix your problem, as they are well known for noise-leaking.

Re: Beats Music launches

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Post by vinceguidry »

w1ntermute wrote: post #69
vinceguidry wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For Beats' target market, they don't factor in price either. When I personally go to buy stuff, price is third or fourth down on my list of concerns. I've bought two pairs of over-the-ear headphones in the past few months, and sent them both back. I was shopping on price/value, but the headphones I was getting were way too loud for an office environment. For whatever reason, whenever I'm looking for decent headphones…

> For Beats' target market, they don't factor in price either. Then they should be buying from good brands - for $300, you can get a 9 or 10. > For whatever reason, whenever I'm looking for decent headphones, nobody indicates whether I'll be broadcasting what I'm listening to to my workmates or not. Of course they do, you're just not familiar with the terminology. What you're looking for is circumaural (around the ea…

Leaking's fine. Blaring out the other side of the ear cups isn't. I don't understand it, if I wanted everyone to hear my music, I'd just use speakers. What the hell is the point?

But thanks for the recommendation. I'll be sure to grab those.

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