Do Beats Headphones Still SUCK? #Helpful Post

step into my office Linus take a look at

my wares yeah I'm pretty sure I'm the

one who paid for them okay so here's

what happened we were gonna review the

Microsoft Surface headphones because we

were intrigued Microsoft wait a second

pay for these they sent them to us

okay these ones yes look I think the

other ones and these well I paid for

these which hurt as much as paying for

all the other ones combined yes okay so

basically what happened was we were

gonna review these and Microsoft sent us

a review sample two three weeks after

everyone else's reviews were already up

and we were like okay we need a new

angle so we're gonna turn it into a four

way roundup of the premium noise

cancelling over ear headphones on the

market this time not failing to include

Sony's offering the WH 1000x em threes

so James has prepared sort of a blind

taste test of sorts I guess you only

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I want to unbox these ones no yeah okay

so each of us will start with one of the

sort of well established players okay

well I mean I guess arguably this is

well established but maybe not with our

audience so much so I've got the Sony WH

1000 XM freeze and I have the Bose

QuietComfort 35 s version choose Google

assistant these are similar but yours is

kind of nicer I like this this has got

like kind of a crush resistant that

press is quite a bit yeah this divider

actually serves a couple of purposes you

have one of these though uh yeah

actually oh and you can see you can

actually see what's in yours Sony's done

a good job of their case here so you

holds your you got your air airplane

adapter yeah mine are just sitting in

there you've got your three-and-a-half

millimeter jack in case you're a caveman

and your phone still has one of those on

it you've got I don't like how short

this cable is but check this out USB

type-c charging on the Sony love that

everything USB type-c all the things

please

it's all it's equally short but it's

also micron P okay let's do let's open

up the beats on this and the surface I'm

expecting this to be like the greatest

unboxing experience of all time because

from what I've heard about the

headphones themselves it better be the

greatest unboxing experience of all time

I've got it upside down I got this I'm

expecting steam to come out no change

the way you hear sound to make these

headphones sound better okay I'm being a

jerk I'm being a jerk I actually haven't

tried the nice headphones in a long time

in fairness it's pretty robust feeling

it doesn't have like an actual

reinforcement no it's not low-profile

you can actually see like compared to

the sony it is quite a lot thicker and

same goes actually for everyone everyone

else well these guys went with the wider

ladder do these even fold though they

don't fold

they don't fold what okay so I just get

this cable okay so three and a half mil

and I just want throw it in there enough

no oh but I do get a nice long charging

cable micro-b USBC nice and then I get a

carabiner industrial design wise I would

say these are like the dad hat of

headphones what Dad hat he doesn't

understand that dad hats are in I mean I

just mean they're not that flashy or

modern they're kind of the standard they

still look great matte black is always a

good idea and honestly you're no more

dad hat than these yeah I am those are

smoother one thing that stands out about

these to me is you hear that that's

brutal

nice swiveling ear cups though and same

here one thing they've done well is look

how deep the cushioning on the top bar

is squeeze mine yeah

actually not I'm not impressed with that

set but everyone knows bows are

comfortable over long periods yes they

are and part of it is that they they

grip the side of your head a little bit

more I feel like these are relying a

little more on the top headband maybe

then the cutesy 35s do I think it is

just the way these seal around your ears

under grab lunch your head but it's not

uncomfortable they've basically got it

perfect alright alright this is what I'm

really curious about though because I've

tried those I've encountered these

before these are heavier did you see

there is almost no padding on the

headband that click that satisfying they

nailed that these don't fold at all

oh nice headband though it's basic

ratchet no swivel yeah I feel do the ear

ear Cubs do a bit right not much

oh really yeah barely when you take them

off you want them to go on your

shoulders level and stuff like that oh

you seem like the kind of person who

actually used to wear over the ear

headphones in public these don't go as

big as the other ones either see they

didn't get the they didn't get the

cottage force right I feel like those

aren't really even over here

they're like somewhere between on your

and over here my ears touch the drivers

and it's like just a hard plastic that's

a really pair and that over time that

can be uncomfortable really nice foam on

the ear cups though although I don't

know if it's quite as nice as the Sony's

Sony's have just like this spectacular

memory foam on here I'd be more

comfortable the office with those than

on the bus if you're trying to get laid

this is these are what you need headband

a little bit on the skinny and not

padded enough side for me but I think

they've done a better job with a

clamping pressure oh we haven't tried

any head bag tests give me like a oh

those are done already whoo

not bad they hold pretty well give me

these though okay that's both clear

victory well okay Sony one I would say

Bose I'd say both to tie for third then

cuz I don't think either of them really

stands out to me

so the second ranking is feel and

comfort and we're going so many bows in

first then surface land beats and then

for the head bang test clear ass victory

everyone else lose or fail hide for a

second I'm calling all the others a fail

so who can go with that if you want

whatever so right now what we're testing

is interacting okay so play pause skip

go back turn the volume up and down okay

so I actually have buttons on the bows

up and down for volume and then you

double click this to go forward triple

clicker to go back single click for play

and pause what's new is this button

which would it's called the action

button you can toggle between noise

cancelling on noise canceling off or you

can use it to activate the Google

assistant so one tap will the Google

assistant will tell you your

notifications and stuff and if you hold

it down you're gonna summon the

assistant and then you can talk cool oh

wait wait wait wait there's one more

thing only the bows have this and I

actually think it's huge an actual

toggle for on so my navigation is all

handled via touch then okay so that's

volume as a beeping when you do can't

hear you volume down volume down volume

down going down does it go bbbbbb yes it

does how do you feel I actually don't

mind it now there is a physical button

back here that I just found so that

would be for my assistant try a double

okay so with that button you found at

the back it's the same deals with the

bows where if you don't hook up the

Google assistant asks her button for

turning on noise cancelling and then

ambient and then off it toggles through

them but if you do hook up the Google

assistant you lose that and you use it

to hail the assistant so then you have

to use your app on your phone to turn on

the ambient and all that stuff I don't

prefer it and I'd rather have a physical

button personally I tend to agree these

I want to try the beats so this is not

capacitive these have buttons so you

only get the one button so press once to

start and stop twice I'm assuming next

track it's feels really cheap

that was what I noticed too it's nice

having a physical button but that it

liked the sound of it as you're pressing

you hear it in the feel of it is off the

field is really cheap another one thing

that you can do though allegedly is if

you double click and hold you'll fast

forward if you triple click and hold

you'll go back but I couldn't get it to

work on my Android phone

maybe it works with the iPhone or

something I think so can you even do

volume up and down on this here's the

beats logo there's an outer ring oh

there we go

but then it but then you can't use the

side right yeah no the sides don't do

anything it's so weird

that's the thing that's always bothered

me about beats why have such a cheap

button the thing is that Apple is

literally in my mind anyway the king of

haptic feedback these are how much 350

they're all 350 ok can I try the

surfaces no man I'm trying the surfaces

these I think in my opinion are the

undisputed interface kings check this

out the volume is a knob it's it's

really smooth to turn and then on this

side you turn it one way for turning up

the noise cancellation and you turn it

the other way and it turns up the

ambient noise so totally I don't have to

go into the app like all the other ones

you have to go into the app and set that

they are also have capacitive ear cuffs

for the pausing and seeking but it's

both your cuffs

so if you can just use either and

there's also a mute button on here I do

like this

that's a nice day it feels good so in

Toulouse

clear winner for me for the interface

yeah oh we should mention these also

have Google assistant and Cortana and

Alexa integration yeah Cortana

there's a separate app you can get

Cortana is dead now though you heard

about that right yeah Microsoft admits

Cortana is an also-ran yeah I'm willing

to say I personally I'd give the edge to

both just because I don't like touch

interfaces as much but I'm willing to

say tie here because it comes down to

personal preference with the cable that

comes with it oops

oh and inline remotes inline controls I

mean do you disagree would you put this

above any of the other three hell no no

no no all right this is the airplane

sound okay not bad first impressions Wow

big difference

and that my friends is why bose has so

much respect when it comes to noise

cancellation with that said I'd say the

Sony's cancellation is damn near as good

but I don't feel the same pressure on my

ears of Bose they've done such a great

job of tuning that my face is like this

because I just heard the music you were

playing I love my little pony's music

definitely weaker I don't think these

are even working yeah that's on yeah

that's that time this is just a much

less aggressive algorithm that they're

using so they're leaving in some of the

higher pitch of the airplane and they're

only taking out the low Rumble but

that's also why you're not getting that

same pressure on the years that you get

from the Sony I'd say they're the worst

in that regard out of the bunch I don't

know I think I kind of like the Sony I

think even pressure wise I might prefer

this just to totally confuse everybody

okay wait we can do there's one more

test

sure variable high frequency noise is

like your worst nightmare

I can really hear them fighting it so in

terms of loudness I'd say this is about

like having the baby about two rows away

so he does less to the tonality of the

baby cry but probably blocks as much of

the wrong ways I think the baby gets

more annoying with the surface

headphones these are just terrible the

noise regulation on these is not are

they even on yes they're on if you have

to ask that's not a good sign really oh

yeah it's on it just sucks

that's another clear win for both Bose

and Sony in my mind yeah agreed

and a clear loss for the honestly these

weren't created clear loser clear also

third pay that's not second yeah it's

not closed it's it's a distant second

closed circuit well close to third so

yeah let's do let's do a quick listen

okay we should listen to the same song

though oh you give me one of your songs

I'm down I'm down it's pretty crunchy

not bad I find the bass a little bit

more natural sounding on these oh yeah

they're they do have a different

signature but little smoother I would

say they're pretty similar me too

okay

withold I find both of these lacking

distinctly in completely different ways

I find vocals don't really come through

very clearly on these no bass no bit

ironically you would think that these

have would have the most overstated bass

but it's not even like muddy and

overpowered you know just there's just

really nothing there

these ones I felt I detected a little

bit of distortion I couldn't put my

finger on it

they were clearly not as good as either

the Sony's or the Bose but I preferred

them to the beats I felt that these had

a wider soundstage these are a little

narrower or a little tenure but to be

clear I think for a lot of people any

one of these would be good enough I

agree with that I mean given that most

people are fine with like ear pods like

truly the ones that just come with your

headphone yes I don't think anyone's

gonna pick up one of these for a few

hundred dollars and say oh well the

sound quality simply I mean you're

buying them because they're wireless

you're buying them because they're noise

cancelling and you're buying them

because of the interface or the

assistant or whatever other features it

is that you care about which is why I

think honestly when it comes time for

the conclusion here it's so much more

complicated than just like which one

sounds the best is the most comfortable

because there's a lot to these so why

don't you do your rankings first for

them overall overall well I mean sound I

think we've got a pretty clear hierarchy

don't we once again these two are

clearly the best if you're a more

discerning listener I'd go for other of

these then these then these okay you

know I'll let you go first

further overall overall overall it's

time for overall it's time for the

overall overall my overall ranking the

Bose number 2 of the Sony number three

and I really like this interface but

overall number three these these are

good I would still buy these the noise

cancelling sucks true okay go ahead I'm

gonna let you finish good enough for an

office good enough for an office they

also don't fold so on the go for a plane

definitely get these don't buy these

every okay so I'm gonna go ahead and I'm

gonna say I'm not even gonna rank

- so then between these two I mean it

really it comes down to physical buttons

versus touch interface but then USB

type-c oh yeah and the fast charging

Sony there it is

you did it Sony you don't even bother

Sony or if you don't like the Sony get

the Bose but I just wouldn't even if you

can if they're beside each other at Best

Buy trying both yeah try them both do

your research

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