Is better than Solo review

Style and Features
We've somehow managed to lose out on reviewing the Beast Beats Solo Headphones for some time now, which we believed was a shame given the quantity of talk about all of them. Having finally gotten your hands on pair, however, we're not sure it had been worth the trouble since the Beats Solos aren't precisely the best headphones on the planet, or even the very best for their £130 selling price. But then, can you expect less from the company that will encourage you to definitely spend £350 with an HDMI cable?



We really should not be too harsh. The Beats Solo do possess a lot going on their behalf, and in the best circumstances we can easily see why one might come from listening to all of them having enjoyed the knowledge. The design, to begin with, is a achievement story; the matt complete makes the Solos seem like £130 worth associated with headphones should, as well as looks great.

There's a respectable amount of padding about the headband and earpads, making the Is better than Solos comfortable in order to wear for a long time, unless you possess a large enough head for that pressure to be an excessive amount of. The sliding size-adjustment for that headband has a good, mechanical feel into it, and locks in to place securely. We found how the articulated swivel agreement which fixes the earcups towards the headband gave an acceptable degree of independence, so you may move the Is better than Solos around in your head a fair bit but still have a great fit.



The headband is really a little thin, although not enough to cause any be worried about its durability. A nice feature from the headband is that it's hinged, letting the Solos fold to their supplied neoprene travel case (another price-justifying addition) - an element mimicked by the actual copycat Fanny Wang On-Ear Wangs.

One particularly well considered aspect is the actual removable cable or even, rather, cables. The 'standard' cable television is chunky but nonetheless reasonably flexible, and it has a particularly durable-looking connection at each finish, while the second also offers an in-line remote control and mic, for use with iPhone along with other compatible devices. The provision associated with both an iPhone-friendly along with a 'normal' cable is excellent, as it indicates the Beats Solos do not break with old players that can't deal with the revised connector that's needed is for headsets.

Sadly regardless of the quality on the look front, the Beats possess a serious problem using their audio reproduction, which left numerous staffers with thoughts from underwhelming in order to 'the worst headphones I've ever heard. ' Considering a few of the good things we've learned about Monster audio items, and the £130 cost on the Solos, all of us were understandably let down.

The problem may be the overwhelming bass response from the Solos, and whenever we say overwhelming all of us don't just imply strong. Unless you pay attention to music with an extremely anaemic low-end, or adjust your own player's equalizer to pay, bass lines throb over almost every other facet of the actual Solos' output. Within the Solos' limited support, there's a good degree of detail in this particular powerful low-end, and contains a warm enveloping texture into it, but with basically the most limited choice of music it's so enveloping regarding be suffocating.

This can be a shame because when there's lots of detail hidden within the mid and top end when not becoming trampled on through the bass. In intros in order to songs we often found ourselves asking yourself whether we were not being too harsh towards the Solos, as the actual reproduction had actual clarity, but after that came the largemouth bass to ruin the actual reproduction. From Dr Dre's I want a Doctor via Muse's Space Dementia in order to Wagner's Die Walkure it had been the same tale.



We can't help but explain that the much less attractively named Fanny Wang On-Ear Wang headphones do a far greater job of focusing on the bassy, but nonetheless detailed style how the Beats Solos are targeting. It's also worth noting how the Beat's Solos appear to need lots of power, as our citizen iPod nano wasn't in a position to supply much quantity (although ironically it was almost an improvement since it helped de-bass the actual tone a little).

Consensus

After listening towards the Skullcandy Aviator's, we weren't anticipating that any fashion headphone might have a greater low-end prejudice, but the Beast Beats Solos handle it. Monster's headphones receive themselves somewhat using their design and quality, but not sufficient to justify the selling price.