One of the reasons I purchased the Beats Wireless was because of the built-in aptX technology. At first I couldn't get it to work on my 2010 MBP with Lion or Mountain Lion but after reading a post in the Apple forums on how to enable the aptX codec in OSX, I now have them connecting with the aptX codec instead of SBC...definitely improved the sound quality of the Beats.Image
I love the design of Dr Dre headphones, sound quality is also very good.
I don't care about the hype or anything, I went to the apple store, tried a few other headphones and I liked these best. I also liked the new retina Macbook Pro and I got it too. Don't understand when people say: oh, this is so overpriced, you can have something "better" for half of that money. So? I want THIS, and if I can afford it, why not? Isn't that also what some people say about mac users, why buy a mac if you can get a pc for half of the price?
A few more features the Beats Wireless have include an outstanding BT antenna as I can walk around the entire house without losing connection or having any kind of sound degradation. These things seem to go nearly 50 feet before cutting out. It is also great to have the flexibility to use the red cable to go "wired" when either the battery is low or you just want to go wired. I find this lacking in any of the Bose Quiet Comfort headphones (which I actually like and use when traveling by air or rail). Lastly, the battery seems to last forever. My Altec Lansing/Plantronics Backbeat 906's are very nice workout style bluetooth phones that sound fairly good (especially with the bass-boost enabled) but the battery doesn't last NEARLY as long as the Beats Wireless and the BT antenna isn't very good as a simple turn of the head sometimes breaks the BT connection to my iPhone on a clip around my waist. Disappointing.
I know people hate on Beats and I agree with some of it (although if somebody likes them I would never disparage them), but these are very nice sounding BT headphones for my ears especially using the aptX codec (I really didn't know BT headphones could sound this good)...I hear the Sennheiser BT phones are Quite good as well...
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