I tried these but the sound was so terrible. There is like 0 bass and I like bass heavy headphones. The solo beats had much better sound.
True, but this is a positiv matter in my case, the powerbeats 2 are the first beats with not to much bass (ps a lot of bass is not better sound, it is often a way to hide a lack of sound quality). In the tests, the people were surprised of their sound quality.
But Different people, different needs. I run 60-80 km a week and like to listen to audio books. Not so much bass needed for this.
Since they are specialy designed for sport (running) they choose to limit the bass, to here what's arround you:
Cnet review: "The headphones come with a few different sizes of silicone eartips. Beats reps told me that, depending on the eartips you choose, you can opt to go for a tighter seal or leave some breathing room to let ambient noise in for safety reasons. Many people like to be able to hear cars coming when they're running or biking. (For the record, Beats marketing material says, "Powerbeats earphones are specially designed to pump clear bass at any volume while letting in ambient noise, making sure athletes stay safe while training," so it seems that they aren't meant to be jammed in your ears like many in-ear models)."