Daniel Hruska Every time after the launch of a new Apple device, it does not take a long time to completely disassemble it down to the last screw (it is true, we do not find many screws in current devices anymore - many parts are attached to each other with glue). Blog Bolt took apart the knockoff Beats Solo HD and tried to calculate the cost of the parts. However, initially the authors of the blog thought it was an original.
As said, you won't find many screws in today's devices. In particular, you can count exactly eight of them in these headphones, and they attach the grille of the headphones to the speaker. Other plastic parts are produced by injection molding, which costs almost nothing in mass production.
Paradoxically, the most difficult part to manufacture is the head bridge. This is because it is stressed the most out of all headphones, because in addition to being stretched, it is often subjected to twisting. In the most problematic places, i.e. around the joints, it is reinforced with zinc parts.
Also, the end of the bridge, which connects it to the "flaps", is relatively demanding to manufacture, as it requires the connection of several plastic parts. Thanks to the cheap production of plastics, the additional joining time is not a major problem. But everything has to fit perfectly.
A rough estimate of the prices of imitation parts is 17 dollars (415 crowns). However, this price does not include development (or rather copying) and other costs. $7 for the box and contents, $3 for the metal bridge parts, $2 for the speakers, and the rest of the parts are less than a dollar.
Note: The source for the original article unwittingly only dissected the knockoff Beats Solo HD, so take it as a laugh. The main difference is the speakers - the "fake" has only one per ear. However, the original Solo HDs have two speakers on each ear, which are additionally coated with a thin layer of titanium, making them much shinier. Second, the metal parts of the originals are not only made of zinc, but of a zinc-containing alloy. Zinc does not attract magnets, but the metallic parts of the Solo HD are magnetic. And thirdly – the original box does not contain Chinese, Japanese or Korean labels.
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It is fascinating that headphones for 4000 CZK have speakers for 50 CZK. So, every manufacturer that sacrifices at least 200 for this basic component will be the king of listening tests...
Thanks, I was looking for a way to express it and you brought it right out to me :) I completely agree. Of course, other attractions such as marketing, hype, etc. are another matter
If I read the article correctly, speakers for 50 CZK are imitations! In the original, there are pairs of speakers on each side and the price is not mentioned in the article... Otherwise, I prefer BOSE and harman/kardon. I don't understand why Apple switched from BOSE to Beats!
It was originally Beats by Dr. Dre's first headphones "specialized" for listening to hip hop music, so their character was supposed to be over-bass.
Beats worked with HTC, until recently there were quite a few htc phones with the beats logo.
Then Apple gradually bought Beats shares, including the share of founder Dr. Dre, that's why his name disappeared from the product name.
Beats speakers are still in HP laptops that are out of contract, and other new HPs are supposed to have Bang and Olufsen.
which will only be good for HP…
And it must be said that it plays badly. For that price, hearing aids sound two classes better... It's something like a hamburger or Coca Cola. Damn Apple
In this Apple is not in the least, Beats headphones became a would-be cult long before the transition to Apple. The more audiophile oriented have been shaking their heads for a long time…
He good marketing is not a monopoly of Apple, with Beats they basically proceeded in a similar way - a distinctive design, giving it to athletes and other personalities who were then seen with it (for example the swimmer Phelps), later the brand "by Dr. Dre", sonically deliberately "pleasant" concept for the masses with enhanced bass, etc. We may not like it, but they simply succeeded in the market themselves, after all, the subsequent purchase by Apple was apparently more related to the stream service, and the headphones will more or less continue to follow their own line.
Really crazy. But if someone buys it, why not. I had Beats on my ears once. I haven't heard such over-bassed sound in a long time. Normally it hurt my ears. It's amazing that Apple would associate its name with something so bad. Apple has really good products, but this one is a real mess. Anyone who wants to spend 4 liters on headphones will surely read the reviews and avoid these from afar.
Look, many (probably the majority) of young people really like the sound of it... I can't stand it either, but there are objectively a lot of interested parties who will prefer similarly designed headphones even in a blind test. It just has a certain target group, no one claimed that it is for everyone. But it is indisputable that a lot of people will really prefer the sound "ala Beats" and on the contrary some "audiophile" headphones with beautifully balanced characteristics will not tell them much. I could watch with my own eyes as my "teenage" son shook his head at my high-end Sennheissers and his eyes suddenly lit up when he applied the "bass equalizer" in the player to them - basically electronically crunching them into some kind of "superBeats"... How says the classic - we can disagree with it, we can protest against it, but that's about all we can do about it :-(
beats ♥
and those who don't have them are unnecessarily envious. I don't really know those zebra fakers.
So the over-bass in headphones for the younger target group shouldn't surprise anyone, right? For example, overbassed Kossy suit me, because I like to listen to drum'n'bass. Are Beats headphones even more bass-heavy than, say, the Porta Pro?
The other lines are a shunt, but the studio 2.0 plays well and I'm thinking a lot about buying it. I have an ATH-M50x and I'm not happy with it.
And why shouldn't I? If they're great, I'll buy it maybe even in installments. But so far no Čobol has taken my job, so I would buy them in a heartbeat. But it is a kshunt and after their analysis it is at least clear why it is a kshunt. Good enough for friculins.
What are you mixing in the nationality question? If you're good, no one will take your job, man!!!
Beats solo HD play really badly, there are well-known reviews in which their fakes from the market achieved better results. After listening to the originals, I believe it. My Sony ZX100s for less than 500 CZK play much better. Anyway, these new ones should have a better presentation.
Solo HD suits me perfectly :)
There have been many debates on this topic here. I recently bought them (Solo 2) and they suit me perfectly. I like bass, I like design, I'm a sheep who laps up advertising and a beautiful box. :D
Bang&Olufsen - that's quality, development, sound lenses. Beats are an ordinary Skoda among headphones that plays on Mercedes.
B&O is not Mercedes, it's BENTEY in sound!!!!
I would agree with that. I had a pair of B&O headphones and they really are the most Bentey... :)
well, since in my opinion, only ferrari is above betnels, so I agree. ferrari in sound has mark levinson. after that is B&O. then I would choose Harman Kardon. In my opinion, this trio is the best listening device.
The Ferrari of sound is undoubtedly Bowers & Wilkins.
Harman Kardons play very nicely for the price.
Then I prefer Bose.
Well, the Bentley is a VW, it's just a Phaeton with a better body. An overpriced car that absolutely does not reach the quality of Aston Martin, Porsche, Maserati...
Bentley is so much better than Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, and BMW is better than a rebranded VW in a Bentley body.
A fabia costs 40k to make and sells for 200k. :)
And just like these figures for electronics, it's pretty stupid, because it's money only for material (meaning smaller components), not for development, construction and assembly halls, equipment, machines, wages, marketing, sales network, ……….
I wrote here last time but no one answered me...
recommend me some other headphones than beats solo 2, kt. I'll be wireless, they last the same but play better and cost about the same...
Sennheiser Urbanite XL Wireless
Jabra revo wireless (somewhere under the name Bluetooth)
Maybe Plantronics BackBeat Pro too
Thank you!
Clearly https://www.alza.cz/bose-soundlink-on-ear-modro-cerna-d2262011.htm
so this is really funny when they imitated it like this. I would definitely recommend these headphones http://www.vzdy.cz/harman-kardon-soho-wireless-brown by harman-kardon. I like their design and I think the sound is divine.