Monster Pounds Out Dr. Dre Earbuds

December 5, 2008 By Geoff Duncan

Monster Pounds Out Dr. Dre Earbuds

Monster Cable is pre-launching its Beats by Dr. Dre Tour in-ear headphones, claiming they feature the world's first tangle-free cables.

Monster Cable is continuing its push into the audiophile headphone market, announcing a pre-lauch of its Beats by Dr. Dre Tour high-resolution in-ear headphones. The new in-ear headphones are a follow-on to the company’s Beats by Dr. Dre line of enclosed headphones, but these earbuds claim to deliver the same clarity, deep bass, and power as the over-the-ear cans. The company says it’s been working on the headphones for four years…and, if you can believe it, they feature tangle-free cables.

“Monster’s Beats by Dr. Dre is all about incredible sound,” said ‘Little Monster’ Kevin Lee, in a statement. “Making this happen in a tiny earbud was a major challenge. That’s why we took four years to develop Beats by Dr. Dre Tour. We were simply not going to introduce them until they lived up to the Beats by Dr. Dre promise! Making them tangle-free as well was, as they say, icing on the cake.”

Monster offers no details on what exactly makes the earbuds tangle-free, and in the absence of evidence we just have to assume they didn’t do any product testing with a child under the age of seven. (Because, really, at that age nothing is tangle-free.) The earbuds feature distortion-free bass, in-ear noise isolation, five custom-fit eartips, and a carrying case.

Folks who want to check out the earbuds for themselves can check out limited quantities that will be available for sale by mid-month at the Apple Store, Amazon, and (of course) BeatsByDre.com. Retail price? $149.95.

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lit5001 at 9:52am 7th April 2011 i bought the monster beats headphone almost 1 year and feel great, they have amazing clarity and bass. Once you have heard a song from these earphones, the other earphones will seem futile.and mainly the things:good: The Monster beats by dre headphones have a stylish . comfortable design as well as exceptionally crisp audio response. Sound quality , balanced, warm mids and thumping bass. also Included are a great carrying box and a music-phone-compatible cable. cool and Striking but cannot be used without batteries. this is the site i bought, www.special-beats-headphone.com/ and the most importent is the attractive price ??, hope it helps you .
MIKE at 8:14pm 19th November 2009 i bought these dr dre ear buds for 155.00 and was really disappointed. for the money no way. i bought the BOSE EAR BUDS and sound came to life compared to the dr dre. BUT IM A REAL pickey with chose of what i think is quality sound and dr dre buds bass wasnt near as good as boss and 55.00 less. but my final choice was the boss over ear boss yes its bigger but what a way to reproduce the quality sound i was looking for! But for ear buds boss did it there as well. Fit with boss ear buds was odd at first but you learn to how to use or get use them. THE ONLY COMPLAINT IS THAT WHITE AND BLACK CABLE THEY USE. THE WHITE GETS DIRTY AND SHOWS UP LIKE WHY ARE THOSE WIRES SO BRIGHT. ALL BLACK WOULD BE NICE.
Roger Semaan at 7:10pm 2nd February 2009 No one can beat the Etymotic Research Er4 earbuds.
Rodney schermerhorn at 3:58pm 3rd January 2009 I meant pricey but they are worth every penny.I use it with my itouch.they are everything they say they are.they get alittle tangled but they(rarely)but they don't knot unless you do it yourself,they are so comfortable,they are the best ear buds i've owned.
Rodney schermerhorn at 10:59am 30th December 2008 I think I was to quick to judge dre's ear buds.theyare great!little dicey like I said before but the bass is great.
Rodney schermerhorn at 9:46pm 29th December 2008 Just got my dre earbuds,bass is good and they are tangle free.overall they are sound proof but too much money for what you get. The sound is not clear enough oh well, I like them I give them 3 stars out of 5.
Pat at 10:13pm 9th December 2008 Tangle free?
LIES.
Remote at 12:28pm 6th December 2008 If they do what it says it does I'll get them (in the world of electronics you get what you pay for) & this is world class stuff ..., but I would like to see how they compare with the Bose headsets!