monster ipod fm transmitterMaple Tears is a bit more uptempo, with plenty of slide guitar, and a twangy chorus of male and female (again, Patty Griffin) vocals that presented more of a challenge to the Beats. The prominent high-mids of this song did not convey as well on Dr. Dre's cans. At times the vibrating twang of the guitar strings and even the vocal blend was borderline distorted sounding. I just didn't particularly like what the Beats did with this song.

I did not experience the same issues on the other songs. To compare, I tried Creative's Aurvana X-Fi headphones on this song, and there was no comparison. The Beats blew them away, even considering the handling of the high-mids. The Beats have a much richer and full quality, and for whatever reason that one track was just a bad (sonic) fit In an effort to bond with one of Dr. Dre's genres, I dug deep into my musical

monster earphones review library and pulled out some Christina Aguilera. I actually really like the Back To Basics record. I cued up Makes Me Wanna Pray, which features Steve Winwood (I assume contributing the slammin' B3 licks). This record is cool in that it is a mixture of high tech, modern studio fidelity which throughout the project is combined with the scratchy sound of an old LP, or the low-fi of old mono recordings. This song has static/scratch throughout, with a rich

thumpin' bottom end. The gospel choir BGV's sound amazing, and Christina wails like nobody's business. The Beats were made for this stuff. smoky burlesque club from the 20's, complete with crowd noises and groaning horn section. I loved the texture of the horns on this track. The time and effort put into this recording pays off, and the Beats bring it to life. While I think she is incredibly talented

monster beats soloand made a great record here, I felt like I needed to go take shower after listening to her filthy lyrics. Geez - somebody get that woman a husband. (Oh wait, they did!) I went back a few years to the first record from Evanescence. I wanted to see how the Beats would handle some dark hard rock. Going Under has a decidedly dark foundation of power chords throughout the song, with Amy Lee's haunting vocal sitting perfectly on top of the track, pulling you down with her. The deep

monster speakers bass response of the Beats brought the thick power of the track home for me in a very pleasing, punchy way.Bring Me To Life has a similar tone, but begins with a haunting string pad and piano melody with subsonic booms quietly expanding underneath before the guitars come in and the song takes off. I liked the way the Beats allowed the cymbals and screams to cut through the crunching guitars throughout the song.

monster headphones dr. dreThe house loop and string pad at the end of the song is a great juxtaposition to the heavy guitars, and the Beats felt good for this genre of music. At the risk of bothering some of you purists out there, I can honestly say that I like Monster's Beats by Dr. Dre. They sound detailed and clean, and enhanced most recordings in way that was pleasing to my ears. They have great isolation qualities that are helped by their design and the built-in active noise reduction feature. For large headphones, they are very comfortable. The build quality is very good, and they look cool.