Apple Just Made the Worst Headphones - Beats Studio Pro Review 

Could have just been a 5 second video pointing out the earpads being non-replaceable. That's all I need to know these aren't a good buy.

Thank you very much ! It is super rare to have honest feedbacks with all the reviewers praising every single product they receive ! Please keep it real !

This is a great example of a review that heavily used the product for a long period of time before making the review. Though I never considered buying this, thank you for taking the time to review these right. This content truly sets your channel apart from others. I really appreciate the depth and experience you give items before giving feedback. Thank you and great work!

Spot on. Who cares about gimmicks when basic ergonomy is hopeless? With headphones, there's 3 main priorities - make sure they only produce sound out of their speakers, make sure they fit well, and make sure they sound good according to the budget. Everything else is just a bonus. I don't care if the best headphones in the world are held down by an anvil, I won't use them because it's an ergonomic nightmare

Quinn ragging on Beats... a tale as old as time itself.

I work at a pawn shop and somebody brought these in. I thought for sure they were fake because they just felt so incredibly cheap and sounded horrible. But nope. they were real. It blows my mind that these are so popular. It actually makes me mad

I usually watch a lot of reviews, but this really made me reconsider paying attention to other reviewers. The people that didn't even test find my suck.

The pads are replaceable…usb c is a major sound improvement…Beats Studio are notoriously durable and the buttons last…. Excellent gym headphones great transparency and anc and good on calls

Problem with most big tech channels is that they are too afraid of losing access to be actually critical of these company’s products (similar issue occurs often in political media). Thank you for being honest and thorough.

**Update** At their current price of 179 they’ve become probably the best bang for your buck for the sound quality given on the market. Dude here and most of his fans in the comments are just Apple haters. They work great with my galaxy And iPhone. These have always been geared towards sport so you don’t need anything heavier than the material used. If you want fancy metal/aluminum then go find that. As far as sound, Dr Dre created it for hard hitting bass and disregarded the mids intentionally. This has always been the headphone and it’s a pretty consistent product. And like I said at the current price of 179 you will NOT find a better option.

As an owner of these headphones, I can say this is a completely fair review, except for the subjective parts like material and button feel, and the comment about squeaking. I bought mine for $170 from target. They are also available for $170 at bestbuy. None of the competitors mentioned in the video come close to that price.

This man was made to review audio products. Please, keep the audio videos coming!

Only 1:30 in but these are exactly what my complaints were and why I returned them after 2 days. I was amazed that they were getting such great reviews from everyone else

Very thorough, informative, and entertaining! Please make more audio content!

There is no way that should be $350. It creaks worse than my desk chair 🤣

Finally someone talks about the creaking! No other reviewer talks about the crappy build quality while you can even hear it when they handle them.

Thanks Quinn for always providing the more exhaustive reviews out there. Other reviewers’ reviews mostly comprise of first impressions, not long term use.

I actually thought Apple buying Beats would be a good thing, they could put some neat tech capabilities in there, but it seems it's just the name they wanted. Not surprised that they are so-so, it's about the name anyways. Straight to the point review this one.

The earcups and batteries on beats are actually pretty easy to replace. They aren't quick swap, but I replaced them a couple of times back in the day on the solo3 and it was easy enough.

My $170 Anker Soundcore Q45 have LDAP support, BT Multipoint, no plastic crunching, good enough ANC for an office at a sawmill (120dB outside office), a much better soundstage, and left my wallet feeling might better.

I was shocked when I saw the price. You can buy a pretty good pair of headphones/earphones for this price.

This country is plagued by dishonesty in every walk of life. There is little integrity left. Almost everyone can be bought, which is why this channel is special, because it is that rare gem of honesty that we all so very much need.

The only guy I trust with apple products reviews. Bro says it like it is, not like all the other fanboys. God bless you sir. edit: stay snazzy.

This was a fantastic review! I love how you just don’t give a crap and just spit the truth

“As long as you don’t admit to yourself that they look crappy, sound crappy, and are crappy, you’ll be happy. Stay Snazzy.” Why did this make me laugh so hard??

Appreciate that you actually test the product 👍🏻 Seems like many others just read the data sheet

the ear cups are replaceable just like they are on the studio 3's, the process of replacing them took me about 10 minutes and only cost £10 for replacement ear cups

I hate how 90% of reviewers are just mindlessly positive. They trick you into buying garbage you end up instantly returning. Appreciate reviews like this

Wow. Thanks Quinn for doing this review. How did SO many “reviewers” miss all these bad things about this product. Keep up the good work !

Had them for a week. I agree in every point with Quinn. I may add the following complaints: the ear-cups pressed in a bizarre way into my jaw-bone under my ear after one hour (also mentioned by macaddress) and their rattling build-quality was a real problem on the plane. I tried to sleep and so I leant my head against the side wall and the slight vibrations of the plane got amplified as hell. never had such a problem with my Bose QC35. Unusable!

I sold beats for years in the airport when they first came out… pre apple. It’s always been crappy. Lol. I’ll never forget unboxing for a customer and the ear cup fell off coming out of the package.

I received a pair of Beats Solo 3 a few years back, and I’ll just say that this informative review describes an experience very much like the one I had with the Solo W for 1yr until the ear-cup lining all disintegrated and completely fell off. And, although deeply annoyed by the clear push to upgrade by the headache-inducing ear-cups being non replaceable, & despite the rest of the cans still being functional, I would never want to replace the ear-cups for my ears to once again be greeted by such terrible sounding headphones. Needless to say, I didn’t upgrade to another pair of Beats. Well, I don’t think anyone really does, even if they purchase another pair. Rather, they continue the experience, and who would purposefully and intentionally do that to themselves?

My Hot Take: The modus operandi of Western tech companies is to make their budget products deliberately worse, so they don't compete with their own premium products. And that's why they're losing to Chinese manufacturers, who just pack in as much functionality as possible (albeit sometimes too much).

I returned the predecessor the same day I bought it. I don’t expect the new model will get any better.

5:20 "Their absence is a pain, when you pine to prattle in a pinch" Utter brilliance 🤣

My main issue is with the name "Studio Pro". They don't belong in a studio...unless you need a fancy paperweight.

Literally wearing the Beats Studio pro while watching this. Lmao

At 7:15 I was expecting to see a cat walk into the shot to investigate the headphones, now that something new was on the floor. 😄

I purchased these and returned them 20 minutes after I left the store. The old beats were WAY louder, I think apple cut back on the production on purpose. These were essentially oversized regular airpods (in regard to sound quality)

Thank god for this review. My store got a demo unit of these headphones at launch and for the past month I've been wondering if I'm crazy since to me they felt like cheap junk while all of the reviews were overwhelmingly positive

Another pair of headphones I would recommend over these are the Sennheiser PXC 550 2s. Unfortunately, more recently Sennheiser has picked up the very bad habit of discontinuing all their good products. So availability on these will become limited in the near future.

They're 100% worth $180, which is what they still are. At $350, they're a scam. 😅😅

$169 right now on Amazon, now that’s more of a fair price for these.

Best review I've watched in a long time ❤

I don't know, might just be me, but I think Quinn doesn't like them much.

I'm still rocking the same pair of Sony MDR-7506 cans, purchased 23 years ago. Outside of replacing a broken earpiece clip and the cups (for $25 total) , they continue to work beautifully. Hard pass at any Apple headphone due to the fact that the batteries are not replaceable.

This video is incredible. Thank you Quinn for really working hard on this review.

More headphones and audio reviews in generally please. Would love to get your thoughts on Sonos for home theatre and maybe other good options

For full retail price no I wouldn’t get them. I only got them because I do like them and they were only $169 on Black Friday.

6:14 phone wall paper, it's 76 Wan Chai Rd, Hong Kong. (lived there 6 years and that street is where i got my produce).

I assume they need to be on whenever the 3.5mm is in because they may do some active EQing to make it sound better than it is. a sneaky way to make the audio better for cheap. $249 is astronomically too expensive for headphones like the beats since you can get earbuds for $20-30 that have a really close Harman target.

the beats actually look the best imo, are more comfy than all the others ive tried (xm5,jbl tour one, sennheizer accentum) and even tho they lack bass, u can add bass in the Spotify EQ and then they will sound really bassy while still being crisp and clear

Just bought these today. I just tried the find my feature on the phone while the headphones were paired with the MacBook. The find me feature made the sound and all that. So not sure about the problem there.

I am sooo glad you got that review out. I am yet to go buy any new Bluetooth headphones as they are costly. I want some decent headphones that I can rely on when not being used in Bluetooth mode and sound just as good via a 3.5mm connection even after the battery has completely died in several years. I won’t buy Bluetooth headphones knowing they become useless when the battery is dead in a few years and becomes e-waste

Thank you for mentioning the build quality. I used to own beats and they fell apart after no time

I am curious how you and Marques Brownlee have such different opinions. I usually kind of trust him for headphone reviews and he seemed to think they are comfortable and sound fine. Maybe he never even used them and was in such a rush to put out a video but it does seem odd. Anyway this is a great review, it's so thorough and nice to hear other products mentioned, more than just in passing.

I got the Solo Pro around the time they got discounted (which wasn't that much time after they released) and it was miles improved from the previous solo lines of both Apple and especially Monster so I thought the Studio would follow but to my suprise, the Solo Pro got discontinued a year or so after its release and we get this thing. Maybe it was a cost cutting tactic for Apple since the Solo Pro was actually pretty well built and a noticeable upgrade from its predessor, unlike what we have right here. As far as I remember, the Solo Pro, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Flex, and Beats Studio Buds were the only ones that got decent and favorable reviews from people like MKBHD, UrAvgConsumer, CNET, and even audiophiles like JimsReviewRoom. Sad to see Apple take one step back with this one.

what was that start ? 😂 so dramatic

You always have such a fair view on your reviews. I thought I was crazy when everyone was praising these headphones when some glaring issues were apparent when they first released

Something that continues to bother me about the tech review community is occasionally a review consensus will spread rapidly around and pretty soon everything is saying the exact same thing in their reviews. Clearly this happened here.

I never got the buzz around beats anyway. I hat wireless earplugs and I hated them.

Spot on review! I got these Beats headset free with my purchase of a new 2021 iMac (student discount). I’ve wondered how the reviews on Apple and Amazon were way off on this Beats headset. Quinn sums it all up perfectly. Now my Beats headset plastic is cracked by the adjustment right ear cup and is unserviceable due to Apple warranty expired. I find it unacceptable to sell these over $99

Picked these up for $197 brand new at Target. I think at that price it’s pretty good, I’ll see how much I like them in the next week walking around my university!

This is sorta like reviewing a SEAT and then claim Bentley built the worst car ever...?

I was wondering what NPC gesture you were gonna do. That shit really made me lol 😂

When did we start considering a $350 headphone cheap? It was supposed to be premium level, flawless. Thats a lot of money.

apple REALLLYYYY wants to drop off Beats by Dre cause of their own inhouse equipment but cannot due to their 20 year contract. OHH APPLE WHYY

They were $180 last week. Are they good for $180? They feel cheaply made for original price. But I haven’t heard how they sound and ANC.

This really only caught my eye because of the mocha brown color, as it’s one of my most favorite colors, but it sucks it’s not a good product ☹️

DMS was critical of these too. Thank god for tech reviewers who actually listen to audio products.

How did Phillips get the 50 dollar shp9500 so right?

Exactly how I felt about my previous gen Beats Studio Pros: uncomfortable, cheaply built (and they broke in just over a year), crap sound, and the damn ear pads fell apart and were hell to replace. Not even worth half the current price.

Beats never made ANY good headphones... ever. What is the surprise here?

6:23 first time i heard snazzy swear haha

I honestly watched a couple reviews for these beats and ALL have praised these headphones. I honestly think these headphones are the exact same ones from 2017 but with a few upgrades

Why didnt you mention the momentum 4s have tile support

Heh, well the USB-C Audio Mode light patterns aren't arbitrary, they show which parts of the EQ get boosted...

I'm curious, at what price point would you say that these headphones would be worth the money?

You can buy the Sennheiser and strap an AirTag to it for less money and better features 😂

I wish Quinn would review more lackluster products

Rekt, thanks for the laughs. Also thanks for the review of the APP2, love mine.

Steve Jobs said that every time apple starts to be dictated by the people in the marketing department this shit happens

My first thought was oh…this is a good April Fools video…and then I realized it’s August

After seeing a ton of tech reviews, I’ve realized most reviewers are just sheep. 99% literally have nothing original or interesting to say, and just repeat whatever mkbhd (who represents a sample size of 1) said.

FINALLY, someone who actually knows this crap and talks about it without holding anything important back, well done Quinn :D

You must go through so much e-waste trying to always have the latest thing 😂

That frequency response... Holy moly. That's not just the sub-bass. That's a lot of mid-bass as well. That's a lot of bloat. Also, what is with the treble? There's the pinna gain rise which is expected, but then there's a small dip and a near equal rise again? Also, what's with the mids having that sharp dip for no reason? So it's basically for people whose hearing is restricted to like 400Hz and 4KHz instead of the usual 20 to 20k. Edit: THEY'RE $350 BUCKS? MOTHERFUCKER. FOR WHAT?

Unfortunately I’m seeing this today after purchasing some of these a few days ago. I thought I was trippin but there is practically no bass in these headphones and they don’t get very loud to me , thankfully I didn’t pay 350 but I’m disappointed

Objectively, these headphones are built like shit and that alone isnt worth its price for me. But i feel like some of the complaints past that are more of a nothingburger, such as: 1) The controls, It's better than touch controls in my opinion and the playback controls mimic of remote talk cable like you would see on earphones and headphone cables. Yes, it feels like shit pressing it, but that's more of a complaint on its crappy 10-year-old build design instead. 2) using the 3.5 mm is scientifically, not lossless. All of these active powered headphones are playing around with the digital signal, therefore 99% of them are going to be converting them back to digital first and then processing. Even Apple doesn't bullshit that with their own headphones, as shown in the Apple music lossless help page. 3) It's tuning is a massive improvement over the bloody mess that was beats pre 2019. It's sub bass boost is not much different compared to the bloated garbage crap that is Sony's, the slight bass boost that is bose, or to mess that is the momentum 4s. Now technicalities, these headphones are mid and you'd be much better off buying some cheaper noise canceling headphones along with something else that would actually sound good for private chambers. 3) gimmcks like find my are useless if you know how to keep your headphones. Plus apples methods of find my are useless if you don't have an iPhone, as well as most headphones with a find my like feature are just as limited. 4) I agree that these headphones are hardly "over ear" headphones, but comfort is subjective and you're definitely some people that would find these very very comfortable compared to the overly spacious feeling that other over-ear headphones from their perspective. In my opinion, if you bought these headphones, you didn't make the worst purchase. Compared to the competition, the only thing it really lacks is just build quality.

I appreciate the review but I can’t reconcile the introduction where it is stated that « they suck » and the conclusion that « they are not horrible ». Steering clear of click bait titles and extraordinary claims would be more neutral as a reviewer.

Products get worse over time. Bose qc45 cannot disable ANC anymore. ANC or transpancy mode but cannot be disabled throwing away hours of battery life.

The only honest complete review about this crapy headphones i compare the sound quality to the solo 3 and its a trash . Hope i find that review sooner

By the sounds of it it's worse than my less that $100 Soundcore Q30 or the $150 Q35

"here's a product that we don't really care about, it's $250, which now we declare as chump change in our ecosystem. remember, 250 is chump change. our future products will be priced accordingly"

I bought them on launch day for full price and immediately returned them. Bought them the other day for $180 and I can say that I’m keeping them this time.

I was really pleased to hear you commenting of the heat inside the ear cups. I’d be interested to know what you think is the best is for comfort in terms of temperature. I recently sold my AirPods Max because of this. After 30-60 minutes my ears were red hot and uncomfortable. That’s not to mention the skin irritation I had to the ear cup fabric. Washing the ear cups with water did resolve the skin irritation. At the moment I’m using a family members QC45’s when they’re aren’t travelling. They’re decent, still quite hot and warm after 1-2 hours.

You can still get XM4's brand new for a lot cheaper and they're better in pretty much every way including repairability. Also who would buy brown headphones 💀

Thx for this honest review.🙏🏻

SIR! Do not speak ill of the official neck warmer of the NFL.

As a designer, Beats headphone design was and will always be...wah! Not good!