Beats Audio Explained.

[kkapoorr]

This guy does a good job of explaining how Beats Audio really works. I don't know if he's credible. This should be shared with everyone if it's true, at least now we're not gonna buy Beats Audio devices blindly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbn_pmxFic&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[Matt Bourg]

I would say hes pretty much dead on. I think most people know that anything that's hyped isn't as good as something that stands on its own. On the other hand you do get some benefits with Beats. So just ask yourself is it worth some extra build quality and a pre-made eq that sounds pretty good or not. In the case of the HTC One you don't really pay anything extra so I'll gladly take it.

 

[kkapoorr]

This applies to all Beats Audio devices, not only the One. Also I loved Beats on my HOX, it's just that I didn't know all the technical details behind it. And other EQs do a good job too, I have Poweramp in my Note 2 and i don't miss Beats much.

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[coggster]

I believe him to be credible. If you look through his other videos you cannot argue with his views and knowledge - I have kept an eye on his videos ever since finding him when researching about my Audio-Technica ATH-M50's. Although that may have been because he agreed with what I thought so I wouldn't take too much notice of that!!

 

[luvsmobile]

I think what we saw right there was what drives the sales of most anything. Find something that makes your product stand out from the rest.

"Gimmicks"

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[anon(5982703)]

Well, so he says. I would still like to see the graphs and measurements performed. Nevertheless, when I add Power AMP eq to Beats on the HTC One , it sounds bad. If he is right and beats audio is an eq only, it is a nice one.

I would like to draw more attention to the last part of his video where he says the speakers are powerful and clear. You can push the bass and tremble to the extreme with any phone or laptop but it will sound so bad because the speakers are crackling and unable to reproduce the sound.Try it out yourself with power amp or winamp eq on a device with poor speakers. Bottom line, Beats audio works because the HTC One has the greatest speakers on any phone to date.

On the flip side of the coin, it seems to me that Beats ON will consume more battery life when listening to music. Just a gut feeling, have yet to test.

 

[andriver]

I think what we saw right there was what drives the sales of most anything. Find something that makes your product stand out from the rest.

"Gimmicks"

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Exactly!

 

[kkapoorr]

If Beats is only a EQ, theoretically it should be possible to replicate it with Poweramp? Or other EQ software?

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[luvsmobile]

There are actually many factors that play into the quality of an eq. I'm assuming beats is a passive eq. Active eq's are amplified after the amp and passive are before. I'm going back a few years to my car audio days but passive was always cleaner. Sound curves between frequencies also comes to mind. I'm sure there is a more technical answer if someone would chime in.

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[kbp08tls]

Nevertheless, when I add Power AMP eq to Beats on the HTC One , it sounds bad. If he is right and beats audio is an eq only, it is a nice one.

If you're adding one of PowerAmp's built-in curves on top of Beats, you're going to completely over-boost certain frequencies beyond what the speakers or your headphones can handle and introduce a lot of distortion. I have a custom "Beats Correction" eq curve in PowerAmp where I cut some of the bass and midbass frequencies just a touch to clean up a little bit of the "muddy" sound, and dial back some the higher frequencies to cure a little bit of harshness.
I guess it ends up being something you might call "Beats Lite," and it sounds pretty dang good with my particular headphones and the music I listen to.

 

[Farish]

Ignoring the Beats Audio and just thinking of it as a plain stereo speakers in the front grill. The placement of those speakers work great and really pushes the phone as a multimedia device. I wish other manufacturers would follow that same pattern. The Beats Brand is more for marketing than anything else.

Now I have the S4 and I think it sounds great but I can tell that the speakers are in the back.

 

[Gothamoddisee]

Super useful - thanks!

This guy does a good job of explaining how Beats Audio really works. I don't know if he's credible. This should be shared with everyone if it's true, at least now we're not gonna buy Beats Audio devices blindly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbn_pmxFic&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[estebancam]

All I know is that it has become increasingly difficult to purchase a phone without beats audio. I listen to music A LOT. I have used 4GB of data on Google Play Music All Acess in the last 4 days just for music.

I have a Nexus 4 and an HTC One. My girlfriend has a GS3. The Nexus and GS3 are dissappointing, to say the least, at sound quality and VOLUME. I can't stand listening to music on anything other than my HTC one or an iPhone, which also has a great sound amp.

BEATS audio I don't think is a gimmick. It is a very real and useful feature. I can't stand not having it.

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[aokusman]

I love the external speakers, but it's not a deal breaker at all. I use the sparingly, but I always use my phone with my car aux, headphones and Bose speakers.

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[return_0]

Great videos. He's quite credible.

 

[anon5664829]

This guy does a good job of explaining how Beats Audio really works. I don't know if he's credible. This should be shared with everyone if it's true, at least now we're not gonna buy Beats Audio devices blindly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbn_pmxFic&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Love that dude.

 

[SpiralBorg]

Marcus makes excellent videos, with exceptional depth in the topic.

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[icyrock1]

This reminds me of the "loudness wars" that the music industry has gone down.

 

[Daspoo]

Great video - thanks for the share!

- Keef

 

[dano_tech]

Still sounds better than any than phone

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