Beats Headphones Sound Signature

The overall sound signature is amazing. It is a warm neutral signature. Its presented with a flat profile, all instruments and voices are natural. The clarity, depth, imaging, separation of instruments are awesome. These are on the level of the Senn HD 800s, maybe better depending on the listener. I am audio engineer and I use these for my work. It will need a high power quality amp to get the best out of them. However they still give you good sound without an amp, I am not going to sit here and say its an absolute must, like most reviews and websites say, its just silly to say they don't put out sound unless you get an amp. The type of amp matters though. As I started with the THX 789, it was ok, but it was below others price more when tried. I upgraded to a singular amp, the sound changed quite a bit and better. I also use them with my Onkyo Denon AVR-X2700H, it brought out the depth and separation of instruments to a whole new level. I would say there veryfew headphones that can compete sound wise and technically at $1899 and below, they compete in the $3000k range with Hifiman He1000se. Heddphone do need sometime to break in at least 20 hrs. I recommend if price is not an issue as if you buy these theres no need to buy $3k to $4k priced headphones, unless you have specific taste as in bright or warm sounds, very little difference, unless you creaping in the $5k range.

I was pleasantly surprised by the sound signature of these headphones. It's good good balance overall with slightly exaggerated mid an high reproduction; if you are a bass head then this might not be a pair to pick up. If you are willing to sacrifice a bit of low range of the spectrum BY ALL MEANS, go pick these up.

The headphones have a warmer sound signature, but this in no way means that the mids and highs are recessed. It's a nice smooth sound which is not fatiguing, and paired with the super comfortable ear pads, they can be used for hours on end without fatigue. One observation is that the clamping force may be a bit higher when they are brand new but this will get better overtime with use. It's a much crisper output than my SHP 9600 and paired with my Fiio BTR5, which has more than enough power to drive these, I can confidently say it's all the headphone I need and more.

There are still more options with wired IEMs or headphones compared to TWS or Bluetooth headphones. Most wireless devices follow a V shaped sound signature. With more bass treated as an improvement. I like a more neutral sound signature as it works with wider range of uses, not just music that benefits from more bass. BTR15 lets me choose from a wider selection of options.

Great Headphones! Better than the Beats 2 and less cost.

These definitely blow away the lower end Beats by Dre headphones! !!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was looking for a replacement for my Beats headphones that broke. The sound quality is great and I love the noise cancellation modes. I don’t understand why the headphones rotate at all. Seems unnecessary. There’s are good for everyday, general use.

I know that Bose and Beats by Dre do sound a lot better. That being said they are 3x as expensive! These headphones work so well wheather is is just listening to music or watching TV without wanting to disturb a sleeping child. I'm so glad that I made this purchase.

I just recently purchased these headphones and am amazed at the quality of sound and a equalizer on and app to control the sound quality etc i have not gotten the opportunity to fool around with the google app[ and alexa as this can be paired from my understanding they have a whole line of headphones by Focal this definelty beats out the beats and the new over the ear airpods by apple since i recently just purchased have to take the time out to read the manual only music from the seventies and eighties sound like brand new high quality when using the equalizer wow thought i would never spend this amount of money on a pair of headphones but decided should have the best and these are definetly in that catagory definetly highly recommend nice carrying case as well and charges quick with the new c cable

I bought the headphones along with the Bose QC35ii, Beats Studio 3, and Bang and Olufsen Beoplay H9 to see which I like more. They are all quality headphones but the Sony WH1000XM3 were the all around best. The tie breaker was the light weight headphones that fit my smaller head and cool features like cover the right ear cup to cut off the sound cancelling, swipe and down for sound control. It was easy to set up the bluetooth and the battery lasts a long time. The connection to Google Assistant is a convenient feature.