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We have collected 3 reviews of the Monster Cable Beats by Dr Dre Tour. Experts rate Monster Cable Beats by Dr Dre Tour 7/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Monster Cable Beats by Dr Dre Tour and Monster Cable Earphones.
We're oddly enamoured with the Beats line of audacious audio products -- Dr Dre and chums have churned out some endearing, bass-heavy headphones in the last few years. The Beats Tour earphones are the latest on the chopping block -- are they worth the £100 they'll set you back? In terms of styling, the Tours are recognisably of the Beats stable. The distinctive red cable is broad and flat, like a ribbon, which in our experience cuts down on tangling. So if -- like us -- you tend to screw your earphones into a ball before stuffing them into your pockets, they won't take so long to unwind once it's time to put them out again. The cable feels quite sturdy, so we're hopeful that they'll hold up to wear and tear in the long run. The ControlTalk remote lets you pause your music and the integrated mic means you can take calls. Dangling partway down the cable for the right earbud, you'll find a Beats ControlTalk remote. Ignore the fancy name, this is the same kind of in-line remote we've seen on lots of other in-ear headphones, though we still appreciate it.If you're using an iPod, you can use the remote to control music playback, pausing or skipping track back and forth, and if you're using the Tours with an iPhone you can use the remote's built-in microphone to take calls.
The Tours have some of the same design features as the Beats by Dr Dre headphones, with lots of black and red. The flat cable is tough and we can't complain about that. The collection of accessories, though, is one of the smallest we've seen: there's just a semi-rigid case and three sets of silicon ear tips. Plenty of Monster's competitors provide a lot more. It's when you try them on thing that things start to go wrong. The shape of the outside of the headphones is all wrong, and left a lot of people who tested them with sore ears. It's a problem we've seen elsewhere in this range, and we had the same complaint with the Heartbeats. It's even more irritating because you can't get the Tours into your ears properly: not only do they hurt while you're wearing them, they don't stay put either. Because these Tours are supposed to be mobile version of Monster's headphones with the same name, it's only reasonable to expect the same audio quality. And that's exactly what we found: there's a lot of emphasis on the bass, so much so that a lot of people can't stand it. But the bass is very well-handled, and manages to avoid falling into the usual trap of sounding like a mediocre subwoofer with washed-out, sloppy bass overpowering everything else.
After wowing hip-hop fans and audiophiles alike with his bass-blasting Beats by Dre headphones last year, Dr. Dre returned in 2009 promising the audio equivalent of V8 power from a tiny four banger: putting the same thump in a pair of earbuds. Thus, the Beats by Dre In-Ear Headphones were born. But can Dr. Dre and the audio wizards at a cable company really overcome the laws of physics that typically make earbuds sound so tinny? We pushed our skepticism aside to try them on and find out. Like their much larger predecessors, the in-ear Beats adopt a number of stylistic cues that make them look as loud as they sound: gloss black mixed with chrome, and plenty of red accents to go around. The tiny drivers – only a little fatter than an eraser head – sit on flat, tab-like holders, with the Beats logo emblazed on a shiny seal on the back. Red, linguini-like cables string out the end, which were actually inspired by the food and designed to prevent tangles, according to Monster’s own Kevin Lee. Odd as the concept seemed, it actually worked surprisingly well in everyday use, and we liked how sturdy they felt, too. Unlike cheap cables that tend to come stiff and hold their shape after being curled up for too long, the pliable Beats cables lay perfectly limp and never got crinkled up.
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Beats by Dr. Dre Tour | $79.99 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre Tour | $79.99 | See it |
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Monster Mh Dna Ie Wh Ca Ww 3.5mm Connector In-ear Headphones, Apple Control | $99.95 | See it |
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Monster Mh Dna Ie Bk Ca Ww 3.5mm Connector In-ear Headphones, Apple Control | $99.95 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre 'Tour' In-Ear ControlTalk Headphones | $129.95 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre 'Tour' In-Ear ControlTalk Headphones | $129.95 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre 'Tour' In-Ear ControlTalk Headphones | $129.95 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre Beats Tour In-Ear Headphone (White) | $140.99 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre Beats Tour In-Ear Headphone (Black) | $141.18 | See it |
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Beats By Dre Tour Black | $149.95 | See it |
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Beats By Dre Tour White | $149.95 | See it |
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Beats by Dr. Dre Tour In-Ear Headphones - Black (900-00019-01) | $149.99 | See it |
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Monster Cable - Beats by Dr. Dre Tour Earset - White | $169.99 | See it |