beats by dre headphone cable

Idiophreak

Lum wrote: »

The big difference with the Dre headphones is when your phone detects them they enable a specific EQ setting in software that some people like the sound of.

If you're using them with an Android phone then there are hacks around to enable the BeatsEQ stuff on any device and with any headphones.

Any idea how that works? I wouldn't have thought such a thing were possible...

Lum

Idiophreak wrote: »

Any idea how that works? I wouldn't have thought such a thing were possible...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728391

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motioncoding.beats&hl=en

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226

The Dre headphones are literally just normal headphones with a chip in them that tells the software on compatible devices to do some audio processing stuff.

I run a custom ROM with the Beats stuff pre-installed. I've successfully used it with the audio line-in on my Ford Mondeo which is most definitely not approved by Dr. Dre

googler

Lum wrote: »

The big difference with the Dre headphones is when your phone detects them they enable a specific EQ setting in software that some people like the sound of.

If you're using them with an Android phone then there are hacks around to enable the BeatsEQ stuff on any device and with any headphones.

I'm sorry, but ...

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA .....

Please don't let me read any more, my ribs are aching from the laughing.

Lum

Can you be a little more specific with your criticism of my post perhaps?

neilwoods

Could be that he or she means, crap is crap, no matter how much you polish it or tweak it, it's still crap.

Any £40 set of headphones will be just as good as the dr dre

Lum

I never claimed that the Dre headphones were anything other than crap. I just described how the system works. Personally I think it's a con since the entire thing is done in software.

You could probably achieve the exact same effect using a standard EQ app and a bit of fiddling with the sliders.

neilwoods

IF it is such a con, then why do you own some

Lum

neilwoods wrote: »

IF it is such a con, then why do you own some

I do not own, and have never owned, any Dre branded headphones. I think you have me confused with the OP

For the record I own a set of Sennheiser HD500s and a bunch of cheap in-ear things that came free with my various phones over the years, the best of which were the ones that came with the Nokia N900.

neilwoods

Now see why the HA HA HA HA was posted. say no more

Lum

Still not seeing it here. Posting how they work and how you can replicate the experience for free with any old headphones is somehow mock worthy?