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KIRF: Beats Tour earphones from Beats by Dr. Dre

Q: Key Point 2: Dre along with 2nd hand phones and other China phones...

Dre along with 2nd hand phones and other China phones so I suspected it was a fake.

Abe Olandres August 15, 2011 · 1 min read

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When I first saw this being sold in one of the stalls in the Mall, I could not believe they’d carry Beats by Dr. Dre along with 2nd hand phones and other China phones so I suspected it was a fake.

But if you look at the packaging, you’d certainly tink this is the real thing until you found out how much they are selling it for — Php400 ($10) as against the $189.95 (Php10,900 in Astroplus/Astrovision) on the Beats by Dr. Dre website.

They even keep the details as close as possible — the manuals, the warranty card and carrying case are all included in the box.

The earphones definitely looks like a knock-off with the finish on the buds itself looking to peel off anytime soon. Feels plasticky too.

I am told these knock-offs have been selling in stalls for some time now. I also saw Power Beats by Dr. Dre for only Php1,800 (SRP is Php11,500).

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146 Comments

skyturn · 15 years ago

I’ve tried the Beats by Dr.Dre, over the head “‘Studio'” model(double quotes). It sounds good, but nothing special really. For the price it commands its over rated. Their mid-high end range models can fetch you a high end professional grade studio reference headsets like the AKG Quincy Jones model. And why pre-amp the headphones? All I hear there is “ear damage”. just my 2bucks.

FU · 15 years ago

KAHIT ANUNG SABIHIN NYO FAKE IS FAKE….MAKA PORMA LANG, MALA USO LANG BASTA MASABING MERON BIBILI NG PEKE….GANITO LANG NAMAN YAN MGA JEJEMON, YOURE TRYING TO BE COOL BUT YOURE NOT KAYSA SAYANGIN NYO ANG PERA NYO SA MGA FAKE PAG IPUNAN NYO ANG PANG BILI….SATISFIED KA PA SA SARLI MO NA BINILI MO ANG TUNAY NUFF SAID.

Jari · 15 years ago

Guys, di lahat merong pambili ng Orig na beats. Try spending that much on a headphone? It’s like spending a fortune. I’m sure na ung mga bumibili ng OEM na beats, gusto din ng orig. Pero wala lang pambili ng original. eto lang naman, wag natin ikumpara ang sarili natin sa iba. oks? :\

muji · 15 years ago

I know someone selling a fake studio beats. He’s getting it directly from China pero mejo mahal. Walang difference yung sound quality sa original and it’s really head banging. The only problem is, walang assurance kung tatagal sya. Lol.

Everage · 15 years ago

Hindi tlga prehas quality nung tunog sa fake and orig. Promise. Only audiophiles know. But if you can’t see the difference, it’s ok. Yung iba nga di malaman pinagkaiba ng tunog ng regular earphone (tsangge / 100php ) saka beats na orig. ^^

angel · 15 years ago

God made the world, everything else is made in china

boy topax · 15 years ago

@FU sabi nga ni cong.manny pacquiao,now you know,try one now.hehehe peace

FU · 15 years ago

babawiin ko sinasabi ko, ok nga yung beats tour na fake, ayus ang sound. kht ndi mp3.

gadgetaddict · 15 years ago

Try nyo ang KOSS n headset, mura n at wlang peke. at audio quality d best! pra kng nka sub-woofer..
hindi nyo pagsisihan..

2thou plus s 5th ave. SM shops

Jeickel · 15 years ago

Talamak sa greenhills niyan. I tested it – sound quality was sh*t. Sounds similar to the cheapest earphones available in CD-R King.

karissa · 15 years ago

don’t be surprised Abe.
everything’s made in china now, so they could easily copy everything

bull · 15 years ago

ganun naman talaga tong Yugatech… KIRF ng Engadget hahaha…

Apache · 15 years ago

Still not worth wasting Php 1000-3000. Prefer Bluetooth headset of Hisense and Jabra Music Edition they got good quality and bass and mine still runs 9hrs. and they are both cheap both of them only cost Php 4000 real deal almost all Device works Like: iPad 1/2, Samsung Galaxy S/S2/Tab/Ace, Laptops, Blackberry, Nokia. So in General it can be done.

Ajcalderonmd · 15 years ago

Pardon me for my ignorance, gusto ko rin sana yung mga buetooth earphone like jabra kaso di ba isang piraso lang sya? Bale isang ear lang meron? Tama ba? Im also looking for a high quality earphone basta below 5k lang, ok sana bose kaso 6k na e, though i prefer kung bluetooth nga pero sana 2 tenga k covered hehe

j · 15 years ago

after 1 year saka lang napost to dito hahaha?sobrang tagal ng binebenta to! ngaun ka rin lang ba sir nagbasa na engadget?natanong lang

geogetski666 · 15 years ago

dami nga nagkalat ng fakes na beats and senns sa mga malls pati mga bose na headphone at iem hehe never tried the others but have tried my brothers fake beats thier sounds is on par or maybe slightly lower than free iem on mp3 players but they are no where near the same as the originals :) imo there are no oem beats just fakes and originals lang sa pa ka alam ko i think i saw some disassembled pictures of the studio beats and the chips used is not the same :)

tangengots ka · 15 years ago

yung natry mo na “fake” eh ung pinakapanget.. natest ko na yung so called “fake” at yung real thing na beats tour, they sounded almost the same.. swertehan nlng sa pagbili ng “fake”.. yung iba kc panget ang nabili kagaya yung sa natry mo hahahaha

Everage · 15 years ago

Di mo makikita ang difference kung MP3 music ang ppkinggan mo. MP3 = Low Quality. Kung mp3 lng dn ppkinggan mo balewala ang beats lol.

geogetski666 · 15 years ago

@tangegotska
baka nga kase sobra cheap may control talk nasa 2k lang XD hehe kaya siguro panget tunog XD

@everage
tested it using flac on my rockbox ipod video 5th gen malaki difference even on regular mp3 or maybe its the cheapest 2k lang kasi kaya siguro panget but for 2k with control talk there are other brands of iem with better sound quality siguro minus the control talk hehe :)

boy topax · 15 years ago

wag na kayo magtalo-talo.kanya kanyang trip lang yan.parang addiction lang yan,yung mayaman ang gamit nya heroin samantalang yung sa mahirap rugby lang pero pag tinamaan na parehong heaven ang pakiramdam.ganun lang yon.

daniel · 15 years ago

dont brag na original yang binili nyo unless di nyo binili sa astroplus or power mac… baka napeke na kayo… sayang pera. hahahah. gusto ko ung JustBeats ni justin bieber… astig haha :)

kaya walang foreign investors sa pilipinas eh… the time na mag-release ng product, may counterpart agad na fake haha!

facts · 15 years ago

daniel, FYI lang, china ang gumagawa ng fake products at hindi pilipinas. kahit gawaan ng fake gadgets wala tayo dito na matatawag na 100% pinoy. madaming fake sa china pero madaming investors. so ano sa palagay mo?

Operation Super · 15 years ago

I had an “orig” pair for a week and as I predicted, it’s all hype (e.g. Apple). My old Sennheiser HD and Grado sound better than it.

tukmol · 15 years ago

tsaka FU anung paki mo, wala ka naman magagawa kung beats na fake este OEM yung bilhin namin..

cguro FU isa ka din sa:
Ganda ng kotse, panget ng driver…

carlocarr · 15 years ago

@tukmol
ok na yung ganun kesa panget na kotse panget pa driver. Ay este di pala panget OEM lang pala haha

Tukmol · 15 years ago

ang sarap mang asar d2 hehehe realistic lang kami, same din naman yung sound quality according sa early poster na audio editor..

Tukmol · 15 years ago

tsaka tested ko din, asar nga yung sis ko na bumili ng orig na beats tour eh, pati beats studio pro nya same na same din tunog nung studio na fake ay este OEM pla hehehe.

ung gumagawa kc nyang beats ng “orig” sa china eh yung mga sobra nila na stocks, binebenta din nila sa iba para maubos, tas yung ibang manufacturer binibili ung blueprint nyan dun sa OEM para makaproduce din sila ng same audio quality pero mas cheaper build..

ndi lang kc matanggap ng mga “mayayaman” “daw” d2 na everytime may mag ask sa kanila if orig beats nila eh dapat pa nila patunayan hahahaha.

Tukmol · 15 years ago

hahahahaha galet oh, parang sya may beats na orig hahahaha FU ka :) inggit ka lang ata eh

FU · 15 years ago

PINAPATAY NYO ANG NGA BRANDS WHEN YOU BUY FAKES. KAYA NGA MAHAL DAHIL SA QUALITY NG BRAND…YOUR PAYING FOR QUALITY AND THE BRAND NAME. TAMA YUNG BA YOU CAN BUY OTHER BRANDS WITH SAME QUALITY NA MUCH LOWER PRICES…ATLEAST BRANDED SILA HINDI “FAKE”

FU · 15 years ago

HOY TUKMOL AT BOY TOPAX…..KAHIT ANUNG SABIHIN NYO WALA LANG KAYONG PANG BILI NG ORIG KAYA FAKE ANG BINIBILI NYO. AMININ NYO NA YOU WANT THE THE ORIG BEATS PARA MA KA PORMA AT MAKA USO. MGA JEJEMON AT SQUATTER LAN ANG BUMIBILI NG FAKE…MGA WALANG PANG BILI KASI

boy topax · 15 years ago

paanong hindi magagalit yang may mga orig na beats eh hindi na nila maiporma ng todo beats nila kasi santambak ang fakes.kailangan pa nilang patunayan na orig beats nila,patetesting sa iba para malaman pag hindi naniwala magwawala sa galit.kakatawa kayo.hahaha.peace

Sounds · 15 years ago

it’s all about sound quality.. kht anung brand pa yan, legit or fake.. as long as ok para sau..

nakakatawa · 15 years ago

nakakatawa etong mga mapera kuno, insecure masyado hehehe

ganito lang yan eh, ganda ng kotse, panget ng driver hehehe

insecure · 15 years ago

bkt insecure kayo sa mga tumatangkilik sa beats kuno kung mapera kayo? kayo ata ang conscious sa status eh hahahahaha

pekepadin · 15 years ago

nakakatawa talaga yung mga tumatangkilik ng Beats “kuno”.. ayaw pang aminin na status symbol ang habol kaya tinatangkilik ang pamimirata.. hahahaha.. dami ko nakikitang may ganyan.. halata naman sa itsura na can’t afford to buy the original..

ang daming original earphones dyan na kapresyo ng binibili nyo, mas maganda pa nga ang tunog, pero hindi nyo binibili kasi hindi BEATS e.. hahahahaah..

kayo na! kayo na ang naka-beats! PWEH!

astroboyz · 15 years ago

kaya nga tuwang tuwa ang mga intsik sa atin e.. dami nilang nauuto.. dami kasi posers sa pinas e.. hahaahahh

rags · 15 years ago

Give us examples, so we can buy. I don’t buy fakes and I don’t spend much. So give us examples that we can buy that has better quality and under 2k. thanks

Tukmol · 15 years ago

ndi naman status symbol, mga haters hehehe, kanya kanyang trip lang yan.. maganda naman tunog kht ndi legit, nasa tao nalang yan.. ndi naman lahat tayo eh mapera.. wala nalang pakialamanan, kung mapera ka at kaya mo bumili ng orig, bumili ka, wag kana magsabi pa ng kung anu2x..

bumili ako ng fake na beats ndi para sabihin na naka beats din ako, kundi dahil gusto ko yung quality ng sound nya,, yun lang.. ndi ako brand conscious, as long as pasado sa taste ko.

kya mga haters dyan at mga trolls.. walang pakialamanan hehehehe

ogago · 15 years ago

^
WTF are you talking about?
I have an original CX-300 II and my friend has the fake beats, napahiya ako sa bass nung peke walang sinabi bass ng Senn ko. Kaya di ko na ginagamit Senn bumili na lang din ako peke for 1k. it’s not status symbol or something, kc di ko naman ginagamit sa labas, maganda lang talaga tunog nya.

ty · 15 years ago

i have nothing against those na gusto bumili at nagtitibda ng OEM or Class A..
karamihan ng nababasa ko almost same daw ang SQ?!
natural para bumenta ayun talaga sasabihin ng Seller..

nakakaasar lang kasi gadget nowadays ay ngiging status symbol,, like nitong Beats, di ko din kasi magets bakit napakamahal nito…
madami ka makikita nka beats tour or studio pero halata mo namng hindi legit.. mag ibang brand ka na lang na same price range at least your using legit,,mas prefer ko pa mag SKULL CANDY (LegiT) na lowrider with the price range of 2-3k, kesa that price range na Beats na OEM or class A

Gummy Beard · 15 years ago

Why spend 6000 – 8000 pesos for an original beats earphones when THAT Sennheiser CX-300 II that costs only 2.5K on THE LISTENING ROOM at SM MEGAMALL beats the CRAPPY bass of that overrated brand

beats what? · 15 years ago

i just dont understand some people spending as much as 2k for an oem/class a/fake/pirated beats earphones when there are original a-jays as low as 2.2k… status symbol much? pathetic orcs..

facts · 15 years ago

eksakto! sa a-jays din ako because of the quality of materials used and of course the sound quality. i may not be an audiophile but i like using earphones that produce excellent, at least based on my standards, sound quality. and people should know that they get what they paid for so better invest on something that they can use for a longer time. i am a klipsch s4 user and i bought it at virgin megastore so 100% hindi fake :D

pirata · 15 years ago

buy an OEM at P400. Sell it as class A for P1,200 while explaining the difference to your customer. Buy 3 more OEMs at P400 again. Sell them again as class A. You can earn a fortune by selling everything as class A. Really, you guys believe there is such a difference between class A and so-called OEM? Inuuto lang kayo ng mga Tsekwa wag naman sana kayo magpakabobo

gadgetaddict · 15 years ago

I just hope wag magkaroon ng fake ang sennheiser and audio technica..

carlocarr · 15 years ago

WTF with all this OEM,Class A BS! fake is fake, pirata is pirata.. di ko makita yung reason na bibili kayu ng ganto na peke kung may kasing presyo naman na orig frm other brands.. para lang masabe na naka BEats kayu? kaawa awa naman kung ganun ang rason.. pinoy nga naman haist

vachira · 15 years ago

There is a store around greenhills shopping center near BDO. I think there selling originals. I just saw the name inside this Audio store. Its located in the ground floor.

Name: IC DeaDPiPoL · 15 years ago

Seriously thought that was a SATA Cable coming out of someone’s ear

jego207 · 15 years ago

GEEK! I thought so too. >:P

Vatch · 15 years ago

^ if you ever want a SATA 3 black cable, try A-jays
http://www.jays.se/products/earphones/a-jays.html

Michelle Yu · 15 years ago

My friend bought the fake one last week for P500. She said to me that the seller explain to her the differences between the original and the fake one. The seller even let my friend tried his original Beats by Dre and found out that the quality of the sound was somehow the same.

I tried the fake one and it’s just like the same with my Nokia WH-205 headset, but yeah, with P500 it’s a good buy.

michelle naman · 15 years ago

baka naman yung original ni seller ay fake din kaya parehas lang tunog…isip naman

RJCA · 15 years ago

I have “OEM” beats, payed around 900 for them and they sound great. The bass is amazing and compared to my Sennheiser earphones (in ear too) bass is superior. The sound is actually quite rich. They’re pretty good quality too, had them for months now and they’re not broken. (probably because it comes with a case)

Joy · 15 years ago

When my Apple earbuds started giving me static, I bought a pair of clip-on earphones from a stall in Ayala MRT as I was passing by. P150. Sounded much, much better than the Apple earbuds.

gee · 15 years ago

sir abe ung cheapest ung nabili mo, dami variants nyan may 1k 900 800… then ung nabili mo last month 600 then 500 tapos ngaun 400 nlng hahaha, nxt month 300 nlng yan. hirap maghanap ng OEM and class A. better to test the product para khit class A lng, kung na meet nmn ung gus2 mo about sound quality edi good for you

Leo Bien Durana · 15 years ago

A friend bought one of these, through a buy&sell website. He paid 1.4K for this.

*And oh, the cables. They look like your average SATA Cables, lol

nameless · 15 years ago

Sellers told the consumers that these are the OEM ones. Less, marketing and branding made it cheap. Anyway, I really don’t know and i won’t give a damn having these earphones anyway.

Name: jdm · 15 years ago

hit or miss. i tried 2. one sounded near orig while the other is terrible. OEM sound is ok, class A is not ok.

out of topic: HTC + Beats? magkano na kaya HTC phones? :(

for P500 (OEM) that sounds near orig, i’ll go for it. not to promote piracy, cost matters.

tukmol · 15 years ago

nakabili ako nyan, ayos ang sound quality, dumadagundong talaga hehehe parang may sub-woofer ka sa tenga. syempre wag mo ifull volume masaket tlaga sa tenga yun.

ndi ko na nga ginagamit yung apple earphones ko kc parang patay eh, ndi ko mafeel yung bass at treble.

sulet yan.. kng mas mura sana yung orig nyan, i would buy it.. kya lng 10,900… dun nako sa mura na almost same lang sound quality.

sa mga nakabili na panget ang sound, bili nlng ulet or papalitan mo hehe

chelsea · 15 years ago

i bought the tour and solo hd in the states a few months ago for a fortune considering they cost as much as most decent mobile phones…then last week i bought the OEM’s of the tour and solo here…I was shocked! A little difference aesthetically but the sound quality…as a digital audio editor in profession..they are almost the same both in bass and treble measures…bwiset!

Found out these so called OEM are like win or lose..some sounded good while some like what my friend got sounded crap. Weird!

benchmark · 15 years ago

I don’t have such brand (I am using my Motorola Bluetooth headset). Maybe they are legit but with factory defect. Instead of disposing those defective unit, why not sell them in the market? It’s a win win for them!

Just my idea! ;-)

Gene · 15 years ago

I have a class-A beats tour and looks more legit than cheap knock offs. I tested material quality and I can say that it really looks like the original about 80% or so. If I’m correct, the original’s cord is not shiny and doesn’t get bent easily same as mine. As for sound quality, I can say it got about 90% to the original. I just don’t know if it applies to other class-A models.

Just my 2 cents. :)

motha fucka · 15 years ago

hey cheapskate.. there’s no such thing as class a! motha fucka!

class a buyer · 15 years ago

what an idiot thinking he got up to 90% of how the product looks. Apply alcohol (70% solution only), make sure its isopropyl, rub it down a few times…watch it go from shiny to 90% original looking. But gosh you are so lucky to find a class A knock off. Your brain must be 80% fake

Pepe · 15 years ago

It seems you people haven’t heard of chinese companies smuggling their wares instead of surrendering it to their own client. That would be a good example of Class A.

Besides, does the outer shell really matter? Even if the print would easily rub off, would that harm its sound quality in any way? It won’t :P

Gene · 15 years ago

class a or whatever term it is, the item is a good buy in terms of sound quality.. problem haters? :)

mario · 15 years ago

My friend has one of these. I tested the quality and upon touching it I was convinced it was fake. He got it for Php800 and even had it registered in the Beats website. I was still doubtful so I put it in my ears. The music is horrible. My A4 tech in-ear headphones felt like an Apple product… :)

JM · 15 years ago

sir abe, have you test the sound quality of this so called “fake” beats earphones?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 15 years ago

@jm – a bit tin-ny and hurts the ear at higher volumes. Worse than the Apple earphones.

JM · 15 years ago

sir abe – I see, maybe because you got the 400 ones :) I just tried one of them that cost almost 1k. It it sounds and looks promising. Thanks! I just wonder if it was over-priced :) But since your unit has horrible sound. I guess the 1k ones is a good buy :)