What makes you think more 'lol what a prat' - guy wearing Hollister or Dre Beats?

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I am indeed. I own Beats earphones, as I've said, and they are twice as good as my old Sennheisers and have also lasted much longer. I also love the cable which rarely ever gets tangled.

I have also tried the Beats Pro headphones and the sound quality is phenomenal; whether or not it is £350 of phenomenal I don't know, as I've not tried any other headphones recently to compare them to. I much prefer earphones.

I don't even think the earphones are that badly priced at about £120. People spend far more on things they'll use much less frequently, so I don't see why it's such a big deal. I know you can get BOSE earphones similar in quality for about £100 but the difference is only very slight, and I'd much rather pay an extra £20 to have a cable I don't have to untangle every time I want to use my earphones.

£120 for Beats earphones is a waste. I paid £140 for my HD-25's and the sound is gorgeous, they're one of the best portable headphones if not the best. The general consensus with Beats is that they have average sound and slap a ****load of bass in it then charge you £100+ more than they are worth for the privelege.

I know someone who bought Beats because of the fashion and would argue with me that if they are so **** why do DJ's use them (ignoring sponsorship etc), after using his for a while he admitted they are not worth the money but still likes his (buyer's remorse imo), plus if you break your headphones, you're gutted. If I break mine I can go on the Sennheiser website and purchase individual parts cheaply. Every part is replaceable.

If you go on somewhere like www.head-fi.org/ and post a thread sayig you've got £200 and need headphone recommendations, I doubt anyone on there would recommend a pair of Beats. These are audiophiles who spend thousands of pounds on equipment and compare for themselves.

If you enjoy them I'm not trying to stop that, but they are not worth the price you pay.

Even Dre himself doesn't use them

http://www.head-fi.org/products/audio-technica-ath-m50-studio-monitor-headphones/reviews

Scroll down, here he is using the Audio Technica ATH M-50 (which cost £130)

http://cdn.head-fi.org/2/27/2731e146_DrDrewithM50s.jpeg

Nevertheless, I will have a look at that head-fi forum, as I am actually looking for a new pair or earphones anyway. Whilst I do like the beats, as you say, they are very bass heavy, and I've recently started listening to a lot of House and, oddly enough, classical piano, which the beats don't "fit" so well.

I dont really understand why people care so much, some people in this thread seem to be getting really excited about people who wear Beats or Hollister, who gives a **** in all seriousness? I wish nothing else was on my mind so I had the time to judge every person who walks past and the brand of clothes/electronics they are wearing.

Hollister, definitely. It shows that you are conscious enough of what people think of you (and your potential wealth) to wear such an obvious and apparently preppy brand, but the irony is that you can't afford the truly luxury stuff like Gucci, Versace, Zegna etc. It must eat away at them everyday. So in the end they just come across as a walking advertisement who would run a mile if they saw the prices on Sloane Street... sad.

Well clearly you have a sufficient lack of anything better to do to do something even more pointless than judging: post in a thread which you know is going to be full of 'judgemental people' from the title, in full knowledge that you are only fuelling our stereotypes and are not going to change our mind.

Do you not think he has a point? Find it strange that people have the time or desire to judge someone for wearing a Hollister shirt..I would have thought that most people wouldn't bat an eyelid unless someone was kitted out from head to toe in the brand

I bought a nice hollister shirt for £40 for my holiday last weekend am I a prat?

Probably, but I also have a Hollister polo. I wear it with my Jack Wills gilet and my vans.