Reviews for Beats by Dr. Dre Tour In-Ear Headphones

These headphones have good, clear sound but by far not the bass I thought I would be receiving from a Beats product. I also have always taken excellent care of my headphones, gently rolling them back up and keeping them in the case they came in, yet after approx. 8 months of VERY light use (maybe once every few weeks on an airplane), they started to have problems where one headphone intermittently loses sound and I have to adjust the headphone jack, sometimes extensively, before the sound returns. The problem has gotten progressively worse, to now being unusable. Since I did not call within Beats' 12 month warranty, Beats will not repair them under warranty, nor do they offer any sort of program to fix them for a fee. $169.95 down the drain.

135 of 154 people found this useful

I bought these in-ear headphone a year ago with all the hype surrounding it. I have now replaced it with Atomic Floyd Superdart earphones. The sound from Dr Dre Tour in-ear headphone have superior bass output but everything else Atomic Floyd Superdart has the upper hand. The bass from these in-ear headphones are mind blowing but its the only good thing about it in terms of sound quality. The noise isolation, mids and high are only so so. In terms of 1-10 I would rate the sound quality 4.5/10 as the bass output is extremely nice. However, after I replaced the silicon ear tips with MoBeast memory foams eartips (which can be found cheaply on eBay) it improves the sound quality slightly but sound isolation is massively improved. In my honest opinion, the MoBeast memory foam eartips are cheaper and much more comfortable than the Comply ones. Even after replacing the eartips I would only rate the sound quality as 6.5/10 as the bass now is even more powerful but mids and highs are only slightly improved. The flat tangle free cables are extremely well made and I never have any problems with tangled wires in a full year of using it. In terms of built quality, it is pretty good but not as good as Atomic Floyd Superdart in-ear headphone. Overall, if you want an in-earphone with super bass and look cool go for it but remember to use it with MoBeast memory foam eartips for an even better listening experience!! Otherwise, I would strongly advise you to buy Atomic Floyd's Superdart.

84 of 96 people found this useful

Had for a day and the wires are already messed up and it sounds almost the same as a 8 dollar pair of headphones . The beats studio are worth it but these are not .

64 of 69 people found this useful

I don't like these earphones the right one stoped working within 30 minutes not worth as much as they cost.

44 of 49 people found this useful

II wanted to award no star. The sould is good. I purchase one for that high price. Sound was good. But after 2 months. the remote control on the beat Tour does not ocntrol the iPhone anymore. It did work well on same iPhone before. I have also a beat Solo HD and I check that on the iPhone, and they still can contorl.
Slo for the price, I would recommending gong for Shure, Klipsch earphones. I also have those, plus Bose headphone. Those did not have any issue

47 of 58 people found this useful

I bought these in an apple store, and expected them to be average sounding and good build quality. After a week or so the right ear piece started to make a rattling noise.Extremely low quality build for the amount of money you are paying for them. Do not buy. You can get the a Bose or Shure for about the same price and with better sound/ and build quality.

39 of 47 people found this useful

Straight up ima say that the price for Beats is too much! I've had the iBeats and they were great, but after only 20 mins of listening to music my ears would hurt, so I got the Powerbeats, as for 150, they felt like trash, music sounded like any normal earbuds, so I returned them the next day and got beat tours! Great earbuds! They are a mix of the iBeats and the Powerbeats... They are so comfortable! Light! They sound great!!! They are eye catchers too!

33 of 41 people found this useful

The sound quality of these headphones exceed my expectations! They were surprising on the airplane, they acted as noise canceling headphones, even when not in use. My only issue is the remote control, the volume down button started giving me problems, and would work intermittently (after a month). I exchanged them for a new pair, let's hope it doesn't happen again.

38 of 56 people found this useful

Bought this product and after two weeks the typical no sound in the right channel. They return me a URBeats instead. After reading all the review on this product i understood that they gave up on this very suspect product since the rating on the replacement is way better. However i paid too much money for this and end up being short changed, i will never buy their product again, plain simple...Great Branding but no substance.....

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OK, I was expecting the worst after reading such poor reviews. While travelling I had forgotten my Etymotics which I love. Now the Etymotics are "relatively reference flat" and I love them for that and they fit my ears really well. I also possess Klipsch S4s, B&W C5 in-ear and some budget Senheissers. I also am music obsessed, so thats the context.

Firstly, the standard soft-plugs didnt fit so i tried the triple-plugs, and though they look really long, they fit OK. There are 6 different options. However, it is IMPORTANT to get them fitting well, and then the primary reason for buying this phone comes in - the BASS. Easily more bass powerful than any of the above phones I have. For pop, rock, indie, punk, alternate it makes the music exciting.

But I wouldn't listen to jazz, classical or folk with these Beats. But then I'm lucky enough to have a number of choices. After 3 weeks no issues with wear and tear as some have pointed out. They have fallen several times to the floor but no issues. The flat red ribbon wire is EXCELLENT for NO TANGLES! Every other phone I have tangles badly. These Beats don't.

The B&W C5s in comparison - rich mid-range, good bass, but too bright for me - I found it slightly fatiguing after an hour, plus I find the ear-loop too fiddly. Good sound, clearer than the Beats but not as exciting. Probably a compromise all-rounder.

The Etymotics HF-5 are excellent, the most accurate I have heard, and a great nice fit. They accurately reflect the music with no hype whatsoever, honest and no fatigue even after 2 hours of listening. However, sometimes I want a bit of bass and thats when I put these Beats on.

I Prefer all 3 above to the Klipsch S4 - nothing wrong with them - perhaps mid-range a tiny bit muffled in comparison - just my preference.

So to get teh best out of these Beats (a) make sure they fit your ear properly otherwise it will sound tinny (b) realise they are not reference quality, but they provide an exciting bass heavy mix which is good for some types of music and not others (c) be aware they complement your standard phones and ideally shouldn't be the only ones you listen to!

If they were £25 less they would be good value, but the extra is just profit they are wangling out of us for the brand image. A good second phone, but not a first choice.

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