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Originally Posted by PRIME
Hm... The classic technology debate. I smell a xbox vs 360/droid vs iphone/ sennheiser vs beats thread.
How original.
Xbox v 360 debate. That would be original.
Closed headphones such as the Beats are inherently inferior in sound quality due to their design compared to open headphones. The sound becomes trapped inside the can which bounces the waves off your head back at the speakers. Unable to escape, the waves then interfere with the incoming waves which causes distortion of the sound. The advantage of closed cans of course is outside sounds are dampened and typically restricts leakage (though the Beats do leak a lot).