Listen to Life with Onkyo

While Beats may be capturing all of the headlines as of late, what does that mean for you? Well first off that three billion, yes with a B, is an investment and Apple is going to want to make that money back and that would be in the form of the consumer. The second question is other than trying to look like everyone else, are Beats all they are cracked up to be? I’d have to say no and the only way to tell is with a comparison. Well I am going to put them up against the Onkyo ES-CTI300 On-Ear model.

Do you want to trust your sound to a company that has been creating audio products since 1946 or a marketing monster that is new to the game and whether you believe it or not, had the brains behind Beats ousted and has now created his own Monster?

The Onkyo ES-CTI300 is the equal to Beats in every possible way when it comes to any musical genre. Onkyo does exactly what Beats claims to do; they let you hear the music just as the artist would hear it and the years of knowledge that Onkyo has is what made this happen. For this that might look for the technical description you will find high-volume reflex sub-chambers, non-resonant driver housings and wide-range titanium drivers that help create that in the studio sound. You are going to be able to pick up the little intricacies of a song that in passing you might not have noticed and the parts you have noticed, well you will appreciate them even more. It could be a piano, guitar, bass, violin, if you can imagine a sound, Onkyo brings it to life. That great sound comes courtesy of the detachable copper cables that seemingly can’t be twisted and yes, they were amazingly well with Apple products.

If you are on a plane, a passenger in a car, these days it doesn’t matter, you can tune into your favorite movie or television show and just with music, the sound that you get creates the moment almost as much as the video itself. Do you just want to hear Godzilla roar when the movie can be watched at home? No, you want to be rocked as if you are feeling his breath knock you over and no matter what the scene, Onkyo makes you feel as if you are there. The headphones put you in your own theater.

Now that sound has amped up your listening experience what else is left? Well if you are sitting on a plane for six hours it is going to be comfort. No one wears headphones for a few minutes; people practically live with them on their ears these days. You can go up and down the aisles at any electronics store as I have and you are not going to find anything quite as comfortable as the leather ear pads that create a pillow like feeling when you put them on. You know they are there, but much like that perfect pillow that your head just sinks into, the Onkyo ear pads just provide comfort and at the same time keep the rest of the world out.

Finally do you really want to be like everyone else and have those headphones with a B on your head? Just because a commercial or someone famous makes you think you should wear doesn’t mean you should. Put on the stunning silver headphones with the perfect leather ear pads and just wait, people will be asking you what you are wearing. Then give them a listen and they will be sold and you will look like an original and a genius as well as just pretty damn cool! So when we put Beats versus Onkyo what is it going to be? It is Onkyo, all-day, everyday.