devi123 SG WTS Monster Beats OEM Price: $40(reg postage) Review: Looks Looks exactly like the original monster beats. The ear piece is very durable and like the original ones they do not tangle easily! Only complains is that the wires have a musky smell that goes away after a day. Guess it’s the factory smell? Accessories and packaging It comes with a rather nice hard casing made of some kind of material that feels like a cross between cardboard and Styrofoam but sturdy nonetheless. Comes with 2 pairs of triflanges and four pairs of single flanges of various sizes. The packaging looks exactly the same the original monster beats that I see in stores. Very impressive indeed. Sound Quality While I have not personally hear the original monster beats, I must emphasize that these OEMs definitely ain’t as good as them given that the orignal Monsters sell at a much higher price point which would have suggest a better sound quality. The OEM Monsters sounds more like a budget iem which in my opinion is fine given the price point. Prior to receiving this set of Monster OEM, I owned 3 other IEMs- Crossroad Bijou 3, Hifiman Re 2 and Hifiman Re0 Out of the box, the Monster OEM sounded almost like my Re 2. It has an analytical sound signature with almost ZERO bass. It was almost a joke to me given that Monster Beats are known to be bass monsters and the OEM version should sound similar. Thus, I gave the Monsters a 50 hour burn in. And Oh gosh what changes! The monsters now sound like my crossroad Bijou 3 instead. It now has a dark sound signature and the details and clarity seemed to have tone down. Instead, the bass is now ALOT more pronounced. In effect it gets a little boomy for some songs like bring me back to life. The bass have nice impact but does not extend well making it a little dull at times. To me, this feels like a pair of Crossroad Bijou 3 with a more pronounced bass. Mainstream pop music will do fine with these IEMs but metal heads should look somewhere as the bass is generally so overwhelming it feels a little nauseating. Conclusion. At theprice of $45, these OEMs are value for money especially for the fashion conscious . The OEMs replicate the external outlook of the earphones perfectly which made it a perfect accessory. The sound quality is decent at this price point but definitely not a head turner for those who expects under $100 IEMs to punch above their weight like the Hifiman RE series, Soundmagic pl series or the Cyclones to name a few.
