DiddyBeats Earphones Review
In the tech world Monster (the cables company) is the devil incarnate, not because they are some evil blood thirsty conglomerate hell bent on destroying the world, no that would be too easy its much worse… they are completely frowned upon by the “nerd” community because they sell $5 cables for $100. 
I’m not talking pesos here my friends, cold hard cash. So it was not surprising that after Dr Dre and Lady Gaga got in on some of this Monster Cable ear crack goodness Puff Daddy Diddy Pop wouldn’t be too far behind.
The problem fancy “musicians” have, and I’m really using this word loosely here, when they get involved in making music peripherals is that they tend to go with more flash then substance and the DiddyBeats is no exception. Sure it is a really catchy name and they actually look cool so that is a bonus as well, I guess I can’t really find any thing to nit pick about. I am really starting to believe that this is the next battle ground of egos. What do you do when you have conquered fashion, music, and film… that’s right you guessed it you sell stuff. And by stuff I mean over priced headphones that I never see people wear outside of music videos and believe me I’ve looked. When Dr Dre made head phones I thought to myself sure that sounds like a logical progression for somebody so deep into mixing and how things sound sonically. When Lady Gaga got some headphones I said sure she is the hottest thing out right now if she isn’t making lunch boxes why the hell not. But seriously I’ll be damned if I put anything Waka Flocka in my ears.
The one thing I will say about Monster is that they do make high quality things, with the best materials from the finest sweat shops anywhere. The build is top shelf nothing less would be suitable for my discerning eardrums. 
The earbuds connected to the music device of choice (preferably a ZuneHD yeah I said it) hang on flat cable cords, a staple of the Beats by whoever family and I love it, they help prevent tangles and chances are if it got gently snagged on Kelly Rowland’s pointy metal bra it won’t disintegrate right before her eyes, and that is a good thing because these babies don’t come cheap.
Some features that should be included on all headphones by now in the year 2010, are volume controls right on the cable, also a multifunction button for ipods isn’t bad either. Sometimes it is nice not to have to dig in your pocket to press stop or skip to the next crappy Dirty Money song. Sonically they sounded great through all types of music not just hip hop which is a welcome change from those Lady Gaga Monstrosities that only sounded good on songs with bass. I don’t know about you but my mp3 player has more than one Genre on it. Now we get to the bad parts, the headphones are big and by big I mean freakishly large and heavy. They will fall out of your head, hell even Shaq will have a hard time trying to keep these things in that crevasse he calls ears. Normal people with normal sized ears will have to duct tape these headphones on to enjoy their P Diddy experience. If you are snobby about how your music sounds don’t get these, if you are trendy and like to wear whatever other famous people get for free then run don’t walk to your nearest Best Buy.
Looks $$$$$ out of $$$$$
Performance $$$$ out of $$$$$
Value $$ out of $$$$$
Features $$$ out of $$$$$
