Dr. Dre's beats as the solution?

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<p>On the bright side, headphones and all other audio equipment retain their value for years, so if you decide to sell them a few years from now you’ll pretty much make back the money you spent if you keep them in good condition.</p>

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<p>$25 Koss Portapros > $300 Beats for everyday music. </p>

<p>If you really want studio headphones, go with audio technica ath-m50. Half the price.</p>

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<p>So…something weird has been going on with my posts because it takes a full day for it to show up on college confidential. :/</p>

<p>Therefore, I don’t think most people saw my post. Just in case, you didn’t, here it is:</p>

<p>"Thanks guys for the many suggestions and advice!</p>

<p>I do want to clarify that my main priority isn’t music quality–although it’s a close second. What I mainly want is a pair of earphones/headphones that would block out noise in a noisy dorm b/c when you’re trying to study or listen to your music and the noise outside drowns out your music or renders you unable to think, it’s really frustrating.</p>

<p>I use foam earplugs (30dB) but they aren’t very effective. For one, I wouldn’t be able to listen to music if I use foam earplugs and I can still hear more than I would like using the foam ones. I heard that beats are noise-cancelling, which is why I was wondering if maybe they could be used in this specific way in addition to providing quality-sounding music."</p>

<p>Anyone have any suggestions? I appreciate all the responses!</p>

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<p>All of the headphones that were recommended are capable of this. You won’t hear outside noise when listening to music with them. However, with open or on-ear (not over-ear) headphones, sound will leak in.</p>

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<p>hes not asking for sound quality he is asking for noise canceling</p>

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<p>Where in my post did I talk about sound quality?</p>

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<p>That wasn’t meant for you but for everyone else if it was meant for you I would have quoted you</p>

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<p>I’m going to play devil’s advocate and mention that in my experience, beats are indeed overpriced, but that doesn’t make them “bad” headphones.</p>

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<p>Bad for the price means they are bad.</p>