REAL Vs FAKE Monster Beat Studio's HD: Here Is How To Tell A Real From A Fake
Recently, I purchased a set of Monster Beats Studio HD from eBay, from a
reputable seller with a good track record. It was my carelessness that led to
this unfortunate purchase. Being enticed with a very much reduced price as,
the original retail price of £279.99, so for this I made the
purchase.
However, I found out that it was a fake pair after a while, and
after reaching an amicable agreement with my seller, who I have given the
benefit of the doubt and believe that he was not aware that his supplier had
been supplying him with imitation goods. (Possibly gullible on my part, but
this is besides the point since I have received my full refund and I do not
wish to pursue the matter).
I then went on to purchase a set from HMV.
With both the real and fake Monster Beats Studio HD, I decided to do some side
by side comparisons for you and here is what i got.
The product on the left is always the ORIGINAL, while the product on the right is always the IMITATION.
reputable seller with a good track record. It was my carelessness that led to
this unfortunate purchase. Being enticed with a very much reduced price as,
the original retail price of £279.99, so for this I made the
purchase.
However, I found out that it was a fake pair after a while, and
after reaching an amicable agreement with my seller, who I have given the
benefit of the doubt and believe that he was not aware that his supplier had
been supplying him with imitation goods. (Possibly gullible on my part, but
this is besides the point since I have received my full refund and I do not
wish to pursue the matter).
I then went on to purchase a set from HMV.
With both the real and fake Monster Beats Studio HD, I decided to do some side
by side comparisons for you and here is what i got.
The product on the left is always the ORIGINAL, while the product on the right is always the IMITATION.
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Starting with the front cover, it is clear that the imitation good does not bear the "tm" (trademark) sign beneath the word "studio" on the bottom left hand corner of the box (may be a little small, but you can see that a little dot of text is missing from the picture on the right).
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At the back of the box, you can see that the pictures of the headphones are slightly different. They are positioned slightly differently. Then there's also the lack of the "tm" sign beneath the "studio" word at the bottom left corner."tm" is also missing on the vertical text on the left of the box beneath the word "dre", and is also missing from the last line of the last paragraph of text.
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On the side of the box, it is obvious that the picture on the original is
smaller than that of the imitation product. The original also mentions that batteries and the airline adapter are included, while the imitation doesn't mention none of that at all.
smaller than that of the imitation product. The original also mentions that batteries and the airline adapter are included, while the imitation doesn't mention none of that at all.
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Dr Dre's headshot. Very clearly different. The printing on the fake is generally much darker, and you can't see his neck area very well. His neck is clearer on the original. Also do note the use of a " | " instead of a " / " between "beatsbydre.com" and "monstercable.com" on the original and imitation respectively. Also there's a whacked up model number on the bottom right hand corner of the fake one, and there isn't any on the real one.
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Removing the sleeve to reveal the red box, we can see that the black pull-out tab on the real deal is longer than that of the imitation a big diffrence.
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Clear differences here. A blind man could tell the difference but in the photo i did not show was that the real manual is alot thicker as the imitation is like 10 pages thick.
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On the back of the quick-start guide, there are subtle differences in font size and the usage of " | " and " / " again. Once again, real deal on left,
imitation on the right.
imitation on the right.
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Super big difference between the provided cleaning cloths. Original cloth is huge. Fake one is tiny but be sure as some other studio's do have same size cloths or the fake may not have the monster lable on just a plain cloth.
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These 2 documents are provided with the real deal and not with the imitation i brought but may be included in your's to make you believe they are real.
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The battery cover of the real deal, of course, has the serial number and Dr Dre's signature. The fake doesn't have any (Picture of fake battery cover not included, just imagine an empty space where the signature and serial should be). but be aware that there are imitation's that do bare Dr Dre's signature and a serial.
COMPARISON OF THE HEADPHONES.
To be honest, the headphones are almost identical. The differences lie in the
material of the ear cup and the aforementioned battery covers.The battery
indicator light on the real deal also seems to be a tad brighter.To be
extremely honest, even the sound quality is quite close. No kidding. The
quality of the imitation is actually good, though I hate to mention this, very
good.However the cables do tend to give way quickly and the threading around
the carabina of the hard case gives way easily.
The point of this
posting is to simply create awareness on how excellent fake goods have grown to
become.Please be astute when making purchases. When a deal is too good to be
true, it usually is.
If you are still not sure if your Beat's are real then head over to the Beat'S Serial Check Page to be sure,
hope this has helped
material of the ear cup and the aforementioned battery covers.The battery
indicator light on the real deal also seems to be a tad brighter.To be
extremely honest, even the sound quality is quite close. No kidding. The
quality of the imitation is actually good, though I hate to mention this, very
good.However the cables do tend to give way quickly and the threading around
the carabina of the hard case gives way easily.
The point of this
posting is to simply create awareness on how excellent fake goods have grown to
become.Please be astute when making purchases. When a deal is too good to be
true, it usually is.
If you are still not sure if your Beat's are real then head over to the Beat'S Serial Check Page to be sure,
hope this has helped