The Solo 2 ships with a carabiner and a black zip-up, padded protective pouch into which the headphones, which fold down at hinges on the headband, fit inside. The three-button remote has dedicated volume controls and a center button that answers and ends calls, or plays, pauses, or skips tracks depending on how many taps you give it and whether you're on a call or not. The removable audio cable, which connects to the left earcup, includes an inline remote control and microphone for mobile devices. The earcups block out a healthy amount of ambient room noise, and while you shouldn't expect anything close to active noise cancellation, it's a nice fringe benefit of the comfortable earpads. While not really marketed for it, the Solo 2 is a decent passive noise eliminator. You can fasten on a little too tight and create some unnecessary pressure on the ears loosening them a bit eliminates any tension issues without making them less secure on the head as it might with most headphones. The on-ear (supra-aural) fit is extremely lightweight, with plush earpads and enough cushioning under the headband to stay comfortable. Dre's name and the allure of wearing the same headphones you see on celebrity athletes and musicians.Īvailable in glossy pink, blue, or gray along with the more traditional Beats colors of red, black, or white, the Solo 2 looks similar to other Beats headphones. Beats headphones often feel a bit overpriced, but the Solo 2 manages to offer compelling value-even if you're still paying a bit of a premium for Dr.
The drivers deliver seriously deep bass that balances out against heavily tweaked high frequencies. The $199.95 Solo 2 is all about streamlined design that's focused on being lightweight and comfortable over long listening sessions, and with very few design flourishes. Big bass sound isn't for purists or anyone seeking flat response.īy now, headphone enthusiasts should know the drill with Beats: If you love big, booming bass, read on, and if you want a flat-response, critical listening-appropriate headphone pair, move on past the Beats Solo 2 (maybe to the Editors' Choice Sennheiser HD 558 ($99.99 at Amazon Canada) ).
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