[dantiberian]

> Remember how Beats headphones used to add weights to feel more substantial?

This was not really true, the original tear down that found weights was of a counterfeit pair of Beats headphones.

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/07/are-beats-headphones-real...

[BEEdwards]

"As a few folks have pointed out, the version of the headphones we tore down was likely counterfeit. We have posted an in-depth comparison of these and a pair of authentic Beats headphones here. TL;DR: the authentic pair is nearly identical to the counterfeit one."

https://medium.com/@BenEinstein/how-it-s-made-series-beats-b...?

[kalleboo]

That article says that while the first pair was counterfeit, real Beats still include weights to feel more quality...