Good riddance, HTC. I was in an audiophile store a few months ago. Tried everything from $50 to $2000 - Bose, Sennheiser, AKG, Audio-technica, Beyerdynamic (loved the Custom One Pro but couldn't afford it, sadly)... they didn't have Bang & Olufsen xD Anyway, I did try the Beats for the first time - I knew they were overhyped, but I didn't know that it was THAT bad. Uncomfortable (press ON your ears, while all good headphones go AROUND ears), lame sound quality, stupid design... oh, and did someone say they have a lot of bass? Not they don't. Razer Kraken which I bought after all (inb4 audiophiles bashing Razer: for me they were the best value for money over all other headphones in that price range, so I'm happy - they're extremely comfortable and sound great, just wish I bought the Pro version with its awesome mic), THAT has bass. Beats got nothing.
Funniest thing was when I asked the salesman "Do you have ANY *bad* headphones around here?!" right after being trying some awesome $1000 headphones.
His answer?
"Yeah, we do, Beats."