Sennheiser’s , Technics or bose are all miles ahead of beats and yes u pay abit for the name but the testing and development are millions of times better, therefore sound and build quality are much better. That's what your paying for instead of just the name!
But if u just use them now and then and need to look cool then beats will be fine!
I'll be honest, I'm not 100% happy with them. I got them on Friday evening, and the control bits on the wire don't work properly, so I have to phone MonsterWires and get it replaced. But the quality is something out of this world and far superior to any that I have tried recently. But all in all, I'm glad I paid less than the general off the shelf price in stores here.
I agree some of the beats range are mediocre but the studio beats are a pretty damn good, i got mine fora good price, but i'm replacing them with bose headphones seen as my cousin now works for bose and will soon be eligible for a nice discount