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I have Beats by doctor dre solos. The right ear doesn't really work. If it does, it's only for a second then it cuts out. I have had them since December of 2011. What could be wrong?
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This is exactly what happens when people waste their money and time to FASHION TOYS instead of REAL DEAL! ALL Beats/Dr.Dre are just FASHION TOYS marketed VERY aggressively for gullible teenagers who do NOT know a single thing about REAL audio quality!
If REAL quality is an issue, you should stick to REPUTABLE brands only such as B&W, Sennheiser (most affordable), Shure, Grado, Denon, AKG, Audio-Technica (NOT to be mixed with Technic which is utter rubbish as well!), Etymotic or Beyerdynamic. Things like V-Moda, Klipsch, Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Philips are ONLY "okay-ish" indeed. Please do NOT fall a victim to FASHION ACCESSORIES by buying Boombox, Ministry of Sound, Sol/Republic/Revolution, Noontec Zoro's, Benetton, a-jays, iFrogz, Marley, Fanny Wang, Razer, Karl Kani, WESC, Turtle, JH, Dr.Dre/Beats/Solo, Ludacris/Soul, Koss, Skullcandy, Lady GaGa, Skullcrushers, Monsters nor Bose, because they are ALL seriously overhyped and overpriced "fashion blingbling gimmicks" with a very poor durability and sound quality, NOTHING else (and those who try to claim they are good do NOT know ANYTHING about QUALITY anyway!), BE THEM FAKE OR NOT!
Also, please do NOT focus on the thumping bass that just distorts everything else, instead go for GOOD audio quality IN GENERAL.
This is exactly what happens when people waste their money and time to FASHION TOYS instead of REAL DEAL! ALL Beats/Dr.Dre are just FASHION TOYS marketed VERY aggressively for gullible teenagers who do NOT know a single thing about REAL audio quality!
If REAL quality is an issue, you should stick to REPUTABLE brands only such as B&W, Sennheiser (most affordable), Shure, Grado, Denon, AKG, Audio-Technica (NOT to be mixed with Technic which is utter rubbish as well!), Etymotic or Beyerdynamic. Things like V-Moda, Klipsch, Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Philips are ONLY "okay-ish" indeed. Please do NOT fall a victim to FASHION ACCESSORIES by buying Boombox, Ministry of Sound, Sol/Republic/Revolution, Noontec Zoro's, Benetton, a-jays, iFrogz, Marley, Fanny Wang, Razer, Karl Kani, WESC, Turtle, JH, Dr.Dre/Beats/Solo, Ludacris/Soul, Koss, Skullcandy, Lady GaGa, Skullcrushers, Monsters nor Bose, because they are ALL seriously overhyped and overpriced "fashion blingbling gimmicks" with a very poor durability and sound quality, NOTHING else (and those who try to claim they are good do NOT know ANYTHING about QUALITY anyway!), BE THEM FAKE OR NOT!
Also, please do NOT focus on the thumping bass that just distorts everything else, instead go for GOOD audio quality IN GENERAL.
Is Lenovo a good laptop brand?
Alex
Are HP or Dell better?
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A whole lot of people answer with no inside knowledge of the industry and its products.
HP Home and Dell Home products in surveys are low rated as documented year after year. Here is the latest survey:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
Macbooks cost double priced for the CPU and graphics and RAM performance so exclude them.
Lenovo can be considered average quality in the industry, but in the US and Canada have great price to performance. Build up an HP to get close to a Lenovo Ideapad Y580 and you will see it costs $300 more. Same for a Dell. And, the quality on average is lower.
About the most robust standard systems, Lenovo Thinkpads, especially T and X series. They are the only brand with circuits designed in Japan and parts selected by US, Japan, and China Lenovo Employees (I still consult for them, and the team that was IBM Japan ae still around.
As to the China influence, ALL laptops, as in 100%, other than Thinkpad, are designed and built by subcontract companies in China. Only sales and some service and profit may be non-China, and if a laptop is value-priced, the profit margins are small. The only thing HP about an HP laptop is the label that says HP. Lenovo has a US division as well in Morrisville, and, the brands are all public companies owned by shareholders. The Chinese government had no influence inside Lenovo, even if they own a share of the company.
As of October 1, 2011, 58% of Lenovo stock was held by the general public, 34% by Legend Holdings Limited, and 8% by other entities. The Chinese Academy of Sciences owns 36% of Legend Holdings. That puts Chinese government ownership at about 12%, plus whatever is bought on the open market.
Some time this month, it should be announced that Lenovo is the global leader in PC sales. They were #2 just behind HP-Compaq in Q2-2012, as HP fell and Lenovo gained market share.
I agree that Asus and Samsung sell good systems that usually cost more for the features.
Asus is a Taiwanese company selling under its own brand (Asustek). They also make systems for the other brands just as MSI does. Quanta made over 28 million laptops in 2011. Invertec and Flextronics and Wistron, among others, design and build the industry systems. It is about who does the best sub-contracting(other than MSI+Asus). Dell USED TO sell good systems. Look up "Dell Lawsuits" in google. Acer-Gateway systems are interesting. They do almost zero Research and Development and are a pure contracting company. They specify cheap parts (see article), but those cheap parts of weaker performance don't seem to fail as often. They have lots of sub-contract practice. Also google "G6 overheating". That will give you an idea about HP, who throws every CPU and graphics card into each design regardless of the cooling characteristics. So does Dell. Lenovo has less customizing, because they don't want customers to make mistakes.
I answered a question about a Dell desktop with 5 graphics card options. The lowest option was lower than the integrated Intel graphics. Might as well pull that card and toss it in the trash for a system performance upgrade. The top 3 cards were underpowered by the power supply used. Only one of the 5 made sense to use in their configuration options.
In Lenovo laptops, the "Essentials" G series is the same laptops as Dell, Acer, HP, etc. The cheapest laptops get made with the cheap parts. I got my personal G570 with a core i5, 750GB HDD for only $471 at Fry's a year ago. "Ideapads" are a better grade, and Thinkpads are the business line. The T series was selected for space shuttles and stations and military field use.
That is the industry. And agreed, HP puts a subwoofer in the "Beats" system, but a $30 pair of external speakers or headphone is much better than any $3 laptop speakers. Beats just amplifies the bass. Lenovo opts mostly for JBL speakers that give better voice and volume per watt and partnered with Dolby Labs in Ideapads. Some companies went with SRS for surround sound. HP went with a "Beats" audio tuning. It is all about choices.
A whole lot of people answer with no inside knowledge of the industry and its products.
HP Home and Dell Home products in surveys are low rated as documented year after year. Here is the latest survey:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
Macbooks cost double priced for the CPU and graphics and RAM performance so exclude them.
Lenovo can be considered average quality in the industry, but in the US and Canada have great price to performance. Build up an HP to get close to a Lenovo Ideapad Y580 and you will see it costs $300 more. Same for a Dell. And, the quality on average is lower.
About the most robust standard systems, Lenovo Thinkpads, especially T and X series. They are the only brand with circuits designed in Japan and parts selected by US, Japan, and China Lenovo Employees (I still consult for them, and the team that was IBM Japan ae still around.
As to the China influence, ALL laptops, as in 100%, other than Thinkpad, are designed and built by subcontract companies in China. Only sales and some service and profit may be non-China, and if a laptop is value-priced, the profit margins are small. The only thing HP about an HP laptop is the label that says HP. Lenovo has a US division as well in Morrisville, and, the brands are all public companies owned by shareholders. The Chinese government had no influence inside Lenovo, even if they own a share of the company.
As of October 1, 2011, 58% of Lenovo stock was held by the general public, 34% by Legend Holdings Limited, and 8% by other entities. The Chinese Academy of Sciences owns 36% of Legend Holdings. That puts Chinese government ownership at about 12%, plus whatever is bought on the open market.
Some time this month, it should be announced that Lenovo is the global leader in PC sales. They were #2 just behind HP-Compaq in Q2-2012, as HP fell and Lenovo gained market share.
I agree that Asus and Samsung sell good systems that usually cost more for the features.
Asus is a Taiwanese company selling under its own brand (Asustek). They also make systems for the other brands just as MSI does. Quanta made over 28 million laptops in 2011. Invertec and Flextronics and Wistron, among others, design and build the industry systems. It is about who does the best sub-contracting(other than MSI+Asus). Dell USED TO sell good systems. Look up "Dell Lawsuits" in google. Acer-Gateway systems are interesting. They do almost zero Research and Development and are a pure contracting company. They specify cheap parts (see article), but those cheap parts of weaker performance don't seem to fail as often. They have lots of sub-contract practice. Also google "G6 overheating". That will give you an idea about HP, who throws every CPU and graphics card into each design regardless of the cooling characteristics. So does Dell. Lenovo has less customizing, because they don't want customers to make mistakes.
I answered a question about a Dell desktop with 5 graphics card options. The lowest option was lower than the integrated Intel graphics. Might as well pull that card and toss it in the trash for a system performance upgrade. The top 3 cards were underpowered by the power supply used. Only one of the 5 made sense to use in their configuration options.
In Lenovo laptops, the "Essentials" G series is the same laptops as Dell, Acer, HP, etc. The cheapest laptops get made with the cheap parts. I got my personal G570 with a core i5, 750GB HDD for only $471 at Fry's a year ago. "Ideapads" are a better grade, and Thinkpads are the business line. The T series was selected for space shuttles and stations and military field use.
That is the industry. And agreed, HP puts a subwoofer in the "Beats" system, but a $30 pair of external speakers or headphone is much better than any $3 laptop speakers. Beats just amplifies the bass. Lenovo opts mostly for JBL speakers that give better voice and volume per watt and partnered with Dolby Labs in Ideapads. Some companies went with SRS for surround sound. HP went with a "Beats" audio tuning. It is all about choices.
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