This is idiotic. I have owned a pair of Beats. They were ok. Far from the best headphones I've had, but ok. I replaced them with 300 GBP's worth of headphones from Amazon that had a super-high rating. They're a bit better than ok, but I forget them at home recently, and had to use my old Beats. The world didn't end.
To talk about Beats being terrible - what planet are you on? Take your hipster snark elsewhere. Yes, they're primarily a fashion item. But are they dreadful headphones? No, the price just factors in their fashion status.
It's not about being hipster. I've spent years combining different headphones with different DACs and amps, to get a good sound, tried tens of devices with different use cases. Those use cases include being a fashion item as well. I respect that, though it doesn't matter for me unless it looks really bad. I also think the beats headphones don't even look that good. Add to that the terrible sound quality[1], it becomes a no-go. I mean it. It really is bad. Maybe your ears are not very sensitive (it's a possibility) or your source is bad but I find it impossible for someone not to notice at least the loss of detail when they compare beats to a proper pair of headphones.
To talk about Beats being terrible - what planet are you on? Take your hipster snark elsewhere. Yes, they're primarily a fashion item. But are they dreadful headphones? No, the price just factors in their fashion status.