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Re:Boeing push to make training profitable may have left 737... by dantiberian on Sunday December 22, 2019 @03:47AM (#21856004)
> 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...

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Re:Boeing push to make training profitable may have left 737... by BEEdwards on Sunday December 22, 2019 @06:11AM (#21856499)
"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...?

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Re:Boeing push to make training profitable may have left 737... by kalleboo on Sunday December 22, 2019 @04:43AM (#21856179)
That article says that while the first pair was counterfeit, real Beats still include weights to feel more quality...
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