http://consumerist.com/2015/06/19/teard ... -of-parts/
https://medium.com/bolt-blog/how-it-s-m ... 4aae384b36What’s really in a $200 pair of Beats headphones? According to a teardown by venture capital firm Bolt, about $16.89 worth of parts. They found a device mostly made out of injection-molded plastic, pieces of metal that serve no purpose other than to make the headphones feel heavier than they really are, and a whole lot of glue
The amusing part is the link above did a teardown originally on a counterfeit set of headphones (which is its own topic of debate - the counterfeit issue). So then they compared that to genuine ones. The results are also amusing.
https://medium.com/bolt-blog/how-it-s-m ... 4cc6808d18
To play off of the BOSE motto, I have a suggestion:
"Beats: Better sound through marketing."