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Dave Taylor of http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ reviews and compares two hot headphones: The Beats Solo HD and the House of Marley Shake it Up. Both good options, there are a lot of similarities and a few differences you should know about before you buy one or the other.
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oh hey
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uh dave taylor here and
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i'm looking at headphones today and so i
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got two pair of headphones
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these are the beats solo hd
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and you can see i have them in a nice
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cheery green
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and i also have the house of marley stir
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it up headphones and these
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are very different in look both of these
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are actually pretty trendy
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headphones they both run about 199 bucks
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and they both have a lot of features in
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common not the least of which is and
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this is something i really like
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is that the headphone cable unplugs
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and so now you have a separate cable
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that's going to your device
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which actually turns out to be handy
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because you can also plug it into
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speakers
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more importantly both of these also have
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a control
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on the headphone cord that lets you use
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it as a microphone
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and it also lets you control your device
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now
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some devices are more aware of the
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controls in others
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but they're both pretty sweet the big
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advantage i think of the beats by dre
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is that these are super trendy if you go
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to any local
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high school or college you'll see a ton
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of people have these
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and they're actually really nice
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sounding they have a couple of speakers
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in each
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earpiece the issue i have with both of
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these actually
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is that they're both a little snug on my
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head and this is something i think you
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want to do by
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audition so i would recommend swinging
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by your local electronics store
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and trying them on the issue really
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the issue isn't is it comfortable for 30
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seconds is
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more what's it going to feel like 30
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minutes into actually wearing these
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so these are the beats solo hd and then
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these
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are the house of marley stir it up and
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again
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same thing you can see they have that
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whole sort of reggae thing going on with
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the colors of the jamaican flag
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there's recycled wood in here and in
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fact this is a very green
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product i have to say one of the things
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i really like about house of marley
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is they put a lot of effort into making
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things from renewable resources
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so this plastic this actually a lot of
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renewable resources are involved in this
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and they do a nice job again
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they're a little snug for me so i don't
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know whether that's
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more of a statement of the size of my um
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cabeza
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but be that as it may 199 dollars for
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either of these they're both
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really nice sounding headphones and
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here's a little secret
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right now as i record this on amazon
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these are fifty percent off so these are
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under a hundred dollars for really
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high-end
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really nice headphones and so it's kind
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of hard to go wrong
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frankly it's hard to go wrong with
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either but
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however you do it the two most important
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things is one
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audition them with music you like and
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number two
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try them on and wear them for at least a
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couple of minutes and just
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feel is it one of these things where
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your head's being crushed
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or is it actually something where it's
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actually rather comfortable so
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either way enjoy your headphones and
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i'll hear you
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and see you in my next video
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you