AKG K72 (2016) vs Beats Pro (2010)

The AKG K72 (2016) has managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and objective sources that conduct their own testing, namely What Hi-Fi? and musicradar.com. It did great in their roundups - it earned the "The best budget over-ear wired headphones, period." title from What Hi-Fi?, and "Ranked 2 out of 8" from musicradar.com, which marks it as a product that's worth considering.

Moving on to the Beats Pro (2010): it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like CNET, HomeTheaterReview.com, What Hi-Fi?, Laptop Mag, Head-fi, and Tom's Guide, enough for them to include them on those lists.

We also performed a thorough AKG K72 (2016) vs. Beats Pro (2010) review score analysis - it turns out that all of the sources that have tested both Over-Ear Headphones, including What Hi-Fi?, preferred the AKG K72 (2016) over the Beats Pro (2010).

Out of all the sources that reviewed them, the AKG K72 (2016) turned out to be most loved by What Hi-Fi?, which gave it a score of 10, whereas the Beats Pro (2010) got its highest, 8.3, rating from reviewers at CNET.

Lastly, we compared their review averages and found that the AKG K72 (2016) did much better than the majority of its competitors, with an average review score of 8.0 out of 10, compared to the 7.5 overall average of Over-Ear Headphones in general, whereas the Beats Pro (2010) hasn't managed to perform quite as well, with an average rating of 6.8.