Beats Pro (2010) vs HiFiMan HE-560 (2014)

While the Beats Pro (2010) wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. CNET, HomeTheaterReview.com, What Hi-Fi?, Laptop Mag, Head-fi, and Tom's Guide have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

As for the HiFiMan HE-560 (2014) - Head-fi, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its HiFiMAN HE-560 roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

As for a direct Beats Pro (2010) vs. HiFiMan HE-560 (2014) comparison of their review performance, we examined sources that tested and rated both products, like Head-fi. It turns out that all such sources consider the HiFiMan HE-560 (2014) to be the superior product.

We also looked at the available data to find which sources liked each of them best and learned that the Beats Pro (2010) most impressed reviewers at CNET - they gave it a score of 8.3, whereas the HiFiMan HE-560 (2014) got rated best by Head-fi - 8.8.

Finally, we compared them to other Open-Back Headphones and found that the HiFiMan HE-560 (2014), on average, got reviewed considerably better than most of its competitors - it earned a review average of 8.8 points, compared to the 7.8 out of 10 overall rating of Open-Back Headphones in general, whereas the Beats Pro (2010) performed worse than the majority of its competitors, with an average of only 6.8.