Beats Pro (2010) vs Shure SRH145 (2015)

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.

Taking a look at the Shure SRH145 (2015), it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - PCmag and CNET - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

Our direct Beats Pro (2010) vs. Shure SRH145 (2015) comparison of their review scores has shown that, out of sources that tested both On-Ear Headphones, CNET preferred the Beats Pro (2010), whereas Digitaltrends seemed to like both equally.

We also looked at which sources liked these products best and found that the Beats Pro (2010) got its highest, 8.3, review score from CNET, while the Shure SRH145 (2015) most impressed reviewers at PCmag, which gave it a score of 8.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review data to compare them to their competitors. We found that the Shure SRH145 (2015), with its 8.0 out of 10 points, got reviewed noticeably better than most of its competitors - the average On-Ear Headphone score being 7.4 - whereas the Beats Pro (2010) performed worse, with an average of merely 6.8.