Beats Solo 4: Finally, the Headphones for Me
Beats Solo 4: Finally, the Headphones for Me
I have a long, sad history of trying to find headphones that work for me. Since the introduction of the original AirPods in 2016, I’ve longed to have the same Apple ecosystem integrations in an on-ear or over-ear form factor. I thought I’d found what I was looking for in 2019’s Beats Solo Pro, but when I wore them, they gave me an awful headache. I tried again the following year with AirPods Max and experienced the same discomfort. Despite how great they sounded and how cool they were, they just didn’t work for me, so I somberly returned them and resigned myself to life as an earbuds user.
When the fourth-generation Beats Solo headphones were released earlier this year, they caught my eye, but I was hesitant to dip my toe back into the wireless headphone waters. I’d been burned before. And as Ted Lasso says, “It’s the hope that kills you.” Despite my trepidation, I made a mental note of them and, crucially, mentioned to my wife that I was considering giving headphones another go.