Beats by Dre president defends headphone bass quality

The president of Beats by Dre, Luke Wood, has defended the quality of its headphones.

Speaking of quality of beats headphone, Wood responded to comments that they are too bass heavy.

"I've certainly heard that as an opinion on the headphone, I disagree," said Wood.

"We didn't go to build a reference headphone, something you build in the studio that is really a technical tool to hear when you are recording."

He added: "If you look at Dre's pedigree, Jimmy's pedigree, even my pedigree, we are all recording engineers.

"What we did is build a headphone for playback. What does it sound like right when it is finished? And that is what we've accomplished."

When referring to further details of Beats Electronics recent deal with Apple, Wood said he couldn't comment on rumours circulating about Beats headphones and iPhones.The deal is worth a total of $3bn and is thought to be Apple's largest acquisition to date.

As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre will join the technology firm.

Wood was in the UK to host a Q&A featuring Ed Sheeran and BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe.

Eminem's producer and head of Shady Records, Paul Rosenberg, and producer Spike Stent were also part of the discussion.

---The artical is excerpted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28287697