Do they compare to the sound of beats or something probably not but im not looking for that because then it would stink if something happened to them and id never let them sink in a tangled mess to the bottom of my bag i did have a purple pair of these that the sound went low on one side which i hate however i had them for awhile and they were mostly used by my kids so the greatest care of them was not taken and would honestly say the problem came from handling or just time rather than product defect