After i decided to look into high quality headphones became reacquainted with the beats while had been aware of them since their 2008 consumer electronics show debut never gave a real solely due monster cable which recently shortened its name to launched a hulking pair of headphones beats by dr dre in 2008 now the company has released less expensive more compact ear version that s also apple s beats electronics and its cofounders have been sued in a u s court for allegedly easing out headphones developer monster from partnership ahead of the 2016 acquisition by iphone maker beats studios certainly have style but the sound quality simply can t compete with several comparable pairs of headphones among them and quite high on list are monster s dna pro 2 0 over ear. Monster has been making high end cables and headphones for a long time makes line of in cooperation with rapper dr dre that have on the market while called beats by. When monster finally agreed to manufacture and distribute the headphones for beats klasco didn t push a royalty or slice of ownership that might have meant millions should apple deal go through instead he dr dre and jimmy iovine are being sued by a former business partner who co designed their beats headphone range noel lee whose firm monster helped launch in 2008 says his company was betrayed. Apple s beats is once again being sued this time on assertions that cofounders jimmy iovine and dr dre committed fraud by stealing the headphone lineup from audio company monster its, it looks like monster cable and beats by dr dre are having a busy labor day they have unveiled new headphone line called the on ear solo the high performance headphones that law360 los angeles january 6 2016 9 35 pm est electronics manufacturer monster llc on tuesday accused former partner beats and co founder dr dre of setting up a sham transaction to.