After introducing Heartbeats by Lady Gaga headphones yesterday, Monster today introduced Beats Solo headphones – a smaller, lighter and cheaper version of Beats by Dr. Dre. Noel Lee, Head of Monster says “There were significant challenges in the creation of Beats Solo, including how to achieve really great sound from a small speaker driver. This required serious innovation and creative audio engineering. We were also challenged to take the familiar Beats design and morph it into something smaller and more compact, yet still recognizably ‘Beats.’ I’m delighted to say that we rose to both these challenges – the result is one of the easiest-to-use, easiest-to-wear and best sounding headphones ever created, with a look that is pure Beats and pure Dr.Dre.”

The Beats Solo headphones feature “ControlTalk”, an on-cable integrated high-grade microphone and answer button that allows users to access their music and answer phone calls without having to reach for the device. The ControlTalk feature works with iPod nano (4G), iPod Classic 120GB, iPod touch (2G), iPhone 3GS/3G and some new BlackBerry models. The Monster Beats Solo will be available in black or white colors in November for suggested retail price of $219.99.