About a week before Apple agreed to buy Beats for $3 billion, one of the company’s earliest employees filed a lawsuit against the headphone-maker, accusing it of cutting him and others out of potentially millions in royalties. That man is Steven Lamar who, in his lawsuit, claims that he came up with the idea for Beats and was instrumental in developing three of its first models, as well as the company’s logo and branding. Now Lamar has started another headphone venture aimed at eating Beats’ lunch, called Roam, and its first product is Ropes, $299 earbuds designed to hang on your neck when you’re not using them, like a fashion statement. Lamar boldly says they also happen to be the best-sounding earbuds on the market, with the most customizable sound.
A co-founder of Beats has created a new company that makes earbuds
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