Now we have four mainstream theories on Apple buying Beats:

• Investment in the growing high-end headphone market (especially with rumors of the headphone jack going away in favor of the lightning port)
• Investment in the streaming business
• Retaining entertainment wunderkinds Iovine and Dre
• Reaping the benefits of manufacturing klout in flexible aesthetics for hardware

$3 Billion sounds like a drop in the bucket. Fall can’t come fast enough.