Whoever said "you get what you pay for" was probably talking about an ART product. It kind of works, but only allows you to hear out of both cans if you pull the plug for the headphones out a little bit, so it's not all the way in. Typical shaky quality from them...but the Sennheiser headphones are EXCELLENT and paying this price for four sets of headphones this good is completely reasonable, even if the mixer is as disappointing as I knew it would be. (Also, that is an old picture in the product description--ART has done a re-design. Looks a lot better, but it doesn't perform very well.) So in all, headphones are great, but the mixer isn't. Also not very loud, but anyone running a headphone distrubution unit without a power amp is getting what they deserve, anyway.

I recently purchased this package for my home/project studio. I did a fair amount of research and made an informed purchase. I feel that is a necessity for anyone. You have to be purchasing a product that meets your needs, and is cost/performance effective. I am extremely pleased with the quality of both the headphones and the amp/distributor. Of course there is better out there, but this package is a real winner in terms of cost effectiveness. There appears to be nothing at all that is cheap about the headphones. These AKGs make me wonder how such a great product can be offered at this price. I understand that they will not sound as good as say a 300 dollar set of Senheiser's or Bose, but I DID NOT pay 300 dollars for them. I use these to be able to record music in a live situation with personal monitoring being provided via the headphones to prevent crosstalk to the mics. They work perfectly. Also, the ART amp is a really great piece of gear for the price. No, there aren't bells or whistles, but to me that just means less to tear up. The unit can supply up to 8 headphones at one time, that is killer! In addition, you have the ability to use 1/8 inch and 1/4 inch input jacks (or both at the same time), that just adds to the versitility of the unit, even at this rediculously cheap price. I am very satisfied with my purchase, and would highly recommend this package to someone using it in a simular situation/application as mine.

This package deal is the best you can find for the value if you are a hobbiest or professional. Hobbiests will spend quite a buck purchasing each item one at a time seperatly and this package would equal out to be two single headset purchases alone. In a professional situation, these headsets are perfect for players in your booths and rooms. There is a great amount of slack in each wire to prevent $ in headphone extentions and you could always use the headphone amp as a signal splitter in your control room to send to your output to multiple speaker amps for easily controlled volume monitoring if you dont need it for its main purpose.