Peace and quiet for your head!

The Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones are ideal when you need to take yourself out of the acoustic mix. By dropping the ambient sound level by as much as 28dB you'll be able to record and mix guitars, basses, and even drums in the same room - the perfect project studio solution! For stage and studio drummers, hear how your kit is being mixed without having headphones at high volume!

Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones Features:

• Provides extreme isolation from acoustic sounds
• Ideal for: drummers, live sound engineers, studio musicians, project studio owners

Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones Includes:

• 1-year limited warranty

Save your ears for more important things, and get these headphones TODAY!

Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones Specifications:

• Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
• Drivers: 40mm super high fidelity
• Impedance: 64 ohms
• Sensitivity: 107 dB/mW
• Cord: 9'
• Plug: stereo 3.5mm with gold-plated 1/4" adapter
• lightweight 11-oz. design

Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones

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They work

Posted by chronlogic from UT on Nov 7, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: serious hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/Alternative

What else can you say. I bought these headphones a year ago and I used them for 6 months of recording. Drums, vocals, and guitar. I didn't have any problem with them. They are comfortable enough for me to wear all day with only minor discomfort. They completely eliminated the "bleed" of click tracks and other artifacts. Recordings made with these on were clean and crisp. Not only that, but you also get a more clear picture of what is actually recording, since your ears are more isolated you don't hear what is in the room as much and what is "in the wires" is much more clear. Bottom line is, they work, they lasted long enough for me to get plenty of value out of them. I would recommend these to anyone who was attracted to them and found them in-budget.

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Save Your Money

Posted by Dr. Mumbo from New York State on Jun 6, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Retired Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Most anything

When I first got these headphones in January, I complained about how uncomfortable they were. Now that it's June, I can complain about how they no longer work. What a waste of money.

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Good headphones, reasonable price

Posted by Anonymous Musician from Maryland, near DC on May 5, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Student/budding violin/keyboard/voice

Reviewer's Play Style: Still trying to decide

These are great headphones. Passive noise attenuation (not active) combined with really good speakers that draw almost no electricity from my little digital device make these perfect for piano class (18 students on keyboards and lots of noise) or car travel (while I practiced choral music along with a recording). I love 'em!

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Do they actually make their own headphones now???

Posted by Andrew from Milwaukee on Feb 11, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Drummer, Electr. Engineering student

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Swing, Latin, Praise & Worship

I have one of their original models. They sounded pretty good at first. Isolation is great—29dB attenuation. I'd taken great care of them... But, The headband snapped after a couple years. The earcups wore out and started coming unglued. I recalled these were replaceable so I tried peeling the rest off. Instead the case also snapped apart. What do you know? The strain relief on the outside is a facade. The cord goes a little further to some average round, rest-on-top-of-ear headphones— complete with the plastic chassis. Don't buy these. You can make better ones yourself in the garage.

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great quality-they do what they should

Posted by agua de sed from Tucson, AZ on Jan 17, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: recording engineer

Reviewer's Play Style: weirdo

These are great 'phones for what I need. I can't speak as a drummer, but for someone recording drummers - stick an extension cord on these and get a better idea of what your mics are hearing as you move them about the kit. The cord is a good length - better to use an ext cord when I need extra, than to deal with 20 feet of extra cord when I don't. They are solidly built and have experienced no component failure in 2.5 years. In addition to keeping room sound out, they also contain playback sound better than other 'phones I've used - you can put these on a vocalist without fear of leaking into the vocal mic, even at relatively high volume levels. Tonally, they are a bit darker and a little less "open sounding" than my Sennheisers - but for the purpose, that is a very small trade-off for me. At the same time, they sound much less brittle than other 'phones at this price or less. I would use something different for very critical listening (mix referencing, etc). But I use these for general purpose home listening as well with no qualms.

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