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Direct Sound EX-29 Dynamic Closed Headphones Black w/10' Headphone Extension Cable

Color:Black Product Description To perform your best, you need to hear your best. That’s why we designed the EX-29 headphones with 29 dB of passive isolation. To help you keep the outside world out – and your music in, in all its purity. And to sta...

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Comfort

(6 reviews)
Service

(6 reviews)
Customer

(5 reviews)
Hear

(5 reviews)
Company

(4 reviews)
Track

(4 reviews)
Job

(11 reviews)
Set

(8 reviews)
Pair

(13 reviews)
Price

(6 reviews)
Sound

(46 reviews)
Noise isolation

(11 reviews)
Thing

(8 reviews)
Plastic

(16 reviews)
Environment

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Reviews around comfort (5.00 of 5)

  • It has memory material and can be shaped to fit your head for the best comfort ever
  • Drummers who need isolation headphones that are comfortable to wear, especially if you have a wider head, likely will appreciate the comfort of these headphones
  • Comfort: good, but sweat moisture on the earmuffs after long use
  • Comfort on the head and around the ears is very good as well
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Reviews around service (5.00 of 5)

  • Hands-down the best customer service I've encountered in years.
  • Additional feedback pending the replacement, but have to say that's pretty impressive customer service
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Reviews around customer (5.00 of 5)

  • Additional feedback pending the replacement, but have to say that's pretty impressive customer service
  • Hands-down the best customer service I've encountered in years.

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Reviews around hear (5.00 of 5)

  • I picked these up to protect my hearing when playing acoustic drums, and they really do work as advertised
  • I got these headphones with the intent of using them for band practice (I play in a metal band) both to protect my hearing and play a metronome through them
  • These have done wonders to protect my hearing while also letting my hear what is going on in the recording mix even when I am bashing behind the drums with an physically assaulting level of guitar in my face at the same time
  • so you don't damage your hearing by accidentally turning up the volume too loud (the directions warn you about listening to the volume louder than medium on your device for extended periods).
  • I would stay away from these, as it's really easy to find much nicer professional headphones with longer warranties that aren't constructed poorly starting a moderately higher price than what these cost

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Reviews around company (5.00 of 5)

  • The company does sell replacement parts, but don't bother trying to replace any headband related parts after they fail, because it's basically impossible to reattach everything
  • This was surprising in light of the many great amazon reviews about the same product, the cost of the product, and the company's good online reputation.
  • For the price, I was hoping for better quality, but it seems like the company is working to make it right.
  • I would stay away from these, as it's really easy to find much nicer professional headphones with longer warranties that aren't constructed poorly starting a moderately higher price than what these cost

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Reviews around track (5.00 of 5)

  • I would stay away from these, as it's really easy to find much nicer professional headphones with longer warranties that aren't constructed poorly starting a moderately higher price than what these cost
  • The headphones do not bleed a click track into a live microphone
  • When I scrolled down to the bottom of the page and found that they had several white noise MP3 tracks available for download, I knew the promise of "Extreme Isolation" was too good to be true, and I decided to pass

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Reviews around job (4.47 of 5)

  • They are comfortable and do a pretty good job of blocking outside noise considering they have no active noise cancellation.
  • However, they do an excellent job of blocking background noise
  • After trying them out while playing the drums, I thought they actually did a very poor job of isolating sound, and frankly are bad for drumming
  • For the kinds of noise in my office, these did not do as good a job at isolation as the Extreme Isolation did.
  • These things sound good and they do a solid job of isolating outside sound
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Reviews around set (4.26 of 5)

  • I was taking starting drum set lessons and looking for a good set of isolation headphones.
  • I just needed an affordable good set of headphones for recording drums in the studio
  • This year I used them at a truck race and they preformed as well as a set of specialty racing headphones I own.
  • I found that these headphones have approximately the same noise reduction capabilities as a good set of hearing protectors (30dB) for industrial use.
  • My set broke within 2 hours of use.
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Reviews around pair (4.13 of 5)

  • Terrible pair of headphones.
  • but i do recommend these headphones if you are a musician looking for a good cheap pair of headphones
  • It is only slightly better than a pair of regular headphones
  • It's still a decent pair of headphones, maybe not for drumming.
  • I was trying to find the perfect pair of headphones to "drown out" the annoying cackling and yacking of those that sit around me at work.
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Reviews around price (3.22 of 5)

  • Jimmy Rainsford recommended these headphones to me, he is a fellow drummer, so i bought them, at a good price, $114
  • I didn't like that the active isolation circuit (which creates an annoying hiss) has to be engaged all the time (or the headphones don't work), and I didn't like the price, which is about 3X higher than the Extreme Isolation 'phones
  • definitely not worth the price
  • Basically the are very user repairable for a reasonable price
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Reviews around sound (2.78 of 5)

  • I am impressed with the Direct Sound EX29 Extreme Isolation Headphones which can be as low as $99
  • The sound is good but the isolation leaves much to desire.
  • Very good isolation, and the sound is pleasant, not at all harsh
  • As a result, I'm no longer able to use these otherwise excellent sound isolating headphones
  • Whilst they isolate pretty well, the sound is worse than cheap airline headphones
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Reviews around noise isolation (2.00 of 5)

  • Unfortunately, the noise isolation of these was not very good compared to noise cancelling headphones (although this might depend on the type of noise), moreover, this is a flimsy piece of kit
  • A little tight on the head, but the noise isolation is incredible, sound quality is excellent, and I still use them today and love them
  • I would stay away from these, as it's really easy to find much nicer professional headphones with longer warranties that aren't constructed poorly starting a moderately higher price than what these cost
  • Other than that, they were comfortable, the noise isolation was great for me in my office environment, and the sound quality was good
  • Although the EX29 headphones fared slightly above average in noise isolation, they did not live up to their namesake
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Reviews around thing (1.69 of 5)

  • Extreme isolation implies one thing while actually providing less than extreme isolation.
  • i took good care of them, basically taking them on and off was too stressful for the fragile things
  • These things sound good and they do a solid job of isolating outside sound
  • The band and the arms that attach it to the ear cups are made from the same brittle black plastic that I remember breaking on a few cheaply-manufactured things I've owned in the past
  • These things isolate next to nothing while behind the kit
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Reviews around plastic (1.50 of 5)

  • It is made out of cheap hard plastic that feels uncomfortable and breaks easily
  • Sure, the headband is flexible, but it is still made from cheap plastic.
  • The company is aware of this and have switched to a much improved plastic that is moldable and nearly impossible to break ("Incrediflex" I believe it is called).
  • I would stay away from these, as it's really easy to find much nicer professional headphones with longer warranties that aren't constructed poorly starting a moderately higher price than what these cost
  • The headphones are made of cheap plastic and should not be purchased until they are made of something stronger.
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Reviews around environment (1.00 of 5)

  • The reason for my rating of 4 stars is I evaluated these headphones in 2 different applications --5 stars for comfortable sound isolation when recording an instrument in a noisy environment
  • The point is that these headphones have way, way better sound quality *in a noisy environment* than the alternatives.
  • I would highly recommend the headphones for anyone who wants to listen to audio in a noisy environment.
  • I work in a noisy environment and the cheap ones work better for isolation.
  • I bought the headphones to use in a noisy office environment.
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More about Direct Sound EX-29 Dynamic Closed Headphones Black w/10' Headphone Extension Cable

  • Color:Black Product Description To perform your best, you need to hear your best
  • That’s why we designed the EX-29 headphones with 29 dB of passive isolation
  • To help you keep the outside world out – and your music in, in all its purity
  • And to stand up to studio- and performance-level extremes
  • No batteries required. From the Manufacturer Ideal when you need to take yourself out of the acoustic mix
  • By dropping the ambient sound level by as much as 29dB 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! Technical Specifications Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz Drivers: 40mm Impedance: 32 ohms Sensitivity: 96dB/mW Cord: 9' Plug: stereo 3.5mm with gold-plated 1/4" adapter