Vic FIrth - Stereo Isolation Headphones V2 - Black

These deserve a review. I have an Alesis Surge SE...a recent purchase (love it) and I started out last week using a £129 pair of headphones..specifically for listening to music via HiFi or my phone using Spotify. For that I love them. I decided to try a set of headphones specifically for E-drums. To say these headphones improved the sound is an understatement...even the sound of the inbuilt drum sounds are amazing. Clarity, the subtleties and the 'space' around the drum is fantastic and the samples do sound more realistic. If you use BFD or EZ Drummer the sound is another level. They are robust. The cable and where it joins the headset is quality. The noise cancelling is superb and they look great. As I said these are setup for drums and not really for listening to music. They are tight on the head at first. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were twice the price.

This is my second pair (need studio set and one to take around with me) , have tried others and these do the job best. They are reasonably comfortable, a bit tight at first (for me) but do loosen up. The sound reduction is pretty good and audio quality seems fine for the purpose. Perhaps not up to studio engineer level, but good for monitoring as a drummer/guitarist, live mixing etc. Not being Bluetooth enabled , they are lighter and no worry about having to charge them! If you do need to go cordless, then a Bluetooth or similar belt pack does the job. They are reasonably robust, one set has been carried around in kit bag for the last two years and used in studio and festival stages, find them easier than 'in ear' protectors as easily removed and can be use on the desk as well. Perhaps the only two criticism are 1. Length of cord could be longer (but an extension cord works) 2. The 1/4" jack converter should have been the professional 'screw on' type as used on most other professional headsets. Would I buy again - Yes.

If you’re looking for mixing headphones these probably aren’t what you’re looking for. If you’re looking for headphones that don’t leak out sound when you’re in a vocal recording booth, or recording drums, you won’t get much better. I had bought a number of top brand headphones which, while great for sound quality, leaked too much when trying to record anything with a condenser mic. They also keep the sound in and stop external sound getting through. These have been a great buy and cheap for what are very very sturdy headphones. Well worth the money.

I struggle to cope with the sound volume when rehearsing with a rock band and I have been searching for a solution for a long time. These work well - they are essentially good quality ear defenders with built in headphones. I drive them from a wireless audio receiver intended for in ear monitors and I get much better sound isolation using these than the IEMs, although the quality of the sound is OK rather than great. I have many other pairs of headphones that sound better, but these offer the best isolation I have found so far. I find the comfort to be fine - I can wear them for hours with no problems. They are fairly tight but that's what you need I guess. Note they aren't noise cancelling - they are ear defenders of the 'dumb' type - just big blocks of foam that fit over your ears to protect them from loud noises, but with the benefit of built in headphone drivers. Overall a good solution for what I wanted.

Excellent for electronic drums practice. Sound quality is very good and isolation is very good. They are quite tight though.

My son plays drums (acoustic, not electric) and I wanted to get him new headphones. First of all, I was aware that drumming can damage hearing so wanted to protect his ears. He normally wore headphones when drumming - however he wore them so he could listen to music to play along to. (If he didn't listen music through headphones, he had to have speakers up soon loud to hear music over the drums!). However, even with headphones on, he still needed the music through them up too loud to hear it over the drums. He did try Bluetooth earplugs underneath ear-defenders for a while, however he found a slight lag in the Bluetooth affected his recording. Anyhow, these headphones are perfect. They are good quality construction. They fit comfortably on his head and he says they are really good as ear-defenders. They really do a good job at keeping the loudness of drums from damaging his ears, while at the same time are a good set of earphones to hear his music. To be clear, these are wired headphones (good length of lead) to listen to music, while having excellent noise isolation so he can hear the music in his ears, even when drumming loudly. Win-win!

These were bought for listening to music whilst drumming along without risking hearing damage. I can’t fault these for sound attenuation and as headphones. My only beef is the lack of range in size adjustment. I wear over-ear hearing protection at work and they fit over my head comfortably with adjustment left if I need to wear a beanie hat when it’s cold. The Vic Frith ones are a little on the small size, like they are for the slighter build of a woman or the Asian market. At full extension the headband is tight across the top of my head, not comfy after an hour. The ear cups fit perfectly and look like they’ll swap into my work hearing protection head frame…. I hope so because these are good. They’d be great if Vic Frith could sort out the sizing.

Nice set of headphones, look good and give good sound reduction protection for my son's drums. However - jack-plug lasted about 4mth before developing a fault and now sound only comes from 1 ear-piece.

Can't even hear my own mechanical keyboard when typing this! High clamping force? Maybe. I feel that the clamp is snug and secure and would work well headbanging. For reference, I have a big head at 61cm circumference, and I feel that they fit well. Quality feels very solid, no creaks, cable sounds or questionable material choices. However, the headphones are a perfect match for my purposes of mixing, gaming, studying in a noisy environment.

Los audífonos llegaron en perfecto estado, solo el paquete llego un poco dañado pero supongo que eso fue más culpa de la paquetería. Aíslan muy bien, el único pero que les pondría es que no se puede estar con ellos mucho tiempo puestos, ya que a mi en lo personal me empiezan a doler las orejas, debo tomarme descansos entre sesiones. Aún así los recomendaría para tocar tanto batería acústica como eléctrica.

The only reason I bought these headphones was the sound isolation. And the job is done. I used to use Marshall Monitor Bt headphones for playing my Roland electronic drums. Marshall pair is amazing but you can still hear the hittimg sound on the cymbals. With Vic Firth pair the problem is solved, no sound but the cymbals' digital sound. As expecting the sound quality is not that good for listening to music but for playing along they are perfect.

I'm a drummer and this was by far the best headphones even in terms of sound quality, frequency coverage and material. Highly recommended 👌🙏🤘

Really good for practice with proper isolation and also good for live .Value for money,