Do these effect the quality of the sound in any way?
1476981
Yes, it dulls the sound with no sustain. Snare not as much because the chain is not muted underneath. But still effective.
1476982
I had a serious surgery and needed to practice quite a bit to get back up to speed without disturbing my neighbors. These pads really did the trick. The sound suppression is very good and the response is surprisingly quick. Practice ONLY. These are not for live gigs.
1476983
It does affect the snare and symbols most. I bought them to be able to practice without disturbing neighbors. You can strike as hard as you normally play and experience an 80% reduction in volume. That said, you would never perform using the pads due to sound quality.
1476984
Yes, of course. It also depends on the skins. If you have a high quality drum set, the sound will differ. However, the quality of the sound is based solely on the rhythm of the drummer. All the Vic Firth Kit does is muffle sounds.
1251623
they dont seem to. I dont turn them up too high though, so I may not have encountered that issue because of that. The bass sounds good to me...and I listen to ska music.
2216215
Yes there would be a difference in sound, it may not be a huge difference but there will definitely be a difference.
212432
Quite honestly, no. They're really good for music, but the extra bass distorts the way the dialogue sounds when a movie is playing.
1577165
They do not affect the signal to the mixer. Only thevolume control on your instrument will.
583563
Not at all if you want to enjoy what's on your ipod more. They help make music more enjoyable to me by allowing me to hear things I don't hear through normal speakers.
134565
No. They provide a substantial reduction in the level of the noise, but you can still hear things muffled.
159384
Not sure .. I use them to hook up two speakers from my amp. The speakers are outside the bar on the smoking patio .. So I'm not worried about sound quality so much.
843192
No it doesn't, the sound quality remains unaffected in every given way for me. No problems whatsoever.
2227084
Yes, at least the way it is setup on my system. I hooked them up to the TV sound output jacks on the back of the TV (assuming flat screen TV) It doesn't effect the way the sound comes out of the TV. You can turn the TV to mute or vol all the way down if you don't want to bother others. You set the volume on the headphones on the headphone.
15649
No it doesn't make a lot of difference but if your mp3s are poorly recorded it won't sound as great.. The headphones are still an excellent deal for what. they are selling for.. I also used the headphones to listen to Netflix movies to which I will give an update.. Great headphones!!
1730326
I have not noticed any difference in quality. I get these specifically because my cd recorder will record only on this exact disc. I've listened to the sound and I notice no difference.
222955
They definitely do sound better. It's like a richer and fuller sound. The difference in the lower frequencies can be heard most significantly. For sound quality, I recommend highly.
523135
You shouldn't notice much difference in sound from when these are new and after they have played for a couple thousand hours... These are surround speakers so should be either the rear or side speakers which get very little use. Effect speakers in general see under 5% of what the front sound stage will see... I have never seen any proof that speakers needed to "break in", hook them up and enjoy...
348549
No but they will help soften the sound tremendously. I have every inch of my walls covered but you can still hear the sound on the other side of the wall. You can definitely hear the difference with them on the walls though.
649053
It's not noticeable but it also depends how the music is being played. If you playing from a laptop that has more power then a phone and your connecting headphones on one aide and a speaker powers amp then nope.
1928420
These do not jack up the bass to some ridiculous level like some do. If you have a nice set of speakers and really know a song well then these will reproduce the sound faithfully. IOW, you won't be saying, "this song sounds totally different on my mp3 player".