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Audio Technica ATH-M50 For drumming?

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1/3/12 at 1:03pm
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I was wondering how many decibels of sound isolation these offer. Would i be able to listen to music and still protect my ears while playing acoustic drums? Thanks in advance.

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post #2 of 3
1/3/12 at 3:32pm

They typically give -9dB of broadband isolation which is not very good.  Try for something better than -14dB for your needs.

 

I suggest in in-ear earphone like the Etymotic HF5.  You will receive much better isolation.

 

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/etymotic-hf5.php

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1/3/12 at 4:42pm

In-ears (as mentioned above) provide much better isolation than full-size headphones, and the M50 doesn't isolate all that well anyways. Have you looked into specialty drumming headphones at all?

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