The sound is great. The build isn't there. I normally don't buy the first version of a product but I trusted Rode to get this right. I don't use them everyday, when I do use them I take them off and put them on probably 3 times and total 1 hr of use time each probably. A piece holding the ear cup broke and now they fall out easily. I'm out of warranty. Sound great. Build not so great.

Excellent quality, super happy with my purchase...

All measurements used are the sole property of Farsil The Wizard and were used with express permission therein. Modifications were done in collaboration with Farsil The Wizard. Initial findings: Poor design lead to phase inconsistencies regardless of how one were to plug them up. The included measurements were of the last sets of measurements performed, which include the correction's resultant effect. Prior measurements were not included due to my desire to keep things more succinct & easier to interpret. Post modification findings: Post basic modification and over 13 measurements to confirm our/my suspicions we/I were able to achieve single entry phase and frequency cohesion across the gamut, within reason. Minimal effects to the perceived clarity and/or distortion have been noted. This is why single entry headphones should always and forever be permanently banned. Our findings suggest that unless extreme lengths are taken to ensure cohesive & even delivery of the signal. Inverted polarity and/or incoherent phase will always, ALWAYS be an issue... Philips Fidelio X2HR are an example of this. Post mod findings cont'd: (3-4 of 5 star acoustic value) The phase cohesion now being put behind us, I shall speak as to my findings, that I have personally observed. They have a somewhat set aback stage presentation with decent enough detailing given the price point. Not the best tonality but honestly not the worst. I have found some iems that would likely serve a significantly better purpose for mixing, given their tonal accuracy. But should you not be someone that tolerates iems or you just outright prefer over ears? Well that's where these come in. These will get you started in the mixing world, their design, again post fix, should allow for a quite good sound all things being fair for the price range. Although the weird part is even though they have slots for dual entry they're intrinsically single ended headphones. Good jerb Rode... ya screwed the pooch and were just stupid, rather than malicious or lazy! But it gets a bit better, they at least realized the change of one being plugged in versus the other would cause a pressure differential. So they included an easy to lose and wholly mandatory tuning cap for the non used side. DON'T, LOSE, IT!.. IT ISN'T FOR DUST PREVENTION IT'S PART OF THE TUNING!!!!!! The locking connection has a rubber housing on the inside that helps to partially seal the in use side. Right, back to topic... I digress, the apparent tuning is that of a perceived neutral-esque quality. Somewhat well reaching in both directions but ultimately limited by their driver selection and tuning selection. Well, driver tuning selection, there is absolutely zero internal tuning on the insides of the cups. Realistically you're paying less for the sound and far, far more for the build... Speaking of, The build all in all is quite gracious for the price. Honestly some of the most well build headphones I own, given I have STAX, Ether CX, ATH-R70X, HFMxDrop Edition XX, Audeze LCD2 Classic (open), and so on... these are some of the "better" sounding and SOMETIMES significantly more well built headphones out there. And for under 200usd? That's quite hard to argue... Farsil is currently attempting to contact Rode to ascertain a statement and/or issue corrective measures to their headphones. He has a discord server set up in order to allow contact with him. Which can be located through his YT channel. I was told to throw that mention out there, due to the issues with these heapdhones and how complicated it's been to get into Rode proper. (AUS company)

The crisp clear audio that these produce is a amazing. The cord that comes with them is directional meaning the one end that plugs into the headset needs to be plugged in, turned and locked in place. The audio will sound really wierd if you don't do that FYI. The only thing I wish is the ear muff part were like a half inch more round. It would fit my ears better but thats a me thing since I have a big head and ears lol

When I saw this new product from Rode on the YouTube channels I subscribed to, I found it pretty astounding that the company decided to take a venture into the world of headphones, given that there were so many options out there. Well, there's no question that Rode did its homework for YEARS on this one. It seems that they took many of the weaknesses/deficiencies of other recognized markets, made the proper fixes for their new headset, and now the rest is history. To be short, I am thrilled to own a pair the the NTH-100s! In using them so far, I was concerned after one long session that the comfort level wasn't as good as advertised, as I felt some ear fatigue and a headache coming on. No problem there since, but I still keep an eye out for this. As far as the sound goes, yes, it's flat. But it's clearly designed that way to help the user pick up sound better. I use these for creating and editing podcasts, so I can't speak about the sound quality like a music audiophile in regard their use for music. But for podcasting purposes, the NTH-100 is outstanding. They are large, and do NOT try to fold them! The carrying case it a tad disappointing too since it's just a bag, not a case. Just be careful how you travel with them. They are very well-built, but electronics like these are still always fragile. I could lower the NTH-100 to four stars, but I think what's good about it definitely outweighs the other concerns noted here. Give them a try! In the end, your best and favorite set of headphones are going to the be one that you find works best for YOU! As for ME, at this time, and for the next few years, the Rode NTH-100 is the headset for me!