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RODE NTH-100 Professional Closed-Back Over-Ear Headphones (Black)

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RODE NTH-100 Professional Closed-Back Over-Ear Headphones (Black)
Key Features
  • For Mixing, Video, Recording, Podcasting
  • Comfortable, Sound Isolating & Neutral
  • Pure, Unhyped Sound Signature
  • 40mm Custom-Matched Dynamic Drivers
Monitor your audio confidently and comfortably with the black Rode NTH-100, a set of professional headphones that offers pro-grade sonic performance and build quality for all forms of content creation, including mixing, audio and video production, location recording, podcasting, streaming, and daily listening. Featuring custom-matched 40mm dynamic drivers in over-ear, closed-back earcups with precision-engineered acoustic construction, the NTH-100s deliver a balanced, "unhyped" tonal signature, clarity, and extended bandwidth, with excellent passive isolation from external sounds and no leakage into your room or microphones.
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RODE NTH-100 Overview

  • 1Description
  • 2Trust Your Ears
  • 3For the Sake of the Sound
  • 4Precision-Matched Drivers
  • 5All-Day Listening Comfort
  • 6The Same Fit Every Time
  • 7Flexible Cabling, Versatile Options
  • 8In It for the Long Haul
  • 9Modular Design to Customize Your NTH-100s
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Trust Your Ears
Monitor your audio confidently and comfortably with the black Rode NTH-100, a set of professional headphones that offers pro-grade sonic performance and build quality for all forms of content creation, including mixing, audio and video production, location recording, podcasting, streaming, and daily listening. Featuring custom-matched 40mm dynamic drivers in over-ear, closed-back earcups with precision-engineered acoustic construction, the NTH-100s deliver a balanced, "unhyped" tonal signature, clarity, and extended bandwidth, with excellent passive isolation from external sounds and no leakage into your room or microphones.
For the Sake of the Sound
  • Meticulously engineered and tuned, the NTH-100s reproduce the details and nuances of your audio, be it a single sound source, a mix in progress, or the final product.
  • The unique ergonomic earcups are contoured to the shape of the ear for superior acoustic performance, with memory foam cushions ensuring excellent isolation from external noise.
  • Their low impedance and high sensitivity make them very easy to drive with any interface, mixer, headphone amplifier, or mobile device.
Precision-Matched Drivers
  • Each earcup features a custom voice coil with a four-layer core made of ultrahigh-tension aluminum alloy mated to a three-layer Mylar diaphragm.
  • Combined with a rare-earth neodymium magnet and an innovative phase plug inspired by the award-winning NTG5 microphone, these high-grade components ensure an accurate frequency and phase response across the whole audible spectrum for an incredibly articulate listening experience.
All-Day Listening Comfort
  • Crafted with comfort in mind, the NTH-100s feature ergonomic earcups with a bidirectional adjustment system and memory foam cushions.
  • In addition to ensuring excellent sound isolation, the headphones provide a custom-fit feel for any head size or shape, even for people who wear glasses.
  • The earpads and headband cushions are covered with Alcantara fabric, a premium material often used in sports cars and high-end fashion. It is supremely comfortable to the touch, highly breathable, and very soft.
  • The company's CoolTech gel is integrated into the cushions to absorb and dissipate heat, actively cooling your ears to reduce wearing fatigue—great for creators, mixing engineers, and podcasters working in long, arduous sessions.
The Same Fit Every Time
  • The headphones feature a fully adjustable headband with the company's innovative FitLok system, a locking mechanism that keeps the earcups positioned exactly the way you set them, so you get the same fit every time.
  • Even while wearing the headphones, a smooth turn of each side's FitLock is all it takes to lock or unlock the headband adjustment.
Flexible Cabling, Versatile Options
  • Ports on both the left and right earcups allow the cord to hang on either side while the locking connector prevents accidental disconnects.
  • The flexible, easy-roll cable is also highly durable, user-replaceable, and equipped with integrated strain relief.
  • Cable variants are available in 7.9 and 3.9' lengths and a variety of colors for maximum convenience and channel-specific color coding that matches the same four channel colors found in Rode Connect software and on the RODECaster Pro.
  • With a 3.5mm mini plug on the cable and an included screw-on 1/4" adapter, the NTH-100 are compatible with most playback devices and monitoring systems.
In It for the Long Haul
  • The stainless spring-steel headband was tested under pressure equal to 25 years of use, and the final construction was stressed with thousands of pulls, bends, tugs, rotations, and stretches. Plus, the headphones were subjected to environmental trials ranging from climate and water exposure to drop and scratch tests.
  • Wires used to link the earcups are rated to withstand more than 55 pounds of force, while the cable and earcup sockets are rated to more than 26 pounds of force.
  • Regardless of the cable ID rings you use or to which side you connect the cable, there are three points of earcup identification—small colored rings around the earcup wires, braille (raised dots) on each earcup, and L/R letters inside the earcups.
Modular Design to Customize Your NTH-100s
  • The NTH-100s feature a modular design: the earpads, headband, and cable are all user-customizable, with four colors available. This not only significantly increases the lifespan of the headphones, but also allows you to customize them to suit your style. A set of cable ID rings in four colors is included.

RODE NTH-100 Specs

Key Specs
Earpiece Design
Over-Ear (Circumaural), Closed-Back
Earpiece Swivel
Not Specified by Manufacturer
Foldable
No
Impedance
32 Ohms
Active Noise Cancellation
No
Frequency Response
5 Hz to 35 kHz
Audio Connector
1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Male Straight
Included Adapter
1/4" TRS
Headphone
Earpiece Design
Over-Ear (Circumaural), Closed-Back
Earpiece Swivel
Not Specified by Manufacturer
Earpiece Connection / Wearing Style
Headband
Foldable
No
Driver Type
Dynamic
Driver Size
1.6" / 40 mm
Diaphragm
Mylar
Magnet Type
Neodymium
Impedance
32 Ohms
Active Noise Cancellation
No
Full Remote OS Support
None
Performance
Frequency Response
5 Hz to 35 kHz
Sensitivity
110 dB
Maximum Sound Pressure Level (SPL)
126 dB
Maximum Power Handling
1700 mW
Noise Attenuation
Up to 20 dB (Passive)
Wired Connectivity
Audio Connector
1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Male Straight
Included Adapter
1/4" TRS
Cable Design
Single-Sided, Straight, Detachable
Audio Connector to Earpiece
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm Male
Cable Length
7.9' / 2.4 m (Straight Cable)
Cable Color
Black
Color
Black
Environmental Protection
None
Material of Construction
Alcantara, Memory Foam, Stainless Steel
Weight
12.3 oz / 350 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight
1.735 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
11.5 x 9.4 x 4.4"

RODE NTH-100 Reviews

Good headphone but weak plastic

By shawn
Rated 2 out of 5
Date: 2023-05-23

I enjoy these headphones a lot, but have found that the build quality a bit lacking on the plastic bit which are already breaking in the locking areas with very limited use over a year.. Would not buy them again for the price I bought them.

Good for Podcasting and comfortable

By Greg
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2023-02-01

Good quality build and sound great for podcasters. Lightweight and portable. Wouldn't recommend for mixing/producing music or for extended listening sessions. Recommend Beyer DT-770 for optimum comfort and excellent sound reproduction. But these are more portable and a bit lower price.

Easy interface and great sound quality

By Trevor
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-23

I was upgrading our studio's old Panasonic RP-HT161 headphones to these ones, and wow, it was a huge difference. I know, going from $20 headphones to these, yeah, no surprise they are way more comfortable. My guests in the studio noticed the change right away and also liked they could have the cord in either the left or right ear can. I always swear by my Sony MDR7506 ones that about the same price, but these are way better for longer record sessions or wearing all day. We now own about three of these.

Terrible engineering

By Lanny
Rated 1 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-11

Rode has a great and well deserved reputation. But these headphones are terrible. a metal strap on the ear cup and the metal strap on the over the head part are held together by a flimsy plastic connector which breaks easily. Never again will I buy these otherwise excellent phones.

Cheap Flimsy Design. Broke Already.

By Jovon
Rated 1 out of 5
Date: 2022-12-04

It's already broken. Definitely a let down because I loved the design. I didn't even bother to send them back or create this review at the time out of the frustration of it all. I purchased a nice headphone stand for it and everything... :( One day I just sat at the computer, reached for the headset and grabbed it by the the earcup, and it just broke. It's a clean break. It wasn't negligience or anything preventable. They just broke like they are made from edible plastic. They are comfy and the sound is nice. But they should invest in a more durable material.

A HUGE Letdown

By Nathanial
Rated 2 out of 5
Date: 2022-12-02

I am a professional photographer, film maker, editor, and camera operator/broadcaster. I depend on good closed back headphones to filter out external noise and keep in the audio that I do hear when on set. And I have to say, with all the hype, these were such a huge let down and disappointment. Don't get me wrong, there are nice features as far as the design goes, but the audio quality and the band fit are horrible. They are however very comfortable when wearing for an extended amount of time and they look very sexy hanging on my rig. I purchased these for the expected comfort and the closed back features. They were very loose on my head in the tightest setting which is unusual, and the tones coming through were not nearly as powerful as advertised. I would expect atleast flat, but there is hardly any bass as compared to other pro Sony series, and it just feels very washed out and almost bland. Disclaimer: I am tone deaf and hearing loss to 65% which could play a major part in what I do and don't hear. But that still being said, the Sony Pro headphones, even though they aren't very comfortable, I still hear a lot better and more.

Soooo comfy.

By Samuel
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-02-28

Feel great, sound even better.

Great!

By Lexa
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-02-19

It's beautiful, compact and easy to use. Pretty much as described.

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Answered by: Juan Manosalva
Date published: 2022-06-10

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Asked by: Ray Kendrick
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Answered by: Matt Z
Date published: 2022-05-01

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Asked by: Frederic
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Date published: 2022-08-01

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