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I searched a long time before deciding to buy this particular drum set. I am a beginning drummer who Has an Acoustic set at Church. I wanted to practice at home but tearing down and lugging an acoustic set of drums home and back every weeek was not going to fly. (and I'm sure my neighbor would not appreciate the loud sound of the drums) So I searched and searched and searched online and at the local music store (who wanted $900 bucks for a similar set) and I made the decision on this one because of the price mainly. I was skeptical at first and kept my receipt and all parts handy just in case i needed to return this and......

The product is great. There are no problems with the wiring or foot pedals or anything. It does not have a "cheap" feeling to it either. physically speaking, it looks like a 500 or even 600 dollar equipment. The only thing that takes it down a notch for me is that you miss having a separate ride pad and crash pad. (they only give you one choice, either a ride or a crash) but fortunately you can buy a separate crash/ride cymbal and install it into the main brain. another disappointment is that it seems that you cannot add a splash cymbal pad if you wanted to. (oh well you can't have it all for this price)

When i practice, i do so in my living room which is not very large. My wife stated that it sounds as if i am striking phone books with drumsticks when i practice with the headphones on. This is a major plus because I have neighbors and i do not want to disturb them with my drumming nor do I want to announce to the neighborhood that I have a drum set in my house. (break-ins) It comes with a port where you can plug in speakers and play out loud also if need be. The variety of sounds are also fun too. I have not ventured deep into what the brain can do but so far I am far form being unimpressed

Even though the price is lower than other drum sets which can cost you 600-1500 and up. This one is not cheaply built. All of the parts and arms and body of the drum set is stable. My curious cats have already tipped it over, but no broken parts or anything like that. Overall I believe that if you are a beginning drummer like myself, this is the perfect low cost quiet set for you.

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I bought this drum set about 5 weeks ago at the local Wholesale

Membership store due to the Cost, about 2/3 of the quoted price

here on Amazon. The set was on display, and after listening

to the cymbals on the headphones I decided to buy it. I purchased

the set specifically to add a more realistic drum track to my own

music, which I record on a multitrack recorder.

If you read reviews of electronic drums of every price range, there's

a host of problems that can occur, from loosening of the glue that

holds the pads, to broken foot pedals, to malfunctions of the computer

chips and wiring connections. At this price point, I decided I could

take a chance. Included with the set was a very nice Numark 125

headphone, a pair of large unvarnished drum sticks, 2 foot pedals,

4 pads, 2 cymbals, the drum module, and a sturdy PVC frame.

After using the set for several weeks I can say I am quite happy with it

so far. It assembled in about an hour, just using the diagram that came

with it. There is a small chrome wrench included that tightens all the

connections. My wrench is hanging from the frame so I don't lose it.

Initially I had a major problem in that there was no documentation in the

manual or on the ION Audio website of the 108 drum sounds and 15 patterns. The

prospect of scrolling through more than a hundred undocumented numbered

sounds to change the pad sounds seemed absurd.

I tried calling their customer service department, but perhaps due to the

newness of the product, and after a total of 45 minutes of musical hold

(and being transferred to three different people who said they couldn't

help but would transfer me to someone who could) I just hung up the phone.

Then, after two emails through the ION website contact form, and a couple

of additional emails to their customer service department, the ION customer

service reps finally came through and emailed me a list of the sounds and

patterns.

I don't know if this set will last, though it seems quite sturdy to me. I

hope the parts I can't see are as good as the parts I can see. I am

quite pleased with the quality of recordings I have done. As an amateur

musician, and a first time drummer I found the dynamics, sound and no

apparent lag time to be just what I was hoping to get. I did find that

to record direct to the multitrack recorder I needed to use the phones out rather

than the line out. The line out generated a lot of noise into an unbalanced

line in on my multitrack recorder. However the phones out generated a beautiful

clean recording.

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it wasn't even listed on the Ion Audio website yet, but bought it on a lark. Build is solid. Sound quality is excellent (not quite what a $1500 Roland will provide, but really quite good) with the included headphones (and drumsticks). Control panel is fairly straightforward, but I strongly suggest reading the instructions. Feel of drum surfaces is very good; that of cymbals somewhat rubbery.

I'm not a drummer, but have been a musician for 35 years and wanted something to fool around on without a) annoying everyone in the house and b) having to listen to my two boys bash it to pieces. I've only had it for about 2 weeks, but I'm very pleasantly surprised.

Note: This set appeared on the Ion Audio website about a week after I bought it!

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My video review on the Ion IED12 Pro Drum set.

The add-ons are as follows;

1) Cymbal pad Ion Cymbal for IED01 and IED04

(has a 3.mm plug/headphone jack input)

[connected with a "Planet Waves 3.5mm Mono To 1/4" Mono Female Pigtail"]

2) Kick drum pad "Yamaha KP65 Electronic Kick Tower for DTXtreme IIS Kits"

3) Double Bass Pedal "Sound Percussion Double Bass Drum Pedal"

the kit is being played though my PA, the kit has ONLY 3.5mm outputs! You WILL need a 3.5mm XLR, 1/4", or RCA plugs cable to connect this to a Mixer or PA system.

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I almost did not buy this because there were so many useless reviews, so I'll sum up everything you need to know about the product.

The assembly is very easy, and fun. I normally don't like putting stuff together, but I had a good time building it.

All the drums are adjustable to whatever height/angle you want it. (You can set it up for a lefty if you needed to).

You can make the cymbol a crash or a ride (Both if you buy another cymbol separately). Or a tom can be changed to one of these if you wanted both.

The pedals stick a little bit. Sometimes when you hit it it will do two beats instead of one, but it doesn't happen a lot.

It comes with head phones (Pretty good ones), and to hook it up to an amp you need an adapter (Which was $6 for me). I played it through my Ampeg BA-115 Bass amp and it sounded great.

Extremely durable. I was afraid it wouldn't hold up as well as it does.

It's very quiet. I was playing with headphones on, and my mom said he could barely hear it when she was in the room.

When I got it, the bass drum was way too loud and the snare was too low, but each drum can be individually adjusted.