Superlux HD-662 BK Evo

These headphones sound way more expensive than you'd think. Out of the box, the value for money is amazing. They even come with spare velour pads as an option.

Build is plastic and comfort is pretty good. I found them better with the velour pads which are quite soft although some might find the clamp a little tight. One member of my site found the velour a little itchy. I can wear them for a long time though.

Sound as sold is good, although there is a pretty potent bass and a strident treble. Some folks may well like this sound. I found the bass deep, but detatched from the mids and the treble a little strident.

However, with some really simple alterations, they become outstanding. All that is needed is electrical tape and tissue paper. If you remove the pads, there are 6 vents on the baffle plate. Tape over 4 of them. Place 1 or 2 layers of tissue over the front and put the velour pads back.

The result is a stunning listen. Bass is slightly lowered but goes amazingly deep. It integrates better with the mids and the treble is tamed. In this form, it's a five star sound whereas in stock form, I'd say a four star sound.

These mods take literally minutes and you end up with a stunning buy. I'd say the best of the Superlux line up once modded.

For full details and measurements, you can visit my headphone site where they have been tested with results of the mods to compare, by Solderdude. DIY Audio Heaven will supply the details.

Long time I was searching for some decent loking and souding headphones, and was investigating internet about the right pair, but every single pair that was recomended was to expensive (Audio Tehnica, Fostex, Sehennheiser, AKG, Shure, etc.) and then I stumbled on youtube on some Superlux headophones that are the rip off's of mentioned brands, and that got my attention, and I bought a pair to investigate my self. They said that for example the Superlux HD661 model that cost 30¤ has IDENTICAL drivers likeSony MDR-7506 whitch cost about 100¤. So why not try it.

After of couple days of listening diferend genres of music I was very impresed by the sound they are producing paired with the U-Phoria UMC2020HD. The bass is simply to awesome for my taste, it's deep and very punchy. Mid and highs are more then decent, and the separation is there. I can clearly hear all instument's in background. The drives are very very loud. I use them for listening of music, for gaming, and recoding sesions of saz.

About the comfort and quality I really don'y have much except that the clamping force is a bit strong, but I can't feel them on top of my head whitch is great, and the both type of pads are very soft, and that has supriesed me a bit, becouse I expected them to be a bit harder, and was searching online some replamcent pads, but now I'm stickign whit the stock ones. Way more then i expected for 30? headphones. The plastic fells not cheap at all. And the best thing is that they gonna be so hard do breake, becouse of the best implementation of detachable cable that I ever seen. Very simple to use and store them after using. And if and when the cable breaks, just buy a 3.5 mm male to female extension cable, and you are ready to go.

The conculusion is that for 30¤ you gonna get a headphones that sound, looks and feels just as good as the one that cost 150¤, maybe even better. And they are worh every cent.

I was looking for a new pair of headphones for some time after my Philips SHP3000 became more and more useless (problems with cable, old semi-leather etc.).

I checked many headphones in stores nearby but even the expensive ones (> 300¤) had kind of flat sound.

Those one have better sound than SHP3000, definitely not flat. They are closed which helps at work, and additionally I like the add-ons (two cables, nice!).

What I don't like is the plastic quality, reminds me a cheap Chinese toys. It's not a big deal though.

Also, for problems I'd say cable is not properly isolated from the plastic cover and I can hear when cable is moving with my head and touches my clothes. Also not a big deal, but noticeable issue.

I didn't have problem with the pressure on my head, but sometimes I feel they are a little bit too low. This might be however just a subjective feeling.

So, to sum this up. If you're looking for something cheap, with pretty good sound, you might want to give them a chance.

If you don't like it, you can always send it back.

I like these headphones which seem to reproduce a clear dynamic sound and they've lasted several years of regular use. They fit well over the ears and the general build quality is good. My only criticism is the band which passes over the top of the head and tends to pull the headphones in a bit too much onto the ears after a period of usage. There's no real way to regulate the tension (although recently I did a DIY job on them and removed the tensioned band which seems to have done the job). All in all and considering the price they're pretty good for regular use of a couple of hours at a time.

Isolation is quite good and default sound is very good for the price. With velour pads sound is balanced and headphones could be used for Hi-Fi listening and also for monitoring purposes. Headphones are very sensitive and can be powered from any sources, even from mobile phones with good results.

Pressure on the head is perhaps a bit higher than most headphones, but this provides a better isolation and also a better soundstage. Anyway, you can bend them a little bit on top to decrease the pressure if you fell like.

When used with the default pleather pads the bass increases a bit (about +3dB. Bass-heads might like this, especially that isolation increases too.

As I really like modding stuffs, I've opened up the cans to insert some anti-resonance fabric inside. I couldn't find a decent felt to use as anti-reflective, so I've used cotton cloth instead, which is pretty nice and does a good job in smoothing the mid-bass.

So, I like the final sound and I like their comfort too when velour pads are used, though the soundstage may not be the widest one. After all, we're speaking about closed-back headphones, so I think that for how much they cost these are the best headphones money can buy.

After a long and detailed search for the best headphones in terms of price/quality, I settled down for the Superlux HD-662 Evo. The Superlux is a Taiwan company that makes cheap but reliable and "nice" quality headphones, The Superlux HD-662 Evo headphones are not the best in the world, but they sure are good: beautiful design, comfortable to place in the head and a great sound! The headphones are closed-back, meaning that you won't hear anything happening around you (obviously you will hear some noises from the background, but in a lower volume).
The package contains also two cables (one short and one long) and velvet earpads that are more confortable that the ones that come in the headphones.

If you are looking for some good headphones at a cheap price, look no further: the Superlux HD-662 Evo are a right choice.