HD-665 : Compared to other headphones for e-drums; not bad at all.

These headphones are good for drummers, and e-drummers. And that's exactly why I bought them in the first place.

I practice every day on a TD-17, and it took me a long time to find headphones which were satisfying.

With other headphones, I had 4 kind of problems:

- the construction of the headphones was too fragile,

- the sound was too sharp (too much highs and mids),

- the volume was too low, or

- too much stick sound through the headphones.

- The construction of the Superlux HD-665 is excellent.

- The sound is solid for e-drummers.

- The volume is really loud.

- With these headphones on, I don't hear much of other noises around me, except loud noises. I can't hear the sticks on rubber pads or rims anymore, while practicing. And that's was exactly what I was looking for.

My overall rating? I wished the sound was just a bit better. Or the comfort was like the Beyermagic DT 770 Pro (*). But compared to other so-called 'headphones for e-drums', even to those which have high ratings, I tried some, and I didn't like them. Some broke within a few months, often the sound was too thin, but most of the time I had to turn the volume very loud to solve the problem of stick sounds on rubber hi-hat/cymbal pads.

(*): the volume of the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro/ 80 Ohm for the Roland TD-17 is not loud enough. It's a great comfortable headphone, but not for the TD-17, without extra amplification.

NB: A year later: these headphones are still working and they are still great. I recommend them for e-drums. They are powerful and you don't hear the sticks on the surface of your e-drums. They sound more bass then treble, but that's OK. They are extremely well builded. During summertime, they are warm. But they really are better then a lot of other brands.