Superlux HD-669 5-stars Reviews

Superlux HD-669 - amazing value.

Like I said in other review of the Superlux HD-660's - I bought these Superlux HD-669's to replace a pair of much loved Sennheiser HD-25's that finally died after ten years of heavy use. The Superlux HD-669's were recommended on a few websites (headfi.org was one of them I think) that said these headphones were basically unsung heroes and were punching well above their weight.

I took the chance and bought these, not expecting them to match the €300ish pair of Sennheiser's but figuring they could come in useful anyway. They are more than useful - I love them. The low end is enveloping and the mids/highs are as detailed and clear as I could want.

Like the HD-660's their downside is their size and poor noise isolation, but to me these are non-issues really. As a testament to them, I recommended them to an engineer friend (who now heads a sound department on a major US tv show and he could not believe the sound. He then asked a producer friend, with some big projects to his name, to mix something with them, without showing them what they were and he who loved them - and that was before he knew the price.

So in short - don't look elsewhere if size and isolation aren't a concern. Quality all round.