Superlux HD-668 B Reviews

As good as they say

You know the story of these, read the reviews,all true, these are Excellent headphones, Bright, clear, full and nuanced sound. a little light but that's not necessarily a bad thing, i can use these in bed or in the practice space or watch a movie with these on and nearly forget i have them on! As good as any Headphone ive ever listened to. including bowers & wilkins, AKG and bose

Exceptional Value

I bought these headphones to use in my recording setup for monitoring purposes. I have AKG K77 and AKG K240 Studio headphones as well, by way of comparison. This pair of Superlux headphones have quickly become my favourites.

The AKG K77 are also low cost headphones, and lack comfort. The sound they produce quickly becomes tiring due to its harshness. This can be a reality in headphones designed for monitoring, because of the need for accurate reproduction, however, in the case of the K77s, the harshness is so acute that it means I cannot use them for extended periods.

The AKG K240 are supposed to be a top monitoring headphone. They do have a classy appearance, but in every practical and sonic way, the Superlux are better. They are both accurate and non-tiring in lengthy sessions. They are light to wear and extremely comfortable - more secure than the AKG K240. The Superlux are also supplied with 2 lengths of cable, so you can choose the most appropriate, whether you are tracking or sitting in front of a computer plugged into your audio interface whilst mixing. It sould be said that the. Superlux do not look "expensive". That may be true, but in a pair of monitoring headphones, I prefer that money is spent on great speaker drivers, light construction for comfort,and solid performance. Superlux delivers all this with the HD668B.

For most home based musicians on a budget, these are an exceptional value product and I recommend them without reservation.

Decent low-price headphones for beginners

I've bought these headphones over a year ago so I could silently play keyboards and work on a few sounds on my synthesizer. Back then, I wasn't much of an audiophile and my ears weren't really used to high quality music.

But I guess that's something that most people who consider buying these headphones have in common. If you were really looking for high-end professional equipment, you would spent more than ~30€ for it.

That doesn't mean they're bad headphones, though. I've compared them with the really good Beyerdynamics DT 770 and I didn't really hear a difference. Considering the DT770 costs about five times as much as the HD-668, that's pretty incredible.

Although they sound good, they don't seem to be very sturdy. The plastic parts and the cushion feel rather cheap and I'm not sure if they would survive falling on the ground a few times.

Also note that these are semi-opened head phones. Even at rather small volumes, they are audible for other people or microphones, so I wouldn't recommend using them in public or while you're recording something.

Great phones for small records

This headphones are a great choice to people who has small studios or wants to do some records, and don't want to pay a lot. In generally this hp has a very good sound for its value, it is really comfortable, so you can use it for a long time without the head hurts. Anyway the quality of this phones aren't very good, the materials used to build this are really cheap.

This phones has another problem too, if you want to listen with it using your phone, you probably won't get a great expirience, because of its loudness. They are great for using with headphones amplificator or to connect to hi-fi sistems.

FANTASTIC PHONES!

I've had theese for almost a year now, I think, and they just keep sounding better and better the more they get used.

I didn't expect alot from the price of theese things, but was I wrong. They sound great, greater than most cans double or triple the price of theese. The cables that are provided are great aswell, the 1m is suited for regular laptop-use and the 3m for more freedom when working in the studio.. Still not enough? combine the cables to get a 4m one! Easy as ever!

Now, one thing i did pretty early on after getting theese was to switch out the ear pads for velour ones from AKG, because i found that the material of the ones that were on made you sweat really easily.. As a bonus from that, i got a much better sound picture as well, it's more full and direct with the AKG pads, so but a pair of those if you're serious about music production!

Can take a real beating and still sound good

I've had these headphones for ~1 year or so and they've been dropped, tossed, tangled, sat on, coffeed etc. etc. And still no complaints! Amazing. I actually bought them just because of the nifty cable connection at the speaker element because my cables always go bad near the connector and I thought I could just switch it out when it goes bad. I haven't had the need to yet. Super rigid and I love it.

The sound is, well, good I guess but it's hard to give a proper evaluation for me because if you compare to some of the most expensive, upper end, headphones then they might not be as good but I think they give an authentic representation of what was recorded (taking all the other sound-factors like microphones and such into the equation of course). I would like to try them with a headphone amplifier to see how they sound at higher levels than what my rig can produce.

They sit comfortably during long sessions and self-adjust to the head so you don't have to fiddle with any annoying length adjusters and such. I don't know if this might come as a disadvantage for extra-ordinarily large headed gals and girls.

Conclusively, they are a lot of headphone for the money and their extremely nice build is by itself worth every cent.

Superlux HD-668 B - Used for home Mastering

Excellent for the price. They do the job I wanted them for - home mastering. The one thing to watch out for is that the two wire bands across the top of your head can be free to vibrate depending on how you are wearing the headphones. And the wire bands on my pair resonate about 10 cents flat of the note F5 right in the mid range. The resonance is so strong and consistant that if I tap the wire band I can measure the noter created it with a clip on guitar tuner!!! The just need a little bit of tape to kill the vibration to save any mistakes when mastering! I don't want to be dialing out a booming frequency that's simply caused by the headphone cradle ringing!

Worth the buzz

I never knew I could get headphones this good for soooo cheap. The sound is really good and perfectly adequate for my listening (home and outside) and also mixing of my own recordings, which are released commercially. I'd say that for this sound quality I would've expected a price three times as high.

I've heard one or two people say that these aren't just as comfortable as they could be, but I've found them really good. And the ear pads can be changed, so that solves the problem.

The quality of the "structure" itself is cheaper than the sonar quality. The sewing of the ear pads has long ago bursted open. Then again, I do treat these these pretty brutally and have even worn them in -35 celius, so apart from that they've been really really sturdy. And the jack has stayed in prime condition too.

Value for Money

I needed additional headphone in my project studio and didnt want to spend a fortune on extra headphones for tracking. I decided to give these a go and was pleasantly surprised, really good quality and highly recommended!

Brilliant headphones

B stands for balanced and the sound is: smooth bass end, clear uncongested mids and a subtle shiny treble response. Great build quality and have seen these popping up in pro studios. Highly recommended for mixing and mastering.