Superlux HD-681 3-stars Reviews

You get what you pay for.

you cant expect miracles for this money

fairly poor sound insulation (in comparison with in-ear Shure)

kind-of-OK sound

Great value for quality sound

Good sound quality, everything sounds clear, nice long lead

Superlux HD-681

Got them as a freebie and they are ok for the price.

just ok

of course for this price you get what you paid for there's no reason to be disappointed if you pay 20 euro for headphones

Regular headset for all

A very nice standard headset for your daily use.

A bit big and to tight after some hours.

Amazing for the price!

Good clear headphones, especially given their price. They do what you'd expect and they do it right.

The only thing that feels a bit off is that the volume produced is slightly lower than expected.

Keep in mind though that they are open cup, so there is little to no external sound isolation. That means the sound isn't as punchy, the high frequencies feel a bit distant and the very low frequencies sound a bit washed out. Not too much of a problem, but easy to tell if you are used to closed cups.

Super?

I've got to admit that i was not expecting much from this headphones.

Let's just say that for the price they do the job.

When it comes to this kind of products the more you pay the better the sound reproduction will be.

so overall ...good enough.

OK for the price, if you have small ears

I bought them for use on my small guitar amp for practicing, but tested them with some easy listening across more or less many genres (classical, jazz, metal, rock, electronica).

TL;DR: Sound OK-ish, comfort should be OK - for small ears.

The sound is better than expected, but I didn't expect too much. Maybe I'm just getting deaf enough, but I think they are acceptable -- slightly shrill at the high end, and too intense for the bass, but OK. (I don't do any mixing at all, but I doubt they would be usable for this.)

Comfort is a mixed bag. High pressure on the head (higher than Beyerdynamic 770, for instance), and not adaptable. For me they are slightly on-ear, not over... This is exacerbated due to me having glasses, so the (high) pressure on my ear is felt more strongly as well. So, not really usable for extended listening sessions, though for an hour it's good enough. For smaller ears this should not be any problem at all.

very good price

nice headphone for the price

Good clarity but...

Good clarity for monitoring but it distorts in the low-mid frequencies a lot.

The product itself is very comfortable and fine for home-studio use, but expect its limitations

Cheap headphones, average/good quality!

As a drummer, i bought this headphones 2 years ago, and i was planning on using them while playing drums, sadly they don't do well while you play drums. Since they are not meant to be used by drummers, they don't block much noise, so it was my mistake honestly. Since then, i've been using them as my pc headphones, and for that, they work great, they have good enough sound, they are comfortable even when i use them for long periods of time and they have a decent finish. 2 years later, they are as good as new, and should last me long enough. Worth the money.

Superlux HD681

If you looking for headphone for mixing, monitoring it is not what you need. Youcan use it as another way to check your mixes but not as main thing.

Great headphones But..

As Stated these headphone do sound great! they have an ultra low bass response which is great, especially for people making deep electronic music. 10hz! That's a lot lower than even most good stereo's go! And the response seems very even all the way up to the high frequency's. And the headphones themselves are rather comfortable and they fit my big head. and comes with a nice long wire that come out of the left side. my only issue is with the connector, the 3.5mm connector has a screw end that screws into the supplied 3.5mm to 6.2mm adapter. This seems like a good idea to keep it secure, but on the pair i received the connector was faulty and crackly! All most as if it was not able to be fully inserted. Alas with a different adapter the headphones seem to work fine! I'm not sure if this is just the pair i was sent but it is rather annoying!

Bang for the buck

I bought this headphone as I was trying to learn mix some of my band's music. I wanted a cheap studio headphone and gave the Superlux HD681 a try.

Out of the box the Superlux comes with a simple nylon carry bag and a 1/4" jack adapter. The headphone is made out of plastic and looks cheap. I plugged it through a focusrite sound module to hear the sound quality and was astonished with the clarity of the sound and the details that I could hear.

However, while mixing I realised that the headphone has a bit more treble. My mix were always had too much treble when I listened to them on hi fi speakers and headphones.

I encountered the same problem while programming tones for my guitar on my multieffect units. The tone that I hear on the Superlux always had more treble when I plugged my guitar multieffect on full range speakers.

I'm still using the Superlux to listen to music from time to time and it still holding well. However, if you want to buy a headphone for mixing I would suggest that you look for something else.