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.

Pros:
-very good sound quality for the price, when modified (guide available online - need to block 4 of the 6 vent ports and use thin filter to reduce treble peak - very easy to do);
-comes with comfortable velour pads;
-good passive noise isolation ;
-sturdy, despite medium build quality, no issues after 8 months;

Cons:
-micro-phonic cable;
-cheap feeling plastic.