Superlux HD-662

At this price point, you're unlikely to find better headphones for recording purposes. Sound quality is pretty good, although for regular music listening situations, I'd personally dish out at least twice as much money. However, for recording live instruments, the sound is more than clear and balanced enough, and the sound isolation is probably enough for most people. Loud drums might still come through a lot, but if you play drums super loud, you're probably not too worried about having to push the headphones loud as well.

Reliability is a bit of an issue, which should be not suprising to anyone considering the price. With careful home use, these might last better, but in a more active enviroment, plugging the headphones in and out of headphone amps etc, you'll be looking at maybe 1-2 years of use out of a pair, which is still not that terrible. But with the more expensive industry standards, you're probably looking somewhere between 10-15 years of active use and even longer with proper care.

On a budget, these are possibly your best option. They won't last a lifetime, but will get you started.

Overall a pretty good headphone for it's price.
Mainly i use it for playing the piano, behind the laptop for listening music without disturbing people around me too much.

The sound quality is very good, i'm using this headphone for about 10 years by now. Although the headphone band (with the Superlux logo) broke off and its headphone cushions show some cracks, it is still usable. It wraps around my ears pretty firm.
What i said before about 'without disturbing people around me too much', i meant that people around me still can hear my music.

So overall a good product with very good sound quality!
Comfort wise it's on the tight side which is okay to hold the headphone together after breaking off the band. The quality itself material wise for 10 years usage is also not too bad, so also okay for me.

pros :
Price/ sound quality
Very good sound quality
Tight, covers the ear well
Still in use for 10 years by now

cons:
Tight, caused me headache (because of my head size i guess)
Material: band broke off and shows cracks in cushions (after 10 years of usage)
People around can also 'enjoy' your music

I got these as a budget pair of recording headphones when trying to bulk up my home studio gear. If you're on a low budget, like me, then these are great.

The headphones split audio really well and can be useful when doing a really rough mix. They're not only great for home recording but I use these when gigging with my band as sound/signal check headphones, which is particularly useful if we're playing in a bit of a rowdy, loud pub.

There are a couple of cons to these headphones, while they are generally comfortable, after a couple of hours they really do start to rub. Also, they're not completely sound-containing. The first time I wore them to record vocals with my Rode NT1A, when I listened to the playback I could hear the click track and other instruments below the vocals which was really annoying.

These aren't the bet headphones over, as you can expect, but for the price, they're ideal in a low budget situation

Quality:
These are great headphones considering their price range, I have used them on countless electronic production projects and they have a very clear sound with great s/n ratio. Even for studio recordings they are useful, but will of course never reproduce low end sounds as well as a good set of monitors can.

They also act great as cans: I have used them to send a metronome to a drummer in a live set-up, he swears by them! Great external noise cancellation.

My only issue with these headphones is comfort, although the padding on them is thick and soft they are not very ergonamically designed and become uncomfortable quickly. Its not pleasant to wear them for any longer than an hour.

Overall these are versatile headphones which can be used for a variety of functions, the only thing I wouldn't recommend them for is casual listening as they are not very comfortable or stylish!

I have had the headphones for years now and they have served me well during traveling and at home. The sound is quite nice and is comparable to headphones found in the 80?-120? price range. For music listening they are very good and the sound is balanced. For gaming and movie purposes I feel they lack bass quite a bit. This can be fixed with equalizer settings to some extent. They clamp the users head quite tightly at first, but over time they become very comfortable and block out a lot of noise with their closed design. Velour earpads for AKG K-240 fit these perfectly and are available from Thomann. I definitely recommend them as the standard earpads started to tear after one year of use and the velour earpads are more comfortable anyway. Overall definitely one of the best budget options around!