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Impressive sound for the price but designed to fail.
Certainly not the best headphones out there but very nice for the price. I can't think of anything in the same price range that's even close as far as sound quality.
The sound is surprisingly good. I've owned another pair of this model and I know a bit of breaking in helps a lot. When broken in they still sound a bit harsh in the highs but still pretty impressive for the price.
The closed back design does feel VERY closed though. More so than on more expensive closed headphones. I would never consider them for hifi listening but for cheap tracking headphones in the studio they are hard to beat. Especially since the isolation is very good.
Comfort isn't the best. They feel very tight and sweaty when used for longer periods. But far from the worst I've tried.
Build quality... well it seems very good except for one thing: The plug/cable.This is the downfall of all these cheap Superlux headphones. I've owned several of them and the cable ALWAYS breaks near the plug. They use extremely thin and fragile cable. And the plugs are the molded kind which is completely impossible to re-solder. So if they break it will basically cost you a new jack plug to fix it. And the thin wire is a real pain to work with (and will probably break again and again and...).
So, low marks for build quality which is a shame because except for the really poor quality cable they seem to be nice and sturdy. If the cable had been better I would have given them 4 start but unfortunately they fall into the disposable, planned obsolesence & cheaply manufactured Far East electronics cathegory. Still pretty good though, if you don't mind buying stuff that's basically designed to fail.
The sound is surprisingly good. I've owned another pair of this model and I know a bit of breaking in helps a lot. When broken in they still sound a bit harsh in the highs but still pretty impressive for the price.
The closed back design does feel VERY closed though. More so than on more expensive closed headphones. I would never consider them for hifi listening but for cheap tracking headphones in the studio they are hard to beat. Especially since the isolation is very good.
Comfort isn't the best. They feel very tight and sweaty when used for longer periods. But far from the worst I've tried.
Build quality... well it seems very good except for one thing: The plug/cable.This is the downfall of all these cheap Superlux headphones. I've owned several of them and the cable ALWAYS breaks near the plug. They use extremely thin and fragile cable. And the plugs are the molded kind which is completely impossible to re-solder. So if they break it will basically cost you a new jack plug to fix it. And the thin wire is a real pain to work with (and will probably break again and again and...).
So, low marks for build quality which is a shame because except for the really poor quality cable they seem to be nice and sturdy. If the cable had been better I would have given them 4 start but unfortunately they fall into the disposable, planned obsolesence & cheaply manufactured Far East electronics cathegory. Still pretty good though, if you don't mind buying stuff that's basically designed to fail.
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