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Item Dimensions	4.21 x 7.36 x 7.87 inches	4.21 x 7.36 x 7.87 inches	4.17 x 7.4 x 7.87 inches	8 x 8 x 4.8 inches	4.69 x 4.09 x 2.83 inches
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The HD-681 headphones from Superlux combine premium-quality audio components with an ergonomic design to offer accurate and detailed sound in a lightweight and comfortable package. Ideal for long, fatigue-free listening sessions, they are intended for use by musicians and audio professionals in monitoring applications, including recording live instruments and vocals, mixing, and more. The HD-681 features around-the-ear earcups which provide sound isolation from outside noise and help eliminate "headphone bleed" when recording in the studio. The semi-open design delivers a natural sound while still offering deep bass response and minimal sound leakage. Two 50mm neodymium drivers provide a rich, balanced sound with high resolution, wide dynamic range, and excellent stereo imaging. The headphones are equipped with a self-adjusting headband and thick around-ear cushions, providing the listener with a great fit. The HD-681 comes with a protective storage pouch and a gold-plated 1/4" adapter.

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Few Better Ways to Spend $32

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2020

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Was chatting to a mate about speakers, and completely out of the blue he mentioned he'd uncovered a pair of old Samson cans, and was blown away by how great they sounded in comparison to a lot of stuff he'd spent a fortune on. I was all over that remark, because I was in the market for a new pair, and was fed up of routinely splashing cash and being underwhelmed. Bit of quick googling, and we found the 681s were the rebranded old Samsons he was talking about.

I'm not one for hyerbole, but these headphones are a delight. An absolute delight. A stone cold banker absolute delight. For $32. Sure, you can level some criticisms at them, if you really, really try, but that's just churlish. They're $32 and they sound fantastic.

They LOOK like utter cr*p. They don't SOUND like it. They're about as cheap as you could imagine a pair of headphones could look. The packaging is hilariously naff. But, by god, these things are revelatory. Delicate and precise without sacrificing oomph in the bass. The bass isn't a horrid thick wad. It's there, it's powerful, but it's contained and controlled and won't smother the mids and turn everything into a soup. If I absolutely had to, at the point of a gun, I'd suggest they're a bit bright. And only a bit. And what's the point? They're $32, and sound like so much more. I don't care that they look like they were assembled from the contents of a Kinder Surprise Egg. I don't care that the lead is moulded into the main body, and isn't detachable. I don't care that they look like they might break in a slight breeze. THEY. ARE. 32. OF. YOUR. DOLLARS. And they sound great.

Burned them in for 24 hours with some AOR that thankfully I wasn't actually listening to, and then gave them a workout with a playlist reserved for checking out speakers, and I had a massive grin plastered all over my usually thoroughly miserable face. They're perfectly comfortable, and personally I'd shy away from any of the hacks I've seen mentioned on here. You most certainly don't want the highs to be accentuated.

So, yeah, for $32 you can get a big soundstage, with delicacy and respectable bass. They're responsive, and didn't seem sluggish no matter what I hurled at them. At no point did they get confused with anything complicated. Just took everything in their stride, and seemed completely unflappable. They look and feel terrible, and yes, they're a bit bright which may be a bit wearying over extended periods, but I can't and won't believe there's a better thing you can do for your ears under the $40 threshold. Hell, someone could have plonked them on my head and told me they were above $100 and I wouldn't have argued.

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For the price, great value for Semi-open hi-fi wannabe headphones

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021

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Out of box they sounded very good, FAR better than other similar $ headphones. I would not say "hi-fi" but WAY better sound definition than most headphones under $100. They are not bass-heavy, rattle your noggin cans. They are more in the lane of "reference" or neutral. I thought they had slightly forward highs, occasionally sibilant, perhaps ... but that's a big word and hardly fair for headphones we paid <$40 for!!! Bass was there and controlled but recessed a bit on some tracks I listened to. For example, a cello won't sound booming, but will sound very real, and right there. For classical or critical listening, that's great; if you want to feel the bass from pop, R&B etc in your gut, these aren't for that. If you can afford over $80, sure, there are better options for critical listening, for example Phillips 9500 which are an amazing deal for the price, and you can sometimes score an audiotechnica M40 on sale or refurb for just a bit more.

My son bought these to replace some skull candy and originally missed the bass those had. But, over a couple weeks he says the superlux are so much clearer, cleaner, and spacious sounding, he doesn't like the skull candy anymore. He says he can hear all sorts of detail in music he never heard before (and he likes it...). My experience lines up with that from the few tracks I listened to with these (though I don't put his skull candy on my head ... ever). Everyone will be different.... so look up more details elsewhere. But $ for sound, these surprized me in a really good way.

Build quality doesn't look exceptional. They don't look fragile, just like they are "just adequate" and not more. My son usually tears things up pretty quick, headphones not withstanding. Hence he paid for these himself ... 2 pairs from dad in <2years and you're on your own, Jack. So far, a couple months of frequent use (he uses them every day, several hours per day ... some days I think he has these on more than he doesn't) and they are holding up okay.

My son listens to them with a generic MP3 player and they sound fine, so no amp needed ... but if you add a little juice, they do perk up and shine. But so do most good headphones. I let him listen to these on a class A solid state and then a tube headphone amp, and his jaw dropped. He tried his skull candy on those and went "meh, yeah, better, but ... not like the superlux" The point is, these are surprisingly good headphones for "cricial listening" if it's not blasphemy to say such about a sub $50 headphone, but you get out of them what you put into them. On a marginal source, you may not notice a big difference between these and a typical $40 set but as the source improves, they start to really separate from other similar priced cans.

Be aware, if you aren't familiar with semi-open/ open, that means they leak sound - in and out. You can still hear things around you AND others can hear YOUR music even if it's not cranked up. The tradeoff is, again if you are not aware, is that the design makes them sound really spacious. Open/semi-open headphones are rarely this cheap, so in case you wondered into reviews of this Superlux looking for a "cheap but decent" pair of cans to wear on the train while commuting ... hmmm ... think on that a bit.

I have a lot of far better headphones ... but for the money, I've not heard anything this "good." It looks like these bounce up and down in price. If these were $70 you could do better for a couple bucks more and would be well to do so (phillips 9500 again). We scored these for less than $40. At that price I'd buy them again any day!! 5 stars for VERY good sound at a CRAZY, CRAZY low price. If $50, I'd say 4 stars because there are other competitors at that price that have better build quality better comfort, and better sound. Hit $75 and I'd drop to 3 stars - too close to Phillips, Sennheisser, and Audiotechnica options that edge these out.

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Robert A. Garrison

These are amazingly accurate sounding headphones.

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2017

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A major recording studio in San Antonio, Tx had a blindfolded "headphone shootout." These headphones beat out every single pair they had there, including ones that cost over $200. The build quality is not great. They feel cheap because they are, but sound AMAZING and ACCURATE. I have worn them for many hours in a row, taking only short breaks, and they are also very comfortable.

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PIER

Dopo molte ricerche ho trovato un prodotto davvero sorprendente.

Reviewed in Italy on May 24, 2018

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La storia del rodaggio delle cuffie è una ca**ata immane. Viene chiamato "rodaggio" dei driver, quello che in realtà è il tempo che occorre al cervello per abituarsi ad una nuova equalizzazione. Nel mio caso, provenendo da AKG K240Mk2 , ho notato immediatamente la SUPERIORITA' DELLE SUPERLUX HD681 . Stesso palco, stessi superalti, stessi medi, assenza del picco a 8khz che affligge le AKG K240MK2, gamma medio/bassa più avvolgente e gamma bassa/sub NETTAMENTE MIGLIORE rispetto alle AKG240. I bassi e sub sono avvolgenti e rapidi, nè troppo secchi, ne boomy. Una goduria per questa cifra. Le HD681 sono citate anche nel software di compensazione Sonarworx Reference e sono le uniche cuffie della lista che non vengono compensate dal sistema Sonaworx, perchè hanno una risposta già flat. Le AKG K240 MK2 , invece, vengono stravolte dal Sonarworx reference system . Questo la dice lunga su come veniamo presi per i fondelli dai marchi blasonati. Alcuni dicono che Superlux sia tra i produttori di driver per conto di AKG, ma che poi , arrivati in AKG, i driver vengono filtrati fisicamente o elettricamente, cambiando totalmente risposta in frequenza. In ogni caso, ho preso le HD681 ( non, le 681Evo non le 681B, non le 681F, perchè la HD 681 sono le uniche citate dal software di cui sopra come pienamente flat. Ne comprerò sicuramente altre due paia per scorta, perchè la Superlux credo abbia smesso di produrle.. e sono fantastiche. PEr finire sono davvero a 32 ohm, riesco ad usarle benissimo da tutti gli smartphone e addirittura anche dalla realtek integrata nella scheda madre del pc .

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Kyle

Superlux: If they cost 3x more, they'd still be the best value headphones around!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2017

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Don't be put off by the generic-sounding cheapo brand name - these are absolute best kept secret in headphones. I'm an audio engineer and I took a pair of the HD-662F with me into the studio to use for tracking vocals, the studio owner tried em out and ended up ordering 3 pairs!

These HD681 are semi-open, which makes them feel a little less urgent, and more open than the closed-back 662s. They bleed more sound so I wouldn't recommend them for recording especially, but that does give them a lovely natural quality which I think makes them the best Superlux model for listening to music/movies/games etc. if you don't like the red colour, the Presonus HD7 and Samson SR850 are extremely similar rebranded ones with different aesthetics.

I'm not saying Superlux are the best cans in the universe, far from it, but there is nothing else that comes remotely close in this price range.

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Paul

Extraordinary !! Why pay more?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2022

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I've tried many, too many headphones over the last 40 odd years and apart from the Sennheiser PX100 and PX100-II, I've never found any that I REALLY like .... even the PX100's requires some eq'ing to boost the high frequencies.
I bought some Sennheiser HD599SE's 2 years from Amazon when they were half price at £99 and again, they were ok, but again those darn high frequencies required sum eq'ing ( to my ears ) !!
I have tried Grado's, AT's, AKG's, Bose, Denon, Panasonic, Yamaha's the list goes on and on and on ......
Most ( if not all of these ) are either too analytical with zero warmth, or too warm with not enough crispness / detail ..... I couldn't seem to find any that sat somewhere in the middle .... until now.
I've read about these Superlux cans for a few years now, but simply didn't want to believe that they were any different to any I have tried over the years - well, I bit the bullet and ordered some.
Well, I'm astonished !!!! These are EXACTLY the headphones I've been looking for in all these years.
They're supremely comfortable, don't leak a lot of sound ( as they're semi-open back ) and just sound SUPERB ( regardless of cost )
I use these through a Rega headphone amplifier, my Google Pixel phone and on my Mac for audio production .... the thing that is striking is the sound signature is very similar on all these devices .... I don't need to use eq on any of them.
They have a warm, natural sound, with fantastic detail / crispness to the sound and if the bass on a recording goes sub-bass, they show it.
After about 3 weeks of use now, they seemed to have opened up even more without losing any of the warmth they initially had.
I would defy ANYONE not to be impressed with these cans - they have a rightness to the sound with nothing overblown, but most importantly you just sit back and enjoy the music, rather than analysing it.
For me, these are the BEST audio bargain I have EVER bought
Well done Superlux - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED :)

~*~*~*~ UPDATE APRIL 2022 ~*~*~*~

After using these every day for the last few weeks, I'm still amazed at how good these sound - if anything they have opened up even more, a real airy quality where you can pinpoint EVERY different instrument with ease. Totally engrossing sound. The bass is astonishing but in no way over-whelming like so many bass heavy headphones - the best way I can describe the bass quality is like wearing your favourite old warm jumper - you don't want to take it / them off haha - bass is completely natural and when it goes low, it's like there's a subwoofer attached.
Astonishingly good headphones :)

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bee

HD681 Good sound reproduction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2020

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I needed a set of over the ear headphones for music and also games and they needed to be fairly comfortable when wearing glasses. I have tried 3 different headsets of various prices over the past few weeks and none have come anywhere near close to these for sound quality. They are fairly light and comfortable even wearing glasses, although I will eventually put some softer velour pads on them as some here have done.

Now the sound... Well they have surprised me, not overall bassy and very good mid to high range as well. I've been playing a variety of music from Zeppelin's "You Shook Me" to Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" and they responded very well and have a faithful vocal range. Can't crank them up too far as the sound can become a bit distorted, but that not such a bad thing.

The quality is fine if not top end but for this price at under £30 its to be expected but the sound reproduction for me is excellent and that was a surprise.

Now need another pair for my Grandson but now the price has gone up.... but still worth it!

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Simion Danny

Overall Amazing Headphones , Just Buy Them If you care about sound and nothing else

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2021

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These are my first budget headphones studio monitors and my first monitor headphones ever bought , I also own the akg n700nc and sony wf-1000xm3 , I am an young audiophile that loves and values sound quality , overall these headphones are amazing , let me start with lows ( a.k.a bass and bass presence ) the lows are fantastic at this price , the overall bass response is on par with most hifi headphones, they beat all other budget headphones when it comes to bass quality , if you want even clearer bass ( cut the low-mid ( 60-100 hz ) by -2 db and low-high ( 100-150 hz ) by -2 db ) , the mids are very good as well they outperform most budget headphones and they're on par with much more expensive hifi headphones , the mid lows are very balanced , the mid-mids are a bit underemphasized by -1 db and mid-higs are overemphasized by 1db , but overall the details and voices are very clear and crisp , if you want clearer details and even more voice details ( boost the mid-mid ( 500-1000 hz ) by 1 db , and cut the hig-mid ( 1000-2000 hz , by 1 db ) overall amazing mids performance , treble ( highs ) are decent for this price , they don't beat the big sony and bose but is good enough for most people , the overall treble is overemphasized by 6db that makes the sound too bright , making the sound too loud and affecting the mids ( detailing ) and lows ( bass ) , you can try to repair the treble by ( cutting the mid treble by 6 db , cutting the low treble by 1 db and boosting the high treble by 1 db ) you can even get a rumble effect if you do this eq , overall if you're an audiophile like me and you eq the treble you can say that this headphones are out there with the best headphones on the market , overall compared to my akg n700nc headphones these budget cans are much clearer when it comes to overall performance ( considering you eq-ed them ) , compared to my earbuds sony wf-1000xm3 , is not really a comparison because earbuds are earbuds and headphones are headphones but I can say that these budget cans are much balanced overall than the sony's , the last thing to test is Soundstage, overall the Soundstage of these headphones is amazing but not perfect , these headphones are semi-open and they manage the Soundstage very well compared to a lot of full open headphones , the PRTF Accuracy is very good compared even to the sennheiser hd 800s that are thousands more expensive , the acoustic excitation is decent and the openness is amazing , if you value Soundstage and you're on budget these headphones are for you , if you want perfect Soundstage get the senheisser hd 800s , overall these headphones truly impressed me , they achieved as much as other high end headphones achieved at sound , aesthetics and comfort are not the main selling point but they're good for most people , but when it comes to sound these can achieve almost perfection and they're out there with the best , truly recommend them 9/10 , an amazing purchase

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