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RunningLowOnBrain t1_j9lx6uo wrote

  1. We don't buy crap headphones.

  2. We take care of our headphones, ours don't show any degradation after only 1 year.

  3. We replace the pads long before they get anywhere near this bad.

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redDEADresolve t1_j9lygnv wrote

  1. Never buy headphones that do not have user replaceable pads.
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Gust_on_Fire t1_j9moj8v wrote

eh, the monolith m1060 uses glued pads i think

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QTIIPP t1_j9mtoc0 wrote

Can still be done, just have to know how and use the right stuff. There are others (Audeze if I recall correctly) that do glued pads.

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HammerWaffe t1_j9n3j46 wrote

It did/does. However with an exact-o knife and some patience its rather easy.

And you can 3D print pad "frames" so you can pop them on and off. I did some 3D printed frames on my X2HR as well so I can swap between the stock and some brainwavz pads on the fly.

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sam_najian t1_j9mfc5k wrote

Forgot to mention we dont get on ear headphones.

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Shirubax t1_j9nusgb wrote

I've had headphones for 10 years that don't look like that. Almost all from Sony, but I had a razer gaming headset that I used for teleconferences for like 6-8 hours per day 5-6 days per week for two years without any noticable degredation, too.

There are some headphones (like the nurophones, for example) which use silicon instead of leather or fabric.

Finally, there are pad covers which you can buy to keep the actual pads from getting sm sweaty or dirty.

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