I updated the link in this post with new Equalizer APO settings. I compared the Innerfidelity and Reference Audio Analyzer measurements and RTINGS to my ear sounds better. RTINGS's methodology is definitely more robust and accurate, even if they've improved their measurement procedure since the...

I always figured only the speaker-side had glue on it; eventually I noticed the pad-side also had glue. It may have just been the pad-side glue that made the mess. Like you I completely tore out the little surround padding from the ear-pads when I noticed the speaker-side felt tape thing hadn't...

I've flip-flopped between liking and disliking what the P7's sound like when properly equalized. The RTINGS measurements stored by AutoEQ aren't perfect, but I tweaked them a little because the treble range sounded brittle and piercing at times. Now they sound very different and I think I like...

It took me longer than I liked, but I got most of the adhesive off with rubbing alcohol, though there's probably something stronger you could use, like WD-40 (careful with the leather). I removed the metal plate and considered taking a picture, but there's not much to see. There's a plastic...

@Roderick , I think they're otherwise well built headphones. Steel and leather, and if there's any plastic it's in the interior cavity of the drivers. Why they would corrupt good construction with tacked on tape is beyond me. I think I one Amazon reviewer of the wireless version reported the...

(Someone out there still uses these, right?) Several years ago I discovered that my P7 ear pads were ruined by glue seeping from the wall behind the ear pieces. I wouldn't have sent them in if I had known what was behind them textured material surrounding the small woofer: a metal plate...

Yeah, that's glue alright. Try to contact B&W and explain your problem. Someone contacted me via PM asking me what  they should say to get their 'phones exchanged. This was mentioned a few pages back---even if you're out of warranty---make the case that the defect has been present since you...

Going off-topic here, I'm sure there are several lengthy threads about this, etc, I think you were right the first time around. Like any other thing (wine tasting, judging televisions, and headphones of course), taste is cultivated on top of shaky foundations that can be undermined with ease...

Man, that's too bad. I'm sure like everyone that's posted here, your P7 was probably seeping glue well inside its warranty period, so they should really just exchange it because it's such a star-sized defect from the assembly/manufacturing.    I'm glad I got mine replaced, but when I...

Wow!! I just got back my P7's from B&W after I sent it in because of the glue defect (keeping in mind, I was already out of warranty), and my jaw is kind of dragging the floor at what they've sent me back    They've sent me a completely refurbished/new P7 with brand-spanking-new ear pads, and...

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My warranty also expired some months ago, but they still offered me a replacement.    I did however contact B&W P7 over a year ago about this very problem, I just didn't insist on an exchange because I had trouble believing glue was actually seeping through the felt pad (my ear pads are...

So uh, over 2 years after I bought these, having grown sick of how they had aged, I ended up realizing that the sticky stuff inside the headphones was glue. Which is bizarre, to think this kind of malfunction would happen in this expensive a device, but there you go: If your P7 turns sticky, get...

  Quote:   The inside of the earpads are a little rough looking, but if I replaced them with new ones, eventually they would detriorate quickly as well. The earpads don´t look too bad, the problem lies with the material sorrounding the headphone drivers. (I posted a stock image of the...

I´ve had these forever now, and I have used them ​extensively.     ​Has the interior felt plate turned gross and icky for anyone? Using them for hours on end (not to mention during summer) has turned the interior into a sticky fly trap. I can´t for the life of me figure out what to do. I...