[Edwood]

One of my hamsters escaped the other day. I woke up in the morning to find my R10's like this.

I swear, if I catch that little f#$%er, I'm going to skin him alive!

So, because I'm so an@l and vain about my headphones, I'm wondering if I could sell these so I don't have to look at them like this anymore.

They look like crap now, but they still work perfectly fine. Despite the fact that he chewed through the silk covering of the headphone cord. It could be fixed easily with electric tape.
The leather carrying case will included as well, but I left storage and got all nasty with mildew and lots of other kinds of mold. Could be toxic mold. I'm hoping that little person finds the leather case and dies from toxic mold poisoning. If not, the leather case could be cleaned up a bit, but would probably require professional mold abatement and stanitation treatment.

Here's a few close up pics of the damage.

*April Fools! It's going to be much much more difficult to fool anyone next year.

-Ed

 

[tkam]

Just a thought ed, why not contact Larry @ headphile? I'm sure he could fix all that up for you.

 

[Runningwater]

YGPM!

 

[Edwood]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tkam Just a thought ed, why not contact Larry @ headphile? I'm sure he could fix all that up for you.

Could be a possibility.
But, you can't see it in the images, but I think my hamster slept inside the ear cup in the leather earpads. Smells like he took a pee in there.

Not sure how to clean that out. I think the smell will go away after awhile. It sounds perfectly fine despite the pee.

-Ed

 

[BANGPOD]

Head-Fi'ers --

Is there no one else here that questions this?
Hmmm... What day is today? April Fools?

Nice try, Edwood -- I remember your prank from last year.
The K10's and the R1000's were pretty nifty -- not this time!

YOU HAVE BEEN SNUFFED OUT!

APRIL FOOLS!

BANGPOD

 

[Rabbix]

YGPM

 

[Edwood]

I have been asked by a coupe of european head-fiers.

Yes, I will consider selling outside the US. I know a couple people complained about it in the member's lounge.

But, I'm afraid I'll have to declare the entire value to customs, I don't want to get in trouble with EU customs.

-Ed

 

[Wmcmanus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tkam Just a thought ed, why not contact Larry @ headphile? I'm sure he could fix all that up for you.

My thoughts, exactly. Larry should be able to do something with them, even if it means filling them in and refinishing both sides with a different finish.

I feel for you, Ed. It really hurts. After the hurricane here in Cayman but before I returned to the Island, there was a major rat problem, and one of them got into my house and nibbled on my R10 cord (which looks a lot like yours, BTW). I've yet to fix it because I'm told that the earpads would have to be replaced in order to do the recable job, and the cable itself is fine, it was just the outer casing that got nibbled. That, and the rubber tip that covers the headphone plug. It made me sick for a while, but I got over it.

 

[Wmcmanus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BANGPOD Head-Fi'ers -- Is there no one else here that questions this? Hmmm... What day is today? April Fools? Nice try, Edwood -- I remember your prank from last year. The K10's and the R1000's were pretty nifty -- not this time! YOU HAVE BEEN SNUFFED OUT! APRIL FOOLS! BANGPOD

Man, he got me!!! I could go back and edit my post, but I'll let it stand so that Ed can laugh his a** off!!! The bit about all of the mildew in the case seemed quite odd, and then the hamster pee in the cups really topped it off!!!

You're too much, Ed.

 

[agile_one]

Ed ... if you're serious, my apologies in advance, but I smell a rat, er hamster, here.

Methinks you are toying with us here, given the calendar.

If you are serious, though, and I can see why you'd want to get rid of those R10's, given the deplorable condition, and all, I'll spring for a $100 for them. I know, I know, it's way generous for cans that have such damage, but what can I say - I'm a softie.

 

[Runningwater]

Quote:

Originally Posted by agile_one Ed ... if you're serious, my apologies in advance, but I smell a rat, er hamster, here. Methinks you are toying with us here, given the calendar. If you are serious, though, and I can see why you'd want to get rid of those R10's, given the deplorable condition, and all, I'll spring for a $100 for them. I know, I know, it's way generous for cans that have such damage, but what can I say - I'm a softie.

If so, I would like to spent $150 on this ugly and terrible smelled headphone

One thing to clear!!! It's 2nd April now in Finland, so no joking to Finnish people

 

[gsferrari]

This doesnt look like a joke...too good to be a photochop...

Ed - PM me

I swear - If this is a 04/01 joke I will ******ng kill you whenever I get to meet you...

 

[Zoide]

Hmm... Well, what I really don't understand is how a hamster would be able to damage the headphone's cup in that way. If it's photoshopped, I'd say that the image is incredibly realistic, but the bite pattern just seems weird to me (I'm not a hamster expert, though

).

 

[xtreme4099]

send it to larry at headphile.com ... why dontcha.

 

[QSilver]

The sleeping in the ear cup and then taking a piss in it and all the talk about toxic mold leads me to think aaaaappriillllllll ... The closeup shot of the cable is the dead giveaway of photochopping to me because of all the blur on the strands (just didn't spend enough time on the cable in Photoshop compared with the ear piece) and I'd think the critter would have chewed that in more than one place The ear piece looks darn convincing to the un-educated eye but I call bluff! Great fun though!