[psu63]

Hi
 
any hints where from to buy new pads or my sony mdr-cd3000
 
 
You can also mail me at:
 
pekka_hki at Yahoo dot com
 
cheers

 

[classakg]

You can find replacement pads at the Sony official site. 
 
https://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ecom/accessories/web/index.jsp
 
Type your model number, and click on search. 

 

[leeperry]

long time out of production, try typing "cd3000" on ebay..you can currently find 2 sellers, but they're a far cry from the stock earpads comfort...very bulky and not soft at all.
 
the stock earpads are made of pleather and would flake out after a few months anyway...your best option is to make them yourself using genuine leather:  http://www.geocities.jp/myaudiolife/mdrcd3000/reconstruction1.html

 

[Graphicism]

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the stock earpads are made of pleather and would flake out after a few months anyway...your best option is to make them yourself using genuine leather:  http://www.geocities.jp/myaudiolife/mdrcd3000/reconstruction1.html

...Make yourself useful and knockup a few sets of these genuine leather pads, I could do with a set myself. 

 

[psu63]

Thanks for this link (although my japanese is rather weak) - good and clear pictures
 
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long time out of production, try typing "cd3000" on ebay..you can currently find 2 sellers, but they're a far cry from the stock earpads comfort...very bulky and not soft at all.
 
the stock earpads are made of pleather and would flake out after a few months anyway...your best option is to make them yourself using genuine leather:  http://www.geocities.jp/myaudiolife/mdrcd3000/reconstruction1.html

 

 

[classakg]

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Thanks for this link (although my japanese is rather weak) - good and clear pictures
 

Well, at least you got the idea (with step by step images). 

 

 

[psu63]

If anyone has spare pair - let me know

 

[psu63]

If anyone has spare pair - let me know

 

[oqvist]

How come Sony opted to use earpads that self destruct like this? If they flake after a month or so they should been aware of the problem? I have one on the way with worn stock ear pads and some new oem pads. Do the new earpads affect the sound much? Hopefully more durable?

 

[warubozu]

Sony has discontinued making replacement earpads for the CD3K. The other alternatives is to search ebay for a vendor that sell non-OEM CD3K earpads or build your own. The replacement earpads from the ebay vendors aren't as soft as the originals but are a bit more durable. I don't think they should affect the overall sound of the cans.

 

 

[leeperry]

How come Sony opted to use earpads that self destruct like this?

coz they dunno better?

cd3k: http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/zephyrusrain/Photo12.jpg

cd900st: http://www.iafif.net/weblog/photographic/090218_04.jpg

or they wanna milk the cow on earpads ^^

but I think all pleather earpads end up like this? I was told that the T50RP's do too, and very quickly as well. Pleather is just very thin plastic glued on fabric...face oils and acid/salty sweat together will unseal it eventually.

SONY went genuine leather on the sa5k.

 

[warubozu]

Yeah, don't know what it is about those Biocellulose earpads and headbands on the CD3K but warm temperatures does a number on them in making them a gooey mess.

 

[leeperry]

only the diaphragms are biocellulose AFAIK, the earpads use some pseudo collagene-like wonky pleather formula.