[Mindless]

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Originally Posted by F107plus5 /img/forum/go_quote.gif .....my HD600 still look new too.

Yeah. My pair is turning eight soon. Still cosmetically top-notch. The only thing that has some wear are the pads.

 

[jclinton46]

Ouch!! My daughter had a pair that looked about as bad ... but they were cheapies, stuffed in the bottom of overloaded book bags, sat on (by me) and I think caught in the car door. OTOH I have a pair of Sony leather phone pads that do begin to disintegrate after several years.

 

[Lad27]

You shouldn't play tug-of-war with your Doberman with these.

 

[DJShadow]

Is that what happens when you listen to thrash metal?

 

[Jigglybootch]

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Originally Posted by DJShadow /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is that what happens when you listen to thrash metal?

Mine survived a steady diet of thrash metal. Can't say the same for some of my other belongings, though...

 

[MCC]

Based on what a year of careful use did to mine, that's only a little worse than what I'd expect from 2 years of using HD 280s.

Supposedly the newer 280s have a better headband, as I was told by Sennheiser when I sent them in. I had them cash the $90 check for an upgrade to 595s anyways.

 

[Jeremy1234]

I am quite surprise to see this condition.

My pair had been with me for 2 years & it looked as good as new.

 

[cadobhuk]

if thats you vexed,didnt I buy them for you used (on this site)? So their real age is more than 2 years.

 

[thrive]

I have had these for awhile...about as long as the thread starter.

I wear these everday for about 2-6 hrs.

They look pretty bad but work fine...

 

[cmirza]

Either these HD280s have been badly abused, or HD280s build quality sucks compared to Sony MDR-V6/7506. Sony's can go through hell and back and still look ready to do battle.

 

[scompton]

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Originally Posted by cmirza /img/forum/go_quote.gif Either these HD280s have been badly abused, or HD280s build quality sucks compared to Sony MDR-V6/7506. Sony's can go through hell and back and still look ready to do battle.

Yeah, build quality sucks. Mine look a lot like thrive's except my ear pads are still good.

 

[thrive]

its definitely build quality. the hd280s fall apart over time, first i had the peices on the headband start breaking, then slowly but surely the pleather started to wear.

 

[Malakei]

i dont know what you guys expect build quality wise at that price range but theres no way those look like that after two years of even wreckless abuse. I would literally have to try and massacre these poor headphones to get them looknig like that so quickly. Do you have a dog? Perhaps a smart dog that puts things back where he found them after destroying them??

hmmmmm???

 

[Chri5peed]

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Originally Posted by thrive /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have had these bose for awhile...7 or 8 minutes They look pretty bad but work.

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[kikkomang]

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Originally Posted by Chri5peed /img/forum/go_quote.gif .

well uh thanks for the insight.