Sony MDR-7506 Ear Pad

For the quality, considering that my original pads started peeling completely after one year of light home use, this item is outrageoulsy expensive, even more considering that it's sold by the unit (yes I have to buy another one) and that a new set of MDR-7506 headphones cost less than 100€, the earpads represent pratically half the price of a new set. I like the headphones but this is sheer nonsense.

Two pads will cost you half of the price of new MDR's. It is not fair.

Headline says it all. The quality of the cushion cover material is very low, it will probably peel off in a year (max) - I am going to test the Beyerdynamic EDT 250 V as someone else recommended. The packaging looked worse than many knockoffs from China - a plasttic bag "sealed" with a staple, in a plain cardboard box. And for a single piece, absurdly expensive.

I've had the Sony's for over 10 years and had to replace the pads twice. Since the quality of the materials never improved, I stopped replacing them.

If they'd cost 10-20€ to replace, the low quality would be understandable. Not when they cost 20€ EACH!