Attaching replacement ear pads to headphones.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Er. . . returning to topic my own headphone repair has proved to be most worthwhile, and has convinced me of the superiority of wired headphones. They are lighter, and sound better than their expensive wireless cousins.

[MrGongGong]

Do they have open-backed versions like Sennheiser?

Yes , of course

My experience with Sennheiser's is that the cheap ones are rubbish but the very expensive open-backed ones are great but (IMV) there are much better options (Sony headphones are used by many field recording / film sound folks, for example)

[french frank]

A post with a link from a new member has been deleted as a recorded spam address, but the message about Sennheiser headphones can be reinstated if thought useful.

[Bryn]

Er. . . returning to topic my own headphone repair has proved to be most worthwhile, and has convinced me of the superiority of wired headphones. They are lighter, and sound better than their expensive wireless cousins.

Agreed, and if one is troubled by annoying little sounds transmitted by the cable housing, just use a strip of Micropore tape to affix the cable to one's neck, just short of the left ear (which is usually the side the cable joins the headphones) thus isolating the vibrations to a considerable extent.

[Dave2002]

I have at least one set of Wharfedale Isodynamic headphones which could be refurbished. Mrs D wants to throw them out, but I noticed on another hi-fi related site that someone has bought a pair off eBay, and had them refurbished. He reported that the quality was still very good, even with these now quite "ancient" cans. I asked how this was done, and it did seem like a bit of a domestic thing - bits of cloth, foam and glue, as well as perhaps rewiring the jack.

So far I have held off taking these to the dump and am still waiting for enough time and enthusiasm to take over to do the nessary work. They're probably not the best headphones available, but a lot better than many, though quite hard to drive with modern amps without a special headphone amp.