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Do headphones age? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ArtKata@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I'm a proud owner of Sennheiser HD650 for more than 5 years. Absolutely love them. Decided to try Beyerdynamic DT 1990 pro from Amazon at 430Eur. And I've come to the conclusion that its time for me to own 2 excellent headphones.

Now being the cheap ass I am. I want to return the ones I have and buy a used pair for 300Eur.

The question. Will the used headphones purchased in 2019 be as good as the new ones? I mean i dont see my HD650 ageing besides the pads.

Cheers and happy black Friday shopping

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[–] Landon-AKG@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most headphone pads and headbands do but I don't think that anything on the inside ages enough to be noticeable. One of my main pair of headphones is almost 55 years old (1969 akg k60s) and they don't have any problems, they still sound good! So I think that as long as you don't break them, the pads look fine and there is no weird foam or other they will sound pretty similar to how they did when they were made maybe some small difference in sensitivity or something.

[–] Muggaraffin@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I love these stories. I like to keep my possessions for as long as possible, in as good a condition as possible. So I love hearing that I could very well own my headphones for several more decades

It’s also funny how any time I see one of these stories, it’s always an AKG set that’s mentioned. They’ve clearly earned their reputation