They have to be removable lol

or, optionally:

Aladeen

In 2015 I bought a pair or OQAN headphones for monitoring, I know it’s not the same, but it illustrates my point. Paid €40, they broke last week. 8 years of tremendously heavy use, I rolled my chair on that cable dozens if not a hundred times, and it took it like a champ.

I've heard good things about Audeze so I assume they're doing right by some people. However, when I auditioned them, I didn't like their sound (that's just a preference thing). The real kicker to me was the fact that even in some of their high end gear they still have glued pads... That's seriously shows a lack of forethought... Or a distinct anti consumer design. To me that's a big no-no.

I shortened the headband on my LCD 4z and my LCD GX. I know some people take issue with it, and some people think it's a design flaw. It probably is, but it is still more comfortable than the old headband they used. Took me a few mins to mod my headphones and now they are super comfortable so I'm happy.

Funny enough I ended up buying the carbon fiber headband and it had the same issue but yeah I did shorten it up some, seeing as they weren’t willing to work with me on the issue. Even after now giving them $1400.

Ok but the 6xx

Have you done the mod where you shorten the leather to fix this?

LCD-Xs aren't garbage though

Lol, clearly you missed the lcd 5 glued on connector socket debacle

LCD-2C owner here, same issue less than a year after purchase. Let me know if contacting Audeze yields any results, as I was intending to just buy a new pair of pads, but if they can help out, I'd rather go that route (originals pads ain't cheap).

When I first got my LCD-X’s the leather headrest band was too long so it was touching the metal band. Not very comfortable to say the least.

I contacted their support and they basically told me they couldn’t do anything about it. That kind of soured me on Audeze, that they couldn’t replace a simple part on a $1200 headphone. But they’re stills great headphone.

Idk…. u/nooneasked

The reason I went for Moondrop Venus. New headphones so hard to tell its quality in the long run, but I'm *hoping* that it's all aluminum build will mean it lasts me a long time.

After what Drop did with the 8xx? Nah fam, I'm good.

this is happening on my AEON 2 Noire headphones also... wtf is causing this lol

Kinda good to hear? I was just getting ready to buy the LCD-X and didn’t know they were garbage lol

ahhh the Audeze-ty of them and their qc…

Focal replaced bad Utopia drivers even for second or third owners, even out of warranty. You can tell they’re proud of what they do.

It makes sense. Focal is doing the same thing with the Bathys. Everything made in China but the drivers.

My hd650 pads are also compressed unevenly which makes its compression force to be unequal .

Shame their cheaper stuff has very contrasting quality compared to their full size LCDs it seems.

I hope Maxwell is indeed better. I thought my Mobius was never gonna break after it lasted over 3 years but found a crack in a side of the headband the other week finally so that is just a straight up design problem

Would be awesome to see a Sennheiser/Drop collaboration for a good planar

For what it's worth, my LCD-X have been perfect coming on two years. But the LCD-XC did have a slight issue. Honestly, I still haven't swapped out the pads almost a year after noticing the issue because it has been more of a cosmetic issue than anything else.

Doesn't matter how much the product costs relative to their more expensive items; the company should support their customers. That's such a shitty offer and I'd rather just buy a new pair from a different brand.