Hi guys, I recently decided to change the earpads on my Ath-A700. Been using it for almost 2 years now and I still love it, too bad nothing is left of the earpads now except for the black fabric like material, the inside yellow sponge also like coming out d.

So I decided to go for the W5000 after much consideration with my friends (lol, non of them are audiophiles tho).

So, just wanna ask you guys here, is it worth it for the leap of RM100 difference between a1000 replacement earpads and w5000 replacement earpads? (according to bluetin price)

And hor, much of the reviews i read online is about replacing AD900 with w5000 earpads, can w5000 earpads fit a700 cans ah?

lastly, anyone got any idea on the care needed for the earpads and the headphone? Its actually my 1st headphone (above rm100 at least), so i dun really know how to care for these stuff, and I dun wan it to spoil so soon, and I dun wan my new leather pads to tear so soon too.

Ya i read your review. Good review there bro.

My only concern is that after committing RM300, the pads dun fit . And most of the google results speaks of AD900. Though I did read one or 2 comments bout ppl saying ATH's full size cans are more or less the same size, never anything other than a700 so I don't really know.

You lost your AD900? sold them?

edit: ahh saw your edit.

edit2: oh ya, how does it feel in malaysian weather? I heard leathers can be quite hot.

This post has been edited by Deus: Sep 4 2011, 08:31 PM

ah, thanks bro, you won me over. Guess I'm sticking to my w5000 choice.

hi guys. I recently got my w5000 replacement pads for my ath-a700. I'm trying to fit it in right now.. cannot fit .. or many its because i dunno how to do it. its my 1st time fitting in a replacement earpads, any suggestion or tutorial?

edit: finally got it done.

This post has been edited by Deus: Sep 18 2011, 03:41 AM

no time to test yet lol... yeah need to stretch it quite a bit, so i got worried at 1st. scared the leather tear . thank god i manage to get it right.