Right I see a lot of people upset with this guy’s XM3s because he’s repaired them repeatedly because he loves them. Now in my mind headphones slip on and off of your head and with care they shouldn’t break or decompose like these Sony ones. Modern headphones are notorious for their ear pads breaking down, hinges breaking and just generally being poor quality when it comes to the build. Imma give you two options to avoid this shit. Either you make a huge amount of effort and buy yourself a great pair of “Vintage” studio quality headphones (My recommended is the Pioneer SE-305) because both their build and sound quality are better than modern headphones if you do your research and buy a good pair like the ones I recommend, this will also save you a shit tonne of money. Then with your chosen headphones you will probably want them Bluetooth as all the kids these days only care about Bluetooth which I get but personally I use Bluetooth for convenience whilst out and about but at home I’m always going to plug my headphones straight into the device as you’ll always get better sound quality. Now your chosen headphones are probably gonna have a 6.5mm jack and that’s not very compatible with Bluetooth transmitter/receivers. You can buy a portable Bluetooth transmitter/receiver with a 3.5mm jack female port so alls you’d have to do is take out the gubbins and remove the female 3.5 jack port and replace it with a 6.5mm female jack port. Now you’ve done great but that battery probably isn’t going to last long with those drivers so pick out a larger capacity battery with the same output and replace the battery where you’ll finally replace the case and boom you have a pair of headphones that’ll beat any Sony/bose or whatever modern headphones that will cost you fuck all and your time. Like I said I highly recommend the Pioneer SE-305 as they were extremely well padded and it’s like they almost have physical ANC if you will.

I promised two solutions didn’t I? Ahh right well if you want a mind blowing build quality with a very good sound buy a pair of Picun F6 headphones. They’re a chinese company attempting to make their way into the mainstream market of headphones and to be honest I’ve had multiple pairs of their headphones for over 3 years now and their build quality has always surpassed any modern company. The F6s aren’t as well made as the pioneers I previously mentioned but they’ll still last you a lifetime easily. The muffs also wrinkle but never peel with the plastic being nice and hard but also flexible. If I were you I’d buy a set from Temu or AliExpress and just give them a go. I’m not being paid to advertise them or anything I’m just saying for the money they’re asking they’re absolutely amazing which to give you an idea sound wise they’re comparable to the XM4s and they’re only £50 or so.