{"id":489,"date":"2012-02-01T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T03:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.net\/wordpress\/?p=489"},"modified":"2013-04-29T10:18:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:18:05","slug":"sony-mdr-v6-headphone-replacement-ear-pads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"Sony MDR-V6 headphone replacement ear pads"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 5+ years of using these continually award-winning $120 headphones, the covering on the ear pads we’re starting to flake off and leave little black flakes around.\u00a0 A common problem.\u00a0 At under $7\/each – and designed for easy replacement – getting replacement earpads was considerably cheaper than getting a new set of headphones.\u00a0 Finding replacement pads, however, was somewhat difficult.\u00a0 People had 3rd party pads, but the last replacement set I bought previously didn’t last much more than a year.\u00a0 I went to Sony’s store, but didn’t have much luck finding them on their parts site.\u00a0 Anyway, jumped on chat and got the skinny:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/servicesales.sel.sony.com\/ecom\/accessories\/web\/productSearch.do<\/a>
\nOnce you\u2019re there, please choose any of the items below (remote, adapter, etc). Then it will lead you to a new page and on the upper right hand there is a search box in which you can enter a search by part number.\u00a0 Enter the part number and on the drop down menu, please choose \u201cpart number\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sony part number: 211566803<\/span>
\nMDR-V6 headphone replacement ear pads – 211566803<\/span><\/p>\n

They’ll show up as super-generic: PAD, EAR, but should be what you need.\u00a0 Or at least I hope, since I just ordered them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After 5+ years of using these continually award-winning $120 headphones, the covering on the ear pads we’re starting to flake off and leave little black flakes around.\u00a0 A common problem.\u00a0 At under $7\/each – and designed for easy replacement – getting replacement earpads was considerably cheaper than getting a new set of headphones.\u00a0 Finding replacement pads, however, was somewhat difficult.\u00a0 People had 3rd party pads, but the last replacement set I bought previously didn’t last much more than a year.\u00a0…<\/p>\n

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