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Anyone else having problems with cracks on hd555's?

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Ragenrok

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Well for a while now my senn hd555's have had a big crack in the arm/headband. they still work fine but it bugs me that I payed this much for a set of headphones that seem to be cracking.

Today someone posted the exact same problem on another forum and a few people responded with the same issue. While I dont baby them they are generaly takin care of. Or course they have been knocked off my desk once or twice but I still have a pair of $20 head phones that are years older and have taken way worse of a beating (there my travleing set so there bumped lots) and dont have any cracks like this.

While they sound fantastic it certainly seems like senn could of done a better job making them as they dont seem strong enough. People with other brands of sennheiser headphones arn't having problems so it seems like its a defect with only hd555's. One guy tried to rma it and of course sennheiser refused the warrenty blaming us for abusing them.
 
I just dug up my old HD595's (same exterior design) from my closet and there's no cracks despite being buried under a pile of miscellaneous things. That said, the plastic headband adjustments on the sides are pretty thin and the joints at the cups look pretty flimsy. I know the headband on the HD280 is well known to eventually crack after awhile.
 
I've had mine for a few years and no cracks. You can try plastic weld. That said, you could also try some good headphones.
 
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