WC Wicked Cushions PadZ - Thick & Soft Ear Pads for ATH M50X / M40X / SteelSeries Arctis/HyperX Cloud & Alpha/Logitech G Pro X/Compatible with Over 50 Headphones | White

I normally hate when people write reviews for products right after they receive them, but I'm so blown away by these ear cushions that I couldn't wait. I also realized right after I finished writing this that a lot of what I said is very similar to the product description, so I’d like to go ahead and say that this is not a paid review, nor was I given anything to review these ear cushions. I’m just a low-level audiophile home from school for the summer with nothing else to do.I've been using AudioTechnica ATH-M50X circumaural headphones for over 4 years now for gaming, listening to music, music production, and watching YouTube/Netflix. I would estimate that I've spent at least 2,500 hours wearing these headphones with the original ear cushions. Needless to say, the old cushions are totally worn down. The foam has almost completely compressed, the outer materials has been breaking off in tiny flakes for about 8 months (you can even see them on the desk in the accompanying pictures), and the inner layer in the lining between my ears and the sound drivers (the speakers) has a hole in each cushion. Replacement cushions were drastically needed; these cushions are absolutely perfect.I'll go ahead and get my only complaint out of the way: there was a delay in the shipment of my ear cushions that set the delivery back a few days. However, I got them in the mail the day after being notified of their shipment, so in total it took 9 days to get them after completing my purchase. Wicked Cushions seems to be a relatively small company so a slight shipment delay is totally understandable. This in no way detracts from the product itself, so the cushions keep the 5-star rating.Now on to the good stuff:1. These cushions are MASSIVE, both in the thickness of the foam and in the diameter of the ear holes. I have pretty big ears and this is the first time I've ever had my ears totally encapsulated by headphones. That means no more discomfort from my ears being pushed awkwardly against my head, something I noticed a lot when wearing my headphones for a few hours at a time (even before the stock cushions wore down). I primarily wear contacts but they feel fine with my glasses on too. There's very little pressure actually noticeable with glasses on. I assume this is because these cushions actually fit over my ears and don't push on the tops like other headphones have. It’s wonderful to finally get the real circumaural headphone experience.2. Like I said before, these cushions are huge. The foam in these cushions is about an inch thick. It’s soft and comfortably compresses without the sound drivers touching my ears at all (one of the biggest reasons my headphones were so uncomfortable before the upgrade). I thought I might feel a bit of squeezing due to how large the cushions are before I first put them on, but that’s barely the case. I almost can’t feel the headphones at all other than an extremely slight amount of squeezing around my ears. It’s more that they fit snugly right now than anything else, and I have no doubt that it’ll go away over time as the foam breaks in.3. The sound quality of my headphones has drastically improved. I’ve listened to music with these on for about two hours and I’m honestly amazed by how much the quality has increased. I’ve listened to Cage the Elephant, Mac Demarco, Run the Jewels, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, Mastodon, and Tool to see how different genres sound. The depth of sound has improved greatly, so much so that I don’t even know how to explain it. It isn’t that music sounded flat before, it’s more that it now sounds almost like surround sound instead of stereo. The increase in depth is crazy. All of the mids and highs sound so much clearer than before and the new depth allows the bass to really fill the space around and in my ears like it hadn’t before. I didn’t realize that it was possible for cushions to have such an huge impact on the range of sound headphones can produce, so this is all an extremely pleasant surprise. I also saw this translate to gameplay as well. In games like Rainbow 6 Siege where sound is so important, the improved clarity and quality is very helpful.4. Installation was very easy. The cushions even come with a little diagram of how to install them. All you really have to do is pull the old ones off and put the edge of the new ones on. These cushions stretch quite a bit so you shouldn’t have to worry about ripping them during installation.5. This is one of the most generic pros you can see in a review, but these cushions seem to be very high quality. The leather is soft but feels durable, the memory foam maintains its shape very well and decompresses very quickly. I’ll have to come back and update this review in a few months to talk about how the memory foam holds up, but the fact that it has memory foam at all should be an indicator of the quality and comfort these cushions provide.There is the possibility of these cushions retaining a lot of heat when worn for a long time or when gaming, but I can’t say for sure yet. The materials insulate sound very well and I assume they also insulate heat well too. However, I haven’t noticed any issues and I’ve had them on my head for about 4 hours now.

So I have a pair of ATH M50’s the original coiled cable set. I’ve had these cans for about 10 years and they are the best headphones I’ve ever owned. Over time the headband started flaking off which i’m sure everyone who’s had these a while knows what i’m talking about, then the ear pads started getting a bit hard and weathered. At this point I needed to get new pads so I found these here for a very reasonable price. I was a bit skeptical about getting different size pads just because I didn’t want the sound quality of these headphones being lost. So I took a chance and I have to say coming from somebody who is very strict when it comes to sound quality I was actually impressed on how good and almost exact the headphones sounded after these pads were installed. The installation process was very easy just be patient and don’t force the band around or pull it. They’ll go on just fine. They feel super comfortable and almost gave me a fresh breath of air knowing I can slap another 10 years on these comfortably lol. Now here is where I get to the one specific part that I noticed immediately after playing my “Test” track lol. The construction quality is really top notch BUT as you’ll see upon opening them, there is a very soft padded mesh material inside separating the speaker from your ear. Ok great that’s how all pads should be, pretty self explanatory, no harm done very nicely stitched. THAT’S the slight issue with these pads in combination with the ATH-M50’s. As soon as I played a song, I noticed immediately the highs were a bit muffled. Basically picture the highs and a bit of the mids being blocked by that “Mesh Wall”. So what I did to experiment was I took the pads off and folded the band inside out exposing the mesh stitching around the leather. I basically cut next to the stitching on the mesh side all around leaving the speaker exposed. Tossed the mesh, folded the band back to normal, installed the pads back on the headphones and tried again. Ok for those who love the sound of their ATH-M50’s and any other headphones with this pad combination, THIS is the way to go. As soon as I started playing music again, all I can say was WOW .. The highs and mids were all back the way they sounded before. The signature sound of the headphones were not compromised and actually to top it all off, the upgraded pads with the mesh cut out gave a bit of a bass boost without losing ANY other levels!. Long story short, if you want to keep the sound you grew to love with these headphones, do this slight modification. Trust me if you’re a bit like me (OCD) lol, you won’t regret this. Overall the pads are amazing, feel super comfortable, people with big ears like myself will LOVE these lol. I’m very happy I gave this brand a chance.

Un muy buen producto, utilizo lentes y no me incomoda para nada, puedo decir que se sienten mejor que las originales.

I recently broke a pair of headphones I would use at my desk, and I was originally gonna just buy a new pair. But I’ve had these for music production for a while now, and would use them occasionally at my desk. Unfortunately the original padding was garbage, even after an hour of use of my ATH M30x, my ears would hurt badly. I’ve always loved my Audio Technicas but that was the biggest downside. So I bought these instead and wow it is a game changer. I can wear these for a whole day with no problem, they are extremely comfortable, and it helped block out exterior noise tremendously. And they look better then just the traditional ear cups. My only downside, it seems that the sound staging was a little off, I’m not sure how to fully explain it but it seems the driver wasn’t pointed directly into my ear, so sounds that we’re panned would often sound off. (Which seems to be a common issue I’ve read about these replacement cups) But after a bit of tinkering with the headband, it’s really not difficult to get it to sit just right. Anyways, 10/10 would buy again :3Install was easySounds greatComfort over 9000

Beautiful earpads! Finally replaced those evil ear crushing originals with these gentle beasts🙂 really high quality and easy to install. Got large ears? wear glasses? No problem with these WC PadZ. Super comfortable. Feels like a new pair of headphones for sure.Sound.. I am currently looking for deviations in sound signature vs the original pads and I can tell you there is not much difference! You can tell Wicked Cushions knows what they're doing. One reviewer said there's a slight veil over the mids and highs because of the thicker mesh fabric covering the driver in the WC pads. This was not immediately obvious to me but i would like to hear the WC pads with the mesh removed or with the originals mesh fabric. Bass is very similar, powerful but with more room to breathe if that makes sense.Highly recommended!

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Ces coussins sont parfait pour mon casque ATH-m50xbt, plus large sur la partie ajourée le confort, me concernant, est grandement amélioré par rapport aux originaux. Montage extrêmement simple même pour un non initié. Les originaux ont durés 3 ans avant de présenter des signes d'usures, espérons que ceux-là dureront tout autant.