Jeeze, and I thought my Platronics were worn. Just glued my pads back on last week, the sticky on them failed, and I only wore them around my neck for tha last 3 years or so, and another AKG K240 no Mic set on my ears. and the arm has been epoxied several years ago, as with the mic foam disentagrated years ago also. They are my third set since the onset of gaming, the others never lasted more than a couple of years, no matter the hillbilly engenering I perfomed on them.