HyperX Cloud Headset Leather Cups making SQUEAKY sounds

[Sameer Majid]

My HyperX Cloud Leather Cups are making squeaky sounds after I recently changed to the cloth cups and then back to the leather cups. I think it could be because of the stitching or something, it doesn't annoy me but it ruins that perfect feelings for my headphones, It makes the sound when I press on it evenly it doesn't make the sound when I touch it with my finger in a small area.

[TheKDub]

Thats leather for you.

[Sameer Majid]

Thats leather for you.

You have to be joking...

[TAK]

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[Sameer Majid]

Oh well, I can bear my not so perfect headphones.

[Chucksta]

Oh well, I can bear my not so perfect headphones.

It doesn't mean the headphones aren't perfect lol. Its just the leather and many headphones have leather earcups as well. :] Also just wondering, its just the ear cups/pads themselves? Not the hinges for the whole earcup right?

[BoredErica]

Squeaky sounds? I used the LCD-X and that had uh.. lambskin leather I think... I don't recall squeaky sounds. I've also used leather boots and I cannot recall squeaky sounds.

[Sameer Majid]

[creatip123]

Those pads are pleather (plastic leather), or some call it synthetic leather, not real leather. Pleather can not be allowed to get dry. If it gets dry, it will start to feel hard to touch, stiff, and eventually start to crack. 

 

This can be prevented with those home depo's interior vinyl and leather conditioners. Dry real leathers can be restored easily, while pleathers can't. Once they start to crack, it's all over, nothing you can do to restore it. 

 

That's why even though there are pleather jackets for a fraction of a price of real leather jackets, some people still stick to real leather ones. Because they look better, feel better, and last miles longer....

[BoredErica]

Right right, good point, we have to distinguish between pleather and leather here.

[ShearMe]

Those pads are pleather (plastic leather), or some call it synthetic leather, not real leather. Pleather can not be allowed to get dry. If it gets dry, it will start to feel hard to touch, stiff, and eventually start to crack.

This can be prevented with those home depo's interior vinyl and leather conditioners. Dry real leathers can be restored easily, while pleathers can't. Once they start to crack, it's all over, nothing you can do to restore it.

That's why even though there are pleather jackets for a fraction of a price of real leather jackets, some people still stick to real leather ones. Because they look better, feel better, and last miles longer....

Pleather doesn't dry out like real leather. It's plastic.

http://www.head-fi.org/t/600095/pleather-vs-leather-debunking-the-durability-myth

[creatip123]

Pleather doesn't dry out like real leather. It's plastic.

http://www.head-fi.org/t/600095/pleather-vs-leather-debunking-the-durability-myth

 

Dunno about the detail process, but that may be the problem. 

 

My clarion's pleather cracked beyond repairs. It's at home, so I can't take a picture now, but it look more or less like this:

 

 

My pleather office chair that's only clocked 2-3 years of use.