How to maintain a headset (Hyperx Cloud)

[Zeldwx]

Proud owner of HyperX Cloud (two years old or around that). I wear them every day for at least 5 hours a day. I actually do a terrible job at cleaning/maintaining them, my leather ear pads smell like sweat.

So how do you clean your headset, what do you use? (plastic/leather material). I tried to wipe ear pads with wet cloth, but they still smell like sweat xD. I should probably be getting small stereo ear-phones for hot days.

 

EDIT: I forgot to add, HyperX Cloud's also come with another pair of sponge-like head pads. Maybe I should swap them out and use sponge-like every summer? Are they easier to clean?

[CasualGamerCC]

I have a set of Sony headphones that are about 17 years old now. They originally had a pleather coating over a soft fabric (probably similar to the sponge you say HyperX is offering) but that degraded and I eventually removed all the little pieces that were sticking to it. If you're able to remove the pads and use sponge ones, I suggest doing that anyway since they're probably more comfortable to wear over long periods of time. The "downside" to switching to them is that they will isolate sound a little less, so maybe you'll have an experience closer to wearing open back headphones (somewhat less bass), but it shouldn't be a big deal.

 

There should be no issue with using the sponge pads, removing them for cleaning maybe once a month, and washing them with a little dish soap in the sink. If you let it go too long and they really start to smell, soak the pads briefly with some household vinegar, then rinse them with water. You'll have the vinegar smell for a day or so, but it will kill the bacteria that are causing the odor and totally refresh the pads once it's completely dry. I've had to do a similar process with tennis shoes that got a terrible smell when I had to walk a long distance in the rain (and they were already several years old).

[Zeldwx]

3 hours ago, CasualGamerCC said:

I have a set of Sony headphones that are about 17 years old now. They originally had a pleather coating over a soft fabric (probably similar to the sponge you say HyperX is offering) but that degraded and I eventually removed all the little pieces that were sticking to it. If you're able to remove the pads and use sponge ones, I suggest doing that anyway since they're probably more comfortable to wear over long periods of time. The "downside" to switching to them is that they will isolate sound a little less, so maybe you'll have an experience closer to wearing open back headphones (somewhat less bass), but it shouldn't be a big deal.

 

There should be no issue with using the sponge pads, removing them for cleaning maybe once a month, and washing them with a little dish soap in the sink. If you let it go too long and they really start to smell, soak the pads briefly with some household vinegar, then rinse them with water. You'll have the vinegar smell for a day or so, but it will kill the bacteria that are causing the odor and totally refresh the pads once it's completely dry. I've had to do a similar process with tennis shoes that got a terrible smell when I had to walk a long distance in the rain (and they were already several years old).

Yes I can remove/replace head pads at any moment. I don't mind having abit worse sound isolation. This second pads are actually made of velour (I heard its are terrible, they get dusty really fast and they're basically 1-time use).

Its really hot now where I live, and those leather pads make me even more sweaty. Is it going to be any different with velour head pads? I don't want to sink them with sweat

[KaminKevCrew]

5 hours ago, CasualGamerCC said:

I have a set of Sony headphones that are about 17 years old now.

Are they the Sony MDR V6?

 

You can also grab velour pads for those on the cheap. A friend of mine is using the ones that his late father used on film sets (he was a professional cinematographer) and they're about 30 years old at this point. The pads were swapped to velour once, and the jack got kicked and bent, so the connector was resoldered. Other than that, they're still working just like new!

[Gabocota]

The problem i have. On the cloud revolver s is that over the years some earwax has acumulated and it causes them to vibrate and produce a horrible buzzing sound on specific frequencies. The problem i have is that this earwax is stuck between the metal cage and the membrane itself and they are glued on together. Has anyone been able to fix this? Or am I the only person with the same problem.