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Has never happened with Sony 1000X, WH-1000XM2, Audio Technica M50 and I listened to these for multiple hours per session.
How can you tell though? You can’t remove ear pads on those and see right through the cans into the drivers in the middle of a listening session. That’s the whole point with the APMs: you can easily remove the magnetic ear cushions and see inside of the cans, hence people notice this “issue”. If the APMs had the same rigid non-removable ear pads, it would’ve been the same “that never happened” case.
 
People are probably just noticing this more because there’s never been a mass market headset that has ear cups that are so easy to remove and look inside.
 
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People are probably just noticing this more because there’s never been a mass market headset that has ear cups that are so easy to remove and look inside.

Except for the PW P7 I believe that have had magnetic ear cups for years.
 
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Meh, I’m still keeping both of my pairs. Gotta wow the Starbucks crowd. Just kidding, I would never drink that trash ;) I do have two pairs though. They’re okay. The build is better than the sound.
Really sounds like you’re trying to brag 😂
 
So people with this issue, are you finding it more with noise cancellation mode, or about the same as transparency mode? I have not see the issue, but I favor the transparency mode, so I'm genuinely curious about this.
 
Have to return. Hopefully Apple makes a statement. A pool of water builds up directly on top of the driver which is unsettling. Since there is a thin mesh covering the driver it’s impossible to wipe down as Apple customer service recommends. They need to re-release these with some water resistance.
 

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Have to return. Hopefully Apple makes a statement. A pool of water builds up directly on top of the driver which is unsettling. Since there is a thin mesh covering the driver it’s impossible to wipe down as Apple customer service recommends. They need to re-release these with some water resistance.
That’s a lot! I’ve only seen some tiny droplets on mine (on the driver), which usually fully evaporate a min later.
The question remains if other closed-back headphones exhibit a similar behavior, as we can’t really see into their drivers since they are fully covered with ear pads and other layers.
 
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I'm curious if the B&O H95, which also has removable cups and is priced at an even higher premium, also has this thing.
A quick search on internet, found no condensation complaints on B&O H95, except only some Apple AirPods Max owners are claiming to have the same problem on their B&O H95 😂
 
Have to return. Hopefully Apple makes a statement. A pool of water builds up directly on top of the driver which is unsettling. Since there is a thin mesh covering the driver it’s impossible to wipe down as Apple customer service recommends. They need to re-release these with some water resistance.
Or fans built in.
 
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