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silence redefined November 2014 what's up guys welcome back to the channel today I'll be taking care of something that I have put off for way too long now cleaning the velour pads of my beyerdynamic dt 880 pros now I bought these things back in January of 2013 almost two years ago for their outstanding sound quality and their supreme level of comfort but in recent months I've noticed they don't feel quite as cozy on my ears as they used to so what changed did my standards for comfort go up since I no longer wear pants to work maybe but a more likely cause is the amount of dust and skin oils that have built up around the ear cups over time after all I use these cans almost every single day often for hours at a time while I'm editing amazing videos eventually all of that accumulated grime makes the velour fibers clump together and lose their delicate softness I used to fall asleep wearing these headphones now they keep me up at night while pimp Kyle wants to throw money of the problem and buy a new pair of ear pad replacements tech tuber salary Kyle is asking how do we clean them so I've decided to be thrifty and make a basic video showing off how to easily restore a pair of velour your pads the process is really quite simple first remove the ear pads from your headphones the dt8 8e pads have a thin lip that goes around the outer edge of the plastic ear cups grab one area of the pad by its fabric and gently pull away from the ear cup until it slips off then bust out a lint roller to collect any crud that may be resting on the surface of the ear pads next fill a bowl with warm water and mix in 1 teaspoon of laundry detergent now it's time for the ear pads to go for a swim squeeze the ear pads when they're underwater to soak everything in then gently scrub them all over with your fingers making sure to get deep into the fabric remember that gaming marathon you had last summer when the AC was broken a good portion of your bodily secretions produced that day still lives on inside of your ear pads if you weren't scrubbing good before you are now once you've given them a proper washing squeeze out most of the water and drop them into a second bowl filled with water at room temperature rinse thoroughly before giving them one last squeeze and leaving them out to air dry once they're completely dry give them one last lint roll and reattach them to your headphones I should point out that the ear fitting on the dt8 80s is pretty damn tight so you'll have to be assertive when putting them back on after all is said and done the final result has my two year old headphones looking and feeling like brand new this was a super quick way to revitalize my cans and could have only been made easier if I wasn't making a video about it join me next time when I discuss how to make a video about cleaning your ear pads as Oh