How to Find Parts for Old or Discontinued Headphones

Copy the model name from the headphone, check the revision, and photograph the mount and the ring. Search that combination. If the factory part is gone, buy a compatible pad or yoke that matches the photo. Do not buy from the brand name only.

From the print on the headphone, the cup, or the original listing, including letters and numbers. A nickname or the brand is not the model. The name has to match the revision you have. A Sol Republic pair is a typical case: the printed model decides the pad.

Parts for old headphones means replacement parts for old headphones, and parts for headphones no longer made, under that printed name. Parts for old headphones, replacement parts for old headphones, ear pads for discontinued headphones, and parts for discontinued headphones all wait on the letters and numbers. Search parts for old headphones by exact model name and revision, then replacement parts for old headphones after the name matches the revision. A compatible part for headphones no longer made instead of OEM still needs that name, as do ear pads and ear cup yokes for old headphones and replacement parts for old headphones after you check the cup revision.

The same model name can hide a changed cup. Check the revision before you order pads or yokes. A part for the other revision is a miss even when the name matches.

Replacement parts for old headphones include compatible ear pads for discontinued models and an ear pad replacement for old headphones only after that check. Parts for discontinued headphones, ear pads for discontinued headphones, parts for old headphones, and replacement parts for old headphones can split by cup. You want replacement parts for old headphones after you check the cup revision, and parts for old headphones by exact model name and revision. Replacement parts for old headphones after the name matches the revision still fail if the cup changed. Compatible ear pads for discontinued models when OEM is gone, and an ear pad replacement for old headphones when factory pads are gone, follow the revision you actually have.

A photo of the ring, the clip, or the broken yoke is how a discontinued part gets matched when the name search is thin. Include the ring diameter if you can measure it.

Headphone parts matched from a mount photo, replacement pads for old headphones, and yokes for discontinued headphones start from that frame. Parts for old headphones, parts for discontinued headphones, ear pads for discontinued headphones, and replacement parts for old headphones stay unmatched without it. Use yokes for discontinued headphones from a photo of the break, and replacement pads for old headphones by ring diameter and a photo. That is headphone parts from a mount photo if the model is discontinued, with ear pads and ear cup yokes for old headphones, and headphone parts matched from a mount photo, as the same method.

Switch the search to a compatible part. Factory pads being gone is normal on old headphones. The compatible pad still has to match the ring, the photo, and the revision. KRK studio headphones that have left a current catalog follow that path.

Compatible ear pads for discontinued models, parts for headphones no longer made, and an ear pad replacement for old headphones are the next search. Ear pads for discontinued headphones, parts for discontinued headphones, parts for old headphones, and replacement parts for old headphones do not return just because the factory stopped. Order compatible ear pads for discontinued models when OEM is gone, or a compatible part for headphones no longer made instead of OEM. An ear pad replacement for old headphones when factory pads are gone still needs replacement pads for old headphones by ring diameter and a photo, and yokes for discontinued headphones from a photo of the break if the mount is the failed piece.

Use the photo of the break plus the model and revision. Yokes are sided and easy to mismatch. If the photo does not match a listed yoke, there is no honest substitute. The same photo match covers other headphone brands when the yoke is no longer a current part.

Yokes for discontinued headphones are replacement parts for old headphones found as headphone parts matched from a mount photo. Parts for discontinued headphones, replacement parts for old headphones, parts for old headphones, and ear pads for discontinued headphones will not stand in for a yoke. Search yokes for discontinued headphones from a photo of the break, plus ear pads and ear cup yokes for old headphones when both are worn. Match headphone parts from a mount photo if the model is discontinued, with replacement parts for old headphones after the name matches the revision, and a compatible part for headphones no longer made instead of OEM, and still show the same break.

Discontinued lines are where the brand name stops being enough. Urbanears, AIAIAI, and Pioneer pads are matched from the printed model, the revision, and a photo of the mount. A cushion that only shares the brand is a different part. If the factory pad is gone, the compatible part still has to match that photo.

Buy the compatible pad or yoke that matches the exact model, the revision, and the mount photo. If OEM is gone, say so and sell the compatible part. If nothing matches the photo, do not force a different model.

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How do I find parts for discontinued headphones?

Use the exact model name, the revision, and a photo of the mount. Then search compatible parts if OEM is gone.

Is the brand name enough?

No. The model and revision decide the cup. The brand alone will not.

What if the factory pads are no longer made?

Buy a compatible pair matched to the ring diameter and a photo of the mount.

Why photograph the mount?

Discontinued parts are matched from the ring, the clip, or the broken yoke when the name search is ambiguous.

Can two revisions of one model share parts?

Do not assume it. Check the revision against the part before you buy.

What if no part matches the photo?

Stop. A near guess from another model is how old headphones get the wrong pad.