I really love my HD497's and am on my 3rd set of pads now. They seem to go into self-destruct after a period of time but the phones themselves just go on giving me the pleasure I got from them since new.
Didn't even know I could get replacement earpads.Was going to get new headphones until I googled the model,and these came up on Amazon along with the replacement cable,which also needed replacing.Headphones now look like new at half the price of a new pair.