I have the twin headphone Sony-MDRV6. They are awesome, but suffer from the same earpad issue. I've had them for 10 years now (yikes).
The earpads will go and start flaking (for me after 5 years). They are easy to replace though.
The earpads will go and start flaking (for me after 5 years). They are easy to replace though.
If you keep going down the audiophile rabbit hole like I did, next up is a DAC or a tube amp. A good starter cheap one (sub $100) is the Qinpu: