Well, I used up a LOT of alcohol and it doesn't appear to have dried it out
I would advise everyone to check over theirs. Mine was definitely a return. There was dandruff!

in the inside of the cup back where it's hard to clean
I must have spent 30mins going over it again and again with alcohol.
While the "noise-canceling" part sucks (it seems to work by killing all bass, which includes the music), they are comfortable and surround your ear, which seems to do MUCH more to mute outside noises than the active noise-canceling does. With the noise-canceling part off, they sound awesome- much better than the Audio90's I've been using for years.
Thanks TF. While I personally find the condition disgusting, I was able to sanitize it to my satisfaction and they sound great!
The excruciating magnitude of your philosophical confabulations are simply too voluminous for the diminuity of my comprehension.
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