SennheiserHD 490 PRO Open-Back Dynamic Studio Headphones | Includes 1.8m Cable, Interchangeable Mixing & Producing Ear Pads (700286)

After seeing people rave about this headset, i wanted to try it, i own a hd598 for almost 10 years and it's been amazing.The headset in question, is very light and the fact that it is plastic... although reinforced... it's scary to think long term.The sound quality is amazing, the hd 598 has a bit of "mush?" where things all sort of colide at moments, for example, running in a game with loud background audio and stepping in water, it all combines whereas on the hd 490 you can clearly hear both sources. The sound stage is also incredible so for FPS games, it's amazing.Unboxing, this is where my first concern was, watching all the reviews who i believe are US/Germany and what not, i expected to unbox them and wear them, instead i was met with creaking, the earcups have a U join made out of the same plastic material and the bit that inserts into the earcup, seems to have quality control issues, just touching that bit will cause creaks and it's transferred into your ear when moving your head or talking while wearing them.It's a shame because if not for the creaks that can happen multiple times in minutes... or be an hour apart, they are super comfy, even with glasses, you don't realise they're on your head at all and they clamp really well.Having the headphones on my head, and grabbing each earcup gently, if i push on the ear cup so it goes inwards at the top, which is how they're designed... they creak, yes i don't sit there pushing on my earcups in real use but i am getting creaking in normal use and this proves that the design is flawed or it has to be some UK batch issue.I have tried MULTIPLE of these headsets too, months ago i tried 2 or 3 pairs elsewhere because Amazon did not have them, then when amazon got them finally i tried both the hd 490 pro and the plus version, i can say, the plus version had was less issues making me think it is transit vibrations effecting the plastic joins... because the packing in the box is non existant and the plus version come in a hard carry case.