The Creative SXFI AIR is a US$140 pair of over-ear headphones that packs plenty of features. With a Super X-Fi DSP, Bluetooth, line-in, USB Type-C and a microSD card reader, you are spoilt for choice with the SXFI AIR. Average battery life and underwhelming drivers hold the SXFI AIR back, though.
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This is an overrated headset after-all. No doubt the SXFI experience is immersive, but the overall material is bad. The leather started to deteriorate after 3 years and created a mess for me.
Willing to share photos as evidences of the condition of my headset.
You are talking about the earcups' material or the headband's? 3 years sounds reasonable, especially if we're talking about the earcups, which are replaceable.