I bought this in November, it's been put on for the first week or so of ownership before I transitioned to IEMs, nowadays I only listen to IEMs, I found myself not needing Noise Cancellation as much.

The headphones work as good as new and look like new. The leather earpads show no signs of leather degredation.

I lost the AKG box so the headphones / accessories / carrying case will be shipped in a cardboard box wrapped with foam.