I purchased my MDR_NC5 at Narita Airport en route to Australia ten years ago and being cacpomt they are ideal for plane travel so I didn’t want to part with them when the pads disintegrated. I tried specialist Australian electronics retailer Jaycar yesterday for replacement pads but they only stock covers for bud type headsets. The salesman suggested I go online and Google came up with your blog at first hit. Thanks, Kevin, Google and the Jaycar staffer.