On the packaging is not to know whether it is genuine goods. But it looks like the original and feels like that. The ear pads fit well with the HD515, if you have it at last draufgefummelt. It is not easy, hineinzubekommen the retaining ring into the cushion. One expects every moment that the ring or the pad is damaged. But both have held, a testament to the good stuff. The plastic ring underneath the cushion, which disappears after mounting the headphones had to be carefully reworked with scissors, because a little too big. Finally an almost new headphones with pleasant wearing comfort. The relatively high price can expect a long life / hope. The star trigger there because of the necessary rework.