Hey! Completely new to Head-Fi here.
I wanted new headphones for Christmas, and put several weeks of research into finding the ones I wanted most (right sound signature, closed, collapsible etc.). I decided on the m100s a few weeks ago, and I got them last Monday. Because I was concerned about their proper functioning, I was allowed to demo them for the night (5 hours ish) to be sure that they were what I wanted and that they weren't broken (and they'd be returned back to me on Christmas day). I really enjoy their sound, as they're the first set of headphones I've owned that aren't included with your phone (currently using earpods until Christmas).
Anyway, here's the point of this post! My ears are massive (about 3 inches, or 75mm tall), and the default pads sit on my ears (even more than I knew they would) at the top, the lobe, and on the sides. Would the XL pads benefit my experience? I know that even the XL pads would sit on my ears (although I don't know why ear pad measurements aren't advertised), but I'm wondering if they'd still improve their comfort. My rational is that since the XL pads will still sit on the edges of my ears, they won't be any comfier. All of the reviews rave about how much better they are than the originals, but I'm assuming that these reviews are by people who's ears are small enough to be fully surrounded by the default pads already, or are surrounded by the XL pads (thus making their review moot to me, who has large ears).
If I have to deal with the stock pads, that's ok, it just hurts after 45 minutes or so. If I could bump that up to even an hour and a half I'd be real happy.
tl;dr - I got the m100s. They're uncomfortable and sit on my ears because my ears are huge. The XL pads will probably still sit on my ears, but I want to know if that will be at least a little comfier (even if they still don't surround my ears completely).
Thanks!