[keanex]

Yes, unless you change the pads. I had the Sr80i with the flat pads and they hurt a lot. The Sr225i with the bowl pads are not amazingly comfortable, but certainly not uncomfortable.

 

[kite7]

Depends on the shape and size of your ear. Elephant ears are a no no with grados. If you have ears such that the antihelix that sticks out a lot, it will touch the fabric and that would be really uncomfortable.

 

[Pioneer31]

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It's not the material but the shape of the bowls. Their ledge, lip or whatever it's called tends to nip my pinna. In fact after one session I swore it had left a mark (albeit temporary).
 
The comfies aent meant to sound as good and I haven't tried them but I'll bet they would solve the issue

when the comfies are quarter modded, I'd say the sound is pretty close to the bowls

Is this just a case of cutting a circle in the material?
 
For me, Bowls are like having a clothes peg clamped to your pinna. It's not just the material, I think its a combo of the material and the graduated shape.
 
I'd prefer flats/comfies any day of the week....but they degrade the sound IMO

 

[TWerk]

Yes, this was why I sold my PS-500. No reason they should have pads that uncomfortable ruining an otherwise amazing sounding headphone. 
 
It's actually sad, really. Like they went through all that effort to make an incredible sounding headphone, then tacked on some 2 dollar pads to it that just don't work. To have uncomfortable bowls as the default on a $500+ headphone is just unacceptable in my opinion.
 
And to think they went through all these new versions, i, e, etc and never addressed the real problem which is making/designing some more comfortable ear pads. 
 
I just don't get it.

 

[TWerk]

I realize I just bumped a 3 year old thread.
 
Whoops.