[Vergex2]

The metal parts protecting the driver actually pushes against my ear and that gets rather irritating.

Is there any way to solve this problem?
 
Thanks.

 

[2rooi123]

i dont get it. some pics would be useful? thanks

 

[Vergex2]

You own ES-10s, right?

Look at the center area protecting the drivers and you can see that convex? protrusion which protects the drivers?

After taking it off many times, it doesn't seem to be as much of a problem currently, though it hurts like hell if it isn't adjusted right. Maybe it is just an outlier, but my ears got caught in that center thing several times (or maybe it is aggravated by having my ES-10s on for a while?)

If I can just circumvent this problem with careful adjustment when putting on, it'd be nice, but the pressure against my ears when making this consideration is somewhat painful.

Ah well, I'll just hope it loosens up eventually and I can adjust.

 

[2rooi123]

maybe you got small ears. I have big ears. And so thats why yours goes inside instead of it sitting on your ear. Actually its pretty comfy

 

[Szadzik]

Maybe you need to mod the pads a bit so that they are a bit farther away from the driver? Put something around them inside? I did that with my ESW9s

 

[K_19]

I admittingly have small and relatively flat ears, but I'm not sure if your pads are positioned right if your ears are touching the drivers that are in dead centre?  I can understand how this problem may happen for circumaural headphones but not with something supraaural such as this... positioned correctly the pads should be resting on your outer ears and not even close to the driver covering in the recessed hole in the center. 

 

[2rooi123]

all you need to do is adjust

 

[Lil' Knight]

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The metal parts protecting the driver actually pushes against my ear and that gets rather irritating.

Is there any way to solve this problem?
 
Thanks.

Yes, it's pretty normal for all the AT headphones I've tried so far.
The clamping force is pretty strong and will hurt your ears a lot initially.
It might take a couple week to let the headband loosen and it'll be quite more comfortable.
You could try the 'pillow method' to make this process faster.
 

 

[Vergex2]

Ah, I think you guys are right - it may be an adjustment problem.

Yesterday I must have messed up terribly - it seems to be fine now, at least.
 
I suppose I'll also do the pillow to help mold it faster.

 

[Rideau]

I ran into that problem once before, but just had to adjust the headphones.