Improving comfort?

[intoart]

Soundwise, my favorite headphones (by a wide margin) are DT150s. They are sure not comfortable, though.
Is there anything I can do to improve the comfort without affecting the sound?

 

[intoart]

I did a search under "replacement pads for DT150" and found a couple, but I cannot tell if they are more comfotable than the stock pads or merely replacements for them that are the same. My biggest issue with comfort is that the pads are rather stiff. (I would love plush velour like on the DT770s, but can't find anything like that.)

What we need is headphones that sound as awesome as DT150s but are as lightweight and superbly comfortable as Bose Triports!

 

[Tiemen]

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Originally Posted by intoart /img/forum/go_quote.gif I did a search under "replacement pads for DT150" and found a couple, but I cannot tell if they are more comfotable than the stock pads or merely replacements for them that are the same. My biggest issue with comfort is that the pads are rather stiff. (I would love plush velour like on the DT770s, but can't find anything like that.) What we need is headphones that sound as awesome as DT150s but are as lightweight and superbly comfortable as Bose Triports!

I bought the DT150 replacement pads to compare them to the stock pads. Well, they are almost the same. Maybe a bit shallower.
But they are just as stiff and uncomfortable as the stock ones.

I also bought the DT100 velour pads. They fit, but are a lot smaller. Which alters the sound a bit (less soundstage). And despite how Beyer calls them, they are not real velour, but some sort of fabric. And these are also not soft.

I agree with you, the discomfort of the earpads is a pain. The best I could do so far was squeezing the pads between books to soften them.
And I covered them with velour. I bougt a piece of velour. Shaped (with scissors) a smaller piece to the size of the pads where they touch the ears, and glued them on. The pads are no more sticky now.
Be sure to use textile glue. This is not reversible.