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Too rich for my blood
Hi Everyone!
I have read more than 100 of the 250 pages of this thread already and have seen a few posts about comfort with the 1350s already but I wanted to see if the comfort aspect did indeed get better over a few weeks or if you have any recommendations short of ordering the new velour ear pads and bending the frames out a bit. I got the dt1350 in a lightning deal on Amazon for $147 after tax and shipping during black friday and received them last week. I have really enjoyed their sound signature on a Fiio E07k Andes and an Ibasso D4 Mamba USB DAC (The Fiio is so much better sounding!) but I just can't wear them for more than an hour and a half without pretty intense ear pain. I have pretty large ears (which is great as a professional violist/violinist/orchestra director who edits audio frequently) and an XL size head so I got these looking for some highly portable on ear cans that sound better than my Bose QC 15 (which the DT1350 totally blow out of the water) but also don't overheat my head like my fullsize Audiotechnica ATH-A700 headphones do. As a classical musician who plays in professional orchestras I have to hear all the individual instruments in recordings while doing score study and I'm really impressed with the 1350s in their separation, balance, and soundstage for such small speakers and drivers, I just can't get over the comfort factor. I really don't want to drop another $45 on the velour ear pads from the UK and wait for the shipping for a minor increase in comfort but I don't think I'll find headphones anywhere near as good as these at this price point aside from IEM's, which are usually worse than on ears and fullsize headphones in the sub $200 range in my experience. Do you guys have any other tips or do you know of any small, closed cans similar to the 1350s that would be more comfy and still get a solid sound signature for classical/jazz/vocal music?
Thanks!
Hi Everyone!
I have read more than 100 of the 250 pages of this thread already and have seen a few posts about comfort with the 1350s already but I wanted to see if the comfort aspect did indeed get better over a few weeks or if you have any recommendations short of ordering the new velour ear pads and bending the frames out a bit.
In my experience, no. After half an hour of listening time, they start hurting my ears no matter what I do, no matter how many weeks I spent with it. Velour pads is the ultimate solution.
Give the AKG K545 a try. They sound almost as good as the DT1350 (assuming you love that signature)...and they are 1,000,000 times more comfortable.
Thanks for the input! I'm not a huge fan of velour pads due to the fact that I sweat a lot and they turn into ear muffs if you're gaming or wearing them for long periods of time. I found a thread of a guy who put T51p pads on his 1350s to great result and the specs can be found here; he did a very thorough job. hxxp://audio-gizmo.com/beyerdynamic-dt1350-with-t51p-earpad-mod-full-review/
From a visual aspect only the 51p pads look so much more comfortable and closer to my comfy bose QC15 ear pads so I ordered them from a place in Utah for $30 with free shipping and will report how they sound when they come in next week. The issue is that I am applying for graduate schools for a masters in music music performance and pedagogy so all my money is going into the applications/travel/loans and I really can't afford $200+ headphones.If the 51p pads don't work well I'll RMA them and may just return the headphones because while I like them in every other regard I can't listen to a 3+ hour Symphony or opera that I'm studying with uncomfy cans or having the hassle of taking them off every 30 minutes. It kinda sucks that Beyer couldn't be bothered to put nicer pads on these great headphones for those of us with big heads!
So I got the Beyer t51p pads today from Performance Audio LLC in Utah and only changed one pad at first so that I could compare
t51p pads on the bottom again, with the stock on top.
The T51p seem to be a little thicker. Is that the main difference which leads to an increase in comfort?