[madwolfa]

  Here is mine.The clamping pressure is too much for me i can't wear it that long

 
It will get better.

 

[scolaiw]

  Here is mine.The clamping pressure is too much for me i can't wear it that long

 
Better upgrade to the HD800 then. No clamping pressure there! 

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  Here is mine.The clamping pressure is too much for me i can't wear it that long

 
It will get better.

I hope so......

 

[madwolfa]

  I hope so......

 
You can try gently stretching the headband ... just do the metal part, not the plastic one.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  Here is mine.The clamping pressure is too much for me i can't wear it that long

 
Better upgrade to the HD800 then. No clamping pressure there! 

Can't afford it,I demo the HD 800 before and it can be harsh at times. 

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  I hope so......

 
You can try gently stretching the headband ... just do the metal part, no the plastic one.

Hey Thanks! It works i extend the cups all the way then i bent the metal part

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[weitn]

Here is mine.The clamping pressure is too much for me i can't wear it that long

You can clamp it between a box or some books (5 to 6 inches width) and it will loosen up after few weeks. When I first got mine, I clamp mine on a standard small Amazon box. The box is about 6 inches width. The box also acts as the headphone stand. It also prevented bugs and dust from going inside the headphone.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  Here is mine.The clamping pressure is too much for me i can't wear it that long

You can clamp it between a box or some books (5 to 6 inches width) and it will loosen up after few weeks. When I first got mine, I clamp mine on a standard small Amazon box. The box is about 6 inches width. The box also acts as the headphone stand. It also prevented bugs and dust from going inside the headphone.

 

I just extend it all the way then hold and bent the metal part and it works like a charm.Thanks!

 

[Rem0o]

Glad it worked! Also, most people wear them way too high on their head. Pull the driver down a notch, making sure the top of the pad don't touch your ear while doing so.

 

[Zojokkeli]

I used a booze bottle as a temporary headphone stand and it eased out the clamp to a more comfortable level. 

 

[ButtUglyJeff]

  Hi all. Due to a new addition to the family, my headphone days are sadly over. I've put my SB'd cap-modded Crack, my HD650s and a couple of tubes (GEC brown base & TS 5998) on eBay UK. They're all pretty cheap. 200 quid for the Crack. 90 for the phones. 40 for the tubes. They've just got to make way. Pretty gutted to be honest as the SB Crack + GEC & E80CC + HD650s are basically the best I've ever heard music but yeah, a bittersweet feeling, I suppose.

 
May I advise against that kind of sale.  You'll always attach the loss of your music to that child...
 
...I'm 44 and my father still refers to me a "the reason he lost his GTO".  Nice stuff to hear all your life, eh?

 

[i luvmusic 2]

  IMO no need to wait that long for the headband to loosen just bend the metal part i just bent mine few times because i bent mine  a little loose  so i just gently bent it the other way around.As long as you do this gently no harm to the headphone.
NOTE: Extend the cups all the way then hold the metal part of the headband only then bend it gently.

 

[Kyno]

I remember the clamp pressure being something at first, but it loosened up to the point of the HD-600 tried 2 weeks after (known to have less clamp force) felt bad!
 
The headband padding has also been unbearable for me the first evening I tried the HD-650, not sure why, but I really had spots of pain on the top of my head after removing them, but I insisted a bit too much 

 That issue was all gone the next day, still wondering why it hurt me so much that first evening.
 
Today, with both problems solved, I sometimes wear them for 8 hours in a row without any issues. The first thing that eventually becomes unconformtable would be the headband, but it has more to do with my head than the headphones since it doesn't always come up as the same time.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

I guess because you were a HD 650 virgin at that time........

My clamping issue is gone in a few minutes after i bent the metal part of the headband.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 My first hour impressions for the HD 650 is sound relaxing IMO nothing sound fatiguing but i missed some of the DT's warmth.perhaps this headphone is too relaxing.