bthall
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Actually, no, unless that's the part that fits over your ear...think concave, not convex
so last night i left my Momentums in the car for like 5 hours . it was like 30 degrees Farenheit. when i went back i opend the case and the headphones cold. The earpads were like frozen stiff. I put them on and in like 10 min the earpads went back to normal. I'm wondering if cold weather will damage these. Or will it be fine.
I just bought one and I like it but the ear cup is a little too small for my ear to rest well in that space. If you think you want a very comfortable one you better rethink it again.
So my question is, is it possible for me to find a bigger/better ear cup replacement for MOMENTUM?
There seems to be a parallel universe when it comes to headphone wearers. Those with small ears and those with big ears. Interpretation as so what is comfortable depends what camp you fall in. An over-ear headphone if too small for a big eared listener...will suffer pain because the ear pad invariably ends up resting someplace on the ear...or ear lobe. I have big ears and reducing head band tension to the point of the headphones falling off, isn't an elegant solution either
In the venerable Sennheiser family, there seems to be a variance relative to what heaphones fit a given listener based upon model.
For example...HD 598 and HD555 has subtley smaller ear cups than the HD600 and HD650. Apparently the Momentum is sized closer to the HD 598.
If one has big ears like I do, perhaps best to opt for slightly more pricey HD 600 or HD 650 models. Casually comparing say the HD 600 to Momentum, its clear the ear cup shells are bigger on the HD 600.
Here is a link comparing the head cup size of the HD 600 to HD 598...apparent in the pictures as well. Kind of defies understanding why Sennheiser would do this..but they do. Of course big earred potential owners are in the minority compared to average ear and small ear sizes....so maybe demographics are in their favor and therefore caveat emptor if you are in the elephant family. .
[size=medium]http://www.headfonia.com/hd600-and-hd598-comparison/[/size]
the HD598 has deeper earcups than the HD600. the earpad inner diameter is about the same however.
and the momentum is sized no where near the HD598. i would in fact say its about the same size as a HD202 earcup
I got these today !
I would like to believe you...but the article I linked shows the considerable cup size difference between HD598 and HD600/650. Further the reviewer
refutes what you write. To my eye, the HD598 has clearly smaller ear openings compared to the HD600/650.
You will make me a believer if you post pictures of each headhphone with a major/minor diameter axis comparison. Otherwise I will side with the reviewer.
Its pretty well known one of the reasons the HD600/650 is so popular aside from sound signature is the copious amount of room inside the ear cups for big ears.