Second, I would like to share a discovery I made purely by accident. I had bought a leather headband for another headphone, and when it didn't fit I tried it on my Nightowl. It was more comfortable (slightly) but the big surprise was that the headphone sounded radically better! Much more spacious, more solid, better bass,better imaging, etc.. This didn't make any sense to me so I removed the add-on headband cover and the Nightowl lost the improvement I had gained. Did this repeatedly until I could rule out auditory hallucination or wishful thinking. I recommend trying this as the ZMF Pilot Band from zmfheadphones.com is about $30 US., pricey but not too bad for the result I got. The Pilot Band fits the Nightowl without any trouble. It uses Velcro and wraps around the flexible headband of the Nightowl. It's a little tricky to find this item on the ZMF site. Just click on Ear Pads and then scroll down to Headbands. Now the hard part: why does this item work it's magic? Perhaps it dampens some spurious vibrations. I don't really know. But I think it's a terrific tweak. At first I doubted my sanity as this phenomenon makes little sense. But one thing I can say for sure. I love the Nightowl now. It sounds beautiful. Good luck and if you try this let me know. Also, the headband fits other headphones so it's a handy item, PS: there are two options: cow leather, and sheepskin. The cow leather is stiffer and does a better job at dampening the theoretical vibrations, I believe.