Earpad Sizes

Some of us have big ears. Tall, wide, sticky-outy, doesn’t matter. I’m tall. My head is big. My ears are tall. I’ve returned too many headphones because people claimed the ear pads were amazingly roomy, but they were super uncomfortable for me (I’m lookin’ at you, Beyerdynamic). This list is the beginning of an attempt to solve that issue for some of you.

This list is under construction, and measurements are approximate. Not all measurements were made by the same person, so there could be different techniques involved (for example, I’ve seen the Sennheiser HD650 measured at 68mm and 70mm height, and the V-Moda XL pads measured at 64mm and 68mm).

* I personally did the measurements with the asterisk. So those are probably right. Right?

If you just want a recommendation for your big ears, get some of the Brainwavz HM5 Pleather and/or Velour pads. I have both, and they work with many different headphones. They’re roughly the size of Sennheiser HD650/HD598 pads, but are actually a little wider.

Do you have measurements for ear pads that aren’t listed? Let us know the dimensions!

More measurements can likely be found here:

Size Matters – Earpad hole measurements for Over-ear Headphones….

Another compilation is available here:

http://tinyurl.com/HPEarpadMeasurements