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I bought Seinnheiser hd 558 and they are good quality Headphones, feels nice, look nice, but they are too tighten on my head, i feel pressure on both side of my head, and this is something i felt with many nowadays headphones...

 

Any feedback on getting some headphone that are "loose" a bit instead of tight ? I game for hours and hate when after 30 min I get an headache because of headphone being too tight

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Find an object thats a little wider than your head and leave it stretched across that overnight, should help a little

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5 minutes ago, smokefest said:

Hi,

 

I bought Seinnheiser hd 558 and they are good quality Headphones, feels nice, look nice, but they are too tighten on my head, i feel pressure on both side of my head, and this is something i felt with many nowadays headphones...

 

Any feedback on getting some headphone that are "loose" a bit instead of tight ? I game for hours and hate when after 30 min I get an headache because of headphone being too tight

I find that Beyerdynamic headphones tend to have a looser fit to them then Sennheiser (limited to comparing HD558 and DT770 headphones).  But this is going to be very subjective as everyone's head size is different.

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Just now, Slottr said:

Find an object thats a little wider than your head and leave it stretched across that overnight, should help a little

Yeah I thought same here, might try this

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2 minutes ago, Ryoku said:

I find that Beyerdynamic headphones tend to have a looser fit to them then Sennheiser (limited to comparing HD558 and DT770 headphones).  But this is going to be very subjective as everyone's head size is different.

what about these : https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826138190&cm_re=headphones-_-26-138-190-_-Product 

 

 

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The HD5xx series is not known for their tight clamp, which suggests to me you might want to look at a suspension-type headband instead.  Try the HE-350, Massdrop has them permanently now so it shouldnt be hard to get.

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2 hours ago, Pomfinator said:

The HD5xx series is not known for their tight clamp, which suggests to me you might want to look at a suspension-type headband instead.  Try the HE-350, Massdrop has them permanently now so it shouldnt be hard to get.

I ll havew a look at them but they seems expansive onlny found the he-400s

 

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2 hours ago, Pomfinator said:

The HD5xx series is not known for their tight clamp, which suggests to me you might want to look at a suspension-type headband instead.  Try the HE-350, Massdrop has them permanently now so it shouldnt be hard to get.

off-topic here, but is the he-350 any good? 

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You should try to look at HD650 or HD600, both of them extends until sizes that are not supposed for human's head

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6 hours ago, xtroria said:

You should try to look at HD650 or HD600, both of them extends until sizes that are not supposed for human's head

and I find them very comfortable

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7 hours ago, spwath said:

and I find them very comfortable

too costy,

 

I bought the philips SHP9500s and I gotta say they are lot more confortable than my HD 558 ( to me ). The pads are confo and they are less tighten...

 

Pleased with them and I don't need high end headphones, just needed decent quality and confort

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i have and use HD558s daily and i dont find them very tight, they are tighter then the headset i used to have but the cousions make up for it. anyway you probably want to look for something with a suspension type headband instead seeing as they dont clamp as hard. @SSL and @spwath (and the other audio people that for the moment escape my memory) probabky know what you should get 

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1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i have and use HD558s daily and i dont find them very tight, they are tighter then the headset i used to have but the cousions make up for it. anyway you probably want to look for something with a suspension type headband instead seeing as they dont clamp as hard. @SSL and @spwath (and the other audio people that for the moment escape my memory) probabky know what you should get 

I bought already the SHP9500S , they allright, more confo than the hd 558, less tighty, but I could still use some recommandations for future reference still

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24 minutes ago, smokefest said:

I bought already the SHP9500S , they allright, more confo than the hd 558, less tighty, but I could still use some recommandations for future reference still

well i have none seeing as i just got told to buy the HD558s and they are amazing :P hope you find something that suits you good though

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Just now, ttam said:

You must have a giant head. These were one of the few headphones I wouldn't call tight.

 

But they do loosen up with wear.

have a normal head, maybe a big bigger than average due to my high intelligence !!!

 

But they were not very tight, its just me who prefer very light/loose headphones, most models nowadays are tight, i miss the good old days where headphones were almost never tight

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10 minutes ago, ttam said:

You must have a giant head. These were one of the few headphones I wouldn't call tight.

 

But they do loosen up with wear.

my hd 558s have gotten looser since the first month owning them (now had it for a year). perhaps this is what people call "breaking-in" 

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Your 558s will loosen over time. You can always clamp them overnight over a stack of books to loosen the headband. It would be ridiculous to buy another headphone because of that problem. 

 

If that doesn't work, then the Philips SHP9500 has a huge headband and won't clamp your head at all. 

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