//Edit: For anyone reading this in the future, the only ANC wireless headphones I've found that appear to be good for people with a large head/large ears, seems to be the Focal Bathys. This is for people that find the Bose's uncomfortable, which are (from the cheapish options) the most comfortable and spacious on average. If this doesn't fit, at the time of writing, be prepared to spend some serious cash for the focal bathys. The airpod max also MIGHT work, but I can't say for sure. Either are very expensive though.
This is after weeks of research and digging through forums and testing various pairs myself. I've probably been at it for 40+ hours. Good luck.
List of headphones that will most likely not be suitable if your ears are my size or larger in the spoiler
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So far I've tried all these and each of them was too small for my left ear (it's bigger than my right)
-Bose QuietComfort 2023
-Bose Quietcomfort Ultra
-Sony XM4
-Sony XM5 (ears fit but cups too shallow, making my ears rest on the driver)
-Sennheiser momentum 4
I've looked into the airpods max as they're apparently very spacious, but in all honesty I don't like apple and there were a lot of questionable design choices that made me cancel my order.
Is there anything else out there that might possibly fit my ears? At this point my budget has gone up to 1k euros, I really just want to find something with good ANC , good comfort and acceptable sound quality.
Measurement of my left ear is ~6,5cm in length, about ~4cm in width. And this was hard to measure but it sticks out about ~1,5cm as well. Left ear is the pierced one and I added how I measured it, the top part especially is usually the problem part.
I've searched some threads around the mark levinson 5909 and someone posted that the inner ear cup dimensions were about ~42x65mm. So that is probably too small as well :/
Anyone here know something about the focal bathys? Is it spacious? Or are there any other ANC headphones I haven't heard of that could fit me?
Worth nothing I use a sennheiser hd560s behind my PC and although my left ear touches the driver ever so slightly, it is quite comfy. Before that I had a hyperx cloud 2 which was really comfortable for me to wear as well.
Any advice would be appreciated! I've been looking around for weeks but it seems all the ANC wireless over ear headphones are made for people with average/smallish ears :/
This is after weeks of research and digging through forums and testing various pairs myself. I've probably been at it for 40+ hours. Good luck.
List of headphones that will most likely not be suitable if your ears are my size or larger in the spoiler
Sony XM4 one of the smallest I tried
Sony XM5 might wrap around your ears, but the pads are shallow and your ears might end up touching the drivers.
Momentum 3, more spacious than the 4 but still not "big". From what I found online the inner ear dimensions appear to be about 65x41mm
Bowers&wilkins px7s2, px8
Bowers&wilkins px7 (not the s2) is larger, but not actively sold anymore
Razer opus, definitely too small
Bose qc45/quietcomfort 2023 might fit if your ears are slightly smaller than mine
Bose 700 is apparently more uncomfortable, not sure about ear size though. But I think it's smaller
QC ultra was less comfortable than the Quietcomfort 2023 to me, probably not a good fit
Mark levinson 5909 deep ear pads but not particularly wide/tall. Around 42x65mm from what I could find
Bang& Olufsen Beoplay H95 is also on the smaller side.
That's +- all the options in the current market.
Sony XM5 might wrap around your ears, but the pads are shallow and your ears might end up touching the drivers.
Momentum 3, more spacious than the 4 but still not "big". From what I found online the inner ear dimensions appear to be about 65x41mm
Bowers&wilkins px7s2, px8
Bowers&wilkins px7 (not the s2) is larger, but not actively sold anymore
Razer opus, definitely too small
Bose qc45/quietcomfort 2023 might fit if your ears are slightly smaller than mine
Bose 700 is apparently more uncomfortable, not sure about ear size though. But I think it's smaller
QC ultra was less comfortable than the Quietcomfort 2023 to me, probably not a good fit
Mark levinson 5909 deep ear pads but not particularly wide/tall. Around 42x65mm from what I could find
Bang& Olufsen Beoplay H95 is also on the smaller side.
That's +- all the options in the current market.
So far I've tried all these and each of them was too small for my left ear (it's bigger than my right)
-Bose QuietComfort 2023
-Bose Quietcomfort Ultra
-Sony XM4
-Sony XM5 (ears fit but cups too shallow, making my ears rest on the driver)
-Sennheiser momentum 4
I've looked into the airpods max as they're apparently very spacious, but in all honesty I don't like apple and there were a lot of questionable design choices that made me cancel my order.
Is there anything else out there that might possibly fit my ears? At this point my budget has gone up to 1k euros, I really just want to find something with good ANC , good comfort and acceptable sound quality.
Measurement of my left ear is ~6,5cm in length, about ~4cm in width. And this was hard to measure but it sticks out about ~1,5cm as well. Left ear is the pierced one and I added how I measured it, the top part especially is usually the problem part.
I've searched some threads around the mark levinson 5909 and someone posted that the inner ear cup dimensions were about ~42x65mm. So that is probably too small as well :/
Anyone here know something about the focal bathys? Is it spacious? Or are there any other ANC headphones I haven't heard of that could fit me?
Worth nothing I use a sennheiser hd560s behind my PC and although my left ear touches the driver ever so slightly, it is quite comfy. Before that I had a hyperx cloud 2 which was really comfortable for me to wear as well.
Any advice would be appreciated! I've been looking around for weeks but it seems all the ANC wireless over ear headphones are made for people with average/smallish ears :/
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Maybe I have some slight trypophobia (yes, I had to google that word).
