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blargh4 t1_ixtd1s7 wrote

i don't know what kind of weird-ass ears y'all have but mine fit nicely inside a sufficiently large oval?

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Gofa_Kirselph t1_ixtfioj wrote

Ovals are fine. Circles can be a bit uncomfortable at times, even if they have a large inner diameter. Depends on the headband, clamp force, weight as well.

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Hot_Advance3592 OP t1_ixuoz8i wrote

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/f1/9b/17/f19b17967661a5b78f6213e6a4f0baa7.jpg

Some ears are well-suited for oval shapes (and I assume this is currently more cost-effective for machining in manufacturing).

But more often than not, ears match better with a D-shape.

I think it’s just normalized for over-ear cups to often be partially-on-ear cups. Some cups fit over my ears (rectangle ones for me), and I greatly prefer them.

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(Edit: I wrote this before I saw the other comments about how the cup shape affects the speakers’ ability to transmit into the ear.

Presumably circle, oval, rectangle, and D-shaped cup designs require specific attention to the design for the speakers.)

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