Ear-covering headphones and glasses - what am I to do?

[CinningBao]

I have had this problem for many years, and yet I find no-one ever speaking about it.

How on earth are headphone-and-glasses-wearing producers supposed to wear their glasses when the arms are naturally jammed behind your ears being compressed into your head by the headphones?

At the moment my solution is to wear my glasses sort of Dennis Taylor (from the 80/90's of snooker) style.

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How do you, as a glasses-wearing computer musician, wear your glasses underneath your headphones?

[Googly Smythe]

I'm short-sighted, so I take them off indoors anyway. I guess if you are long-sighted, you'll either, put up with the pain, or get contacts.

[cryophonik]

Interesting topic. I'm a relatively new glasses wearer (about six years now) and my vision has been getting progressively worse as I approach 50. Until about two years ago, I could manage using music software without glasses sometimes, but not anymore.

I went with the first option (wear headphones over glasses/don't complain), but the reality is that it's caused me to favor a different set of headphones. I love my BeyerDynamic DT880s, but they are very firm headclamps and I can only wear them for relatively short periods with my glasses before they start to become bothersome. My AKG 701s and 240s fit much more loosely on my head and I can wear them pretty much indefinitely with little/no discomfort, so I tend to favor those (esp., the 701s).

[sjm]

I find some headphones are a lot worse than others. I've used several headphones over the years that while maybe minorly uncomfortable after extended periods, don't ram the glasses into my skull. The headphones I currently use are fine in this regard.

I also have glasses with very thin arms that are a lot more comfortable in this regard than the thick plastic arms in the picture.

So when using my headphones, I don't have an issue. Is that fish?

[CinningBao]

I'm short-sighted, so I take them off indoors anyway. I guess if you are long-sighted, you'll either, put up with the pain, or get contacts.

I need them for screens, not real life, so they are essential for computer music tasks, and thats exactly why I opened this post; I'm not willing to put up with the pain without looking around to see if anyone has found and interesting and effective way around the problem. Not keen on contacts either.

But thanks for your input.

[CinningBao]

Interesting topic. I'm a relatively new glasses wearer (about six years now) and my vision has been getting progressively worse as I approach 50. Until about two years ago, I could manage using music software without glasses sometimes, but not anymore.

I went with the first option (wear headphones over glasses/don't complain), but the reality is that it's caused me to favor a different set of headphones. I love my BeyerDynamic DT880s, but they are very firm headclamps and I can only wear them for relatively short periods with my glasses before they start to become bothersome. My AKG 701s and 240s fit much more loosely on my head and I can wear them pretty much indefinitely with little/no discomfort, so I tend to favor those (esp., the 701s).

Thanks exactly the kind of approach I'm thinking of - looking at cans with a loose clamp; a variable I had forgotten about. My new ones actually aren't as tight as I thought they initially felt so I might be lucky in the long run

[CinningBao]

I find some headphones are a lot worse than others. I've used several headphones over the years that while maybe minorly uncomfortable after extended periods, don't ram the glasses into my skull. The headphones I currently use are fine in this regard.

I also have glasses with very thin arms that are a lot more comfortable in this regard than the thick plastic arms in the picture.

So when using my headphones, I don't have an issue. Is that fish?

Aah, yes - thinner arms.. My current nasty backup glasses do have a chunky arm and I had planned on replacing them very soon; I will consider considerably thinner arms, thanks

So, yes, I guess that's fish!

[chk071]

You get "used to it", after a while. At least that's my experience. Maybe the skin, or tissue hardens up, but, after 1 or 2 days of uncomfort, it usually doesn't hurt anymore here. I need to wear glasses, i'm so short sighted that i can't see anything without my glasses...

[.jon]

Like mentioned, try AKGs, the earmuffs are big and plush. I wear mine (closed 272s, soon also 712s)for long periods without discomfort from glasses.

[SODDI]

Get your optometrist to slightly bend the earpieces of the temples inward a bit, so that they feel tighter around your ear. Explain the situation, they will most likely be glad to help.

[GaryG]

https://www.matrix2sunglasses.com/produ ... sunglasses

Maybe they do them in prescription lenses?



I voted 1. I generally use a pair of cheap superlux phones with customised velour pads and they are the comfiest phones I've ever had, don't interfere with my glasses at all. As others have said, really down to the phones and the clamping force.

[Michael L]

I use wireframe glasses and soft audio technica ATH-AD900 earcups, so no issues. (No vote)

[pljones]

I've thin frames and nice bendy arms on my glasses... But even though I voted "I don't complain", doesn't mean they're never uncomfortable, I'll adjust for relief at times... and hope they don't fall off whilst I'm drumming. So I nearly voted Fish. (Beyerdynamic DT770-M headphones, Adidas a761 frames.)

[Aloysius]

Wear a monocle?

[pljones]

Wear a monocle?

I can see his ears, his headphones aren't ear-covering!