Originally Posted by
Manhattan
Picked up XM4 and they sound great as expected but wow are they painful to wear! Earcups are shallow so tips of my ears are touching the inside and after just an hour they start to hurt from being pressed down. It has become very distracting to wear. I don't think I have abnormally large or protruding ears. Another thing no one brought up is how hot these things get around your ears. It might be the materials used on the earcup or the seal over the ears but its a total sauna after an hour. My ears are visibly red after a short period of use.
It's a shame because they do sound great as advertised and the features are awesome. Gonna have to go back to QC35 as I was able to wear them all day and 10+ hr flights (easily fallen asleep with them on) while forgetting they were even there. Strange that sony was able to put in all the R&D for great sound and noise cancelation on a flagship model but couldn't figure out the easy part of making them comfortable to wear.