[CQ-Contest] Headphones.

[Joe]

I have an older set of Heil Pro set-4 Headphones.

I love the Speakers,

I love the HC-4 Mic.

The ear pads I Hate! They have to be the worst I have ever worn!

The Tiny In ear canal sets are great. Like these that are made for Voice 
sounds
https://ccrane.com/cc-buds-pro-in-ear-earbuds-for-talk-radio-audio-books-and-voice-clarity/

Then the small like el cheapo sets where the speaker kind of fits over 
the ear canal but not into it, and are small like 1 inch in diameter. 
And kind of fit just over your ear hole but not covering your ear flappy 
part.
https://heilhamradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BM-10_black_3.jpg

Then like the old school like David Clark ones where the ear pads are 
HUGE and completely fit OVER the ear and even do not touch the ear at 
all and only touch your skull!
https://www.aircraftcompare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/pilot-aviation-headset-730x486.jpg

The size of the Pro set-4 is in-between these last two. They are too 
small to let your whole ear fit inside the headset pad hole, and too big 
to act like the second one where it just covers the ear canal only. they 
are a size that crushes your outer ear. And in a long contest your ear 
starts to hurt, or at least mine does.

The best set of headphones I ever owned was a set of KOSS for Music in 
the 70's They were huge like the Clarks. and the pads were not even 
foam, they were like a waterbed. a gel filled oval. And only touched 
your skull. They were incredible!

So I'm thinking of changing the pads on this head set to a gel filled 
set like these,
https://www.amazon.com/Krone-Kalpasmos-Cooling-Gel-Headphones-Compatible/dp/B07JZK792S

or

https://www.google.com/shopping/product/7146586072786654459?q=gel+filled+headphone+pads&sxsrf=ALeKk03fKkozrKSr1t0MuUJLzUEsai6yuQ:1611683690743&biw=1680&bih=890&prds=eto:11493106379304353637_0&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJl-b4lbruAhVUV80KHUQODoMQ8wIIkg8

Has anyone else done anything like this? And what did you use?

Joe WB9SBD