The ear cup material doesn't breath as well as cloth material, so there's bound to be some ear sweats at some point.
Not exact matches
Enjoyment of quality audio on the move is effortless thanks to a collapsible design that has been crafted from lightweight
materials: Sennheiser used dampened aluminium on the
ear cups, headband and sliders.
The standard
cups make use of soft AirWeave
material which we found to be more comfortable and less scratchy than other breathable
materials we've tested, but not as nice as leather
ear cups which are always our preference.
The comfort factor generally is very good, but some may prefer a different
material on the
ear cups...
The outside part of the
ear cups is a different
material that I would describe as gravelly - looking plastic but not in a bad way, as the first generation MDR - 1000X headphones featured leather on the outside of the
ear cups that looked nice but was prone to dings and scratches.
Each
ear cup affects the outside background noise differently simply because of the
material.