I remember my first headphone, a Lenco, brought over from the US, around 1970. It was white plastic, hard pleather cushions ("skai" was the term here of the plasticky leather replacement material), quite a "high end" headphone I think at the time. Cushions were the size of Beyerdynamic DT880/990 cushions. I do remember the sound was "so so". Comfort was not there at all! Also had the Sony Walkman and the small foam over the ear headphones 10 years later. None of these were comparable to a cheap Koss of today!