An ear pad configured to be fitted onto a surface of a housing of a headphone, the ear pad to be brought into abutment on an ear of a listener, the housing comprising a built-in speaker driver for outputting an audio signal as sound, wherein when the ear pad is in use, a surface of the ear pad is brought into abutment around the periphery of the listener's ear, and wherein the surface of the ear pad is not flat and the ear pad comprises a first protruding portion on the surface, which is to be brought into abutment around an upper front part of the periphery of the ear of the listener, and a second protruding portion on the surface, which is to be brought into abutment around a lower rear part of the periphery of the ear of the listener, characterized in that the ear pad consists of six segments arranged around the housing and which together surround the listener's ear, wherein the six segments are as follows: an upper front side (A-B and G-H); a lower front side (B-C and H-I); a lower side (C-D and I-J); a lower rear side (D-E and J-K); an upper rear side (E-F and K-L); an upper side (F-A and L-G); and wherein the segments swell or shrink in the following directions: the upper front side (A-B and G-H) swells from top to bottom; the lower front side (B-C and H-I) shrinks from top to bottom; the lower side (C-D and I-J) swells from front to rear; the lower rear side (D-E and J-K) shrinks from bottom to top; the upper rear side (E-F and K-L) swells from bottom to top; the upper side (F-A and L-G) shrinks from rear to front; such that the surface of the ear pad on each segment is a monotonic slope and turning points between the slopes occur at corner portions of the ear pad between each segment; and wherein in this claim the terms 'front', 'rear', 'upper' and 'lower' are all described in relation to the orientation of the ear pad when located on the listener' s head, and the terms 'swell' and 'shrink' are described in relation to the thickness of the ear pad. wherein when the ear pad is in use, a surface of the ear pad is brought into abutment around the periphery of the listener's ear, and wherein the surface of the ear pad is not flat and the ear pad comprises a first protruding portion on the surface, which is to be brought into abutment around an upper front part of the periphery of the ear of the listener, and a second protruding portion on the surface, which is to be brought into abutment around a lower rear part of the periphery of the ear of the listener, characterized in that the ear pad consists of six segments arranged around the housing and which together surround the listener's ear, wherein the six segments are as follows: an upper front side (A-B and G-H); a lower front side (B-C and H-I); a lower side (C-D and I-J); a lower rear side (D-E and J-K); an upper rear side (E-F and K-L); an upper side (F-A and L-G); an upper front side (A-B and G-H); a lower front side (B-C and H-I); a lower side (C-D and I-J); a lower rear side (D-E and J-K); an upper rear side (E-F and K-L); an upper side (F-A and L-G); the upper front side (A-B and G-H) swells from top to bottom; the lower front side (B-C and H-I) shrinks from top to bottom; the lower side (C-D and I-J) swells from front to rear; the lower rear side (D-E and J-K) shrinks from bottom to top; the upper rear side (E-F and K-L) swells from bottom to top; the upper side (F-A and L-G) shrinks from rear to front; such that the surface of the ear pad on each segment is a monotonic slope and turning points between the slopes occur at corner portions of the ear pad between each segment; and wherein in this claim the terms 'front', 'rear', 'upper' and 'lower' are all described in relation to the orientation of the ear pad when located on the listener' s head, and the terms 'swell' and 'shrink' are described in relation to the thickness of the ear pad.