thanks everyone.
the wires got too long for me with the earphones and adapter both totalled to around 2m of cable!
I've doubled up the foam pads now,and it's not really uncomfortable at all.
I've ordered some cheap earphones off ebay which have an 'air cushion' (Ross Ear Buds Headphones - about £3 total), if the cushion thing fits around the A8 it'll be great.
I'll definitely not be going back to nokia or any other earphones now!
I've even recopied all my music onto the phone in original higher quality, it's now about 7gb instead of around 3. (128kbps mp3 vs. 320 kbps mp3).
I've also started using the Beoplayer software on PC again, just as a media player. It's great looking and hides away nicely. Maybe next week I'll have a total B&O crisis and start using the Beosound 2 again!
Does anyone know if there's any chance of it (Beosound 2) getting sdhc support, for larger memory cards-upto 8gb, maybe as a firmware upgrade as in tytn or in newer models, I know it's a long shot, but I'd be so happy.
High bitrate music is a lot bigger so 2gb or even the 4gb of beosound 6 is not that much, but better than cd's I guess.
Thanks very much, I'm comfortably wearing my A8's now. Best earphones I've ever had. (And I've spent over £100 on a couple of other pairs)
APX MMVIII.