Quote Originally Posted by grumpy View Post
I'm assuming that AROUND means something that keeps the pressure off the ear
such as a surrounding ring of foam (or other means) and that OVER means that it
sits on the ear... In that sense, definitely AROUND or at least mostly so (some nice
phones sort of do both).
usually when I say circumaural or supra-aural people get confused , so ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphones