after purchasing and wearing dozens of helmets, I have to say putting on a helmet, and walking around the house, is no test of its fit or acceptability...
putting one on, and getting 50 riding hours on it just begins to give the rating...
variables of wind noise, and even moreso the wind drag and loading on your neck while riding, cannot be surmised by "static" it fits on my couch testing.
sorry, jmho.... I found some helmets that fit ok, but were tight, to be extremely painfull 4 hours into a 12 hour ride, and knew that on that ride, I would have to endure another 36 hours to complete my "trip", not fun when your temples throb, face hurts, neck in great pain, and all the seconds that pass when you try to pay attention to the road are spent cursing the choice of helmet... which felt, or still feels fine.... while sitting on the couch.
again, jmho. ymmv.
I'll also add I've altered many cheek, ear area pads to use my speakers, which I cannablized from some high end headphones, simply used copper wire to attach an exacto blade to my high output soldering iron, and heat cut from the backside hard plastic to create a padded recess... works great.
I've tried slipping speakers into a recess cut under the cloth on the inside surface, but after 4 or 5 ours, the rubbing on my ears was unbearable.. can't use earbuds... they freak me out... I need some ambient sound....
some of the most comfortable helmets I've owned cost less than $200, actually most of them were that price... and I had no fear they were "inferior" to a $600 lid... I've been wearing a ZOX Genesis modular for a few years now, and I totally love it, I can remove the innerds, and wash them, it has an internal flip down goggle type tinted visor, which in hot weather is nice as I can open the outer screen, and still have eye protection, and has well thought out cutouts in the ear area allowing easy and non contact speaker addition, I even could cut 1/4" thich pourus foam, covered with a polyester fleece cloth layer, to make my ears non contact... sweet.
again, ymmv.
expensive ain't always the best, in fact, I've found it to be the opposite. if you have a brain, you can modify stuff, within reason....
ride safe, and wear a helmet.... whatever helmet you choose....