drwlf
500+ Head-Fier
Yeah, @Paradoxus , angled leather pads where the height is bigger than the stock pads gives a small increase in sub-bass, see my earlier posts #1, #2. There's always small changes when changing pads, some for the better, some parts might be caveats for you, depending on your personal preferences, but in the end the changes will be bordering on minute, depending on your view I thought my angled oval PU leather HM5 pads were pretty lovely, as they were reflecting the @James Myers measurements.And which amps did you feel scaled best with the 400i? Out of everything you've listed, I've only heard Lyr2, M2U and an Asgard2. Of course all Schiit amps. I own the Lyr2 (have an extensive amount of tubes to roll) so obviously I'm interested how the 400i scaled with this amp and if the tubes you rolled made any significant change for the better.
And yeah, the 560 seems to scale better than the 400i, it's technically a better headphone, and pickier about the amplification/chain. Doesn't take extremes to run or synergize the 400i to their full potential; or let's just say that it didn't particularly improve on any higher end gear I've tested it on, where the 560 did seem to improve, a bit at least